2008 European Superstock 600 Championship Explained

The 2009 European Superstock 600 Championship was the fourth season of the European Superstock 600 Championship. The season was contested over tenth races, beginning at Circuit Ricardo Tormo on 6 April and ending at Algarve International Circuit on 2 November. Loris Baz clinched the title after beating closest rival Marco Bussolotti.

Race Calendar and Results

2008 Calendar^[1]
Round	Date	Round	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Race winner	Winning team
1	6 April	Spain	Valencia	Danilo Petrucci	Danilo Petrucci	Loris Baz	YZF Yamaha Junior Team
2	27 April	Netherlands	Assen	Danilo Petrucci	Dan Linfoot	Dan Linfoot	Beowulf Racing
3	10 May	Italy	Monza	Loris Baz	Marco Bussolotti	Loris Baz	YZF Yamaha Junior Team
4	15 June	Germany	Nürburgring	Patrik Vostárek	Loris Baz	Patrik Vostárek	Intermoto Czech
5	29 June	San Marino	Misano	Patrik Vostárek	Loris Baz	Patrik Vostárek	Intermoto Czech
6	19 July	Czech Republic	Brno Circuit	Patrik Vostárek	Patrik Vostárek	Patrik Vostárek	Intermoto Czech
7	3 August	United Kingdom	Brands Hatch	Loris Baz	Loris Baz	Loris Baz	YZF Yamaha Junior Team
8	7 September	Europe	Donington	Marco Bussolotti	Marco Bussolotti	Marco Bussolotti	Yamaha Motor Italia J.T.
9	5 October	France	Magny-Cours	Gino Rea	Loris Baz	Dan Linfoot	Team StoneBaker
10	2 November	Portugal	Algarve	Gino Rea	Loris Baz	Gino Rea	Team StoneBaker

Entry List

Team Constructor Motorcycle Rider Rounds Azione Corse Honda Honda CBR600RR 12 Sam Lowes All Brian Racing Team 61 Anthony Loiseau 9 Hanspree IDS Ten Kate Honda 15 Hugo Van Den Berg 10 111 Michal Šembera 1–9 HP Racing Team 35 Simone Grotzkyj 1–8 Intermoto Czech 66 Mateusz Stoklosa 10 77 Patrik Vostárek 1–8 Paddock Competicoes]] 141 Sergio Batista 10 Direct CCTV Racedays Racedays Superbike Academy 13 Lee Johnston 8–9 56 David Paton 1–4, 6–7 63 BJ Toal 10 64 Josh Day 8–10 96 Daniel Brill 1–4, 6–7 Strichting Race Tegen Kanker 92 Willem Hommersom 9 Team Honda Merson 27 Daniel Arcas 1 Team Lorini 3 Giuliano Gregorini 1–9 34 Fabio Massei 10 42 Leonardo Biliotti All Gold Fren Team Erinac Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 69 Ondřej Ježek 1, 4, 6 MSS Colchester Kawasaki 30 Jamie Hamilton 7 O Six Kawasaki Supported 6 Andrea Boscoscuro 1–4 21 Alex Lowes 1–9 40 Roman Ramos 6–7 Amici Racing Team Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R600 19 Nigel Walraven 2, 8 Cruciani Moto Suzuki Italia 24 Daniele Beretta All 47 Eddi La Marra All Moto-ECK Racing Team 39 Steven Michels 1 MTM Racing Team 55 Vincent Lonbois All TKR Suzuki Switzerland 23 Christian Von Gunten All 57 Kenny Tirsgaard All Payet Racing Team Triumph Trumph Triumph 675 4 Baptiste Guittet 9 Triumph Italia BE1 Racing 36 Davide Fanelli 5, 7–9 Triumph - SC 17 Robbie Stewart 1–3, 5–8 70 Thomas Grant 1–2, 6 Bevilacqua Corse Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 32 Gianluca Capitini 3 Beowulf Racing Team StoneBaker 44 Gino Rea All 45 Dan Linfoot All Doorakkers Racing 22 Sveti Alexandrov 2 Excel Performance Yamaha 16 Leon Hunt 7–8 FCC Corse 6 Andrea Boscoscuro 6 Grillini PBR Team 91 Hampus Johansson All Labronica Racing 191 Nico Morelli 3 No Limits Trackdays Team 53 Joe Burns 8 Orelac Racing by Galvin Team 10 Nacho Calero All Otomoto RT 37 Andrzej Chmielewski 6 PCP Peko Racing Team 99 Gregg Black All Stokson Racing Team 66 Mateusz Stoklosa 6, 9 Tati Team 29 William Grarre 9 Team ASPI 11 Jérémy Guarnoni All 93 Matthieu Lussiana All Team Falcone Competition 18 Nicolas Pouhair All 94 Mathieu Gines 7, 9–10 Team SMW 155 Etienne Masson 9 Team Trasimeno 7 Renato Costantini 1–2, 4–7, 9–10 119 Danilo Petrucci All TK Racing 54 Jack Groves 7 VD Heyden Motors Yamaha 72 Fredrik Karlsen All Yamaha Motor Italia J.T. 5 Marco Bussolotti All Yamaha Shel Cetelem Iamaloures 117 André Carvalho 10 Yamaha Spain 88 Yannick Guerra All YZF Yamaha Junior Team 76 Loris Baz All Zone Rouge 14 Nicolas Pirot 1–9 73 Joey Litjens 10

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• All entries used Pirelli tyres.

Championship' standings

Riders' standings

valign=middle Pos valign=middle Rider valign=middle Bike VAL ASS MNZ NÜR MIS BRN BRA DON MAG POR valign=middle Pts 1 Loris Baz Yamaha 1 5 1 2 3 2 1 12 2 2 186 2 Marco Bussolotti Yamaha Ret 7 2 5 2 5 5 1 5 3 134 3 Gino Rea Yamaha 9 9 8 3 9 3 2 3 6 1 132 4 Patrik Vostárek Honda 11 2 6 1 1 1 Ret 5 121 5 Dan Linfoot Yamaha 3 1 DNS 6 6 4 Ret 4 1 11 117 6 Daniele Beretta Suzuki 4 4 3 23 5 Ret 3 Ret 7 6 88 7 Danilo Petrucci Yamaha 2 Ret 4 8 7 10 4 DNS 11 7 83 8 Vincent Lonbois Suzuki 12 3 Ret 13 4 Ret DSQ 7 4 4 71 9 Gregg Black Yamaha Ret 6 16 7 8 6 8 Ret 8 26 53 10 Eddi La Marra Suzuki 8 8 7 25 11 13 6 10 Ret 24 49 11 Leonardo Biliotti Honda 6 Ret 5 21 DSQ 8 22 9 17 16 36 12 Giuliano Gregorini Honda 5 24 10 4 12 20 19 15 WD 35 13 Mathieu Gines Yamaha 7 3 14 27 14 Renato Costantini Yamaha 10 WD 10 14 Ret 9 14 20 23 15 Kenny Tirsgaard Suzuki 28 14 12 11 18 19 27 20 9 13 21 16 Alex Lowes Kawasaki 25 Ret Ret 27 21 26 20 2 21 20 17 Hampus Johansson Yamaha 7 11 Ret 17 10 Ret 29 Ret Ret 25 20 18 Mathieu Lussiana Yamaha 18 15 Ret 9 Ret 11 26 Ret Ret 9 20 19 Jérémy Guarnoni Yamaha Ret 20 Ret 15 16 14 11 19 12 10 18 20 Sam Lowes Honda 27 Ret 13 26 20 12 Ret 6 22 28 17 21 Josh Day Honda 14 18 5 13 22 Ondřej Ježek Kawasaki 17 12 7 13 23 Michal Šembera Honda 14 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret 12 17 15 9 24 Lee Johnston Honda 8 Ret 8 25 Fabio Massei Honda 8 8 26 Fredrik Karlsen Yamaha 22 10 Ret 18 17 15 28 Ret Ret 15 8 27 Yannick Guerra Yamaha 21 21 11 24 19 16 16 18 13 19 8 28 Gianluca Capitini Yamaha 9 7 29 Nicolas Pouhair Yamaha 16 16 Ret WD 24 9 17 Ret 16 23 7 30 David Paton Honda 20 12 Ret 16 18 13 7 31 Leon Hunt Yamaha 10 Ret 6 32 Etienne Masson Yamaha 10 6 33 Joe Burns Yamaha 11 5 34 Christian Von Gunten Suzuki 29 23 14 20 25 Ret 21 13 20 21 5 35 Joey Litjens Yamaha 12 4 36 Simone Grotzkyj Honda Ret WD 15 Ret 13 Ret DNS WD 4 37 Nacho Calero Yamaha 13 19 Ret Ret 22 21 25 22 Ret 27 3 38 Andrea Boscoscuro Kawasaki 19 13 Ret 22 3 Yamaha Ret 39 Davide Fanelli Triumph 15 14 Ret 19 3 40 Thomas Grant Triumph 15 WD WD 1 41 Jamie Hamilton Kawasaki 15 1 Robbie Stewart Triumph 23 17 Ret 23 25 23 16 0 Andrzej Chmielewski Yamaha 17 0 André Carvalho Yamaha 17 0 Daniel Brill Honda 24 18 Ret 19 WD 18 0 BJ Toal Honda 18 0 Nigel Walraven Suzuki Ret 21 0 Nicolas Pirot Yamaha 30 22 Ret 28 26 24 Ret Ret Ret 0 Mateusz Stoklosa Yamaha 22 24 0 Honda 29 Hugo Van Den Berg Honda 22 0 Roman Ramos Kawasaki 23 30 0 Willem Hommersom Honda 23 0 Jack Groves Yamaha 24 0 Steven Michels Suzuki 26 0 Sveti Alexandrov Yamaha Ret 0 Nico Morelli Yamaha Ret 0 Anthony Loiseau Honda Ret 0 Baptiste Guittet Triumph Ret 0 Daniel Arcas Honda DSQ 0 Sergio Batista Honda DSQ 0 William Grarre Yamaha DNQ Pos Rider Bike VAL ASS MNZ NÜR MIS BRN BRA DON MAG POR Pts

Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap Source : ^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2008 World Superbike Calendar. motorcyclenews.com. 19 December 2007.
2. Web site: 2008 European Superstock 600 Standings. resources.worldsbk.com. 2 November 2008.