2012 European Superstock 600 Championship Explained

The 2012 European Superstock 600 Championship was the eigth season of the European Superstock 600 Championship. The season was contested over ninth races, beginning at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari on 1 April and ending at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours on 7 October. Michael Van Der Mark won the title after beating Riccardo Russo.

Race calendar and results

2012 Calendar^[1]
Round	Country	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team
1	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	1 April	Riccardo Russo	Nacho Calero	Riccardo Russo	Team Italia FMI
2	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	22 April	Bastien Chesaux	Alex Schacht	Michael Van Der Mark	EAB Ten Kate Junior Team
3	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	6 May	Riccardo Russo	Riccardo Russo	Riccardo Russo	Team Italia FMI
4	San Marino	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	10 June	Franco Morbidelli	Michael Van Der Mark	Michael Van Der Mark	EAB Ten Kate Junior Team
5	Spain	Motorland Aragón	1 July	Riccardo Russo	Riccardo Russo	Riccardo Russo	Team Italia FMI
6	Czech Republic	Brno Circuit	22 July	Riccardo Russo	Gauthier Duwelz	Michael Van Der Mark	EAB Ten Kate Junior Team
7	United Kingdom	Silverstone Circuit	5 August	Michael Van Der Mark	Lee Jackson	Riccardo Russo	Team Italia FMI
8	Germany	Nürburgring	8 September	Michael Van Der Mark	Michael Van Der Mark	Michael Van Der Mark	EAB Ten Kate Junior Team
9	Portugal	Algarve International Circuit	23 September	Michael Van Der Mark	Michael Van Der Mark	Michael Van Der Mark	EAB Ten Kate Junior Team
10	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	7 October	Michael Van Der Mark	Riccardo Russo	Michael Van Der Mark	EAB Ten Kate Junior Team

Entry List

Team	Constructor	Motorcycle		Rider	Rounds
Benjan Racing	Honda	Honda CBR600RR	9	Koen Zeelen	1–5
EAB Ten Kate Junior Team			8	Bastien Chesaux	1–5, 7–10
			28	Ferruccio Lamborghini	6
			60	Michael Van Der Mark	All
FRT			64	Riccardo Cecchini	6–10
Kemoto			5	Renato Novosel	6
Schacht Racing SBK ONE			59	Alex Schacht	All
Team B.S.R.			39	Sébastien Suchet	All
Team B.S.R.			111	Jeremy Ayer	10
Chris Walker Race School	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-6R	14	Lee Jackson	7, 10
FP Racing			6	Richard de Tournay	1–8, 10
MRS			23	Christophe Ponsson	All
MRS			44	Matt Davies	8
Racedays			4	Jake Lewis	6–10
			7	Marvin Fritz	1–5
			44	Matt Davies	9–10
RaaschieRacing-Team			63	Philippe Von Gunten	10
Team GoEleven			15	Javier Alviz	10
			18	Christian Gamarino	All
			29	Corey Snowsill	8–10
			44	Matt Davies	1–7
			99	Tony Coveña	1–6
Team Velocisti			81	Alessandro Nocco	10
Boselli Races	Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R600	25	Federico Monti	4
SWRT powered Hoegee Suzuki	Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R600	10	Wayne Tessels	2
FRT	Triumph	Triumph Daytona 675	64	Riccardo Cecchini	1–3, 5
Team Haribo Starmix			123	Alexander Olsen	10
Trickbits FBM Performance			11	Josh Simpson	1–4
Trickbits FBM Performance			77	Tom Weeden	1
Bike Center	Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R6	32	Nicolas Stizza	4
Bike e Motor Racing Team			45	Tedy Bašić	1, 3–4, 6, 8
Bike Service R.T. Bike Service - WTR Ten 10			12	Franco Morbidelli	4, 6–10
Bike Service R.T. Bike Service - WTR Ten 10			27	Emanuele Viglieno	1
Central Churrasco Mavisport			95	Ruben Nogueira	1–2
Coutelle Racing Team			88	Mathieu Marchal	10
CSM Bucharest			26	Mircea Vrajitoru	1–9
Elle 2 Ciatti			53	Nicola Jr. Morrentino	1, 3
Fast Bike Service Racing Team			47	Marc Buchner	8
FP Evolution			69	Gennaro Antonio Romano	1
Garnier Racing Team			43	Stéphane Egea	10
Garnier Racing Team			88	Mathieu Marchal	1–5
G.A.S. Racing Team			51	Filippo Benini	1, 3–4
G.A.S. Racing Team			999	Francesco Cavalli	1, 3–4
GERIN-SKM Racing Team			34	Marco Nekvasil	8, 10
Montaze Broz Racing Team			62	Jiri Klejch	6
MTM Racing Team			29	Corey Snowsill	1–7
MTM Racing Team			37	Mike Jones	8–9
PMR - Planet Motor Racing			36	Morgan Berchet	10
RCGM Team			12	Franco Morbidelli	1, 3
RCGM Team			93	Roberto Mercandelli	1, 3
Rivamoto Junior Team			71	Robin Mulhauser	All
SLMoteur			21	Hugo Clere	10
SLMoteur			41	Anthony Dumont	10
SWPN Off. Partn.of Racen Tegen			46	Davy Thoonen	2
Team4you			90	Kevin Szalai	10
Team ASPI			21	Hugo Clere	7
Team Falcone Competition			43	Stéphane Egea	1–3
Team Italia FMI			70	Luca Vitali	All
Team Italia FMI			84	Riccardo Russo	All
Team MTM Racing			52	Gauthier Duwelz	1–3, 5–10
Team MTM Racing			92	Adrian Nestorovic	All
Team Riviera			17	Stefano Casalotti	1, 3–4
Team PATA by Martini			13	Luca salvadori	1, 3–4, 6–8
			13	Luca Salvadori	9–10
			75	Francesco Cocco	1–8
Team Trasimeno			10	Nacho Calero	All
			66	Jonathan Willcox	All
			75	Francesco Cocco	9–10
Technic Racing			100	Thibaut Gourin	10
TK Racing Slovakia			19	Tomáš Krajči	1–3
TK Racing Slovakia			91	Lukáš Jasenský	6

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Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

All entries used Pirelli tyres.

Championship Standings

Riders' standings

valign=middle	Pos	valign=middle	Rider	valign=middle	Bike	IMO	ASS	MNZ	MIS	ARA	BRN	SIL	NÜR	POR	MAG	valign=middle	Pts
1	Michael Van Der Mark	Honda	3	1	4	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	219
2	Riccardo Russo	Yamaha	1	5	1	2	1	3	1	2	2	2	207
3	Gauthier Duwelz	Yamaha	10	3	2		3	2	Ret	Ret	4	9	98
4	Alex Schacht	Honda	21	6	8	Ret	12	4	4	9	6	6	75
5	Adrian Nestorovic	Yamaha	17	9	Ret	6	5	7	6	5	3	Ret	74
6	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	7		9	15		6	7	3	5	5	74
7	Luca Vitali	Yamaha	19	7	5	4	7	12	9	10	9	10	72
8	Christian Gamarino	Kawasaki	9	Ret	12	3	10	8	8	Ret	7	13	61
9	Nacho Calero	Yamaha	2	2	6	18	Ret	18	12	18	11	20	61
10	Bastien Chesaux	Honda	6	25	3	Ret	Ret		5	4	Ret	7	59
11	Francesco Cocco	Yamaha	Ret	24	27	5	4	5	Ret	15	Ret	23	36
12	Sebastian Suchet	Honda	18	11	18	21	8	10	10	21	13	8	36
13	Riccardo Cecchini	Triumph	22	18	Ret		15						33
13	Riccardo Cecchini	Honda						14	Ret	7	8	4	33
14	Christophe Ponsson	Kawasaki	Ret	14	13	12	11	11	13	Ret	12	12	30
15	Stéphane Egea	Yamaha	5	4	Ret							22	24
16	Tony Coveña	Kawasaki	16	10	7	8	18	WD					23
17	Mathieu Marchal	Yamaha	Ret	21	Ret	10	DNS					3	22
18	Matt Davies	Kawasaki	13	20	10	23	6	Ret	14	22	Ret	15	22
19	Lee Jackson	Kawasaki							3			11	21
20	Robin Mulhauser	Yamaha	11	15	26	17	Ret	17	11	Ret	10	Ret	17
21	Nicola Jr. Morrentino	Yamaha	4		14								15
22	Stefano Casalotti	Yamaha	8		17	9							15
23	Marvin Fritz	Kawasaki	12	13	25	14	13						12
24	Corey Snowsill	Yamaha	29	Ret	16	13	9	19	DNS				11
24	Corey Snowsill	Kawasaki								16	15	27	11
25	Mike Jones	Yamaha								6	16		10
26	Filippo Benini	Yamaha	Ret		11	11							10
27	Federico Monti	Suzuki				7							9
28	Wayne Tessels	Suzuki		8									8
29	Marco Nekvasil	Yamaha								8		17	8
30	Mircea Vrajitoru	Yamaha	14	Ret	23	25	14	Ret	Ret	12	Ret		8
31	Ferruccio Lamborghini	Honda						9					7
32	Luca Salvadori	Yamaha	20		21	Ret		15	Ret	14	14	14	7
33	Richard De Tournay	Kawasaki	30	22	Ret	20	16	13	DSQ	13		Ret	6
34	Tedy Bašić	Yamhaa	Ret		20	16		Ret		11			5
35	Koen Zeelen	Honda	26	12	28	19	17						4
36	Tomáš Krajči	Yamaha	15	17	WD								1
37	Roberto Mercandelli	Yamaha	24		15								1
38	Jake Lewis	Kawasaki						22	15	20	17	28	1
	Davy Thoonen	Yamaha		16									0
	Jonathan Willcox	Yamaha	27	Ret	19	Ret	19	16	DNS	19	Ret	30	0
	Hugo Clere	Yamaha							DNS			16	0
	Marc Buchner	Yamaha								17			0
	Morgan Berchet	Yamaha										18	0
	Josh Simpson	Triumph	Ret	19	22	Ret							0
	Thibaut Gourin	Yamaha										19	0
	Jiri Klejch	Yamaha						20					0
	Lukáš Jasenský	Yamaha						21					0
	Philippe Von Gunten	Kawasaki										21	0
	Francesco Cavalli	Yamaha	23		24	22							0
	Ruben Nogueira	Yamaha	DNS	23									0
	Renato Novosel	Honda						23					0
	Nicolas Stizza	Yamaha				24							0
	Alexander Olsen	Triumph										24	0
	Emanuele Viglieno	Yamaha	25										0
	Kevin Szalai	Yamaha										25	0
	Anthony Dumont	Yamaha										26	0
	Tom Weeden	Triumph	28										0
	Jeremy Ayer	Honda										29	0
	Gennaro Antonio Romano	Yamaha	Ret										0
	Alessandro Nocco	Kawasaki										Ret	0
	Javier Alviz	Kawasaki										Ret	0
Pos	Rider	Bike	IMO	ASS	MNZ	MIS	ARA	BRN	SIL	NÜR	POR	MAG	Pts

Constructors' standings

valign=middle	Pos	valign=middle	Constructor	IMO	ASS	MNZ	MIS	ARA	BRN	SIL	NÜR	POR	MAG	valign=middle	Pts
1	Honda	3	1	3	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	222
2	Yamaha	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	220
3	Kawasaki	9	10	7	3	6	8	3	13	7	11	89
4	Suzuki		8		7							17
5	Triumph	22	18	22	Ret	15					24	1
Pos	Constructor	IMO	ASS	MNZ	MIS	ARA	BRN	SIL	NÜR	POR	MAG	Pts

Notes and References

Web site: 2012 World Superbike Calendar. 13 October 2011.