2009 Superbike World Championship
2009 Superbike World Championship | |||
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Support series: Supersport World Championship FIM Superstock 1000 Cup European Superstock 600 Championship |
The 2009 Superbike World Championship was the twenty-second season of the Superbike World Championship. It was the second season in which HANNspree had been the title sponsor of the championship.[1] The South African round returned on 15–17 May at Kyalami for first time since the 2002 season that the Superbike World Championship had raced there; other changes in the calendar were the return of Imola after a two-season absence as the replacement for Vallelunga and the discontinuation of Brands Hatch as one of the British venues.[2]
The season saw the revision of the Superpole system, as the single-lap format was replaced by a three-part knockout system: after two timed qualifying sessions, the twenty fastest riders were admitted to Superpole 1, then the first sixteen SP1 riders progressed to Superpole 2 and the first eight SP2 riders contested Superpole 3, which finally awarded the pole position.[3][4] In addition, changing bike during a race (also known as flag-to-flag) was allowed in order to avoid interruptions caused by variable weather conditions.[3][4]
Ben Spies won the championship in his rookie season, bettering Noriyuki Haga in a final round decider. Ducati were the winners of the manufacturers' championship, winning eleven races.
Race calendar and results
[edit]Championship standings
[edit]Riders' standings
[edit]
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Bold – Pole position |
Manufacturers' standings
[edit]2009 final manufacturers' standings[6] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pos. | Manufacturer | AUS |
QAT |
SPA |
NED |
ITA |
RSA |
USA |
SMR |
GBR |
CZE |
GER |
ITA |
FRA |
POR |
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 | R1 | R2 | ||||||
1 | Ducati | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 572 | |||
2 | Yamaha | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 505 | |||
3 | Honda | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 431 | |||
4 | Aprilia | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | Ret | 11 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 329 | |||
5 | Suzuki | 2 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 10 | 173 | |||
6 | BMW | 8 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 141 | |||
7 | Kawasaki | 18 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 76 | |||
Pos. | Manufacturer | AUS |
QAT |
SPA |
NED |
ITA |
RSA |
USA |
SMR |
GBR |
CZE |
GER |
ITA |
FRA |
POR |
Pts |
Entry list
[edit]- All entries utilized Pirelli tyres.
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