2015 Superbike World Championship Explained

The 2015 Superbike World Championship was the twenty-eighth season of the Superbike World Championship. Jonathan Rea became 2015 World Superbike Champion.

Race calendar and results

2015 calendar^[1] ^[2]
Round		Country	Circuit	Date	Superpole	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Report-->
1	R1	Australia	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	22 February	Jonathan Rea	Leon Haslam	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2					Chaz Davies	Leon Haslam	Aprilia Racing Team – Red Devils
2	R1	Thailand	Chang International Circuit	22 March	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2					Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
3	R1	Spain	Motorland Aragón	12 April	Leon Haslam	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2					Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing–Ducati SBK Team
4	R1	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	19 April	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2					Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
5	R1	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	10 May	Davide Giugliano	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2					Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
6	R1	United Kingdom	Donington Park	24 May	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2					Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki Racing Team
7	R1	Portugal	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	7 June	Davide Giugliano	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2					Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
8	R1	Italy	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	21 June	Tom Sykes	Davide Giugliano	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2					Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
9	R1	United States	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	19 July	Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing–Ducati SBK Team
	R2					Tom Sykes	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing–Ducati SBK Team
10	R1	Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit	2 August	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2					Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing–Ducati SBK Team
11	R1	Spain	Circuito de Jerez	20 September	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2					Tom Sykes	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing–Ducati SBK Team
12	R1	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	4 October	Leon Haslam	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2					Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
13	R1	Qatar	Losail International Circuit	18 October	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Jordi Torres	Aprilia Racing Team – Red Devils
	R2					Leon Haslam	Leon Haslam	Aprilia Racing Team – Red Devils

Entry list

2015 entry list^[3]
Team	Constructor	Motorcycle		Rider	class=unsortable	Rounds
Pata Honda World Superbike Team	Honda	Honda CBR1000RR SP	1	data-sort-value=GUI	Sylvain Guintoli^[4]	All
			60	data-sort-value=MAR	Michael van der Mark^[5]	All
MV Agusta Reparto Corse	MV Agusta	MV Agusta 1000 F4	2	data-sort-value=CAM	Leon Camier^[6]	All
Aprilia Racing Team	Aprilia	Aprilia RSV4 RF	3	Max Biaggi^[7]	8, 10
BMW Team Tóth	BMW	BMW S1000RR	5	Ireneusz Sikora^[8]	2
			10	data-sort-value=TOT	Imre Tóth^[9]	All
			75	data-sort-value=RIZ	Gábor Rizmayer	1, 3–13
Aruba.it Racing–Ducati SBK Team^[10]	Ducati	Ducati Panigale R	7	data-sort-value=DAV	Chaz Davies^[11]	All
			21	Troy Bayliss^[12]	1–2
			34	data-sort-value=GIU	Davide Giugliano	5–9
			55	Michele Pirro^[13]	8
			55	Michele Pirro^[14]	11
			99	Luca Scassa^[15]
			99	Luca Scassa^[16]	12
			112	Javier Forés^[17]	3–4, 13
YSS TS Racing	Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	9	Anucha Nakcharoensri	2
VanZon Remeha BMW	BMW	BMW S1000RR	11	Markus Reiterberger	8, 12
Team Pedercini	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10R	12	Matthew Walters^[18]	1
			23	Christophe Ponsson^[19]	5–13
			43	Greg Gildenhuys	2
			44	data-sort-value=SAL	David Salom^[20]	All
			90	data-sort-value=ALV	Javier Alviz	3–4
Voltcom Crescent Suzuki	Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	14	data-sort-value=DEP	Randy de Puniet^[21]	All
			22	data-sort-value=LOW	Alex Lowes	All
Althea Racing	Ducati	Ducati Panigale R	15	data-sort-value=BAI	Matteo Baiocco^[22]	All
			18	data-sort-value=TER	Nicolás Terol^[23]	1–4, 6–7
			59	Niccolò Canepa	8–13
			84	Michel Fabrizio	5
Szkopek POLand Position	Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R1	19	Paweł Szkopek	12
BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team	BMW	BMW S1000RR	20	data-sort-value=BARRI	Sylvain Barrier	1–2
			86	Ayrton Badovini	3–13
Grillini SBK Team	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10R	23	data-sort-value=PON	Christophe Ponsson^[24]	1–4
			45	Gianluca Vizziello	8–13
			48	Alex Phillis^[25]	10–13
			51	data-sort-value=BARRA	Santiago Barragán^[26]	1–9
			59	Niccolò Canepa	5–7
Barni Racing Team	Ducati	Ducati Panigale R	36	data-sort-value=MER	Leandro Mercado^[27]	All
Team Go Eleven	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10R	40	data-sort-value=RAM	Román Ramos^[28]	All
RAC Oil Racing Team	BMW	BMW S1000RR	53	Chanon Chumjai	2
Team Hero EBR	EBR	EBR 1190RX	59	data-sort-value=CAN	Niccolò Canepa^[29]	1–4
			72	data-sort-value=PEG	Larry Pegram	1–4
Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10R	65	data-sort-value=REA	Jonathan Rea^[30]	All
			66	data-sort-value=SYK	Tom Sykes^[31]	All
Race Center – Demolition Plus	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10R	77	Jed Metcher	1
Aprilia Racing Team – Red Devils	Aprilia	Aprilia RSV4 RF	81	data-sort-value=TOR	Jordi Torres^[32]	All
			91	data-sort-value=HAS	Leon Haslam^[33]	All

Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

• All entries used Pirelli tyres.

Championship standings

Riders' championship

Pos.	Rider	Bike	PHI		CHA		ARA		ASS		IMO		DON		POR		MIS		LAG		SEP		JER		MAG		LOS		Pts
R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Rea	Kawasaki	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	3	3	1	2	4	4	1	1	2	Ret	548
2	Davies	Ducati	3	3	11	15	2	1	2	2	Ret	Ret	3	3	3	4	3	4	1	1	2	1	2	1	6	2	4	2	416
3	Sykes	Kawasaki	6	4	3	5	3	Ret	5	5	2	2	1	1	2	8	1	5	2	2	5	14	1	5	2	3	3	3	399
4	Haslam	Aprilia	2	1	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	Ret	4	4	12	3	5	3	13	5	7	6	5	3	16	5	6	1	332
5	Torres	Aprilia	4	Ret	4	4	5	4	6	6	Ret	3	7	7	11	7	Ret	7	5	4	10	3	12	2	12	8	1	Ret	247
6	Guintoli	Honda	7	5	5	6	9	Ret	8	7	5	Ret	8	8	5	6	9	9	7	Ret	4	4	10	9	3	6	10	5	218
7	van der Mark	Honda	5	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	8	3	3	9	Ret	DSQ	Ret	9	5	10	10	8	7	Ret	5	3	13	4	4	5	4	194
8	Mercado	Ducati	12	11	10	10	8	7	11	14	7	8	11	13	8	9	11	Ret	9	9	15	15	14	10	9	12	9	6	142
9	Baiocco	Ducati	11	9	6	8	12	11	12	11	8	6	Ret	10	6	10	15	Ret	Ret	13	8	9	8	6	7	11	DNS	DNS	139
10	Lowes	Suzuki	9	Ret	7	3	NC	14	Ret	9	12	10	6	6	10	13	12	Ret	6	Ret	6	8	7	18	8	10	Ret	Ret	135
11	Giugliano	Ducati									3	4	17	5	4	2	4	2	4	Ret									119
12	Badovini	BMW					Ret	9	Ret	12	6	5	5	9	7	12	7	11	Ret	6	DNS	DNS	15	14	14	Ret	11	10	103
13	Camier	MV Agusta	10	8	Ret	Ret	10	15	10	10	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	16	10	10	13	12	9	8	5	15	Ret	Ret	89
14	Salom	Kawasaki	DNS	DNS	8	9	Ret	6	14	13	Ret	DNS	10	12	14	Ret	17	15	Ret	Ret	11	7	11	12	Ret	14	8	9	83
15	Ramos	Kawasaki	16	10	15	14	13	12	13	15	11	7	13	11	16	11	14	14	12	12	14	10	13	Ret	15	16	Ret	Ret	71
16	Canepa	EBR	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	15	18	15	Ret																			55
	Kawasaki									DNS	DNS	15	Ret	17	17
	Ducati															Ret	12	Ret	8	9	11	17	11	10	7	Ret	8
17	Terol	Ducati	8	6	12	12	7	10	9	Ret			12	Ret	15	15													54
18	de Puniet	Suzuki	17	7	13	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	14	13	16	Ret	17	11	11	12	13	16	Ret	Ret	18	12	7	52
19	Forés	Ducati					6	5	7	8																	7	DNS	47
20	Biaggi	Aprilia															6	6			3	Ret							36
21	Pirro	Ducati															8	8					6	7					35
22	Ponsson	Kawasaki	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	14	16	16	16	14	Ret	16	Ret	18	14	18	18	14	15	16	16	21	15	18	19	14	11	18
23	Barragán	Kawasaki	19	13	17	Ret	11	17	17	Ret	13	11	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	19	20	Ret	18									17
24	Bayliss	Ducati	13	16	9	11																							15
25	Fabrizio	Ducati									10	9																	13
26	Vizziello	Kawasaki															20	19	15	14	Ret	17	22	17	11	17	15	12	13
27	Scassa	Ducati															WD	WD							13	9			10
28	Barrier	BMW	15	12	14	13																							10
29	Rizmayer	BMW	DNS	DNS			19	Ret	18	18	16	13	18	16	19	18	21	21	Ret	16	17	18	18	16	17	20	13	13	9
30	Tóth	BMW	20	17	18	18	18	20	Ret	Ret	15	12	19	17	20	19	22	22	16	17	19	20	20	20	20	21	17	14	7
31	Reiterberger	BMW															16	13							21	13			6
32	Pegram	EBR	18	14	Ret	DNS	17	19	Ret	Ret																			2
33	Metcher	Kawasaki	14	Ret																									2
34	Phillis	Kawasaki																			18	19	19	19	19	22	16	15	1
	Gildenhuys	Kawasaki			16	16																							0
	Alviz	Kawasaki					16	Ret	Ret	17																			0
	Nakcharoensri	Honda			Ret	17																							0
	Sikora	BMW			19	19																							0
	Chumjai	BMW			Ret	20																							0
	Szkopek	Yamaha																							Ret	Ret			0
	Walters	Kawasaki	DNS	DNS																									0
Pos.	Rider	Bike	PHI		CHA		ARA		ASS		IMO		DON		POR		MIS		LAG		SEP		JER		MAG		LOS		Pts

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	PHI		CHA		ARA		ASS		IMO		DON		POR		MIS		LAG		SEP		JER		MAG		LOS		Pts
R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Kawasaki	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	4	1	1	2	3	599
2	Ducati	3	3	6	8	2	1	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	6	2	4	2	471
3	Aprilia	2	1	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	11	3	5	3	5	4	3	3	5	2	12	5	1	1	395
4	Honda	5	5	5	6	9	8	3	3	5	Ret	8	8	5	5	9	9	7	7	4	4	3	9	3	4	5	4	273
5	Suzuki	9	7	7	3	NC	13	Ret	9	12	10	6	6	10	13	12	17	6	11	6	8	7	18	8	10	12	7	163
6	BMW	15	12	14	13	18	9	18	12	6	5	5	9	7	12	7	11	16	6	17	18	15	14	14	13	11	10	116
7	MV Agusta	10	8	Ret	Ret	10	15	10	10	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	16	10	10	13	12	9	8	5	15	Ret	Ret	89
8	EBR	18	14	Ret	DNS	15	18	15	Ret																			4
	Yamaha																							Ret	Ret			0
Pos.	Manufacturer	PHI		CHA		ARA		ASS		IMO		DON		POR		MIS		LAG		SEP		JER		MAG		LOS		Pts

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2015 eni FIM Superbike World Championship Calendar. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 18 November 2014.
2. News: 2015 WSBK Calendar update. worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 11 February 2015. 12 February 2015.
3. Web site: Eni FIM Superbike World Championship & FIM Supersport World Championship – 2015 Provisional Entry Lists, 28 January. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 28 January 2015. 28 January 2015.
4. News: World Superbike Champion Sylvain Guintoli joins Pata Honda. worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 3 November 2014. 3 November 2014.
5. News: Michael van der Mark moves up to Pata Honda World Superbike Team. roadracingworld.com. RoadRacing World. 21 September 2014. 15 October 2014.
6. News: Camier set for WSBK return with MV Agusta. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 26 November 2014. 1 December 2014.
7. News: Official: Biaggi returns for Misano and Sepang. worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 11 June 2015. 11 June 2015.
8. Web site: Buriram, 20–21–22 March 2015 – Superbike – Biographical Entry List. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 20 March 2015.
9. News: BMW mit fuenf Fahrern in der Superbike WM 2015. speedweek.com. Speed Week. 4 October 2014. 15 October 2014.
10. News: The Ducati Superbike Team forges new partnership with Aruba.it. worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 8 January 2015. 20 January 2015.
11. News: Ducati working to return to title contender status in 2015. worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 7 August 2014. 15 October 2014.
12. News: Former World Champion Bayliss to race at Phillip Island. worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 18 February 2015. 18 February 2015.
13. News: Michele Pirro to substitute for Luca Scassa at Misano. worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 19 June 2015. 20 June 2015.
14. Web site: Jerez, 18–19–20 September 2015 – Superbike – Biographical Entry List. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 18 September 2015.
15. Web site: Misano Adriatico, 19–20–21 June 2015 – Superbike – Biographical Entry List. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 19 June 2015.
16. Web site: Magny-Cours, 2–3–4 October 2015 – Superbike – Biographical Entry List. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 2 October 2015.
17. Web site: Aragon, 10–11–12 April 2015 – Superbike – Biographical Entry List. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 10 April 2015.
18. Web site: Phillip Island, 20–21–22 February 2015 – Superbike – Biographical Entry List. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 20 February 2015.
19. Web site: Imola, 8–9–10 May 2015 – Superbike – Biographical Entry List. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 8 May 2015.
20. News: David Salom returns to Team Pedercini. worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 4 December 2014. 4 December 2014.
21. News: Randy de Puniet joins Crescent Suzuki World Superbike for 2015. worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 14 October 2014. 15 October 2014.
22. News: Althea Racing unveils its plans for 2015. worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 29 October 2014. 29 October 2014.
23. News: Terol to join Althea Racing in 2015. worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 7 October 2014. 15 October 2014.
24. News: Christophe Ponsson in WSBK with the Grillini Racing Team. worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 5 December 2014. 6 December 2014.
25. Web site: Sepang, 31 July – 2 August 2015 – Superbike – Biographical Entry List. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 31 July 2015.
26. News: Santiago Barragan signs with Grillini Racing Team. worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 23 December 2014. 23 December 2014.
27. News: Barni Racing to make WSBK debut with STK1000 winner Mercado. worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 6 November 2014. 6 November 2014.
28. News: Roman Ramos joins Team Go Eleven to race WorldSBK. worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 18 January 2015. 20 January 2015.
29. News: Team Hero EBR to contest the 2015 World Superbike Championship. worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 3 December 2014. 4 December 2014.
30. News: Jonathan Rea to Kawasaki WSBK in 2015. Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 3 November 2014. 3 November 2014.
31. News: Sykes to remain with KRT for two more years. worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 19 August 2014. 15 October 2014.
32. News: Jordi Torres completes the 2015 line-up for team Red Devils Aprilia. worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 1 December 2014. 1 December 2014.
33. News: Leon Haslam joins Red Devils Roma. worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 11 November 2014. 11 November 2014.