2001 Superbike World Championship Explained

The 2001 Superbike World Championship was the fourteenth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 11 March at Valencia and finished on 30 September at Imola after 13 rounds.

Troy Bayliss won the riders' championship and Ducati won the manufacturers' championship.

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Superpole	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	R1	Valencia	11 March	Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Aprilia Axo	Report
	R2				Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Aprilia Axo
2	R1	Kyalami	1 April	Ben Bostrom	Colin Edwards	Colin Edwards	Castrol Honda	Report
	R2				Ben Bostrom	Ben Bostrom	Ducati L&M
3	R1	Phillip Island	22 April	Troy Corser	Rubén Xaus	Colin Edwards	Castrol Honda	Report
	R2				Cancelled due to rain
4	R1	Sugo	29 April	Makoto Tamada	Makoto Tamada	Makoto Tamada	Cabin Honda	Report
	R2				Makoto Tamada	Makoto Tamada	Cabin Honda
5	R1	Monza	13 May	Troy Bayliss	Colin Edwards	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Infostrada	Report
	R2				Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Infostrada
6	R1	Donington Park	27 May	Steve Hislop	Steve Hislop	Neil Hodgson	GSE Ducati	Report
	R2				Pierfrancesco Chili	Pierfrancesco Chili	Suzuki Alstare Corona
7	R1	Lausitzring	10 June	Neil Hodgson	Troy Bayliss	Colin Edwards	Castrol Honda	Report
	R2				Mauro Sanchini	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Infostrada
8	R1	Misano	24 June	Neil Hodgson	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Infostrada	Report
	R2				Neil Hodgson	Ben Bostrom	Ducati L&M
9	R1	Laguna Seca	8 July	Ben Bostrom	Troy Corser	Ben Bostrom	Ducati L&M	Report
	R2				Ben Bostrom	Ben Bostrom	Ducati L&M
10	R1	Brands Hatch	29 July	Neil Hodgson	Pierfrancesco Chili	Ben Bostrom	Ducati L&M	Report
	R2				Ben Bostrom	Ben Bostrom	Ducati L&M
11	R1	Oschersleben	2 September	Neil Hodgson	Colin Edwards	Colin Edwards	Castrol Honda	Report
	R2				Rubén Xaus	Rubén Xaus	Ducati Infostrada
12	R1	Assen	9 September	Troy Bayliss	Rubén Xaus	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Infostrada	Report
	R2				Rubén Xaus	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Infostrada
13	R1	Imola	30 September	Troy Corser	Colin Edwards	Rubén Xaus	Ducati Infostrada	Report
	R2				Troy Corser	Régis Laconi	Virgilio Aprilia Axo

Championship standings

Riders' standings

2001 final riders' standings^[1] Pos. Rider Bike ESP RSA AUS JPN ITA GBR GER SMR USA EUR GER NED ITA 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 Bayliss Ducati 2 2 2 2 3 C 13 15 1 1 13 9 2 1 1 2 4 4 5 3 Ret 3 1 1 Ret DNS 369 2 Edwards Honda 6 4 1 Ret 1 C 12 13 2 2 5 6 1 3 3 11 6 6 3 5 1 2 3 10 3 Ret 333 3 Ducati 3 Ret 4 1 Ret C 9 4 Ret DNS 6 4 11 20 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 11 11 4 4 312 4 Corser Aprilia 1 1 3 3 6 C 2 6 Ret Ret 11 3 5 7 7 9 3 2 8 13 9 11 6 3 2 Ret 284 5 Hodgson Ducati Ret 5 Ret 4 11 C 7 5 Ret 7 1 2 8 2 6 16 2 3 2 2 7 10 5 5 10 7 269 6 Xaus Ducati Ret 8 9 5 Ret C 18 22 Ret 6 7 10 19 6 10 6 7 10 6 12 2 1 2 2 1 2 236 7 Chili Suzuki 7 7 6 8 7 C 8 8 14 5 2 1 4 5 12 10 Ret Ret 4 4 6 6 4 4 Ret 9 232 8 Okada Honda Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 C 20 12 Ret 4 4 7 3 9 9 5 8 11 12 15 5 8 7 13 5 3 176 9 Kawasaki 8 6 5 Ret 4 C Ret 11 3 3 14 8 12 10 5 Ret Ret 8 10 8 4 9 8 6 DNS DNS 170 10 Lavilla Kawasaki 5 3 7 7 Ret C 6 19 4 Ret 10 13 6 16 4 3 12 Ret Ret 14 11 7 12 9 7 6 166 11 Laconi Aprilia 4 Ret 8 6 Ret C 14 14 5 8 12 11 7 13 Ret Ret 11 9 Ret 11 8 5 9 7 Ret 1 152 12 Chambon Suzuki 10 10 10 10 8 C 15 18 6 9 9 12 10 8 14 13 Ret 12 7 9 12 13 13 12 8 Ret 122 13 Toseland Ducati Ret 9 14 Ret 14 C 11 16 Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret 17 11 8 10 7 11 6 10 12 10 8 Ret DNS 91 14 Izutsu Kawasaki 9 Ret Ret C 3 2 9 4 24 16 63 15 Tamada Honda 1 1 50 16 Parkes Ducati Ret 13 12 11 5 C 16 17 DNS DNS 20 14 14 Ret Ret 7 13 14 Ret DNS Ret 18 22 Ret Ret 8 49 17 Martin Ducati 11 Ret 19 17 12 C 19 20 Ret 14 17 18 15 14 13 Ret 14 13 14 18 Ret 14 20 20 6 5 47 18 Bussei Ducati Ret Ret 11 9 Ret C Ret 21 8 11 Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret 14 15 Ret 17 Ret 14 Ret 16 14 11 10 44 19 Pedercini Ducati 12 15 16 14 Ret C 21 Ret 7 13 18 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 15 15 9 12 32 20 Ulm Ducati DSQ 12 13 12 9 C 17 Ret Ret 12 Ret 19 Ret 11 Ret Ret 17 16 Ret 19 Ret 15 28 Kawasaki NC 21 Ret 18 21 E. Bostrom Kawasaki 5 5 22 22 Antonello Aprilia Ret Ret 8 4 Ret Ret 21 23 Gramigni Yamaha 12 10 15 12 15 11 21 24 Ito Honda 4 9 20 25 Reynolds Ducati Ret 5 Ret 7 20 26 Ryo Suzuki 5 7 20 27 Borciani Ducati 13 11 15 Ret Ret C 22 23 10 Ret Ret Ret 20 Ret 17 Ret 20 17 15 17 Ret Ret 21 18 Ret 15 17 28 Hislop Ducati 3 Ret Ret Ret 16 29 Serizawa Kawasaki Ret 3 16 30 Sanchini Ducati Ret 17 20 16 Ret C 27 26 9 15 19 Ret 17 12 Ret 15 19 18 16 Ret 17 19 19 17 13 16 16 31 Craggill Ducati 18 22 21 Ret 10 C 26 28 Ret Ret 15 16 13 Ret 19 Ret Ret 19 19 Ret Ret Ret 18 Ret 12 14 16 32 Emmett Ducati 9 10 13 33 Borja Yamaha 14 14 Ret DNS Ret C 24 25 13 16 16 17 Ret 18 21 19 20 Ret 13 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 12 34 Stey Honda Ret 19 17 15 Ret C 23 24 11 Ret Ret 21 16 15 16 18 21 20 18 20 15 20 Ret 22 16 17 8 35 Chandler Kawasaki 9 Ret 7 36 Goddard Benelli Ret Ret 18 15 13 16 16 17 17 19 Ret 13 7 37 Kagayama Suzuki Ret 10 6 38 Yamaha 10 Ret 6 39 Maxwell Kawasaki 13 C 3 40 Malatesta Kawasaki Ret Ret 18 13 Ret C 25 Ret Ret Ret Ret 20 18 21 18 Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret 3 41 Blora Ducati Ret Ret Ret 17 14 Ret 2 42 Holon Kawasaki Ret Ret 22 Ret DNS C NC 27 15 17 21 22 22 22 Ret DNS 1 43 Mrkývka Ducati 17 20 24 Ret 15 C Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 20 Ret 21 Ret Ret DNQ DNQ Ret Ret 1 44 Rodríguez Honda 15 16 23 Ret 22 Ret Ret 22 Ret Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 1 Pos. Rider Bike ESP RSA AUS JPN ITA GBR GER SMR USA EUR GER NED ITA Pts

Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' standings

2001 final manufacturers' standings^[2]
Pos.	Manufacturer	ESP		RSA		AUS		JPN		ITA		GBR		GER		SMR		USA		EUR		GER		NED		ITA		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	Ducati	2	2	2	1	3	C	7	4	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	553
2	Honda	6	4	1	15	1	C	1	1	2	2	4	6	1	3	3	5	6	6	3	5	1	2	3	10	3	3	401
3	Aprilia	1	1	3	3	6	C	2	6	5	8	11	3	5	7	7	4	3	2	8	11	8	5	6	3	2	1	343
4	Kawasaki	5	3	5	7	4	C	3	2	3	3	10	8	6	4	4	3	5	5	10	8	4	7	8	6	7	6	289
5	Suzuki	7	7	6	8	7	C	5	7	6	5	2	1	4	5	12	10	Ret	12	4	4	6	6	4	4	8	9	256
6	Yamaha	14	14	Ret	DNS	Ret	C	10	25	12	10	16	17	Ret	18	15	12			20	Ret	13	21	14	Ret	15	11	36
7	Benelli															Ret	Ret	18	15	13	16	16	17	17	19	Ret	13	7
Pos.	Manufacturer	ESP		RSA		AUS		JPN		ITA		GBR		GER		SMR		USA		EUR		GER		NED		ITA		Pts

Entry list

2001 entry list Team Constructor Motorcycle Rider Rounds Castrol Honda Honda Honda VTR 1000 SP 1 Colin Edwards 1-13 8 Tadayuki Okada 1-13 Virgilio Aprilia Axo Aprilia Aprilia RSV 1000 3 Troy Corser 1-13 30 Alessandro Antonello 5, 8, 13 55 Régis Laconi 1-13 Suzuki Alstare Corona Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R750 4 Pierfrancesco Chili 1-13 24 Stéphane Chambon 1-13 Fuchs Kawasaki Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-7RR 5 Akira Yanagawa 1-13 6 Gregorio Lavilla 1-13 19 Hitoyasu Izutsu 1, 3-4, 7, 12 Panavto Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha R7 7 Juan Borja 1-8, 10-13 Kawasaki Motors C. Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-7RR 10 Doug Chandler 9 32 Eric Bostrom 9 Ducati Infostrada Ducati Ducati 996 R 11 Rubén Xaus 1-13 21 Troy Bayliss 1-13 Benelli Sport Benelli Benelli Tornado 900 14 Peter Goddard 8-13 Pedercini Ducati Ducati 996 RS 20 Marco Borciani 1-13 22 Lucio Pedercini 1-13 46 Mauro Sanchini 1-13 JM SBK Ducati Ducati 996 RS 23 Jiří Mrkývka 1-9, 11-13 Ghelfi Art Honda Honda VTR 1000 RC 25 Javier Rodriguez 1-2, 8-10, 12-13 26 Warwick Nowland 3 29 Arai Shuja 5 92 Nigel Arnold 6 White Endurance Honda Honda SP 27 Bertrand Stey 1-13 Kawasaki Bertocchi Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-7RR 31 Michele Malatesta 1-9, 11 33 Robert Ulm 12-13 41 Ludovic Holon 1-8 69 Ferdinando Di Maso 9-13 82 Luca Pedersoli 13 96 Kim Ashkenazi 10 Gerin WSBK Ducati Ducati 996 RS 33 Robert Ulm 1-11 Albatech Giesse Ducati Ducati 996 RS 34 Giuliano Sartoni 1, 8 Ducati NCR Ducati Ducati 996 RS 35 Giovanni Bussei 1-13 36 Broc Parkes 1-13 FP Racing Ducati Ducati 996 RS 37 Frédéric Protat 1, 7 39 Thierry Mulot 1, 7 Remus R.Austria Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-7RR 38 Johann Wolfsteiner 1, 7 Valli Moto 391 Yamaha Yamaha R7 39 Alessandro Gramigni 5, 8, 13 Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-7RR 40 Scott Webster 3 Light Paths Warren & Brown Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R750 42 Jay Normoyle 3 Sean McKay Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-7RR 43 Sean McKay 3 Wallis Racing Ducati Ducati 996 R 44 Roger Wallis 3 SRT Almax Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-7RR 45 Alistair Maxwell 3-4 Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R750 48 Akira Ryō 4 56 Yukio Kagayama 4 Cabin Honda Honda Honda VTR 1000 SP 49 Makoto Tamada 4 50 Shinichi Ito 4 Pacific Ducati Ducati 996 RS 51 Martin Craggill 1-13 GSE Racing Ducati Ducati 996 RS 52 James Toseland 1-13 100 Neil Hodgson 1-13 Yamaha Racing Yamaha Yamaha R7 53 Wataru Yoshikawa 4 Kawasaki Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-7RR 54 Tamaki Serizawa 4 World Bike Racing Ducati Ducati 996 R 57 Serafino Foti 5, 13 GiBi Ducati Ducati 996 R 58 Luca Pasini 5, 8, 13 Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R750 59 Ove Meisingseth 5 Reve Red Bull Ducati Ducati Ducati 996 R 60 John Reynolds 6, 10 62 Sean Emmett 10 Monster Mob Ducati Ducati Ducati 996 R 61 Steve Hislop 6, 10 ALG Racing Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R750 67 Peter Preussler 7 JTR Corse Racing Ducati Ducati 996 R 68 Jiří Trčka 8 Virgin Mobil Aiwa Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha R7 70 James Haydon 10 DB Racing Honda Honda VTR 1000 RC 74 Dean Ellison 10 Inothem Racing Yamaha Yamaha R7 75 Berto Camlek 11 Yamaha Norway Yamaha Yamaha R7 76 Oddgeir Havnen 11 Stichting Wegrace P. Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R750 77 Robert van de Molen 12 Gilex Racing Amsterdam Ducati Ducati 996 R 78 Lex van Dijk 12 Polskamp bv-Ermelo Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R750 79 Henri Minnen 12 Symittech-Hengelo Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R750 80 Richard Fluttert 12 DCR Ducati Ducati 996 R 86 Matteo Campana 7-8 113 Paolo Blora 5, 8, 13 DFX Racing Ducati Ducati 996 RS 99 Steve Martin 1-13 Ducati L&M Ducati Ducati 996 R 155 Ben Bostrom 1-13

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Notes and References

1. Web site: Imola 28–29–30 September, 2001 – Championship Standings & Ranking Progression. sbk.perugiatiming.com. Perugia Timing. 30 September 2001. 20 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141220180453/http://sbk.perugiatiming.com/pdf_results/pdf_frame.asp?p_Round=ROUND&p_Anno=2001&p_Manifestazione=13&p_Gara=01&p_Sessione=002&p_Stampa=STD. 2014-12-20. dead.
2. Web site: Imola 28–29–30 September, 2001 – Manufacturers Standings & Ranking Progression. sbk.perugiatiming.com. Perugia Timing. 30 September 2001. 20 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141220172309/http://sbk.perugiatiming.com/pdf_results/pdf_frame.asp?p_Round=ROUND&p_Anno=2001&p_Manifestazione=13&p_Gara=01&p_Sessione=002&p_Stampa=MAK. 2014-12-20. dead.