The 1993 Superbike World Championship was the sixth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 9 April at Brands Hatch; the fourteenth and last round, which was due to be held on the weekend of 7 November in Mexico City, was cancelled on Saturday as a result of track safety issues.
Scott Russell won the riders' championship with 5 victories and Ducati won the manufacturers' championship.
Race calendar and results 1993 Superbike World Championship Calendar Round Country Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Report 1 R1 Ireland Brands Hatch 9 April Scott Russell Giancarlo Falappa Giancarlo Falappa Team Raymond Roche Ducati Report R2 Giancarlo Falappa Giancarlo Falappa Team Raymond Roche Ducati 2 R1 Germany Hockenheim 9 May Scott Russell Giancarlo Falappa Giancarlo Falappa Team Raymond Roche Ducati Report R2 Aaron Slight Scott Russell Team Kawasaki Muzzy 3 R1 Spain Albacete 29 May Aaron Slight Aaron Slight Carl Fogarty Team Raymond Roche Ducati Report R2 Carl Fogarty Carl Fogarty Team Raymond Roche Ducati 4 R1 San Marino Misano 27 June Giancarlo Falappa Giancarlo Falappa Giancarlo Falappa Team Raymond Roche Ducati Report R2 Giancarlo Falappa Giancarlo Falappa Team Raymond Roche Ducati 5 R1 Austria Österreichring 11 July Scott Russell Andreas Meklau Andreas Meklau Team Ducati Schnyder Report R2 Giancarlo Falappa Giancarlo Falappa Team Raymond Roche Ducati 6 R1 Czech Republic Brno 18 July Carl Fogarty Carl Fogarty Carl Fogarty Team Raymond Roche Ducati Report R2 Carl Fogarty Scott Russell Team Kawasaki Muzzy 7 R1 Sweden Anderstorp 8 August Carl Fogarty Carl Fogarty Carl Fogarty Team Raymond Roche Ducati Report R2 Carl Fogarty Carl Fogarty Team Raymond Roche Ducati 8 R1 Malaysia Johor 22 August Carl Fogarty Carl Fogarty Carl Fogarty Team Raymond Roche Ducati Report R2 Scott Russell Carl Fogarty Team Raymond Roche Ducati 9 R1 Japan Sugo 28 August Carl Fogarty Keiichi Kitagawa Carl Fogarty Team Raymond Roche Ducati Report R2 Carl Fogarty Scott Russell Team Kawasaki Muzzy 10 R1 Netherlands Assen 12 September Carl Fogarty Scott Russell Carl Fogarty Team Raymond Roche Ducati Report R2 Carl Fogarty Carl Fogarty Team Raymond Roche Ducati 11 R1 Italy Monza 26 September Scott Russell Giancarlo Falappa Aaron Slight Team Kawasaki Muzzy Report R2 Fabrizio Pirovano Giancarlo Falappa Team Raymond Roche Ducati 12 R1 United Kingdom Donington 3 October Carl Fogarty Carl Fogarty Scott Russell Team Kawasaki Muzzy Report R2 Scott Russell Scott Russell Team Kawasaki Muzzy 13 R1 Portugal Estoril 17 October Aaron Slight Simon Crafar Fabrizio Pirovano Team Yamaha BYRD Report R2 Carl Fogarty Carl Fogarty Team Raymond Roche Ducati 14 R1 Mexico Hermanos Rodríguez 7 November Cancelled due to safety concerns Report R2 Footnotes
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 1993 final riders' standings Pos. Rider Bike IRL GER ESP SMR AUT CZE SWE MAL JPN NED ITA GBR POR MEX PtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2 1 Scott Russell Kawasaki 2 2 6 1 Ret 2 4 2 3 7 2 1 4 2 2 2 8 1 2 2 2 5 1 1 Ret 2CC 378.5 2 Carl Fogarty Ducati Ret DNS 3 7 1 1 5 3 4 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 1 1 4 4 2 Ret Ret 1CC 349.5 3 Aaron Slight Kawasaki 5 6 4 4 2 3 6 6 2 Ret 3 Ret 8 5 4 6 6 4 3 6 1 2 3 2 3 5CC 316 4 Fabrizio Pirovano Yamaha 17 3 2 5 4 7 3 11 Ret 18 4 4 3 4 3 3 7 5 Ret 4 3 3 4 6 1 3CC 290 5 Giancarlo Falappa Ducati 1 1 1 3 Ret Ret 1 1 6 1 5 Ret 2 3 Ret Ret 5 Ret Ret 7 Ret 1 Ret 5 4 4CC 255 6 Piergiorgio Bontempi Kawasaki Ret Ret 30 9 3 6 Ret 7 5 15 7 6 7 8 6 4 9 Ret 6 10 Ret 8 5 8 2 10CC 184.5 7 Stéphane Mertens Ducati 6 4 Ret 6 Ret 4 Ret 10 9 Ret 10 3 6 6 5 5 4 Ret 4 3 Ret 7 DNQ DNQCC 172 8 Terry Rymer Yamaha Ret 5 8 Ret 7 9 9 9 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 10 7 7 9 DNQ DNQ Ret Ret 5 6CC 116 9 Christer Lindholm Yamaha Ret Ret 9 13 13 18 19 DNS 12 16 Ret 7 9 Ret 8 10 14 12 9 8 6 9 9 10 Ret 12CC 102 10 Mauro Lucchiari Ducati 13 12 16 Ret 12 10 2 4 Ret 5 6 Ret Ret Ret 7 9 Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret 6 Ret RetCC 94.5 11 Fred Merkel Yamaha 7 7 Ret 12 9 12 91.5 Ducati 10 Ret 11 2 Ret 5 12 Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 11 9CC 12 Juan Garriga Ducati 11 8 Ret 2 6 5 7 5CC 71 13 Brian Morrison Kawasaki 3 Ret 21 20 Ret 10 Ret 16 8 12 6 9 8 8CC 66 14 Jeffrey de Vries Yamaha Ret Ret 11 Ret 16 15 11 12 7 9 14 8 13 9 Ret 12 Ret Ret 12 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 RetCC 64.5 15 Andreas Meklau Ducati 1 3 7 7 7 7CC 63.5 16 James Whitham Yamaha Ret Ret 11 11 5 Ret 5 5 Ret Ret Ret 3CC 58 17 Fabrizio Furlan Kawasaki 17 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 10 20 17 16 10 7 10 Ret 16 11 13 13 9 14 Ret 19 Ret 19CC 49 18 Adrien Morillas Kawasaki 4 11 5 8 Ret 13 13 Ret Ret RetCC 43 19 Andreas Hofmann Kawasaki 7 Ret 11 10 8 12 8 RetCC 40 20 Keiichi Kitagawa Kawasaki 2 2CC 34 21 Simon Crafar Ducati Ret 10 8 8 6 RetCC 32 22 Tripp Nobles Honda 10 Ret 19 21 Ret 24 15 18 17 8 21 13 16 Ret Ret 23 5 10 22 18CC 31 23 Yamaha 14 15 13 10 Ret 12 11 Ret 12 13 Ret 16 DNQ DNQ 19 16 13 13CC 31 24 Shoichi Tsukamoto Kawasaki 3 3CC 30 25 Baldassarre Monti Ducati Ret 13 Ret 24 23 Yamaha 8 8 16 Ret 12 Ret Ret DNS DNS DNSCC 26 Ernst Gschwender Kawasaki Ret 10 25 Ret 8 6 15 14 15 RetCC 23 27 Dominique Sarron Yamaha 13 16 Ret 16 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret 9 11CC 20 28 Hervé Moineau Suzuki 14 Ret 18 22 Ret 22 17 19 22 12 17 11 Ret 11 19 Ret 14 13CC 19 29 Aldeo Presciutti Ducati 18 Ret 24 26 15 17 12 17 Ret Ret 13 9 21 Ret Ret 16 13 Ret 21 Ret 19 Ret Ret 22 17 16CC 18 30 Edwin Weibel Ducati 12 11 8 RetCC 17 31 Daniel Amatriain Ducati Ret 15 Ret 15 5 Ret Ret 13CC 16 32 Toshiyuki Arakaki Ducati 11 6CC 15 33 Marcel Ernst Kawasaki 14 13 Ret 24 10 11 21 RetCC 14.5 34 Niall Mackenzie Ducati Ret 4CC 13 35 Alex Vieira Yamaha Ret 15 7 DNS 16 15 Ret RetCC 11 36 Valerio Destefanis Yamaha 12 9 20 23 19 19CC 11 37 Denis Bonoris Kawasaki 15 22 18 14 10 14CC 11 38 Christian Lavieille Ducati 18 Ret 14 Ret DNQ DNQ 11 13 16 15CC 11 39 Rob Phillis Kawasaki Ret 7CC 9 40 David Jefferies Yamaha 9 14 DNQ DNQCC 9 41 Shoji Miyazaki Kawasaki Ret 8CC 8 42 Mark Farmer Kawasaki 8 Ret Ret DNSCC 8 43 Makoto Suzuki Ducati 15 9CC 8 44 Rob McElnea Yamaha Ret Ret 10 14CC 8 45 Roger Kellenberger Yamaha 10 14 23 19CC 8 46 Árpád Harmati Yamaha 31 19 13 16 19 Ret Ret DNS DNS 12 16 21CC 7 47 Jeremy McWilliams Ducati 10 RetCC 6 48 Shinichiro Imai Kawasaki 20 10CC 6 49 Benn Archibald Yamaha 11 15CC 6 50 Bernhard Schick Ducati 15 18 16 11 DNS DNSCC 6 51 Matt Llewellyn Kawasaki Ret 16 18 21 DNQ DNQ Ret 11CC 5 52 Michael Liedl Kawasaki 15 12CC 5 53 Udo Mark Yamaha 19 Ret 14 17 16 14 20 14 Ret DNS 18 17CC 5 54 Steve Hislop Ducati 12 DNSCC 4 55 Mauro Mastrelli Yamaha 24 26 18 20 22 Ret 24 20 12 17CC 4 56 Yamaha 12 RetCC 4 57 Jean-Yves Mounier Yamaha 15 13 19 22 17 18 Ret Ret Ret RetCC 4 58 Thierry Rogier Ducati 15 11 18 RetCC 3.5 59 Michael Rutter Kawasaki Ret Ret 13 17CC 3 60 Masao Nakata Yamaha 18 13CC 3 61 Ken Watson Kawasaki 13 18CC 3 62 Trevor Jordan Kawasaki 15 14CC 3 63 Michel Graziano Suzuki 14 17CC 2 64 Ray Stringer Kawasaki Ret Ret 14 RetCC 2 65 Mile Pajic Kawasaki 17 14CC 2 66 Masato Mogi Kawasaki 17 14CC 2 67 Cletus Adi Haslam Kawasaki 14 17CC 2 68 Yamaha 19 14CC 2 69 Philippe Mouchet Ducati Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret DNS Ret RetCC 2 70 Telmo Pereira Suzuki 15 18CC 1 71 Hugues Blanc Kawasaki Ret 15CC 1 72 Hideo Senmyo Honda 27 15CC 1 73 Christy Rebuttini Ducati 18 Ret 20 17 Ret 15 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQCC 1 74 Marcel Kellenberger Kawasaki 19 15 20 18CC 1 75 Beni Metzger Yamaha 15 Ret DNS DNS 1 Ducati Ret DNSCC Pos. Rider Bike IRL GER ESP SMR AUT CZE SWE MAL JPN NED ITA GBR POR MEX Pts Bold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap The second race in Zeltweg was stopped early due to rain; half points were awarded.
Manufacturers' standings 1993 final manufacturers' standings Pos. Manufacturer IRL GER ESP SMR AUT CZE SWE MAL JPN NED ITA GBR POR PtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2 1 Ducati11121111111211111611412441470 2 Kawasaki22412242262142222122121122436 3 Yamaha73254738794434337554334313330.5 4 Honda10Ret1921Ret241518178211316182215Ret23510221832 5 Suzuki14Ret1822Ret2217192212DNQDNQ1711Ret1119Ret1413DNQDNQ141721 Pos. Manufacturer IRL GER ESP SMR AUT CZE SWE MAL JPN NED ITA GBR POR Pts The second race in Zeltweg was stopped early due to rain; half points were awarded.
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