1992 Superbike World Championship Explained

The 1992 Superbike World Championship was the fifth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 5 April at Albacete and finished on 25 October at Manfeild after 13 rounds.

Doug Polen won the riders' championship with 9 victories and Ducati won the manufacturers' championship.

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	R1	Albacete	5 April	Giancarlo Falappa	Aaron Slight	Aaron Slight	Team Moving Kawasaki	Report
	R2				Daniel Amatriain	Raymond Roche	Team Raymond Roche Ducati
2	R1	Donington	20 April	Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Raymond Roche	Team Raymond Roche Ducati	Report
	R2				Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	[Fogarty]
3	R1	Hockenheim	10 May	Doug Polen	Fabrizio Pirovano	Doug Polen	Team Police Ducati	Report
	R2				Rob Phillis	Doug Polen	Team Police Ducati
4	R1	Spa Francorchamps	24 May	Giancarlo Falappa	Doug Polen	Rob Phillis	Team Moving Kawasaki	Report
	R2				Doug Polen	Doug Polen	Team Police Ducati
5	R1	Jarama	21 June	Doug Polen	Fabrizio Pirovano	Rob Phillis	Team Moving Kawasaki	Report
	R2				Doug Polen	Doug Polen	Team Police Ducati
6	R1	Österreichring	28 June	Raymond Roche	Giancarlo Falappa	Giancarlo Falappa	Team Police Ducati	Report
	R2				Rob Phillis	Giancarlo Falappa	Team Police Ducati
7	R1	Mugello	19 July	Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche	Team Raymond Roche Ducati	Report
	R2				Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche	Team Raymond Roche Ducati
8	R1	Johor	23 August	Giancarlo Falappa	Trevor Jordan	Raymond Roche	Team Raymond Roche Ducati	Report
	R2				Raymond Roche	Doug Polen	Team Police Ducati
9	R1	Sugo	30 August	Doug Polen	Fabrizio Pirovano	Doug Polen	Team Police Ducati	Report
	R2				Kevin Magee	Doug Polen	Team Police Ducati
10	R1	Assen	13 September	Doug Polen	Raymond Roche	Doug Polen	Team Police Ducati	Report
	R2				Raymond Roche	Giancarlo Falappa	Team Police Ducati
11	R1	Monza	29 September	Doug Polen	Fabrizio Pirovano	Fabrizio Pirovano	Diemme Racing Team	Report
	R2				Fabrizio Pirovano	Fabrizio Pirovano	Diemme Racing Team
12	R1	Phillip Island	18 October	Doug Polen	Aaron Slight	Kevin Magee	Peter Jackson Yamaha Racing	Report
	R2				Aaron Slight	Raymond Roche	Team Raymond Roche Ducati
13	R1	Manfeild	25 October	Giancarlo Falappa	Aaron Slight	Doug Polen	Team Police Ducati	Report
	R2				Doug Polen	Giancarlo Falappa	Team Police Ducati

Championship standings

Riders' standings

Rank	Rider	Manufacturer	Points	Wins
1	Doug Polen	Ducati	371	9
2	Raymond Roche	Ducati	336	6
3	Rob Phillis	Kawasaki	288	2
4	Giancarlo Falappa	Ducati	279	4
5	Fabrizio Pirovano	Yamaha	278	2
6	Aaron Slight	Kawasaki	249	1
7	Stéphane Mertens	Ducati	182	0
8	Daniel Amatriain	Ducati	156	0
9	Carl Fogarty	Ducati	134	1
10	Piergiorgio Bontempi	Kawasaki	125	0
11	Scott Russell	Kawasaki	83	0
12	Kevin Magee	Yamaha	71	1
13	Fred Merkel	Yamaha	65	0
14	Christer Lindholm	Yamaha	50	0
15	Adrien Morillas	Yamaha	46	0
16	Davide Tardozzi	Ducati	44	0
17	Baldassarre Monti	Honda	41	0
18	Virginio Ferrari	Ducati	35	0
19	Andreas Hofmann	Kawasaki	31	0
	Jeffrey de Vries	Yamaha	31	0
21	Jehan d'Orgeix	Kawasaki	28	0
22	John Reynolds	Kawasaki	26	0
23	Fabrizio Furlan	Ducati	25	0
24	Shouichi Tsukamoto	Kawasaki	24	0
25	Scott Doohan	Yamaha	22	0
	Richard Arnaiz	Honda	22	0
27	Mat Mladin	Kawasaki	21	0
	Hervé Moineau	Suzuki	21	0
29	Jari Suhonen	Yamaha	19	0
30	Keiichi Kitagawa	Kawasaki	18	0
31	Jean-Yves Mounier	Yamaha	17	0
32	Roger Kellenberger	Yamaha	15	0
33	Terry Rymer	Kawasaki	14	0
	Troy Corser	Yamaha	14	0
35	Christopher Haldane	Yamaha	13	0
	Andreas Meklau	Ducati	13	0
	Michael O'Connor	Honda	13	0
	Takahiro Sohwa	Kawasaki	13	0
39	Simon Crafar	Honda	12	0
40	Valerio Destefanis	Ducati	11	0
	Mauro Lucchiari	Yamaha	11	0

Manufacturers' standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Pts
1	Ducati	502
2	Kawasaki	385
3	Yamaha	335
4	Honda	80
5	Suzuki	40

External links

• Web site: 1992 FIM Diesel Jeans Superbike World Championship. superbike-archives.net.