2015 Supersport World Championship Explained

The 2015 Supersport World Championship was the seventeenth season of the Supersport World Championship—the nineteenth taking into account the two held under the name of Supersport World Series. Kenan Sofuoğlu claimed the title for the fourth time in the championship's history with one race to spare.^[1]

Race calendar and results

2015 calendar^[2] ^[3]
Round	Country	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Report-->
1	Australia	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	22 February	Jules Cluzel	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Jules Cluzel	MV Agusta Reparto Corse
2	Thailand	Chang International Circuit	22 March	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Jules Cluzel	Ratthapark Wilairot	Core" Motorsport Thailand
3	Spain	Motorland Aragón	12 April	Jules Cluzel	P. J. Jacobsen	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kawasaki Puccetti Racing
4	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	19 April	Jules Cluzel	Jules Cluzel	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kawasaki Puccetti Racing
5	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	10 May	Jules Cluzel	Jules Cluzel	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kawasaki Puccetti Racing
6	United Kingdom	Donington Park	24 May	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Jules Cluzel	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kawasaki Puccetti Racing
7	Portugal	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	7 June	Jules Cluzel	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Jules Cluzel	MV Agusta Reparto Corse
8	Italy	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	21 June	Jules Cluzel	Jules Cluzel	Jules Cluzel	MV Agusta Reparto Corse
9	Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit	2 August	P. J. Jacobsen	Kenan Sofuoğlu	P. J. Jacobsen	Core" Motorsport Thailand
10	Spain	Circuito de Jerez	20 September	Kenan Sofuoğlu	P. J. Jacobsen	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kawasaki Puccetti Racing
11	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	4 October	P. J. Jacobsen	P. J. Jacobsen	P. J. Jacobsen	Core" Motorsport Thailand
12	Qatar	Losail International Circuit	18 October	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kyle Smith	Kyle Smith	Pata Honda World Supersport Team

Entry list

2015 entry list^[4] Team Constructor Motorcycle Rider Rounds CIA Landlords Insurance Honda Honda Honda CBR600RR 4 Gino Rea^[5] All 35 Stefan Hill^[6] 12 36 Martín Cárdenas^[7] 1–11 41 Aiden Wagner^[8] 9–12 43 Kevin Manfredi^[9] 8, 10–12 59 Ratthapong Wilairot 9 74 Kieran Clarke 1–6 84 Riccardo Russo^[10] 1–8 117 Miguel Praia^[11] 7 San Carlo Puccetti Racing Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 5 Marco Faccani^[12] All 54 Kenan Sofuoğlu^[13] All 181 Abdulaziz Binladin 12 Team Go Eleven Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 6 Dominic Schmitter^[14] All 11 Christian Gamarino^[15] All Core" Motorsport Thailand Honda Honda CBR600RR 9 Ratthapark Wilairot 1–5 67 Andy Reid^[16] 6 99 P. J. Jacobsen 7–12 Catbike/exit Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 10 Nacho Calero 1 24 Marcos Ramírez 1 34 Ezequiel Iturrioz^[17] 3–7 Orelac Racing Team Honda Honda CBR600RR 10 Nacho Calero 3–12 Pladas Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 13 Šarūnas Pladas^[18] 10 Kawasaki Intermoto Ponyexpres Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 14 Lucas Mahias 1–6 41 Aiden Wagner^[19] 5–6 99 P. J. Jacobsen 1–6 MG Competition Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 14 Lucas Mahias 10–12 MV Agusta Reparto Corse MV Agusta MV Agusta F3 675 16 Jules Cluzel 1–9 87 Lorenzo Zanetti All 88 Nicolás Terol 10–12 Sam Lambert Racing Triumph Triumph Daytona 675 17 Sam Lambert^[20] 1 SMS Racing Honda Honda CBR600RR 19 Kevin Wahr All Team Lorini Honda Honda CBR600RR 20 Alex Phillis 1 24 Marcos Ramírez 6–10 31 Sergio Gadea 12 44 Roberto Rolfo^[21] All 69 Luigi Morciano 3–4 81 Alessandro Nocco 2, 5 96 Xavier Pinsach^[22] 11 Yohann Moto Sport Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R600 23 Cédric Tangre 11 Autos Arroyo Pastrana Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 24 Marcos Ramírez 3 42 Jorge Arroyo 3 89 Christian Palomares 10 Race Department ATK#25 MV Agusta MV Agusta F3 675 25 Alex Baldolini All A.P. Honda Racing Thailand Honda Honda CBR600RR 27 Thitipong Warokorn^[23] 2 59 Ratthapong Wilairot 2 Yamaha Thailand Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 30 Decha Kraisart 2 65 Chalermpol Polamai 2 Renzi Corse Srl SSD Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 33 Flavio Ferroni 8 Kallio Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 38 Hannes Soomer 11 66 Niki Tuuli 6 Oz Wildcard Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 41 Aiden Wagner 1 DMC Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 52 Vladimir Leonov 10 161 Alexey Ivanov 3, 6, 8 Team Factory Vamag MV Agusta MV Agusta F3 675 53 Nicola Jr. Morrentino 10 VFT Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 61 Fabio Menghi All AARK Racing Honda Honda CBR600RR 68 Glenn Scott All Pacedayz European TrackDays Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 77 Kyle Ryde 6 Profile Racing Triumph Triumph 675 R 80 Luke Stapleford 6 94 Sam Hornsey 6 Schmidt Racing Honda Honda CBR600RR 92 Dávid Juhász 8, 10–11 119 János Chrobák 8, 10–11 GRT Racing Team MV Agusta MV Agusta F3 675 95 Miroslav Popov 10 Pata Honda World Supersport Team Honda Honda CBR600RR 111 Kyle Smith^[24] 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 SEP JER MAG LOS Pts 1 Kenan Sofuoğlu Kawasaki 6 2 1 1 1 1 2 11 4 1 2 2 233 2 P. J. Jacobsen Kawasaki 10 3 2 4 4 5 196 Honda 3 2 1 2 1 5 3 Lorenzo Zanetti MV Agusta 2 Ret 5 6 3 4 5 3 3 3 4 3 158 4 Jules Cluzel MV Agusta 1 Ret Ret 2 2 2 1 1 2 WD 155 5 Kyle Smith Honda 4 Ret 3 3 15 Ret 6 Ret 5 4 5 1 116 6 Gino Rea Honda 3 10 4 14 7 8 4 4 8 Ret 7 Ret 97 7 Roberto Rolfo Honda 8 6 10 5 10 11 8 12 6 10 11 7 88 8 Alex Baldolini MV Agusta 7 9 6 9 Ret Ret Ret 5 10 7 Ret 8 67 9 Marco Faccani Kawasaki 12 7 Ret 8 5 Ret 12 9 16 6 10 9 66 10 Christian Gamarino Kawasaki 11 13 9 Ret 11 14 7 7 9 8 9 Ret 62 11 Martín Cárdenas Honda Ret 8 Ret 11 9 13 9 10 7 14 8 55 12 Lucas Mahias Kawasaki Ret 4 Ret 7 Ret Ret 51 Yamaha Ret 3 4 13 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 5 1 Ret 19 6 46 14 Dominic Schmitter Kawasaki 9 15 8 13 13 Ret 14 13 11 11 12 11 46 15 Fabio Menghi Yamaha 15 Ret 7 12 12 Ret 10 6 12 Ret 20 10 44 16 Riccardo Russo Honda Ret Ret 11 10 8 12 Ret 8 31 17 Kevin Wahr Honda 16 12 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 13 9 6 Ret 30 18 Nicolás Terol MV Agusta 5 14 6 23 19 Kyle Ryde Yamaha 3 16 20 Aiden Wagner Yamaha 13 13 Kawasaki 14 Ret Honda 14 13 13 Ret 21 Marcos Ramírez Kawasaki 19 12 Yamaha 14 Honda 17 11 Ret 15 12 22 Ratthapong Wilairot Honda 5 17 11 23 Luke Stapleford Triumph 6 10 24 Sam Hornsey Triumph 7 9 25 Glenn Scott Honda 14 14 18 Ret Ret 16 13 15 Ret 16 19 DNS 8 26 Niki Tuuli Yamaha 9 7 27 Andy Reid Honda 10 6 28 Decha Kraisart Yamaha 11 5 29 Sergio Gadea Honda 12 4 30 Nacho Calero Kawasaki Ret 3 Honda 17 17 Ret 18 16 17 18 20 22 13 31 Alexey Ivanov Yamaha 13 Ret Ret 3 32 Abdulaziz Binladin Kawasaki 14 2 33 Luigi Morciano Honda 15 15 2 34 Kevin Manfredi Honda 18 Ret DNS 15 1 35 Xavier Pinsach Honda 15 1 36 János Chrobák Honda Ret 15 17 1 37 Miguel Praia Honda 15 1 38 Kieran Clarke Honda 18 Ret 16 16 16 15 1 Stefan Hill Honda 16 0 Cédric Tangre Suzuki 16 0 Dávid Juhász Honda 16 19 18 0 Thitipong Warokorn Honda 16 0 Christian Palomares Yamaha 17 0 Ezequiel Iturrioz Kawasaki 20 18 17 Ret DNS 0 Alex Phillis Honda 17 0 Miroslav Popov MV Agusta 18 0 Flavio Ferroni Kawasaki 19 0 Jorge Arroyo Yamaha 19 0 Hannes Soomer Yamaha 21 0 Šarūnas Pladas Yamaha 21 0 Vladimir Leonov Yamaha Ret 0 Nicola Jr. Morrentino MV Agusta Ret 0 Chalermpol Polamai Yamaha Ret 0 Alessandro Nocco Honda DNS DNS 0 Sam Lambert Triumph DNS 0 Pos. Rider Bike PHI CHA ARA ASS IMO DON POR MIS SEP JER MAG LOS Pts

Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	PHI	CHA	ARA	ASS	IMO	DON	POR	MIS	SEP	JER	MAG	LOS	Pts
1	Kawasaki	6	2	1	1	1	1	2	7	4	1	2	2	237
2	Honda	3	1	3	3	6	8	3	2	1	2	1	1	222
3	MV Agusta	1	9	5	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	4	3	218
4	Yamaha	13	11	7	12	12	3	10	6	12	17	3	4	90
5	Triumph	DNS					6							10
	Suzuki											16		0
Pos.	Manufacturer	PHI	CHA	ARA	ASS	IMO	DON	POR	MIS	SEP	JER	MAG	LOS	Pts

Notes and References

1. News: France: Jacobsen win not enough to prevent Sofuoglu taking crown. Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 4 October 2015. 18 February 2017.
2. Web site: 2015 eni FIM Superbike World Championship Calendar. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 18 November 2014.
3. News: 2015 WSBK Calendar update. worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 11 February 2015. 12 February 2015.
4. 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.
5. News: CIA Landlords Insurance Honda signs title fighter Rea. worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 9 February 2015. 9 February 2015.
6. Web site: Losail, 16–17–18 October 2015 – Supersport – Biographical Entry List. PDF. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 16 October 2015.
7. News: Cardenas joins CIA Landlords Insurance Honda. worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 9 December 2014. 9 December 2014.
8. Web site: Sepang, 31 July – 2 August 2015 – Supersport – Biographical Entry List. PDF. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 31 July 2015.
9. Web site: Misano, 19–20–21 June 2015 – Supersport – Biographical Entry List. PDF. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 19 June 2015.
10. News: Russo joins CIA Landlord Insurance Honda. worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 2 December 2014. 2 December 2014.
11. Web site: Portimão, 5–6–7 June 2015 – Supersport – Biographical Entry List. PDF. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 5 June 2015.
12. News: Positive Portimao Test Results for Sofuoglu and Faccani. worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 24 January 2015. 25 January 2015.
13. News: Sofuoglu re-signs with Kawasaki for 2015. worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 10 October 2014. 29 October 2014.
14. News: Dominic Schmitter with Go Eleven Supersport Championship 2015!. goeleven.it. Team Go Eleven. 18 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150701053243/http://www.goeleven.it/?p=904&lang=en. 1 July 2015. dead. dmy-all.
15. News: Bikeracing.it – Supersport: Christian Gamarino confirmed Go Eleven. goeleven.it. Team Go Eleven. 24 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924022811/http://www.goeleven.it/?p=908&lang=en. 24 September 2015. dead. dmy-all.
16. Web site: Donington, 22–23–24 May 2015 – Supersport – Biographical Entry List. PDF. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 22 May 2015.
17. Web site: Aragon, 10–11–12 April 2015 – Supersport – Biographical Entry List. PDF. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 10 April 2015.
18. Web site: Jerez, 18–19–20 September 2015 – Supersport – Biographical Entry List. PDF. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 18 September 2015.
19. Web site: Imola, 8–9–10 May 2015 – Supersport – Biographical Entry List. PDF. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 8 May 2015.
20. Web site: Phillip Island, 20–21–22 February 2015 – Supersport – Biographical Entry List. PDF. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 20 February 2015.
21. News: Rolfo and Nocco to race with Lorini Honda in WSS. worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 26 January 2015. 26 January 2015.
22. Web site: Magny-Cours, 2–3–4 October 2015 – Supersport – Biographical Entry List. PDF. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 2 October 2015.
23. Web site: Buriram, 20–21–22 March 2015 – Supersport – Biographical Entry List. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 20 March 2015. PDF.
24. News: WSS: Kyle Smith to defend PATA Honda title. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 24 January 2015. 25 January 2015. 16 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160816193908/http://www.crash.net/wss/news/213126/1/kyle-smith-to-defend-pata-honda-title.html. dead.