2012 Supersport World Championship

2012 Supersport World Championship
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Superbike World Championship
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European Superstock 600 Championship
European Junior Cup

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 edit

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 edit

Riders' standings edit

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
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' standings edit

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 edit

2012 entry list
Team Constructor Motorcycle No. 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[4] All
24   Eduard Blokhin[6] 2–13
70   Robin Mulhauser[7] 10
73   Oleg Pozdneev[6] 2–9
MSD R-N Racing Team India Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 4   Dan Linfoot[8] 9–13
93   Florian Marino[9] 8–13
Bogdanka Honda PTR Honda Honda CBR600RR 5   Alexander Lundh[8] 9
7   Adrian Pasek[10] 12
9   P. J. Jacobsen[11] 3
19   Paweł Szkopek[12] 1–2, 7–8
74   Kieran Clarke[13] 4–5
91   Marek Szkopek[14] 6
117   Miguel Praia[5] 11, 13
137   Andrzej Chmielewski[7] 10
Puccetti Racing Kawasaki Italia Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 6   Mirko Giansanti[13] 4
12   Stefano Cruciani[13] 4, 6, 8
66   Andrea Agnelli[9] 8
Team Lorini Honda Honda CBR600RR 8   Andrea Antonelli[4] 1–5
13   Dino Lombardi[5] 11–13
22   Roberto Tamburini[4] All
35   Raffaele De Rosa[13] 4–5
35   Raffaele De Rosa[15] 6–9
41   Federico D'Annunzio[7] 10
Bike Service – WTR TEN 10[16]
Bike Service R.T.
Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 8   Andrea Antonelli[15] 6–13
21   Alessandro Andreozzi[15] 6
55   Massimo Roccoli[4] 1–5
81   Cristiano Erbacci[17] 2, 4
Racing Team Tóth Honda Honda CBR600RR 10   Imre Tóth[4] All
38   Balázs Németh[4] All
Bogdanka PTR Honda Honda Honda CBR600RR 11   Sam Lowes[12] All
20   Mathew Scholtz[12] All
Team PATA by Martini Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 13   Dino Lombardi[18] 1–10
55   Massimo Roccoli[5] 11–13
PRORACE Honda Honda CBR600RR 14   Gábor Talmácsi[15] 6–13
52   Lukáš Pešek[4] 1–2
57   Lorenzo Lanzi[11] 3
157   Ilario Dionisi[13] 4–5
SMS Racing Honda Honda CBR600RR 15   Luca Hansen[5] 11
18   David Látr[17] 2
53   Valentin Debise[11] 3–10, 12–13
69   Ondřej Ježek[4] 1
PTR Honda Honda Honda CBR600RR 16   Jules Cluzel[12] All
34   Ronan Quarmby[12] All
Kuja Racing Honda Honda CBR600RR 17   Roberto Anastasia[13] 4–5
17   Roberto Anastasia[15] 6–7
27   Thomas Caiani[19] 1–5
44   Alessandro Torcolacci[14] 6
55   Massimo Roccoli[9] 8
88   Giovanni Altomonte[13] 4
125   Danilo Marrancone[8] 9–13
Ten Kate Racing Products Honda Honda CBR600RR 23   Broc Parkes[4] All
60   Michael van der Mark[7] 10
117   Miguel Praia[10] 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[11] 3
Smiths Gloucester Triumph Triumph Daytona 675 30   Billy McConnell[22] 5
45   Glen Richards[22] 5
112   Luke Mossey[22] 5
Kawasaki DeltaFin Lorenzini[23]
Kawasaki Lorenzini
Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 32   Sheridan Morais[23] All
54   Kenan Sofuoğlu[24] All
Team MRC Austria Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 33   Yves Polzer[4] 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[22] 5, 11
Riders PTR Honda Honda Honda CBR600RR 40   Martin Jessopp[12] All
WKbikes Hampshire Motorcycles Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R600 49   Kenny Noyes[8] 9
DMC Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 50   Sergei Krapukhin[7] 10
Yakhnich Motorsport Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 55   Massimo Roccoli[15] 6
65   Vladimir Leonov[4] 1–5, 7–13
78   Sergey Vlasov[10] 12
VFT Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 61   Fabio Menghi[4] All
81   Cristiano Erbacci[25] 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[10] 12–13
Team Suzuki Mayer Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R600 76   Roman Stamm[25] 13
Konvi Racing Team Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R600 77   Stuart Voskamp[11] 3
HELL Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 79   Maxim Averkin[7] 10
Kerschbaumer Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 89   Stefan Kerschbaumer[9] 8
Kawasaki Intermoto Step Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 98   Romain Lanusse[4] All
99   Fabien Foret[4] All
Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

References edit

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External links edit