2018 Superbike World Championship

2018 Superbike World Championship
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The 2018 Superbike World Championship was the 31st season of the Superbike World Championship.

2018 was the final season run with the two-race format, as a three-race format was introduced for 2019.

Race calendar and results

2018 calendar [1]
Round			Circuit	Date	Superpole	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team
1	R1	Australian	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	24 February	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Marco Melandri	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
	R2			25 February		Marco Melandri	Marco Melandri	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
2	R1	Thai	Chang International Circuit	24 March	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
	R2			25 March		Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
3	R1	Aragón	Motorland Aragón	14 April	Marco Melandri	Marco Melandri	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
	R2			15 April		Marco Melandri	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
4	R1	Dutch	TT Circuit Assen	21 April	Alex Lowes	Michael van der Mark	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
	R2			22 April		Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
5	R1	Italian	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	12 May	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
	R2			13 May		Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
6	R1	UK	Donington Park	26 May	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Michael van der Mark	Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team
	R2			27 May		Jonathan Rea	Michael van der Mark	Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team
7	R1	Czech	Brno Circuit	9 June	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
	R2			10 June		Marco Melandri	Alex Lowes	Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team
8	R1	US	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca	23 June	Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
	R2			24 June		Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
9	R1	Riviera di Rimini	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	7 July	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
	R2			8 July		Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
10	R1	Portuguese	Algarve International Circuit	15 September	Eugene Laverty	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
	R2			16 September		Marco Melandri	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
11	R1	French	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	29 September	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
	R2			30 September		Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
12	R1	Argentinian	Circuito San Juan Villicum	13 October	Marco Melandri	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
	R2			14 October		Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
13	R1	Qatar	Losail International Circuit	26 October	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
	R2			27 October		Race cancelled [2]

Entry list

2018 entry list [3] Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1 Jonathan Rea [4] All 66 Tom Sykes [5] All Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team Honda Honda CBR1000RR 2 Leon Camier [6] 1–3, 6–13 [N 1] 20 Jason O'Halloran [7] 5 45 Jacob Gagne [8] All SPB Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 5 Vladimir Leonov [9] 3, 5 Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati Ducati Panigale R 7 Chaz Davies [10] All 33 Marco Melandri [10] All Team Pedercini Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 11 Jérémy Guarnoni [11] 11 16 Gabriele Ruiu [12] 12–13 41 Luke Mossey [13] 6 68 Yonny Hernández [3] 1–5, 7–10 Barni Racing Team Ducati Ducati Panigale R 12 Javier Forés [14] All Penrite Honda Honda Honda CBR1000RR 17 Troy Herfoss [15] 1 Aruba.it Racing – Junior Team Ducati Ducati Panigale R 21 Michael Ruben Rinaldi [16] 3–7, 9–11 Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 22 Alex Lowes [17] All 60 Michael van der Mark [17] All Guandalini Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 24 Alessandro Andreozzi [18] 9 37 Ondřej Ježek [19] 1–7 96 Jakub Smrž [20] 10–13 98 Karel Hanika [21] 8 Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 25 Daniel Falzon [15] 1 47 Wayne Maxwell [15] 1 Buildbase Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 28 Bradley Ray [22] 6 Milwaukee Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 RF 32 Lorenzo Savadori [3] All 34 Davide Giugliano [23] 3–4 50 Eugene Laverty [24] 1–2, 5–13 Orelac Racing VerdNatura Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 36 Leandro Mercado [25] All Team GoEleven Kawasaki Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 40 Román Ramos [26] All OMG Racing UK Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 44 Gino Rea [22] 6 TripleM Honda World Superbike Team Honda Honda CBR1000RR 51 Florian Marino [27] 12 99 Patrick Jacobsen [28] 1–11 Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 54 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu [29] All 91 Leon Haslam [30] 5–6 Team WD40 Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 55 Mason Law [22] 6 Attack 2Wheel Legal Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 57 Josh Herrin [31] 8 Gulf Althea BMW Racing Team BMW BMW S1000RR 76 Loris Baz [32] All MV Agusta Reparto Corse MV Agusta MV Agusta 1000 F4 77 Maximilian Scheib [33] 12–13 81 Jordi Torres [34] 1–11 Yamaha Motor Europe Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 94 Niccolò Canepa [35] 6, 9 Dreamteamcompany Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 RF 121 Matthieu Lussiana [11] 11

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

• All entries used Pirelli tyres.

Championship standings

Riders' championship

Pos. Rider Bike PHI CHA ARA ASS IMO DON BRN LAG MIS POR MAG VIL LOS Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 J. Rea Kawasaki 5 2 1 4 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 C 545 2 Davies Ducati 3 Ret 3 1 2 1 3 5 4 2 8 5 8 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 2 Ret 4 8 C 356 3 van der Mark Yamaha 9 7 7 2 5 5 2 3 6 Ret 1 1 4 2 8 5 4 2 3 2 7 3 8 9 7 C 333 4 Sykes Kawasaki 2 4 6 Ret 6 6 4 1 2 3 3 6 3 16 7 8 5 5 5 5 2 4 6 5 2 C 314 5 Melandri Ducati 1 1 8 7 4 3 6 7 3 Ret 22 11 2 15 5 Ret 7 3 2 3 6 5 2 3 5 C 297 6 Lowes Yamaha 6 5 5 3 7 4 12 14 10 6 4 4 5 1 3 4 Ret 6 10 11 18 7 7 6 3 C 248 7 Forés Ducati 4 3 2 5 3 Ret 5 4 5 4 Ret Ret 14 8 6 6 6 Ret Ret 10 3 8 4 2 13 C 230 8 Laverty Aprilia 8 15 9 Ret 12 9 6 Ret 6 4 4 3 3 8 Ret 7 9 11 5 Ret 4 C 158 9 Razgatlıoğlu Kawasaki 13 10 15 8 9 9 10 9 11 8 21 2 10 9 Ret DNS 11 12 8 Ret 8 12 3 7 10 C 151 10 Savadori Aprilia DNS DNS 12 9 15 10 15 10 8 Ret 5 7 7 5 14 Ret 8 7 Ret 6 4 6 Ret 8 11 C 138 11 Baz BMW 11 9 11 12 11 15 7 8 13 11 7 10 18 11 15 10 Ret 9 6 9 10 10 9 11 6 C 137 12 Camier Honda 7 6 4 6 Ret DNS WD WD 10 8 9 7 Ret 13 9 10 Ret 14 11 9 10 Ret Ret C 108 13 Torres MV Agusta Ret 8 10 Ret Ret 8 9 6 14 5 11 9 Ret Ret 9 7 18 Ret 7 13 12 14 98 14 Rinaldi Ducati 8 7 Ret 12 7 7 12 Ret 15 6 17 11 9 8 Ret 13 77 15 Mercado Kawasaki 10 12 13 Ret Ret 13 8 Ret 15 10 13 12 12 17 Ret 11 10 17 11 15 14 15 Ret 12 12 C 70 16 Ramos Kawasaki 14 11 14 13 10 11 11 Ret Ret 12 19 Ret 13 10 12 12 13 15 14 Ret 15 18 12 13 14 C 65 17 Gagne Honda 12 13 18 14 12 12 DNS DNS 16 Ret 16 13 Ret 12 10 9 14 14 13 12 13 16 Ret 10 9 C 64 18 Hernández Kawasaki Ret DNS 16 11 14 16 16 15 17 13 11 14 11 15 Ret 16 12 16 28 19 Jacobsen Honda 16 14 17 10 16 14 14 13 Ret 14 15 16 16 13 Ret Ret 16 Ret Ret 17 16 17 21 20 Haslam Kawasaki 9 16 9 Ret 14 21 Giugliano Aprilia 13 18 13 11 11 22 Canepa Yamaha 20 18 12 13 7 23 Marino Honda 11 Ret 5 24 Hanika Yamaha 13 14 5 25 Ruiu Kawasaki 14 14 15 C 5 26 Scheib MV Agusta 13 Ret Ret C 3 27 Ray Suzuki 14 15 3 28 Mossey Kawasaki 17 14 2 29 Ježek Yamaha 15 Ret Ret DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ 18 15 18 17 17 18 2 30 Andreozzi Yamaha 15 Ret 1 Herrin Yamaha Ret 16 0 Guarnoni Kawasaki 17 19 0 Leonov Kawasaki DNS 17 Ret Ret 0 G. Rea Suzuki 23 19 0 Falzon Yamaha Ret DSQ 0 Smrž Yamaha Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS C 0 Lussiana Aprilia Ret Ret 0 Law Kawasaki Ret Ret 0 O'Halloran Honda Ret DNS 0 Herfoss Honda Ret DNS 0 Maxwell Yamaha Ret DNS 0 Pos. Rider Bike PHI CHA ARA ASS IMO DON BRN LAG MIS POR MAG VIL LOS Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	PHI		CHA		ARA		ASS		IMO		DON		BRN		LAG		MIS		POR		MAG		VIL		LOS		Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Kawasaki	2	2	1	4	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	9	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	C	570
2	Ducati	1	1	2	1	2	1	3	4	3	2	8	5	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	5	C	459
3	Yamaha	6	5	5	2	5	4	2	3	6	6	1	1	4	1	3	4	4	2	3	2	7	3	7	6	3	C	378
4	Aprilia	8	15	9	9	13	10	13	10	8	9	5	7	6	4	4	3	3	7	Ret	6	4	6	5	8	4	C	218
5	Honda	7	6	4	6	12	12	14	13	16	14	10	8	9	7	10	9	9	10	13	12	11	9	10	10	9	C	151
6	BMW	11	9	11	12	11	15	7	8	13	11	7	10	18	11	15	10	Ret	9	6	9	10	10	9	11	6	C	137
7	MV Agusta	Ret	8	10	Ret	Ret	8	9	6	14	5	11	9	Ret	Ret	9	7	18	Ret	7	13	12	14	13	Ret	Ret	C	101
8	Suzuki											14	15															3
Pos.	Manufacturer	PHI		CHA		ARA		ASS		IMO		DON		BRN		LAG		MIS		POR		MAG		VIL		LOS		Pts

Notes

1. Leon Camier was also entered into round 5 but was replaced by Jason O'Halloran after two practice sessions due to injury. ^[7]

References

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External links

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