1995 Superbike World Championship Explained

The 1995 Superbike World Championship was the eighth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 7 May at Hockenheim and finished on 29 October at Phillip Island after 12 rounds.

Carl Fogarty won the riders' championship with 13 victories and Ducati won the manufacturers' championship. The season was marred by the death of Yasutomo Nagai as a result of injuries sustained in an accident during the Assen round.^[1]

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	R1	Hockenheim	7 May	Troy Corser	Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari	Report
	R2				Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari
2	R1	Misano	21 May	Carl Fogarty	Mauro Lucchiari	Mauro Lucchiari	Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari	Report
	R2				Mauro Lucchiari	Mauro Lucchiari	Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari
3	R1	Donington	28 May	Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari	Report
	R2				Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari
4	R1	Monza	18 June	Aaron Slight	Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari	Report
	R2				Pierfrancesco Chili	Pierfrancesco Chili	Team Gattolone
5	R1	Albacete	25 June	Troy Corser	Pierfrancesco Chili	Aaron Slight	Castrol Honda	Report
	R2				Pierfrancesco Chili	Carl Fogarty	Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari
6	R1	Salzburgring	9 July	Yasutomo Nagai	Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari	Report
	R2				Yasutomo Nagai	Troy Corser	Promotor Racing
7	R1	Laguna Seca	23 July	Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Anthony Gobert	Team Kawasaki Muzzy	Report
	R2				Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Promotor Racing
8	R1	Brands Hatch	6 August	Carl Fogarty	Colin Edwards	Carl Fogarty	Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari	Report
	R2				Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari
9	R1	Sugo	27 August	Carl Fogarty	Takuma Aoki	Troy Corser	Promotor Racing	Report
	R2				Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari
10	R1	Assen	10 September	Troy Corser	Pierfrancesco Chili	Carl Fogarty	Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari	Report
	R2				Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari
11	R1	Sentul	15 October	Aaron Slight	Troy Corser	Carl Fogarty	Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari	Report
	R2				Aaron Slight	Aaron Slight	Castrol Honda
12	R1	Phillip Island	29 October	Anthony Gobert	Aaron Slight	Troy Corser	Promotor Racing	Report
	R2				Troy Corser	Anthony Gobert	Team Kawasaki Muzzy

Championship standings

Riders' standings

1995 final riders' standings^[2] Pos. Rider Bike GER ITA GBR SMR ESP AUT USA EUR JPN NED INA AUS 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 1 Fogarty Ducati 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 5 7 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 Ret 4 2 478 2 Corser Ducati 10 8 3 3 2 Ret Ret Ret 3 5 3 1 2 1 2 6 1 8 3 Ret 2 2 1 3 339 3 Slight Honda 6 3 16 13 4 3 2 3 1 3 4 4 9 Ret 9 8 2 4 4 2 3 1 2 4 323 4 Gobert Kawasaki 16 Ret 6 16 10 Ret Ret 12 7 DNS 2 3 1 2 3 5 5 9 9 7 4 4 Ret 1 222 5 Nagai Yamaha 4 4 13 18 14 7 5 4 9 6 5 6 10 5 Ret 4 3 2 7 5 188 6 Crafar Honda 9 6 9 10 8 6 4 7 11 10 14 9 6 6 10 10 10 15 2 Ret 22 6 3 5 187 7 Pirovano Ducati 2 13 5 6 11 5 8 8 6 4 8 5 Ret 8 7 7 13 Ret 10 Ret 5 6 Ret 12 178 8 Chili Ducati 15 9 4 4 Ret 2 Ret 1 4 2 11 Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret 15 Ret Ret DNS Ret 3 6 10 160 9 Lucchiari Ducati Ret 7 1 1 9 10 6 6 Ret Ret 13 7 14 14 11 11 20 Ret 5 4 7 11 Ret Ret 156 10 Reynolds Kawasaki 17 Ret 7 9 7 11 9 10 12 8 Ret Ret 16 Ret 4 3 9 12 6 3 9 9 5 7 155 11 Edwards Yamaha 7 5 Ret Ret 18 12 3 5 10 11 9 Ret 8 9 5 2 6 10 Ret 6 141 12 Bontempi Kawasaki 11 14 8 5 5 4 7 Ret 5 Ret 10 8 13 11 13 14 14 13 12 9 11 8 12 8 138 13 Meklau Ducati Ret 11 11 7 Ret 14 Ret 9 8 7 6 Ret 18 Ret Ret 17 16 18 13 Ret 8 10 18 18 72 14 Schmid Kawasaki 3 2 15 12 13 17 7 Ret Ret Ret 14 8 13 12 17 15 71 15 Hale Honda 4 3 60 Ducati 6 7 14 6 16 Casoli Yamaha Ret 15 Ret 19 15 13 Ret 13 13 9 12 10 Ret 15 12 13 8 10 50 17 Kitagawa Kawasaki 5 12 4 6 38 18 Russell Kawasaki 8 10 14 8 6 DNS 34 19 Duhamel Honda 3 4 29 20 Morillas Ducati 13 Ret 12 14 12 9 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret 14 Ret DNS Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 28 21 Liverani Ducati Ret 18 10 11 17 16 10 Ret 15 14 15 Ret Ret Ret 15 19 Ret 24 DNS 14 18 15 25 22 Whitham Ducati 3 8 24 23 Hislop Ducati Ret 15 Ret Ret 8 9 11 Ret 21 24 Yoshikawa Yamaha 7 5 20 25 Spencer Ducati 7 Ret 14 Ret 7 Ret 20 26 Morrison Ducati 21 22 NC 20 15 11 10 Ret Ret 11 17 27 Kawasaki 17 3 16 28 Meregalli Yamaha 12 16 Ret Ret 20 Ret Ret 11 Ret 12 20 15 18 21 18 Ret 14 29 Giles Ducati 10 9 13 30 N. Fujiwara Yamaha 8 14 10 31 Aoki Honda Ret 7 9 32 Jefferies Kawasaki 25 22 20 26 19 19 13 Ret 16 13 Ret 18 Ret 16 14 15 19 20 DNS DNS 9 33 McCarthy Honda 8 Ret 8 34 Tsujimoto Honda 11 14 18 15 8 35 Mladin Kawasaki Ret Ret 9 Ret 7 36 Picotte Kawasaki 15 10 7 37 Goddard Suzuki 12 13 7 38 Kipp Yamaha 12 13 7 39 Mounier Ducati Ret Ret Ret 23 14 17 17 Ret 18 Ret 17 12 6 40 Craggill Kawasaki 13 13 6 41 McEwen Ducati 11 Ret 5 42 Takeishi Honda Ret 11 5 43 Ryō Kawasaki 11 17 5 44 Smith Ducati 11 Ret 5 45 Bradl Kawasaki 16 11 5 46 Nukumi Ducati 12 16 4 47 Crevier Kawasaki 17 12 4 48 Liedl Kawasaki 21 19 17 12 4 49 Gallina Ducati 18 20 Ret 25 12 Ret 4 50 Pajic Kawasaki Ret 13 3 51 Rudroff Ducati 19 13 3 52 Baird Honda 15 14 3 53 Briguet Honda 19 Ret 15 14 Ret Ret 3 54 Weibel Ducati 14 Ret 2 55 Di Maso Ducati Ret DNS 23 21 15 15 21 Ret 20 16 2 56 Kaufmann Yamaha 16 15 1 57 Llewellyn Ducati 16 15 Ret 16 1 Bimota DNQ DNQ Pos. Rider Bike GER ITA GBR SMR ESP AUT USA EUR JPN NED INA AUS Pts

Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' standings

1995 final manufacturers' standings^[3]
Pos.	Manufacturer	GER		ITA		GBR		SMR		ESP		AUT		USA		EUR		JPN		NED		INA		AUS		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
1	Ducati	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	580
2	Honda	6	3	9	10	4	3	2	3	1	3	4	4	3	3	9	8	2	4	2	2	3	1	2	4	365
3	Kawasaki	3	2	6	5	5	4	7	10	5	8	2	3	1	2	3	3	4	3	6	3	4	4	5	1	345
4	Yamaha	4	4	13	18	14	7	3	4	6	9	5	6	8	5	5	2	3	2	7	5	DNQ	DNQ	24	22	213
5	Suzuki	Ret	24	DNS	23			18	16			DNS	DNS					23	26			12	13	16	16	7
	Bimota	DNQ	DNQ	26	Ret			17	Ret	Ret	DNS	23	Ret			Ret	Ret			DNQ	DNQ					0
Pos.	Manufacturer	GER		ITA		GBR		SMR		ESP		AUT		USA		EUR		JPN		NED		INA		AUS		Pts

External links

• Web site: 1995 FIM Superbike World Championship. superbike-archives.net.

Notes and References

1. News: Yamaha's withdrawal. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/yamahas-withdrawal-1601047.html . 2022-05-01 . subscription . live. The Independent. 14 September 1995. 13 January 2015.
2. Web site: 1995 World Superbike - Riders Championship - Points Standings. superbike-archives.net. 2 February 2023.
3. Web site: 1995 World Superbike - Manufacturers Championship - Points Standings. superbike-archives.net. 2 February 2023.