2012 Supersport World Championship Explained

The 2012 Supersport World Championship was the fourteenth season of the Supersport World Championship—the sixteenth taking into account the two held under the name of Supersport World Series. It began on 26 February at Phillip Island and ended on 7 October in Magny-Cours after 13 rounds.

Kenan Sofuoğlu won his third championship after having returned from Moto2.

Race calendar and results

The provisional race schedule was publicly announced by the FIM on 24 September 2011 with thirteen confirmed rounds and two other rounds pending confirmation.^[1] Russia appeared for the first time in the calendar with a round at the brand-new Moscow Raceway.^[2] The calendar was updated in October 2011 with the confirmation of the Imola round, for a total of thirteen rounds,^[3] supporting the Superbike World Championship at every meeting except Miller Motorsports Park.

Round	Country	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	Australia	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	26 February	Broc Parkes	Fabien Foret	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kawasaki DeltaFin Lorenzini	Report
2	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	1 April	Sam Lowes	Broc Parkes	Fabien Foret	Kawasaki Intermoto Step	Report
3	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	22 April	Sam Lowes	Lorenzo Lanzi	Lorenzo Lanzi	PRORACE	Report
4	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	6 May	Sam Lowes	Sam Lowes	Jules Cluzel	PTR Honda	Report
5	United Kingdom	Donington Park	13 May	Jules Cluzel	Sam Lowes	Sam Lowes	Bogdanka PTR Honda	Report
6	San Marino	Misano World Circuit	10 June	Sam Lowes	Fabien Foret	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kawasaki DeltaFin Lorenzini	Report
7	Spain	Motorland Aragón	1 July	Jules Cluzel	Sheridan Morais	Sam Lowes	Bogdanka PTR Honda	Report
8	Czech Republic	Masaryk Circuit	22 July	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Broc Parkes	Fabien Foret	Kawasaki Intermoto Step	Report
9	United Kingdom	Silverstone Circuit	5 August	Jules Cluzel	Jules Cluzel	Jules Cluzel	PTR Honda	Report
10	Russia	Moscow Raceway	26 August	Jules Cluzel	Jules Cluzel	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kawasaki Lorenzini	Report
11	Germany	Nürburgring	9 September	Jules Cluzel	Sam Lowes	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kawasaki Lorenzini	Report
12	Portugal	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	23 September	Broc Parkes	Jules Cluzel	Jules Cluzel	PTR Honda	Report
13	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	7 October	Broc Parkes	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Jules Cluzel	PTR Honda	Report

Championship standings

Riders' standings

Pos. Rider Bike AUS ITA NED ITA EUR SMR SPA CZE GBR RUS GER POR FRA Pts 1 Kenan Sofuoğlu Kawasaki 1 DSQ 2 3 2 1 5 2 5 1 1 2 4 231 2 Jules Cluzel Honda 4 Ret 6 1 3 2 Ret 5 1 2 2 1 1 210 3 Sam Lowes Honda 5 2 Ret 2 1 18 1 4 2 12 13 5 2 172 4 Fabien Foret Kawasaki 2 1 Ret 12 10 8 2 1 6 6 3 3 5 171 5 Broc Parkes Honda 3 20 4 Ret 4 5 4 3 3 5 4 4 27 135 6 Sheridan Morais Kawasaki 6 10 15 Ret 6 6 3 7 7 4 Ret 6 14 96 7 Alex Baldolini Triumph 8 11 5 6 12 3 Ret Ret 8 11 5 8 6 96 8 Ronan Quarmby Honda 7 3 Ret Ret 7 Ret 6 6 4 13 9 9 26 84 9 Vittorio Iannuzzo Triumph 9 5 Ret 9 Ret 9 7 9 13 Ret 7 Ret 19 60 10 Andrea Antonelli Honda 16 8 7 8 22 60 Yamaha 10 Ret Ret 9 7 14 13 8 11 Vladimir Leonov Yamaha Ret 6 3 Ret DNS Ret 10 18 3 DSQ 12 17 52 12 Roberto Tamburini Honda Ret 4 9 16 11 4 15 Ret 12 9 Ret Ret 25 50 13 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 15 9 12 10 8 6 15 9 44 14 Jed Metcher Yamaha 11 15 Ret 11 13 7 8 Ret Ret Ret 15 14 10 40 15 Massimo Roccoli Yamaha Ret 9 Ret 7 14 Ret 10 11 15 30 Honda Ret 16 Mathew Scholtz Honda 14 DSQ Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 10 Ret 10 7 28 17 Lorenzo Lanzi Honda 1 25 18 Dan Linfoot Kawasaki Ret 16 Ret 7 3 25 19 Romain Lanusse Kawasaki 19 13 11 Ret 19 Ret 11 11 14 Ret 11 19 28 25 20 Imre Tóth Honda 18 Ret 16 4 Ret 13 Ret 19 17 24 20 20 13 19 21 Stefano Cruciani Kawasaki 5 Ret 8 19 22 Balázs Németh Honda 21 7 Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 17 Ret 20 17 21 12 17 23 Luca Marconi Yamaha 13 14 14 13 20 16 12 15 Ret 15 Ret Ret 16 24 Raffaele De Rosa Honda 10 Ret 11 13 16 15 15 25 Josh Day Kawasaki 12 12 Ret 18 Ret 17 10 Ret Ret Ret DNS 14 26 Florian Marino Kawasaki 13 19 14 12 16 11 14 27 Glen Richards Triumph 5 11 28 Valentin Debise Honda Ret 23 8 Ret Ret 14 Ret 18 18 Ret 10 29 David Linortner Yamaha 21 8 8 30 Twan van Poppel Yamaha 8 8 31 Billy McConnell Triumph 9 7 32 Stuart Voskamp Suzuki 10 6 33 Lukáš Pešek Honda 10 18 6 34 Thomas Caiani Honda 23 DNQ 12 24 25 4 35 P. J. Jacobsen Honda 13 3 36 Fabio Menghi Yamaha 15 Ret Ret 21 24 Ret 14 21 22 17 Ret Ret 21 3 37 Dino Lombardi Yamaha 20 Ret Ret 22 23 14 17 18 20 23 2 Honda 18 Ret DNS 38 Kieran Clarke Honda 14 17 2 39 Luke Mossey Triumph 15 1 40 Martin Jessopp Honda 17 17 Ret 15 16 19 DNS 23 21 19 19 22 18 1 Cristiano Erbacci Yamaha 16 Ret 16 0 Miguel Praia Honda 16 17 22 0 Alexander Lundh Honda 16 0 Roberto Anastasia Honda 20 Ret Ret 16 0 Mirko Giansanti Kawasaki 17 0 Oleg Pozdneev Yamaha DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 22 18 25 DNQ 0 Ilario Dionisi Honda Ret 18 0 Eduard Blokhin Yamaha 21 DNQ 26 26 Ret 19 24 23 Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 Giovanni Altomonte Honda 19 0 Yves Polzer Yamaha 22 19 Ret 25 Ret 21 Ret Ret 28 24 Ret 29 0 Roman Stamm Suzuki 20 0 Stefan Kerschbaumer Yamaha 20 0 Alessandro Andreozzi Honda 20 0 Leon Bovee Yamaha 21 0 Maxime Averkin Kawasaki 21 0 Danilo Marrancone Honda Ret 25 22 24 Ret 0 Federico D'Annunzio Honda 22 0 Andrea Agnelli Kawasaki 22 0 Axel Maurin Kawasaki 25 23 0 Sergey Vlasov Yamaha 23 0 Luca Hansen Honda 23 0 Mitchell Carr Honda 24 0 Robin Mulhauser Yamaha 26 0 Sergei Krapukhin Yamaha 27 0 Paweł Szkopek Honda Ret DNS Ret Ret 0 Adrian Pasek Honda Ret 0 Andrzej Chmielewski Honda Ret 0 Kenny Noyes Suzuki Ret 0 Marek Szkopek Honda Ret 0 Alessandro Torcolacci Honda Ret 0 David Látr Honda Ret 0 Ondřej Ježek Honda Ret 0 Michael van der Mark Honda DNS 0 Pos. Rider Bike AUS ITA NED ITA EUR SMR SPA CZE GBR RUS GER POR FRA Pts

Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' standings

Pos.	Manufacturer	AUS	ITA	NED	ITA	EUR	SMR	SPA	CZE	GBR	RUS	GER	POR	FRA	Pts
1	Honda	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	3	1	2	2	1	1	287
2	Kawasaki	1	1	2	3	2	1	2	1	5	1	1	2	3	273
3	Triumph	8	5	5	6	5	3	7	9	8	11	5	8	6	125
4	Yamaha	11	6	3	7	13	7	8	10	9	3	8	11	8	110
5	Suzuki			10						Ret				20	6
Pos.	Manufacturer	AUS	ITA	NED	ITA	EUR	SMR	SPA	CZE	GBR	RUS	GER	POR	FRA	Pts

Entry list

• A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 18 January 2012.^[4]

2012 entry list Team Constructor Motorcycle Rider Rounds DTC Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 2 Leon Bovee^[5] 11 RivaMoto Junior Team RivaMoto Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 3 Jed Metcher All 24 Eduard Blokhin^[6] 2–13 70 Robin Mulhauser 10 73 Oleg Pozdneev 2–9 MSD R-N Racing Team India Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 4 Dan Linfoot^[7] 9–13 93 Florian Marino 8–13 Bogdanka Honda PTR Honda Honda CBR600RR 5 Alexander Lundh 9 7 Adrian Pasek^[8] 12 9 P. J. Jacobsen^[9] 3 19 Paweł Szkopek^[10] 1–2, 7–8 74 Kieran Clarke 4–5 91 Marek Szkopek^[11] 6 117 Miguel Praia 11, 13 137 Andrzej Chmielewski^[12] 10 Puccetti Racing Kawasaki Italia Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 6 Mirko Giansanti^[13] 4 12 Stefano Cruciani 4, 6, 8 66 Andrea Agnelli^[14] 8 Team Lorini Honda Honda CBR600RR 8 Andrea Antonelli 1–5 13 Dino Lombardi 11–13 22 Roberto Tamburini All 35 Raffaele De Rosa 4–5 35 Raffaele De Rosa 6–9 41 Federico D'Annunzio 10 Bike Service – WTR TEN 10^[15] Bike Service R.T. Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 8 Andrea Antonelli^[16] 6–13 21 Alessandro Andreozzi 6 55 Massimo Roccoli 1–5 81 Cristiano Erbacci 2, 4 Racing Team Tóth Honda Honda CBR600RR 10 Imre Tóth All 38 Balázs Németh All Bogdanka PTR Honda Honda Honda CBR600RR 11 Sam Lowes All 20 Mathew Scholtz All Team PATA by Martini Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 13 Dino Lombardi^[17] 1–10 55 Massimo Roccoli 11–13 PRORACE Honda Honda CBR600RR 14 Gábor Talmácsi 6–13 52 Lukáš Pešek 1–2 57 Lorenzo Lanzi 3 157 Ilario Dionisi 4–5 SMS Racing Honda Honda CBR600RR 15 Luca Hansen 11 18 David Látr^[18] 2 53 Valentin Debise 3–10, 12–13 69 Ondřej Ježek 1 PTR Honda Honda Honda CBR600RR 16 Jules Cluzel All 34 Ronan Quarmby All Kuja Racing Honda Honda CBR600RR 17 Roberto Anastasia 4–5 17 Roberto Anastasia 6–7 27 Thomas Caiani^[19] 1–5 44 Alessandro Torcolacci 6 55 Massimo Roccoli 8 88 Giovanni Altomonte 4 125 Danilo Marrancone 9–13 Ten Kate Racing Products Honda Honda CBR600RR 23 Broc Parkes All 60 Michael van der Mark 10 117 Miguel Praia 12 Power Team by Suriano Triumph Triumph Daytona 675 25 Alex Baldolini^[20] All 31 Vittorio Iannuzzo^[21] All TRG Motorsport Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 26 Twan van Poppel 3 Smiths Gloucester Triumph Triumph Daytona 675 30 Billy McConnell^[22] 5 45 Glen Richards 5 112 Luke Mossey 5 Kawasaki DeltaFin Lorenzini^[23] Kawasaki Lorenzini Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 32 Sheridan Morais All 54 Kenan Sofuoğlu^[24] All Team MRC Austria Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 33 Yves Polzer 1–8, 10–13 Benjan Racing Honda Honda CBR600RR 36 Mitchell Carr^[25] 13 Gerin-Skm Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 37 David Linortner 5, 11 Riders PTR Honda Honda Honda CBR600RR 40 Martin Jessopp All WKbikes Hampshire Motorcycles Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R600 49 Kenny Noyes 9 DMC Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 50 Sergei Krapukhin 10 Yakhnich Motorsport Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 55 Massimo Roccoli 6 65 Vladimir Leonov 1–5, 7–13 78 Sergey Vlasov 12 VFT Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 61 Fabio Menghi All 81 Cristiano Erbacci 13 87 Luca Marconi^[26] 1–12 Team Go Eleven Kawasaki Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 64 Josh Day^[27] 1–11 94 Axel Maurin 12–13 Team Suzuki Mayer Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R600 76 Roman Stamm 13 Konvi Racing Team Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R600 77 Stuart Voskamp 3 HELL Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 79 Maxim Averkin 10 Kerschbaumer Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 89 Stefan Kerschbaumer 8 Kawasaki Intermoto Step Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 98 Romain Lanusse All 99 Fabien Foret All

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

• All entries used Pirelli tyres.

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. News: FIM reveals 15-round WSBK calendar. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 24 September 2011. 20 October 2011. 29 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111029180713/http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/173339/1/fim_reveals_15-round_wsbk_calendar.html. dead.
2. News: Moscow Raceway confirmed for Russia WSBK debut. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 22 September 2011. 20 October 2011.
3. News: 2012 WSBK calendar update. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 13 October 2011. 20 October 2011. 15 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111015101010/http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/173941/1/2012_wsbk_calendar_update.html. dead.
4. Web site: 2012 Provisional Entry List. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 18 January 2012. 19 January 2012.
5. Web site: Supersport Nürburgring Biographical Entry List. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 7 September 2012.
6. News: RivaMoto Team presented during Moscow Fashion Week. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 2 December 2011. 7 December 2011.
7. Web site: Supersport Silverstone Biographical Entry List. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 3 August 2012.
8. Web site: Supersport Portimão Biographical Entry List. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 20 September 2012.
9. Web site: Supersport Assen Provisional Entry List. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 19 April 2012.
10. News: Buckmaster 'puts record straight' on PTR line-up. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 8 February 2012. 9 February 2012. 18 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120418203620/http://www.crash.net/world+supersport/news/176593/1/buckmaster_puts_record_straight_on_ptr_line-up.html. dead.
11. News: Misano – Free practice times (1). crash.net. Crash Media Group. 8 June 2012. 8 June 2012. 18 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120618025654/http://www.crash.net/world+supersport/results/180576/1/misano_-_free_practice_times_1.html. dead.
12. Web site: Supersport Moscow Provisional Entry List. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 15 August 2012.
13. Web site: Supersport Monza Biographical Entry List. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 3 May 2012.
14. Web site: Supersport Brno Biographical Entry List. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 19 July 2012.
15. News: Superbike ambitions for new WTR Ten 10 Supersport team. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 19 December 2011. 20 December 2011.
16. Web site: Misano Provisional Entry List . . Infront Motor Sports . https://www.webcitation.org/68C9mZUC5?url=http://www.worldsbk.com/images/stories/documents/entry_list/Misano_Entry%20Lists_2012.pdf . 2012-06-05 . 5 June 2012 . dead .
17. News: Pata by Martini head for World Supersport. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 6 December 2011. 7 December 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111209083512/http://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/5-news/9665-pata-by-martini-head-for-world-supersport.html. 2011-12-09. dead.
18. Web site: Supersport Imola Biographical Entry List. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 30 March 2012.
19. News: Kuja signs Caiani for WSS campaign. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 14 December 2011. 14 December 2011. 2 November 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121102131224/http://www.crash.net/world+supersport/news/175481/1/kuja_signs_caiani_for_wss_campaign.html. dead.
20. News: Baldolini in Supersport with Power Team by Suriano. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 25 January 2012. 25 January 2012.
21. News: Power Team by Suriano in WSS with Iannuzzo and Triumph. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 12 January 2012. 12 January 2012.
22. Web site: Donington Park Provisional Entry List. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 8 May 2012.
23. News: New-look Kawasaki team present Sofuoglu, Morais. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 15 December 2011. 15 December 2011. 29 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130629114231/http://www.crash.net/world%2Bsupersport/news/175502/1/new-look_kawasaki_team_present_sofuoglu_morais.html. dead.
24. News: Sofuoglu returns to WSS with Kawasaki Lorenzini. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 9 November 2011. 9 November 2011.
25. Web site: Supersport Magny-Cours Provisional Entry List. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 29 September 2012.
26. News: Luca Marconi in Supersport with VFT Racing. Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 9 February 2012. 9 February 2012.
27. News: US youngsters sign-up for 2012. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 7 December 2011. 7 December 2011. 4 February 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120204041434/http://www.crash.net/world+supersport/news/175345/1/us_youngsters_sign-up_for_2012.html. dead.