The 1991 Superbike World Championship was the fourth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 1 April at Donington Park and finished on 19 October at Phillip Island after 13 rounds.
Doug Polen won the riders' championship with 17 victories and Ducati won the manufacturers' championship.
The third round of the championship at Mosport was boycotted by the regular riders on safety grounds.
1991 Superbike World Championship Calendarhttps://motorsportstats.com/series/fim-superbike-world-championship/results/1991 Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team 1 R1 Donington 1 April Doug Polen Stéphane Mertens Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci R2 Doug Polen Stéphane Mertens Total Wanty Mertens Racing 2 R1 Jarama 28 April Doug Polen Doug Polen Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci R2 Doug Polen Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci 3 R1 Mosport 2 June Tom Kipp Pascal Picotte Pascal Picotte Fast Yamaha/Sunoco R2 Rueben McMurter Tom Kipp Wiseco Piston 4 R1 Brainerd 9 June Stéphane Mertens Doug Polen Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci R2 Stéphane Mertens Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci 5 R1 Österreichring 30 June Doug Polen Doug Polen Stéphane Mertens Total Wanty Mertens Racing R2 Doug Polen Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci 6 R1 Misano 4 August Doug Polen Rob Phillis Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci R2 Raymond Roche Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci 7 R1 Anderstorp 11 August Doug Polen Stéphane Mertens Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci R2 Raymond Roche Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci 8 R1 Sugo 25 August Doug Polen Doug Polen Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci R2 Doug Polen Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci 9 R1 Shah Alam 1 September Doug Polen Doug Polen Raymond Roche Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli R2 Raymond Roche Raymond Roche Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli 10 R1 Hockenheim 15 September Doug Polen Raymond Roche Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci R2 Doug Polen Raymond Roche Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli 11 R1 Magny-Cours 29 September Rob Phillis Doug Polen Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci R2 Doug Polen Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci 12 R1 Mugello 6 October Doug Polen Doug Polen Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci R2 Giancarlo Falappa Raymond Roche Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli 13 R1 Phillip Island 19 October Doug Polen Aaron Slight Kevin Magee Peter Jackson Yamaha Racing R2 Aaron Slight Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci
Championship standings In each race, points were awarded as follows: Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Points 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Riders' standings 1991 final riders' standings Pos. Rider Bike GBR SPA CAN USA AUT SMR SWE JPN MAL GER FRA ITA AUS PtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2 1 Doug Polen Ducati 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 5 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 432 2 Raymond Roche Ducati Ret 2 Ret 3 DNS DNS 3 3 4 2 Ret 3 6 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 282 3 Rob Phillis Kawasaki 4 3 2 Ret 4 5 4 4 2 3 2 2 2 Ret 5 Ret 4 4 4 5 DNS DNS 4 3 267 4 Stéphane Mertens Ducati Ret 1 Ret 2 3 3 1 2 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 2 5 6 7 3 4 Ret 5 6 217 5 Fabrizio Pirovano Yamaha 3 8 5 5 5 6 Ret 5 5 4 3 Ret 7 7 2 3 Ret 7 Ret 6 Ret 6 195 6 Terry Rymer Yamaha 2 4 7 Ret DNS DNS 6 9 8 9 7 12 Ret 14 10 Ret 7 9 5 4 3 3 162 7 Carl Fogarty Honda Ret 9 9 8 11 11 7 8 4 4 11 8 8 7 9 10 6 7 7 Ret 146 8 Fred Merkel Honda Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 4 8 8 9 7 8 6 12 9 12 9 Ret Ret 3 10 8 Ret 124 9 Giancarlo Falappa Ducati 14 Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 7 10 6 6 13 10 11 6 Ret 6 3 Ret 8 6 Ret 113 10 Davide Tardozzi Ducati 5 6 3 5 9 10 3 6 3 8 DNS DNS 108 11 Udo Mark Yamaha 8 7 7 10 11 Ret 10 10 18 Ret 8 5 68 12 Jeffrey de Vries Yamaha 9 10 15 Ret 10 10 11 12 16 16 12 Ret Ret 24 13 13 13 Ret 12 14 15 5 Ret Ret 66 13 Aaron Slight Kawasaki 3 4 7 4 3 Ret 65 14 Kevin Magee Yamaha 5 3 1 2 63 15 Jari Suhonen Yamaha DNS DNS Ret 9 9 11 Ret 15 5 7 Ret 17 14 12 9 12 17 12 61 16 Honda 11 11 3 4 14 DNS 17 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 17 18 14 10 DNQ DNQ 16 18 13 15 57 17 Scott Russell Kawasaki 2 2 8 5 53 18 Daniel Amatriain Honda Ret 13 4 6 12 17 13 13 14 11 DNS DNS 15 21 20 13 47 19 Edwin Weibel Honda 13 14 Ret Ret41 Ducati 18 Ret 10 11 14 9 9 7 20 Jean-Yves Mounier Yamaha DNS DNS 13 9 10 14 20 17 9 9 21 20 18 12 11 Ret DNS DNS 41 21 Rob McElnea Yamaha 5 5 11 8 Ret 16 35 22 Brian Morrison Yamaha 6 6 8 11 18 Ret 33 23 Niall Mackenzie Honda 7 7 Ret DNS 15 1233 Yamaha Ret 6 24 Linnley Clarke Yamaha 4 2 30 25 Yves Brisson Honda 2 4 30 26 Baldassarre Monti Honda Ret Ret 6 Ret 8 7 DNS DNS DNS DNS 27 27 Steve Crevier Kawasaki 3 5 26 28 Malcolm Campbell Honda 19 21 6 4 23 29 Rueben McMurter Honda Ret 3 12 13 22 30 Scott Doohan Yamaha 17 14 7 5 22 31 Massimo Broccoli Kawasaki 21 14 DNQ DNQ 12 12 22 Ret 10 11 21 32 Tom Kipp Yamaha Ret 1 Ret Ret 22 22 20 33 Pascal Picotte Yamaha 1 Ret 20 34 Benoît Pilon Yamaha 6 6 20 35 Kawasaki NC Ret 16 Ret DNQ DNQ 11 DNS Ret 4 18 36 Steve Martin Suzuki 8 7 17 37 John Hopperstad Yamaha 8 7 18 DNS 17 38 Peter Rubatto Yamaha Ret 16 12 Ret 15 13 13 DNS Ret 13 23 DNS Ret 13 17 39 Jacques Guenette Kawasaki 9 8 15 40 Michael O'Connor Honda 10 8 14 Pos. Rider Bike GBR SPA CAN USA AUT SMR SWE JPN MAL GER FRA ITA AUS Pts Bold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap
Manufacturers' standings 1991 final manufacturers' standings Pos. Manufacturer GBR SPA CAN USA AUT SMR SWE JPN MAL GER FRA ITA AUS PtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2 1 Ducati111171311111111111111111121489 2 Yamaha24551156655435432375543312355 3 Kawasaki3421435224423222454444511433351 4 Honda77342364887744118879103771164265 5 Suzuki11112015RetRet21Ret151521RetDNQDNQ8730 6 Bimota1520Ret13Ret151410DNSDNS13 Pos. Manufacturer GBR SPA CAN USA AUT SMR SWE JPN MAL GER FRA ITA AUS Pts
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