2009 Superbike World 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. 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.

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. 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.

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 2009 Superbike World Championship Calendar Round Country Circuit Date Superpole Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Report 1 R1 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 1 March Ben Spies Troy Corser Noriyuki Haga Ducati Xerox Team Report R2 Noriyuki Haga Ben Spies Yamaha WSB 2 R1 Losail International Circuit 14 March Ben Spies Noriyuki Haga Ben Spies Yamaha WSB Report R2 Ben Spies Ben Spies Yamaha WSB 3 R1 Circuit Ricardo Tormo 5 April Ben Spies Noriyuki Haga Noriyuki Haga Ducati Xerox Team Report R2 Noriyuki Haga Noriyuki Haga Ducati Xerox Team 4 R1 TT Circuit Assen 26 April Ben Spies Leon Haslam Ben Spies Yamaha WSB Report R2 Noriyuki Haga Noriyuki Haga Ducati Xerox Team 5 R1 Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 10 May Ben Spies Michel Fabrizio Michel Fabrizio Ducati Xerox Team Report R2 Ben Spies Ben Spies Yamaha WSB 6 R1 Kyalami 17 May Ben Spies Michel Fabrizio Noriyuki Haga Ducati Xerox Team Report R2 Noriyuki Haga Noriyuki Haga Ducati Xerox Team 7 R1 Miller Motorsports Park 31 May Ben Spies Ben Spies Ben Spies Yamaha WSB Report R2 Ben Spies Ben Spies Yamaha WSB 8 R1 Misano World Circuit 21 June Jakub Smrž Jakub Smrž Ben Spies Yamaha WSB Report R2 Noriyuki Haga Jonathan Rea HANNspree Ten Kate Honda 9 R1 Great Britain Donington Park 28 June Ben Spies Ben Spies Ben Spies Yamaha WSB Report R2 Ben Spies Ben Spies Yamaha WSB 10 R1 Masaryk Circuit 26 July Ben Spies Michel Fabrizio Max Biaggi Aprilia Racing Report R2 Max Biaggi Ben Spies Yamaha WSB 11 R1 Nürburgring 6 September Noriyuki Haga Noriyuki Haga Ben Spies Yamaha WSB Report R2 Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea HANNspree Ten Kate Honda 12 R1 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 27 September Michel Fabrizio Michel Fabrizio Noriyuki Haga Ducati Xerox Team Report R2 Noriyuki Haga Michel Fabrizio Ducati Xerox Team 13 R1 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 4 October Ben Spies Noriyuki Haga Ben Spies Yamaha WSB Report R2 Jonathan Rea Noriyuki Haga Ducati Xerox Team 14 R1 Autódromo Internacional do Algarve 25 October Ben Spies Michel Fabrizio Ben Spies Yamaha WSB Report R2 Michel Fabrizio Michel Fabrizio Ducati Xerox Team

Entry list 2009 entry list Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Kawasaki World Superbike R.T. Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 2 Jamie Hacking 7–9 23 Broc Parkes 1–3, 5–14 32 Stuart Easton 4 100 Makoto Tamada 1–5, 10–12, 14 132 Sheridan Morais 6, 13 Aprilia Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 Factory 3 Max Biaggi All 56 Shinya Nakano 1–11 58 Marco Simoncelli 12 22 Leon Camier 13–14 HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda Honda CBR1000RR 7 Carlos Checa All 65 Jonathan Rea All Ten Kate Honda Racing Honda Honda CBR1000RR 9 Ryuichi Kiyonari All DFX Corse Ducati Ducati 1098R 10 Fonsi Nieto 10–14 55 Régis Laconi 1–6 57 Lorenzo Lanzi 7–10, 12 Suzuki Alstare BRUX Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 K9 10 Fonsi Nieto 6–8 31 Karl Muggeridge 11–13 50 Sylvain Guintoli 14 71 Yukio Kagayama All 76 Max Neukirchner 1–5 79 Blake Young 9 BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW BMW S1000RR 11 Troy Corser 1–5, 7–14 17 Steve Martin 6 47 Richard Cooper 11 111 Rubén Xaus 1–10, 12–14 HANNspree Honda Althea Honda Althea Racing Honda Honda CBR1000RR 14 Matthieu Lagrive 8–12, 14 33 Tommy Hill 1–7 40 Flavio Gentile 13 PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 15 Matteo Baiocco 1–5, 8 86 Ayrton Badovini 1–3 Guandalini Racing Ducati Ducati 1098R 15 Matteo Baiocco 11–14 24 Brendan Roberts 1–5 36 Gregorio Lavilla 6–9 96 Jakub Smrž All Yamaha WSB Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 19 Ben Spies All 66 Tom Sykes All Airwaves Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 22 Leon Camier 9 27 James Ellison 9 Team Pedercini Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 25 David Salom All 99 Luca Scassa All Celani Race Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 K9 31 Karl Muggeridge 1–7 53 Alessandro Polita 8–10 Ducati Xerox Team Ducati Ducati 1098R 41 Noriyuki Haga All 84 Michel Fabrizio All Stiggy Racing Honda Honda Honda CBR1000RR 44 Roberto Rolfo 1–2 91 Leon Haslam All 98 Jake Zemke 5, 7 121 John Hopkins 3–4, 8–11 Yamaha France GMT 94 IPONE Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 49 Shaun Whyte 6 64 Erwan Nigon 7 94 David Checa 3–5, 8–14 ProRace Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 K9 51 Miloš Čihák 10 Team Sterilgarda Ducati Ducati 1098R 67 Shane Byrne All Squadra Corse Italia Honda Honda CBR1000RR 77 Vittorio Iannuzzo 1–5, 8–14 TKR Suzuki Switzerland Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 K9 88 Roland Resch 3–5, 8–11, 13–14 MSS Colchester Kawasaki Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 117 Simon Andrews 9 Barni Racing Team Ducati Ducati 1098R 124 Luca Conforti 12Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

All entries utilized Pirelli tyres.

Championship standings

Riders' standings 2009 final riders' standings Pos. Rider Bike AUS QAT SPA NED ITA RSA USA SMR GBR CZE GER ITA FRA POR PtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2 1 Ben Spies Yamaha 16 1 1 1 Ret 2 1 Ret 15 1 3 Ret 1 1 1 9 1 1 Ret 1 1 2 4 5 1 4 1 5 462 2 Noriyuki Haga Ducati 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 Ret 1 1 9 8 5 3 3 Ret 8 6 2 Ret 1 2 2 1 Ret 2 456 3 Michel Fabrizio Ducati 4 5 Ret Ret 2 3 9 4 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 12 3 Ret 3 7 9 3 1 4 13 5 1 382 4 Max Biaggi Aprilia 11 15 3 3 8 8 5 Ret 11 5 5 5 6 4 13 10 2 21 1 2 5 4 2 4 3 2 3 6 319 5 Jonathan Rea Honda 5 9 12 8 Ret 13 7 5 5 4 4 3 5 3 7 1 7 15 3 4 4 1 7 6 Ret 3 2 3 315 6 Leon Haslam Honda 6 3 11 11 5 5 3 2 Ret 7 Ret 4 10 Ret 12 8 4 2 7 12 6 5 6 8 5 5 Ret Ret 241 7 Carlos Checa Honda 12 13 5 13 Ret 6 Ret 7 9 10 6 6 2 Ret 11 5 11 Ret 2 5 3 3 Ret 10 6 9 7 Ret 209 8 Shane Byrne Ducati Ret Ret 6 12 9 11 11 8 14 18 9 Ret 11 10 2 6 5 4 4 8 10 Ret Ret 7 8 7 4 4 192 9 Tom Sykes Yamaha 10 10 7 5 7 10 4 6 6 6 10 9 13 9 8 7 Ret 5 Ret 7 9 8 9 12 Ret Ret DNS DNS 176 10 Jakub Smrž Ducati 9 7 Ret 17 Ret 14 6 3 12 8 14 10 8 6 4 4 9 Ret 6 9 13 11 8 9 10 Ret Ret 8 169 11 Ryuichi Kiyonari Honda Ret 23 8 4 12 9 15 Ret 3 3 12 13 4 5 Ret 14 10 7 13 13 14 7 5 17 Ret DNS DNS DNS 141 12 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki 3 8 22 15 6 Ret Ret 12 4 17 8 8 12 12 6 11 17 13 14 Ret 15 10 15 Ret 7 6 Ret 11 128 13 Troy Corser BMW 8 22 9 9 Ret 15 10 10 Ret DNS 15 17 Ret 19 Ret 20 5 10 8 6 11 Ret 9 10 Ret 9 96 14 Shinya Nakano Aprilia 15 12 4 7 DNS DNS Ret DNS 13 12 7 7 Ret 7 9 13 6 Ret Ret 11 Ret DNS 86 15 Régis Laconi Ducati 7 4 10 14 4 4 8 16 8 11 WD WD 77 16 Suzuki 2 6 Ret 6 3 7 13 9 DNS DNS 75 17 Rubén Xaus BMW 19 11 13 10 13 16 14 11 7 9 Ret Ret 21 16 14 16 15 9 Ret DNS 12 13 11 12 8 Ret 74 18 Broc Parkes Kawasaki Ret 18 14 16 10 17 10 13 15 14 Ret 11 17 17 18 14 12 16 Ret 13 10 15 Ret 15 11 12 51 19 Matthieu Lagrive Honda 10 21 16 12 9 14 11 Ret Ret Ret 9 13 34 20 Leon Camier Yamaha 13 6 32 Aprilia Ret Ret 6 7 21 Fonsi Nieto Suzuki 16 15 16 13 18 12 22 Ducati 11 17 Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 22 Karl Muggeridge Suzuki Ret 21 16 18 16 19 12 Ret 16 Ret 18 Ret Ret DNS 12 Ret 13 14 Ret 8 21 23 John Hopkins Honda 11 12 WD WD DNS DNS 8 DNS Ret Ret DNS DNS 17 24 Matteo Baiocco Kawasaki Ret 24 19 22 20 Ret Ret 14 17 15 Ret Ret 17 Ducati Ret 16 14 16 12 14 10 Ret 25 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia Ret 3 16 26 Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati 17 14 19 18 14 11 Ret 15 Ret 11 15 27 Makoto Tamada Kawasaki 18 17 DNS DNS 14 Ret 17 Ret DNS DNS 10 Ret DNS DNS Ret DNS 12 16 12 28 Gregorio Lavilla Ducati 11 12 14 Ret 22 15 Ret 18 12 29 Luca Scassa Kawasaki 20 20 17 20 18 24 Ret 15 23 14 17 Ret 19 Ret Ret 20 19 16 16 Ret 16 14 16 18 13 Ret 15 14 11 30 Jamie Hacking Kawasaki 7 19 16 22 21 Ret 9 31 James Ellison Yamaha Ret 8 8 32 Sheridan Morais Kawasaki 13 11 Ret 19 8 33 Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki Ret 10 6 34 Simon Andrews Kawasaki 20 10 6 35 Tommy Hill Honda 14 14 15 Ret 15 22 Ret Ret 20 16 19 17 DNS DNS 6 36 David Salom Kawasaki 21 25 18 Ret 19 21 20 Ret 19 21 20 16 20 18 23 Ret 23 19 17 Ret 17 17 18 Ret 14 16 13 17 5 37 David Checa Yamaha Ret 20 19 Ret 22 19 21 Ret 24 Ret 18 19 Ret 18 17 Ret 15 17 14 15 4 38 Brendan Roberts Ducati 17 19 21 19 Ret 18 16 13 DNS DNS 3 39 Roberto Rolfo Honda 13 16 Ret Ret 3 40 Vittorio Iannuzzo Honda Ret Ret 20 21 Ret 23 Ret Ret 21 DSQ 20 24 Ret Ret 15 18 Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 41 Alessandro Polita Suzuki 15 23 22 Ret Ret Ret 1 42 Jake Zemke Honda 18 20 18 15 1 Roland Resch Suzuki Ret 25 21 17 24 Ret NC 25 Ret Ret 19 20 18 Ret 16 18 Ret DNS 0 Blake Young Suzuki 25 17 0 Ayrton Badovini Kawasaki DNS DNS Ret Ret 17 Ret 0 Flavio Gentile Honda 17 DNS 0 Steve Martin BMW 22 18 0 Stuart Easton Kawasaki 18 Ret 0 Shaun Whyte Yamaha 21 19 0 Miloš Čihák Suzuki 20 Ret 0 Erwan Nigon Yamaha 22 Ret 0 Richard Cooper BMW Ret Ret 0 Luca Conforti Ducati Ret DNS 0 Pos. Rider Bike AUS QAT SPA NED ITA RSA USA SMR GBR CZE GER ITA FRA POR Pts Bold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap

Teams' standings