2004 Supersport World Championship Explained

The 2004 Supersport World Championship was the sixth FIM Supersport World Championship season—the eight taking into account the two held under the name of Supersport World Series. The season started on 29 February at Valencia and finished on 3 October at Magny-Cours after 10 races.

The riders' championship was won by Karl Muggeridge and the manufacturers' championship was won by Honda. Karl Muggeridge won a total of 7 races, a new record for the class.

Race calendar and results

2004 calendar
Round	Date	Round	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winner	Report
1	29 February	Spain	Valencia	Karl Muggeridge	Broc Parkes	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Report
2	28 March	Australia	Phillip Island	Karl Muggeridge	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Josh Brookes	Report
3	18 April	San Marino	Misano	Sébastien Charpentier	Broc Parkes	Karl Muggeridge	Report
4	16 May	Italy	Monza	Karl Muggeridge	Karl Muggeridge	Karl Muggeridge	Report
5	30 May	Germany	Oschersleben	Karl Muggeridge	Broc Parkes	Karl Muggeridge	Report
6	13 June		Silverstone	Karl Muggeridge	Sébastien Charpentier	Fabien Foret	Report
7	1 August		Brands Hatch	Karl Muggeridge	Fabien Foret	Karl Muggeridge	Report
8	5 September	Netherlands	Assen	Karl Muggeridge	Andrew Pitt	Karl Muggeridge	Report
9	26 September	Italy	Imola	Karl Muggeridge	Karl Muggeridge	Karl Muggeridge	Report
10	3 October	France	Magny-Cours	Broc Parkes	Broc Parkes	Karl Muggeridge	Report

Championship standings

Riders' standings

2004 final riders' standings^[1] Pos. Rider Bike ESP AUS SMR ITA GER GBR EUR NED ITA FRA Pts 1 Karl Muggeridge Honda 8 12 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 207 2 Broc Parkes Honda Ret 4 Ret 2 2 3 4 4 2 2 135 3 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Yamaha 1 3 3 3 7 6 3 5 Ret 5 130 4 Sébastien Charpentier Honda DSQ 5 Ret 4 3 8 2 2 3 3 120 5 Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati 4 9 6 15 10 4 10 20 4 4 82 6 Kevin Curtain Yamaha 9 2 2 Ret Ret 5 5 Ret Ret Ret 69 7 Fabien Foret Yamaha 2 6 Ret DSQ Ret 1 Ret Ret 5 Ret 66 8 Stéphane Chambon Suzuki 5 10 7 Ret 4 10 8 13 8 Ret 64 9 Max Neukirchner Honda 14 8 Ret 6 5 11 11 7 11 8 63 10 Katsuaki Fujiwara Suzuki 3 11 4 Ret 6 Ret 7 Ret 14 Ret 55 11 Alessio Corradi Honda Ret 7 5 Ret 9 9 6 DNS 44 12 Andrew Pitt Yamaha 3 6 6 36 13 Christian Kellner Yamaha Ret Ret Ret 5 8 Ret Ret 9 15 13 30 14 Matthieu Lagrive Suzuki 11 15 13 9 16 15 15 14 19 9 27 15 Josh Brookes Honda 1 25 16 Vittorio Iannuzzo Suzuki 6 13 9 DSQ Ret Ret Ret Ret 20 17 Matteo Baiocco Yamaha 13 Ret Ret Ret 17 13 16 15 9 10 20 18 Giovanni Bussei Ducati Ret Ret 8 7 Ret Ret 17 19 Jan Hanson Honda 10 6 16 20 Barry Veneman Suzuki 11 10 12 15 21 Massimo Roccoli Yamaha 11 11 11 15 22 Craig Coxhell Yamaha 12 7 13 23 Stefano Cruciani Kawasaki 10 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret 19 12 Ret 12 24 Denis Sacchetti Honda Ret 17 14 12 13 16 18 17 13 Ret 12 25 Werner Daemen Honda 7 14 Ret 11 26 Kai Borre Andersen Kawasaki 15 12 11 10 27 Michel Fabrizio Honda 7 Ret 9 28 Pere Riba Kawasaki 7 9 29 Kawasaki 8 8 30 Vittoriano Guareschi Ducati 8 8 31 Walter Tortoroglio Suzuki Ret 16 10 Ret 18 Ret 14 DNS 8 Ret 32 Anthony West Honda 9 7 33 Alessandro Antonello Kawasaki 10 6 34 Luke Quigley Suzuki Ret 12 4 35 Craig Jones Triumph Ret 12 4 36 Antonio Carlacci Yamaha 12 4 37 Arne Tode Yamaha 12 Ret Ret 4 38 Tom Tunstall Honda 13 3 39 Diego Giugovaz Honda 13 3 40 Sébastien Le Grelle Honda 16 15 14 17 19 17 Ret 3 41 Jimmy Lindström Honda Ret 14 2 42 Ron van Steenbergen Honda 14 DNS 2 43 Philippe Donischal Suzuki 16 15 1 44 Eli Chen Honda DNQ 15 DNQ 17 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 1 Jarno Janssen Suzuki Ret Ret 16 0 Iain MacPherson Honda Ret 0 Ducati 16 Ret Nicky Wimbauer Yamaha 16 Ret Ret 0 Yann Lussiana Yamaha 17 0 Andrea Berta Honda Ret Ret 18 0 Roman Stamm Suzuki Ret 18 0 Roberto Pandilla Kawasaki 18 0 Yaniv Peleg Honda 18 0 Dean Ellison Honda 19 Ret Ret 0 Tage Solberg Yamaha 19 0 Iván Silva Honda Ret Ret 0 Yoann Tiberio Yamaha Ret Ret 0 Tobias Kirmeier Honda Ret Ret 0 Steve Brogan Honda Ret Ret 0 Alessandro Melone Suzuki Ret DNS 0 Hervé Gantner Honda Ret 0 Jeroen Turkstra Honda Ret 0 Luke Quigley Suzuki Ret 0 Tekkyu Kayoh Yamaha Ret 0 Jesco Günther Honda Ret 0 Cristiano Migliorati Kawasaki Ret 0 Gilles Boccolini Honda Ret 0 Maurizio Tumminello Yamaha Ret 0 Mark Stanley Yamaha Ret 0 Javier Forés Suzuki Ret 0 Víctor Carrasco Honda Ret 0 David Muscat Ducati DNS 0 Brendan Clarke Yamaha DNS 0 Sahar Zvik Honda DNQ DNQ 0 Yaron Salinger Honda DNQ 0 Pos. Rider Bike ESP AUS SMR ITA GER GBR EUR NED ITA FRA Pts

Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' standings

2004 final manufacturers' standings^[2]
Pos.	Manufacturer	ESP	AUS	SMR	ITA	GER	GBR	EUR	NED	ITA	FRA	Pts
1	Honda	7	1	1	1	8 (1)	2	1	1	1	1	212
2	Yamaha	1	2	2	3	3 (7)	1	3	3	5	5	176
3	Suzuki	3	10	4	9	1 (4)	10	7	10	8	9	103
4	Ducati	4	9	6	7	5 (10)	4	10	16	4	4	95
5	Kawasaki	10	14	Ret	Ret	7 (12)	7	19	8	10	18	40
6	Triumph	Ret					12					4
Pos.	Manufacturer	ESP	AUS	SMR	ITA	GER	GBR	EUR	NED	ITA	FRA	Pts

• The top six Honda riders were disqualified from the Oschersleben race results after discrepancies were found in the homologation weight of the rear wheel spindle. The Honda factory informed the FIM that an error was made when filling in the homologation documents. The FIM verified Honda's claim and decided to revoke the decision for the riders. However the points were withdrawn from Honda in the manufacturers' championship.^[3]

Entry list

2004 entry list Team Constructor Motorcycle Rider Rounds Suzuki Alstare Corona Extra Suzuki Suzuki GSX 600R 2 Stéphane Chambon All 20 Vittorio Iannuzzo 1–8 37 Katsuaki Fujiwara All Yamaha Italia Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 4 Jurgen van den Goorbergh All 9 Tekkyu Kayoh 5 88 Andrew Pitt 8–10 99 Fabien Foret All Italia Megabike Honda Honda CBR600RR 8 Alessio Corradi 1–8 14 Anthony West 7 18 Denis Sacchetti All 35 Gilles Boccolini 4 84 Michel Fabrizio 9–10 Kawasaki Docshop Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6RR 10 Kai Borre Andersen 1, 5, 8 Yamaha Motor Deutschland Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 11 Kevin Curtain All 33 Craig Coxhell 9–10 93 Christian Kellner All Mega Bike Suzuki Suzuki GSX 600R 12 Javier Forés 1 Lorenzini by Leoni Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 15 Matteo Baiocco All 55 Massimo Roccoli 10 Klaffi Honda Honda Honda CBR600RR 16 Sébastien Charpentier All 61 Hervé Gantner 10 69 Jimmy Lindström 9–10 76 Max Neukirchner All Alpha Technik - Van Zon Honda Honda CBR600RR 17 Tobias Kirmeier 1, 8 44 Iain MacPherson 5 71 Werner Daemen 1, 5, 8 Celani - Suzuki Italia Suzuki Suzuki GSX 600R 19 Walter Tortoroglio 1–8 90 Alessandro Melone 9–10 Kawasaki Bertocchi Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6RR 19 Walter Tortoroglio 10 22 Stefano Cruciani 1–9 30 Alessandro Antonello 9 Ducati Breil Ducati Ducati 749 R 21 Vittoriano Guareschi 4 57 Lorenzo Lanzi All Ten Kate Honda Honda Honda CBR600RR 23 Broc Parkes All 31 Karl Muggeridge All Moto 1 Suzuki Suzuki GSX 600R 24 Matthieu Lagrive All 82 Philippe Donischal 9–10 SL Racing Ducati Ducati 749 R 25 Giovanni Bussei 1–6 44 Iain MacPherson 8–9 87 David Muscat 10 Kawasaki Pro Racing Osasuma Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6RR 26 Roberto Pandilla 10 Lightspeed Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6RR 27 Cristiano Migliorati 4 Start Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 38 Antonio Carlacci 3 Team Trasimeno Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 39 Nicky Wimbauer 3–4, 9 Rine Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 40 Maurizio Tumminello 3 Velox Team Honda Honda CBR600RR 41 Diego Giugovaz 4 Biassono Racing Team Honda Honda CBR600RR 43 Andrea Berta 4, 8–9 LeGrelle Dholda Moto P. Honda Honda CBR600RR 45 Sébastien Le Grelle 1, 5–10 Team Suzuki Nederland Suzuki Suzuki GSX 600R 46 Barry Veneman 5, 8, 10 64 Jarno Janssen 5, 8, 10 MSS Discovery Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6RR 48 Pere Riba 6 Kobutex Honda Honda Honda CBR600RR 49 Ron van Steenbergen 4, 8 54 Jan Hanson 4, 8 IRT Honda Israel Honda Honda CBR600RR 50 Steve Brogan 2–3 56 Sahar Zvik 4–5 70 Yaniv Peleg 2 91 Iván Silva 8, 10 94 Yaron Salinger 1 95 Eli Chen 1, 3–4, 6–10 96 Dean Ellison 5–7 Suzuki Swiss Suzuki Suzuki GSX 600R 51 Roman Stamm 5, 8 Pajic-Kawasak Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6RR 52 Arie Vos 8 Koerhuls - RRTH Honda Honda CBR600RR 53 Jeroen Turkstra 8 Bike Service Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 55 Massimo Roccoli 3–4 Ecko Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 72 Arne Tode 1, 5–6 Alphar Technik Honda Honda CBR600RR 73 Jesco Günther 5 Nikon Yamaha Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 74 Brendan Clarke 2 Castrol Honda Racing Honda Honda CBR600RR 75 Josh Brookes 2 MSR Liscycles.com Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 77 Mark Stanley 2 Buildbase Knotts Racing Suzuki Suzuki GSX 600R 78 Luke Quigley 6–7 Vitrans / Hardinge M.T Honda Honda CBR600RR 79 Tom Tunstall 7 Aspi Lussiana Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 80 Yann Lussiana 10 Valmoto Triumph Triumph Triumph Daytona 600 81 Craig Jones 1, 6 Solberg Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 85 Tage Solberg 10 Monlau Repsol Honda Honda Honda CBR600RR 86 Víctor Carrasco 1 Yamaha France Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 132 Yoann Tiberio 7, 10

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Notes and References

1. Web site: Magny Cours 1–2–3 October, 2004 Supersport – Championship Standings & Ranking Progression. resources.worldsbk.com. 3 October 2004. 6 February 2015.
2. Web site: Magny Cours 1–2–3 October, 2004 Supersport – Manufacturers Standings & Ranking Progression. resources.worldsbk.com. 3 October 2004. 6 February 2015.
3. Web site: Supersport World Championship Oschersleben-GER : sanction against the riders cancelled. fim.ch. Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 8 June 2004. 6 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20071023131754/http://www.fim.ch/sec/documents/f_1701.pdf. 23 October 2007.