2010 Supersport World Championship Explained

The 2010 Supersport World Championship was the twelfth FIM Supersport World Championship season—the fourteenth taking into account the two held under the name of Supersport World Series. The season started on 28 February at Phillip Island and finished on 3 October at Magny-Cours after thirteen rounds. The championship supported the Superbike World Championship at every round.

Kenan Sofuoğlu clinched the title at the final round after a season-long battle with Eugene Laverty. Joan Lascorz was also in contention for most of the season but suffered a season-ending injury at Silverstone, however he amassed enough points to claim third place.

Race calendar and results

The provisional race schedule was publicly announced by FIM on 6 October 2009 with the most notable change from the 2009 Superbike World Championship season being the dropping of the round at Losail, Qatar.^[1] For the first time in series history, a race was run on a day other than Sunday, with the race at Miller Motorsports Park being held on Monday 31 May.^[2] These races ran as part of the Memorial Day weekend in the United States.^[2] The FIM altered the calendar on 22 January 2010 with Silverstone replacing Donington Park as the host of the British round.^[3]

Round	Country	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1		Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	28 February	Joan Lascorz	Eugene Laverty	Eugene Laverty	Parkalgar Honda	Report
2		Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	28 March	Eugene Laverty	Michele Pirro	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Ten Kate Honda	Report
3		Circuit Ricardo Tormo	11 April	Eugene Laverty	Joan Lascorz	Joan Lascorz	Motocard.com Kawasaki	Report
4		TT Circuit Assen	25 April	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Eugene Laverty	Parkalgar Honda	Report
5		Autodromo Nazionale Monza	9 May	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Eugene Laverty	Eugene Laverty	Parkalgar Honda	Report
6		Kyalami	16 May	Eugene Laverty	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Eugene Laverty	Parkalgar Honda	Report
7		Miller Motorsports Park	31 May	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Ten Kate Honda	Report
8		Misano World Circuit	27 June	Michele Pirro	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Eugene Laverty	Parkalgar Honda	Report
9		Masaryk Circuit	11 July	Joan Lascorz	Joan Lascorz	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Ten Kate Honda	Report
10	Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit	1 August	Eugene Laverty	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Eugene Laverty	Parkalgar Honda	Report
11		Nürburgring	5 September	Eugene Laverty	Eugene Laverty	Eugene Laverty	Parkalgar Honda	Report
12		Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	26 September	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Eugene Laverty	Michele Pirro	Ten Kate Honda	Report
13		Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	3 October	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Eugene Laverty	Eugene Laverty	Parkalgar Honda	Report

Championship standings

Riders' standings

Pos. Rider Bike AUS POR SPA NED ITA RSA USA SMR CZE GBR GER ITA FRA Pts 1 Kenan Sofuoğlu Honda 3 1 2 3 2 2 1 3 1 2 2 2 2 263 2 Eugene Laverty Honda 1 11 5 1 1 1 2 1 Ret 1 1 3 1 252 3 Joan Lascorz Kawasaki 2 2 1 2 3 5 3 2 2 DNS 168 4 Chaz Davies Triumph 12 4 3 4 7 3 4 4 3 4 5 Ret 3 153 5 Michele Pirro Honda Ret 3 11 Ret 4 4 5 Ret Ret 8 1 8 99 6 David Salom Triumph 4 10 4 Ret 8 7 7 10 8 8 6 Ret 7 99 7 Robbin Harms Honda 7 7 9 6 Ret 8 8 6 6 5 11 Ret 5 98 8 Massimo Roccoli Honda 6 9 Ret 9 11 Ret 13 7 12 9 7 6 4 84 9 Gino Rea Honda 10 8 6 7 9 9 9 Ret 4 3 DSQ Ret Ret 83 10 Katsuaki Fujiwara Kawasaki 11 6 Ret 8 5 12 6 5 15 Ret 5 6 81 11 Matthieu Lagrive Triumph Ret 7 5 6 6 12 11 9 7 Ret 11 70 12 Miguel Praia Honda 9 Ret 12 10 10 10 14 9 7 6 13 Ret 10 66 13 Fabien Foret Kawasaki 5 5 10 Ret Ret Ret 10 8 10 12 4 Ret Ret 65 14 Roberto Tamburini Yamaha 5 DNS 9 9 9 32 15 Broc Parkes Kawasaki 3 4 Ret 29 16 Alexander Lundh Honda Ret 13 8 11 13 13 15 Ret Ret 15 Ret 24 17 Jason DiSalvo Triumph 8 12 Ret 12 Ret Ret 11 21 18 Vittorio Iannuzzo Triumph 12 11 14 Ret 12 Ret 15 19 Danilo Dell'Omo Honda 15 15 Ret 13 Ret Ret 14 Ret 19 10 13 20 Gianluca Vizziello Honda 12 10 10 21 Mark Aitchison Honda 22 Ret 7 Ret 9 22 Cristiano Migliorati Kawasaki 8 8 23 Alessio Palumbo Kawasaki Ret 13 14 13 8 24 Bastien Chesaux Honda 14 Ret 14 15 14 17 15 Ret 16 Ret DNS 8 25 Sam Lowes Honda 10 6 26 Axel Maurin Yamaha 11 5 27 James Westmoreland Yamaha 11 5 28 Lance Isaacs Honda 11 5 29 Florian Marino Honda 12 4 30 Christian Iddon Honda 17 12 4 31 Billy McConnell Yamaha 13 3 32 Daniel Bukowski Honda 13 3 33 Sébastien Charpentier Triumph 13 3 34 Andrea Boscoscuro Honda 14 15 3 35 Paola Cazzola Honda 14 16 Ret 15 18 3 36 Giuseppe Barone Honda 14 2 37 Imre Tóth Honda 16 16 19 19 23 14 Ret Ret 2 38 Tomáš Holubec Honda 15 1 Tyler Odom Honda 16 0 Iuri Vigilucci Yamaha 16 0 Jaroslav Černý Yamaha 16 0 Max Hunt Yamaha 17 21 0 Fabio Menghi Yamaha 17 0 Boštjan Skubic Yamaha 17 0 Eduard Blokhin Yamaha 18 DNQ Ret 18 DNQ 0 Ronan Quarmby Honda DNS 18 Ret Ret 0 Jason Farrell Kawasaki 18 0 Ian Lowry Yamaha 20 0 Jacques Peskens Honda Ret 0 Melissa Paris Yamaha Ret 0 Alessandro Torcolacci Triumph Ret 0 Alex Lowes Yamaha Ret 0 Jenny Tinmouth Honda Ret 0 Julien Enjolras Triumph Ret 0 Nikolett Kovács Honda DNQ 0 Mauro Goffi Honda DNQ 0 Pos. Rider Bike AUS POR SPA NED ITA RSA USA SMR CZE GBR GER ITA FRA Pts

Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' standings

Pos.	Manufacturer	AUS	POR	SPA	NED	ITA	RSA	USA	SMR	CZE	GBR	GER	ITA	FRA	Pts
1	Honda	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	320
2	Kawasaki	2	2	1	2	3	5	3	2	2	12	3	4	6	211
3	Triumph	4	4	3	4	6	3	4	4	3	4	5	11	3	168
4	Yamaha		17	DNQ				Ret	5	16	11	9	9	9	37
Pos.	Manufacturer	AUS	POR	SPA	NED	ITA	RSA	USA	SMR	CZE	GBR	GER	ITA	FRA	Pts

Entry list

2010 entry list Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Came Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 3 James Westmoreland^[4] 10 17 Billy McConnell 10 Intermoto Czech Honda Honda CBR600RR 4 Gino Rea^[5] All 32 Tomáš Holubec^[6] 9 55 Massimo Roccoli^[7] All Cresto Guide Racing Team Honda Honda CBR600RR 5 Alexander Lundh^[8] 1–10, 12–13 21 Christian Iddon^[9] 11 Team ParkinGO Triumph BE1 Racing Triumph Triumph Daytona 675 7 Chaz Davies^[10] All 14 Matthieu Lagrive^[11] 2–12 16 Sébastien Charpentier 1 25 David Salom All 31 Vittorio Iannuzzo^[12] 8–13 40 Jason DiSalvo 1–7 69 Julien Enjolras^[13] 13 Harms Benjan Racing Honda Honda CBR600RR 8 Bastien Chesaux^[14] 2–12 127 Robbin Harms^[15] All Kuja Racing Honda Honda CBR600RR 9 Danilo Dell'Omo^[16] 1–6, 8–11 15 Nikolett Kovács^[17] 8 18 Mark Aitchison^[18] 10–13 19 Andrea Boscoscuro^[19] 5–6 33 Paola Cazzola 1–4 107 Mauro Goffi^[20] 12 Team Tóth Honda Honda CBR600RR 10 Imre Tóth^[21] 4–5, 8–13 GNS Racing Honda Honda CBR600RR 11 Sam Lowes^[22] 10 IFS Lowe Racedays Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 12 Ian Lowry^[23] 10 MPH Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 13 Melissa Paris^[24] 7 Parkalgar Honda Honda Honda CBR600RR 21 Christian Iddon 10 50 Eugene Laverty^[25] All 117 Miguel Praia^[26] All Bogdanka Racing Honda Honda CBR600RR 22 Daniel Bukowski 9 Kawasaki Motocard.com Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 23 Broc Parkes^[27] 11–13 26 Joan Lascorz^[28] 1–10 37 Katsuaki Fujiwara 1–7, 9–13 Rivamoto Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 24 Eduard Blokhin^[29] 2–3, 8–9, 12 Seton Interceptor Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 29 Alex Lowes 10 Wild Boar Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 33 Paola Cazzola^[30] 8 Interfile Tyres in Transit Team Honda Honda CBR600RR 34 Ronan Quarmby^[31] 11–12 BikeFin SafeSky Honda Honda Honda CBR600RR 6 38 Lance Isaacs 6 43 Jacques Peskens^[32] 6 HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda Honda CBR600RR 34 Ronan Quarmby^[33] 10 51 Michele Pirro^[34] 1–9, 11–13 54 Kenan Sofuoğlu^[35] All 121 Florian Marino^[36] 13 Race Lab Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 36 Max Hunt^[37] 2, 10 Bike Service Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 44 Roberto Tamburini^[38] 8, 10–13 Velmotor 2000 Honda Honda CBR600RR 45 Gianluca Vizziello^[39] 5, 12 Erion Racing Honda Honda CBR600RR 46 Tyler Odom 7 Puccetti Racing Kawasaki Italia Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 53 Cristiano Migliorati 12 85 Alessio Palumbo^[40] 3, 8–9, 12 VFT Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 61 Fabio Menghi^[41] 8 Inotherm Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 74 Boštjan Skubic 9 Team Civita Racing Triumph Triumph Daytona 675 77 Alessandro Torcolacci^[42] 8 Vigi Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 82 Iuri Vigilucci^[43] 8 Indy Superbikes.com Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 86 Jason Farrell 7 Bily Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 88 Jaroslav Černý 9 Team Falcone Competition Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 89 Axel Maurin 13 Team Lorenzini by Leoni Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 99 Fabien Foret^[44] All Sorrymate.com Racing Honda Honda CBR600RR 110 Jenny Tinmouth 10 RCGM 2B Corse Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 131 Giuseppe Barone 12

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

• All entries used Pirelli tyres.

Notes and References

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15. News: Robbin Harms i ny rolle. Danish. 2010-02-14. motorsporten.dk. Motorsporten. 2010-02-27.
16. News: Cazzola signs up for Kuja Racing in World Supersport. 2010-01-14. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 2010-02-27.
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21. News: Assen - Free practice times (2). 2010-04-24. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2010-05-08. 2010-04-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20100427020314/http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/results/159053/1/wss_assen_-_free_practice_times_2.html. dead.
22. News: Full house of wild-card entries for Silverstone. 2010-07-23. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 2010-07-30.
23. News: McWilliams to run Lowry wild-card. 2010-07-22. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2010-07-30. 2010-07-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20100726140754/http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/161804/1/wss_mcwilliams_to_run_lowry_wild-card.html. dead.
24. News: Wildcard entry for Melissa Paris. 2010-05-25. Twowheelsblog. Blogo. 2010-05-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20100527063146/http://www.twowheelsblog.com/post/4440/wss-miller-motorsports-park-wildcard-entry-for-melissa-paris. 2010-05-27. dead.
25. News: Laverty takes centre stage at Belfast show. Richard. Petrie. 2010-02-15. BBC Sport. BBC. 2010-02-27.
26. News: Parkalgar Honda Championship challenge starts now. 2010-02-20. paddockgossip.com. PaddockGossip. 2010-02-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20120303234301/http://www.paddockgossip.com/content/view/1007/169/. 2012-03-03. dead.
27. News: Parkes steps in for Lascorz. 2010-08-31. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 2010-09-01.
28. News: Fujiwara And Lascorz Push Forward In Testing. 2009-12-18. speedtv.com. Speed. 2010-02-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20110724055351/http://moto-racing.speedtv.com/article/wss-fujiwara-and-lascorz-push-forward-in-testing/. 2011-07-24. dead.
29. News: Sofuoglu domineert tweede vrije training. 2010-03-27. Dutch. racesport.nl. Racesport. 2010-03-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20120305100514/http://www.racesport.nl/nieuwsbericht.php?id=22855. 2012-03-05. dead.
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31. News: Homegrown trio to compete in Kyalami WSBK round. 2010-05-12. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2010-05-16.
32. News: Peskens to replace Quarmby in World Supersport race. 2010-05-15. Kyalami. Universal Property Professionals. 2010-05-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20100518185358/http://www.kyalamiracing.co.za/MediaPressReleasesMore.aspx?CID=191. 2010-05-18. dead.
33. News: Pirro replaced by Quarmby for Silverstone. 2010-07-15. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 2010-07-30.
34. News: Michele Pirro Joins Ten Kate WSS Team for 2010. Alina. Dumitrache. 2009-11-20. Autoevolution. SoftNews NET. 2010-02-27.
35. News: Sofuoglu, Ten Kate Honda Renew Relationship For 2010. 2009-09-27. roadracingworld.com. Road Racing World. 2010-02-27.
36. News: Magny-Cours - Free practice times (1). 2010-10-01. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2010-10-02. 2010-10-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20101005014744/http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/results/163813/1/wss_magny-cours_-_free_practice_times_1.html. dead.
37. News: Portimao - Qualifying times (1). 2010-03-26. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2010-03-27. 2010-03-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20100329161603/http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/results/158092/1/wss_portimao_-_qualifying_times_1.html. dead.
38. News: Crutchlow Leads The Madding Crowd At Sun-Kissed Misano. 2010-06-26. London Bikers. Media Panther Ltd.. 2010-06-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20111001043508/http://londonbikers.com/news/13213/wsb-qualifying-crutchlow-leads-the-madding-crowd-at-sun-kissed-misano. 2011-10-01. dead.
39. News: Monza - Free practice times (1). 2010-05-06. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2010-05-08. 2010-05-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20100510025755/http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/results/159465/1/wss_monza_-_free_practice_times_1.html. dead.
40. News: Alessio Palumbo al via nel Mondiale Supersport con il Puccetti Racing Kawasaki. 2010-04-03. Italian. motoblog.it. Blogo. 2010-04-09.
41. News: Mondiale Supersport 600 Misano VFT Racing con Fabio Menghi. Italian. 2010-06-22. formulaitalia.info. Formula Italia. 2010-06-27.
42. News: Misano, il team Civita Racing sara' wild card. Italian. 2010-06-21. Motociclisti. My Blog. 2010-06-27. 2011-07-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20110722042714/http://motociclisti.myblog.it/archive/2010/06/21/supersport-misano-il-team-civita-racing-sara-wild-card.html. dead.
43. News: 15 Italian wildcards!. 2010-06-23. GPOne. Partita IVA. 2010-06-27. 2010-06-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20100626105322/http://www.gpone.com/index.php/en/news/braking-news/1049-sbk-quindici-wildcard-italiane.html. dead.
44. News: Foret confirmed with Lorenzini Kawasaki for Supersport. 2010-02-01. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 2010-02-27.