2011 Supersport World Championship Explained

The 2011 Supersport World Championship was the thirteenth FIM Supersport World Championship season—the fifteenth taking into account the two held under the name of Supersport World Series. The season began on 27 February at Phillip Island and ended on 16 October at Portimão after twelve rounds.

With reigning champion Kenan Sofuoğlu moving to Moto2, Eugene Laverty and Joan Lascorz moving up to the Superbike World Championship, Chaz Davies emerged as the season winner, despite his bad start in the first round.

Race calendar and results

The provisional race schedule was publicly announced by FIM on 7 October 2010 with eleven confirmed rounds and two other rounds pending confirmation.^[1] Having been announced as a venue from 2011 onwards in May 2010,^[2] Motorland Aragon replaced Kyalami on the calendar, while Donington Park returned to the championship, hosting the European round.^[3] Imola was confirmed in November 2010,^[4] but Miller Motorsports Park was dropped to finalise a 12-round calendar.

Round	Country	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	Australia	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	27 February	David Salom	Fabien Foret	Luca Scassa	Yamaha ParkinGO Team	Report
2	United Kingdom	Donington Park	27 March	Luca Scassa	Sam Lowes	Luca Scassa	Yamaha ParkinGO Team	Report
3	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	17 April	Luca Scassa	Luca Scassa	Chaz Davies	Yamaha ParkinGO Team	Report
4	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	8 May	Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Yamaha ParkinGO Team	Report
5	San Marino	Misano World Circuit	12 June	Sam Lowes	Fabien Foret	Broc Parkes	Kawasaki Motocard.com	Report
6	Spain	Motorland Aragon	19 June	Broc Parkes	Sam Lowes	Chaz Davies	Yamaha ParkinGO Team	Report
7	Czech Republic	Masaryk Circuit	10 July	Fabien Foret	Gino Rea	Gino Rea	Step Racing Team	Report
8	United Kingdom	Silverstone Circuit	31 July	David Salom	Robbin Harms	Chaz Davies	Yamaha ParkinGO Team	Report
9	Germany	Nürburgring	4 September	Fabien Foret	James Ellison	Chaz Davies	Yamaha ParkinGO Team	Report
10	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	25 September	Broc Parkes	Fabien Foret	Fabien Foret	Hannspree Ten Kate Honda	Report
11	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	2 October	Broc Parkes	Massimo Roccoli	Luca Scassa	Yamaha ParkinGO Team	Report
12	Portugal	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	16 October	David Salom	James Ellison	Chaz Davies	Yamaha ParkinGO Team	Report

Championship standings

Riders' standings

Pos. Rider Bike AUS EUR NED ITA SMR SPA CZE GBR GER ITA FRA POR Pts 1 Chaz Davies Yamaha 18 2 1 1 6 1 3 1 1 Ret 6 1 206 2 David Salom Kawasaki 4 6 5 8 4 3 4 2 8 5 4 2 156 3 Fabien Foret Honda Ret DNS 2 3 2 7 2 3 6 1 8 12 148 4 Broc Parkes Kawasaki 2 5 3 4 1 Ret Ret 6 7 3 3 Ret 136 5 Luca Scassa Yamaha 1 1 Ret 2 EX Ret 7 12 4 Ret 1 4 134 6 Sam Lowes Honda 3 Ret DNS 5 3 2 6 Ret 3 2 2 Ret 129 7 James Ellison Honda 6 Ret 7 16 7 Ret 8 10 2 6 5 3 99 8 Florian Marino Honda 7 8 Ret 7 11 10 9 9 9 4 9 5 89 9 Roberto Tamburini Yamaha 20 12 DSQ 6 9 5 5 4 11 Ret 7 6 80 10 Massimo Roccoli Kawasaki Ret 7 6 9 Ret 4 15 5 5 Ret Ret 7 71 11 Gino Rea Honda Ret 3 16 Ret 10 6 1 11 Ret 11 22 14 69 12 Robbin Harms Honda 5 4 4 10 8 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret 59 13 Miguel Praia Honda Ret 11 8 Ret 12 9 Ret 8 Ret 8 13 8 51 14 Vittorio Iannuzzo Kawasaki 8 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 15 12 7 12 11 44 15 Balázs Németh Honda 14 14 10 14 18 12 7 10 Ret 11 10 42 16 Alexander Lundh Honda 9 10 DNS 19 15 16 12 13 13 Ret 14 13 29 17 Danilo Dell'Omo Triumph 10 Ret 14 11 Ret 14 11 Ret 16 10 Ret Ret 26 18 Ronan Quarmby Triumph 11 Ret Ret 17 21 Ret 16 14 15 Ret 10 Ret 14 19 Imre Tóth Honda 15 16 11 Ret 20 15 13 17 14 15 20 Ret 13 20 Vladimir Ivanov Honda 16 Ret 9 Ret 16 11 Ret 16 21 12 21 Paweł Szkopek Honda Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret 12 17 15 12 22 Ilario Dionisi Honda 5 11 23 Ondřej Ježek Honda 12 13 Ret DSQ Ret Ret Ret 18 17 14 16 DNS 9 24 Vladimir Leonov Yamaha 17 9 7 25 Stefano Cruciani Kawasaki 24 9 7 26 Bastien Chesaux Honda 13 Ret 13 20 Ret Ret Ret 16 6 27 Mirko Giansanti Kawasaki 12 Ret Ret 4 28 Marko Jerman Triumph 17 15 DNS 13 19 Ret Ret 21 20 Ret 21 18 4 29 Patrik Vostárek Honda Ret 19 13 18 3 30 Alessio Velini Honda 13 3 31 Luca Marconi Yamaha 19 Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret 14 Ret DNS DNS 17 3 32 Roman Stamm Honda 14 17 17 2 33 Louis Bulle Yamaha 15 1 34 Robert Mureșan Honda DNS 15 Ret 1 Cătălin Cazacu Honda 21 23 16 23 0 Mitchell Pirotta Honda Ret 17 18 18 DNS 19 20 22 25 Ret DNQ 0 Yves Polzer Yamaha 17 20 Ret 18 Ret 23 Ret DNS 0 Eduard Blokhin Yamaha DNQ DNQ 21 Ret 20 23 24 26 17 25 24 0 Michele Conti Honda 18 0 Marc Moser Yamaha 18 0 Konstantin Pisarev Honda 19 23 0 Luke Stapleford Kawasaki 19 Ret 0 Danilo Marrancone Yamaha 19 0 Günther Knobloch Yamaha 19 0 Gianluca Vizziello Honda 20 0 David Linortner Yamaha 21 0 Thomas Caiani Honda 24 22 0 Valery Yurchenko Yamaha 22 Ret Ret 0 Kervin Bos Yamaha Ret 22 0 Iuri Vigilucci Yamaha 22 0 János Chrobák Honda 22 0 Oleg Pozdneev Yamaha DNQ DNQ Ret 23 DNQ 24 DNQ 24 DNQ 26 DNQ 0 Giovanni Altomonte Honda 23 0 Ferenc Kurucz Yamaha 25 0 Christian Casella Triumph NC 0 Jack Kennedy Yamaha Ret 0 Jos van der Aa Yamaha Ret 0 William Marconi Yamaha Ret 0 Pauli Pekkanen Triumph Ret 0 Jesco Günther Yamaha Ret 0 Giuliano Rovelli Yamaha DNS 0 Boštjan Skubic Yamaha DNS 0 Fabio Menghi Yamaha DNS 0 Martin Jessopp Honda DNS 0 Pos. Rider Bike AUS EUR NED ITA SMR SPA CZE GBR GER ITA FRA POR Pts

Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' standings

Pos.	Manufacturer	AUS	EUR	NED	ITA	SMR	SPA	CZE	GBR	GER	ITA	FRA	POR	Pts
1	Yamaha	1	1	1	1	6	1	3	1	1	17	1	1	251
2	Honda	3	3	2	3	2	2	1	3	2	1	2	3	230
3	Kawasaki	2	5	3	4	1	3	4	2	5	3	3	2	197
4	Triumph	10	15	14	11	19	14	11	14	15	10	10	18	36
Pos.	Manufacturer	AUS	EUR	NED	ITA	SMR	SPA	CZE	GBR	GER	ITA	FRA	POR	Pts

Entry list

2011 entry list^[5] Team Constructor Motorcycle Rider Rounds Vector KM Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 3 Jesco Günther^[6] 12 Step Racing Team Honda Honda CBR600RR 4 Gino Rea^[7] All 40 Martin Jessopp^[8] 11 60 Vladimir Ivanov 1–9 78 Konstantin Pisarev^[9] 7 78 Konstantin Pisarev 12 Cresto Guide Racing Team Honda Honda CBR600RR 5 Alexander Lundh^[10] All KUJA Racing Team Honda Honda CBR600RR 6 Gianluca Vizziello 12 19 Mitchell Pirotta 1–11 27 Thomas Caiani 11–12 52 Michele Conti 7 80 Giovanni Altomonte^[11] 4 Yamaha ParkinGO Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 7 Chaz Davies^[12] All 9 Luca Scassa 1–4, 6–12 79 Giuliano Rovelli^[13] 5 MACH Racing Honda Honda CBR600RR 8 Bastien Chesaux 1–3, 8–12 114 Roman Stamm^[14] 5–7 Team Hungary Tóth Honda Honda CBR600RR 10 Imre Tóth All 38 Balázs Németh 1–6, 8–12 119 János Chrobák 7 Parkalgar Honda Honda Honda CBR600RR 11 Sam Lowes^[15] All 117 Miguel Praia All Puccetti Racing^[16] Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 12 Stefano Cruciani 5, 10 32 Mirko Giansanti 4–5, 7 Team Appleyard Macadam Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 14 Jack Kennedy^[17] 2 Dark Dog Academy Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 15 Louis Bulle 11 AARK Racing Triumph Triumph Daytona 675 16 Christian Casella^[18] 8 Prorace Honda Honda CBR600RR 17 Patrik Vostárek 7, 9–11 Hannspree Ten Kate Honda^[19] Honda Honda CBR600RR 21 Florian Marino All 99 Fabien Foret All Bike Service Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 22 Roberto Tamburini All 87 Luca Marconi 1–10, 12 125 Danilo Marrancone 11 Kawasaki Motocard.com Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 23 Broc Parkes^[20] All 44 David Salom All RivaMoto Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 24 Eduard Blokhin 2–12 30 Valery Yurchenko 4–5, 7 73 Oleg Pozdneev 2–12 MD Team Jerman Triumph Triumph Daytona 675 25 Marko Jerman All Bogdanka PTR Honda^[21] Honda Honda CBR600RR 28 Paweł Szkopek All 77 James Ellison All Lorenzini by Leoni Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 31 Vittorio Iannuzzo^[22] All 55 Massimo Roccoli All Team MRC Austria Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 33 Yves Polzer^[23] 3–10 Suriano Racing Team Triumph Triumph Daytona 675 34 Ronan Quarmby^[24] All 91 Danilo Dell'Omo All GERIN-SKM Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 37 David Linortner 12 76 Günther Knobloch 12 Triple M Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 43 Marc Moser^[25] 9 PTR Romania Honda Honda CBR600RR 45 Cătălin Cazacu 7, 9–11 95 Robert Mureșan 2–4 Velmotor 2000 Honda Honda CBR600RR 51 Alessio Velini^[26] 5 Vice Versa-AAracing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 53 Jos van der Aa 3 VD Heyden Motors Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 57 Kervin Bos 3, 9 Pro Ride Mol Dynamic Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 59 Ferenc Kurucz 7 VFT Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 61 Fabio Menghi^[27] 10 Yakhnich Motorsport Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 65 Vladimir Leonov^[28] 5, 12 SMS Racing Honda Honda CBR600RR 69 Ondřej Ježek All 777 RR Motorsport Triumph Triumph Daytona 675 70 Pauli Pekkanen 11 Inotherm Racing Team Slovenia Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 74 Boštjan Skubic 7 Vigi Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 82 Iuri Vigilucci 5 Profile Road and Racing Performance Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 88 Luke Stapleford^[29] 8, 12 Marconi Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 121 William Marconi 5 Harms Benjan Racing Team Honda Honda CBR600RR 127 Robbin Harms All Honda Italia Honda Honda CBR600RR 157 Ilario Dionisi 5

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

• All entries used Pirelli tyres.

Notes and References

1. News: 2011 WSBK calendar announced by FIM. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 7 October 2010. 7 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101008201152/http://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/latest-news/4581-2011-wsbk-calendar-announced-by-fim.html. 8 October 2010 . live.
2. News: MotorLand Aragón to join WSBK calendar from 2011. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 19 May 2010. 7 October 2010. 22 May 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100522021653/http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/159881/1/motorland_aragn_to_join_wsbk_calendar_from_2011.html. dead.
3. News: Donington Park back on the WSB calendar in 2011. Michael. Guy. Motor Cycle News. Bauer Media Group. 15 November 2010. 16 November 2010.
4. News: Imola included as 2011 calendar confirmed. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 24 November 2010. 24 November 2010. 26 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110426012122/http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/165244/1/imola_included_as_2011_calendar_confirmed.html. dead.
5. Web site: FIM Supersport World Championship – 2011 provisional entry list. fim-live.com. Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 24 January 2011. 24 January 2011. 2. https://web.archive.org/web/20150207193907/http://www.v2-fim-live.com/fileadmin/user_upload/medias/Superbike/2011/FIM%20Superbike%20%26%20Supersport%20World%20Championships%20-%202011%20provisional%20Entry%20Lists.pdf. 7 February 2015. dead. dmy-all.
6. Web site: Supersport World Championship: Portimão Entry List. 14 October 2011. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 14 October 2011.
7. News: Gino Rea stays with Intermoto Honda in WSS. David. Miller. 12 January 2011. BikeSport News. V3 Media. 12 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110118041316/http://www.bikesportnews.com/news-detail.cfm?newstitle=Gino-Rea-stays-with-Intermoto-Honda-in-WSS&newsid=7088. 2011-01-18. dead.
8. Web site: Supersport World Championship: Magny-Cours Entry List. 29 September 2011. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 30 September 2011.
9. Web site: Supersport World Championship: Brno Entry List. 8 July 2011. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 8 July 2011.
10. News: 2011 grid beginning to shape up. 14 December 2010. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 14 December 2010. 3 March 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110303044025/http://www.crash.net/World+Superbikes/news/165518/1/wss_2011_grid_beginning_to_shape_up.html. dead.
11. Web site: Supersport World Championship: Monza Entry List. 5 May 2011. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 6 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20130118205718/http://www.worldsbk.com/images/stories/documents/entry_list/Monza_Entry%20Lists.pdf. 18 January 2013.
12. News: BE1 drops Triumph for Yamaha. 24 January 2011. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 24 January 2011. 27 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110127111512/http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/166066/1/wss_be1_drops_triumph_for_yamaha.html. dead.
13. News: Lowes charges to provisional Misano pole. 10 June 2011. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 10 June 2011. 14 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110614234447/http://www.crash.net/world+supersport/news/170079/1/lowes_charges_to_provisional_misano_pole.html. dead.
14. Web site: Supersport World Championship: Misano Entry List. 9 June 2011. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 10 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20130118205911/http://www.worldsbk.com/images/stories/documents/entry_list/Misano_Entry%20Lists.pdf. 18 January 2013.
15. News: Ellison joins 3 man PTR Honda squad. 12 November 2010. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 21 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101012060008/http://www.worldsbk.com/en/news.html?start=9. 12 October 2010 . live.
16. News: Provisional 2011 WSS grid. 7 January 2011. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 7 January 2011. 10 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110110122306/http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/165778/1/wss_provisional_2011_wss_grid.html. dead.
17. Web site: Supersport World Championship: Donington Park Entry List. 25 March 2011. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 25 March 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20130118205630/http://www.worldsbk.com/images/stories/documents/entry_list/SBK_WSS_Donington%20Provisional%20Entry%20List.pdf. 18 January 2013.
18. News: Josh. Barnett. Aussie rider gets Supersport wild card for Silverstone World Superbike event. 21 July 2011. Fox Sports. Premier Media Group. 29 July 2011.
19. News: Hannspree to stay on as Ten Kate WSS sponsor. 6 January 2011. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 6 January 2011. While post-season rumours had speculated the demise of the Supersport operation on financial grounds, Hannspree's decision to sign a new contract has enabled Ten Kate to go ahead and form a full two-man line-up of Fabien Foret and Florian Marino.. 10 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110110203318/http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/165765/1/wss_hannspree_to_stay_on_as_ten_kate_wss_sponsor.html. dead.
20. News: Parkes and Salom enjoy test. 22 November 2010. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 22 November 2010.
21. News: PTR confirms four-man rider line-up. 14 January 2011. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 14 January 2011. 16 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110116010505/http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/165887/1/wss_ptr_confirms_four-man_rider_line-up.html. dead.
22. News: Lorenzini Kawasaki signs Italian veterans. 20 January 2011. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 20 January 2011.
23. Web site: Supersport World Championship: Assen Entry List. 15 April 2011. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 16 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20130118205544/http://www.worldsbk.com/images/stories/documents/entry_list/Assen_Entry%20Lists.pdf. 18 January 2013.
24. News: Suriano expands Triumph ranks, signs Quarmby. 14 January 2011. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 14 January 2011.
25. Web site: Supersport – Biographical Entry List. 2 September 2011. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 2 September 2011.
26. News: Misano – Free practice times (1). 10 June 2011. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 10 June 2011. 30 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110830154214/http://www.crash.net/world+supersport/results/170067/1/misano_-_free_practice_times_1.html. dead.
27. Web site: Supersport – Biographical Entry List. 23 September 2011. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 23 September 2011.
28. News: Misano set for biggest grid in three years. 8 June 2011. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 10 June 2011.
29. News: Silverstone – Free practice times (1). 29 July 2011. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 29 July 2011. 30 September 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120930214943/http://www.crash.net/world+supersport/results/171666/1/silverstone_-_free_practice_times_1.html. dead.