2012 Superbike World Championship

The 2012 Superbike World Championship was the twenty-fifth season of the Superbike World Championship. It began on 26 February at Phillip Island and ended on 7 October in Magny-Cours after 14 rounds.

The season saw the number of complete motorcycles in use limited to one per rider; this meant that the rules allowing bike changes during a race (flag-to-flag) were cancelled.

Aprilia rider Max Biaggi clinched his second SBK championship, pipping Kawasaki rider Tom Sykes by just half a point. Marco Melandri won more races than both Biaggi and Sykes this season but failing to score points in 5 of the last 6 races cost him the title.

Race calendar and results The provisional race schedule was publicly announced by the FIM on 24 September 2011 with thirteen confirmed rounds and two other rounds pending confirmation. Russia appeared for the first time in the calendar with a round at the brand-new Moscow Raceway. The calendar was updated in October 2011 with the confirmation of the Imola round, for a total fourteen rounds. All races with the exception of Miller Motorsports Park – races held on Memorial Day Monday – were held on Sundays.

2012 Superbike World Championship Calendar https://motorsportstats.com/series/fim-superbike-world-championship/results/2012 Round Country Circuit Date Superpole Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Report 1 R1 Australia Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 26 February Tom Sykes Max Biaggi Max Biaggi Aprilia Racing Team Report R2 Carlos Checa Carlos Checa Althea Racing 2 R1 Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 1 April Tom Sykes Carlos Checa Carlos Checa Althea Racing Report R2 Tom Sykes Carlos Checa Althea Racing 3 R1 Netherlands TT Circuit Assen 22 April Tom Sykes Sylvain Guintoli Sylvain Guintoli Team Effenbert Liberty Racing Report R2 Carlos Checa Jonathan Rea Honda World Superbike Team 4 R1 Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 6 May Sylvain Guintoli Race cancelled Report R2 Tom Sykes Tom Sykes Kawasaki Racing Team 5 R1 United Kingdom Donington Park 13 May Tom Sykes Max Biaggi Marco Melandri BMW Motorrad Motorsport Report R2 Max Biaggi Jonathan Rea Honda World Superbike Team 6 R1 United States Miller Motorsports Park 28 May Jakub Smrž Marco Melandri Carlos Checa Althea Racing Report R2 Carlos Checa Marco Melandri BMW Motorrad Motorsport 7 R1 San Marino Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli 10 June Tom Sykes Carlos Checa Max Biaggi Aprilia Racing Team Report R2 Max Biaggi Max Biaggi Aprilia Racing Team 8 R1 Spain Motorland Aragón 1 July Tom Sykes Marco Melandri Max Biaggi Aprilia Racing Team Report R2 Marco Melandri Marco Melandri BMW Motorrad Motorsport 9 R1 Czech Republic Masaryk Circuit 22 July Tom Sykes Carlos Checa Marco Melandri BMW Motorrad Motorsport Report R2 Tom Sykes Marco Melandri BMW Motorrad Motorsport 10 R1 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit 5 August Jakub Smrž Ayrton Badovini Loris Baz Kawasaki Racing Team Report R2 Loris Baz Sylvain Guintoli PATA Racing Team 11 R1 Russia Moscow Raceway 26 August Carlos Checa Leon Haslam Tom Sykes Kawasaki Racing Team Report R2 Marco Melandri Marco Melandri BMW Motorrad Motorsport 12 R1 Germany Nürburgring 9 September Max Biaggi Max Biaggi Max Biaggi Aprilia Racing Team Report R2 Carlos Checa Chaz Davies ParkinGO MTC Racing 13 R1 Portugal Autódromo Internacional do Algarve 23 September Tom Sykes Carlos Checa Tom Sykes Kawasaki Racing Team Report R2 Eugene Laverty Eugene Laverty Aprilia Racing Team 14 R1 France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 7 October Tom Sykes Sylvain Guintoli Sylvain Guintoli PATA Racing Team Report R2 Davide Giugliano Tom Sykes Kawasaki Racing Team Footnotes

Entry list A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 18 January 2012.

2012 entry listTeamConstructorMotorcycleRiderRounds Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 Factory 3 Max Biaggi All 58 Eugene Laverty All ParkinGO MTC Racing 19 Chaz Davies All BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet BMW BMW S1000RR 84 Michel Fabrizio All 86 Ayrton Badovini All BMW Motorrad Motorsport 33 Marco Melandri All 91 Leon Haslam All Grillini Progea Superbike Team 16 Jake Holden 6 18 Mark Aitchison 1–5 23 Federico Sandi 7 64 Norino Brignola 8–10, 12–14 Rossair AEP Racing 20 David Johnson 1 Althea Racing Ducati Ducati 1098R 7 Carlos Checa All 34 Davide Giugliano All Barni Racing Team Italia 151 Matteo Baiocco 7 Boulder Motor Sports 14 Shane Turpin 6 PATA Racing Team 50 Sylvain Guintoli 10–14 87 Lorenzo Zanetti All Red Devils Roma 53 Alex Polita 9 59 Niccolò Canepa 1–8, 10–12 121 Maxime Berger 14 151 Matteo Baiocco 13 Team Effenbert Liberty Racing 50 Sylvain Guintoli 1–8 57 Lorenzo Lanzi 12–13 68 Brett McCormick 2–3, 10, 12–13 96 Jakub Smrž 1–10 121 Maxime Berger 1–10, 12 Honda World Superbike Team Honda Honda CBR1000RR 4 Hiroshi Aoyama All 65 Jonathan Rea All Prop-tech ltd 13 Viktor Kispataki 9 Team Pro Ride Real Game Honda 15 Lorenzo Alfonsi 2 35 Raffaele De Rosa 1 Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 17 Joan Lascorz 1–2 66 Tom Sykes All 76 Loris Baz 5–14 199 Sergio Gadea 4 Team Pedercini 5 Alexander Lundh 11–14 20 David Johnson 10 36 Leandro Mercado 2–9 44 David Salom 1–4, 6–13 67 Bryan Staring 1 69 David McFadden 11 71 Claudio Corti 14 101 Gary Mason 5 Crescent Fixi Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 2 Leon Camier All 21 John Hopkins 2–4, 6–14 25 Josh Brookes 1 60 Peter Hickman 5Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

All entries used Pirelli tyres.

Championship standings

Riders' standings Pos. Rider Bike AUS ITA NED ITA EUR USA SMR SPA CZE GBR RUS GER POR FRA 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 Max Biaggi Aprilia 1 2 4 4 4 8 C 5 5 2 3 3 1 1 1 4 6 4 Ret 11 3 Ret 1 13 4 3 Ret 5 358 2 Tom Sykes Kawasaki 4 3 2 2 Ret 6 C 1 3 3 8 5 4 7 Ret 8 2 2 8 12 1 2 4 5 1 Ret 3 1 357.5 3 Marco Melandri BMW 2 6 6 10 9 4 C 4 1 Ret 2 1 Ret 4 2 1 1 1 7 8 2 1 Ret Ret Ret DNS 2 Ret 328.5 4 Carlos Checa Ducati Ret 1 1 1 3 17 C 7 6 Ret 1 Ret 2 Ret 3 7 4 3 5 6 Ret 4 12 6 2 5 Ret 7 287.5 5 Jonathan Rea Honda 7 4 9 5 Ret 1 C 6 4 1 4 2 5 2 16 5 Ret 12 4 9 Ret 7 Ret 4 6 2 13 2 278.5 6 Eugene Laverty Aprilia Ret 8 5 6 5 3 C 3 15 Ret 5 6 7 Ret 5 2 5 5 10 4 4 Ret 2 2 13 1 7 4 263.5 7 Sylvain Guintoli Ducati 3 Ret Ret 11 1 2 C DNS 8 5 12 10 8 Ret 12 13 16 1 Ret 11 6 10 3 4 1 3 213.5 8 Leon Haslam BMW 12 5 3 3 Ret 5 C 2 2 15 10 8 12 3 7 6 7 7 6 17 6 Ret 7 Ret 19 Ret 5 Ret 200 9 Chaz Davies Aprilia DNS DNS Ret 14 Ret Ret C 12 12 7 7 4 6 Ret 4 3 11 6 14 7 Ret 3 3 1 Ret Ret Ret 8 164.5 10 Davide Giugliano Ducati 9 13 Ret Ret 2 9 C 8 7 Ret 11 7 3 Ret 8 10 Ret 11 9 Ret Ret 6 Ret 7 Ret NC 8 6 143 11 Michel Fabrizio BMW 6 Ret Ret Ret 6 10 C DNS 10 13 9 12 14 6 6 11 8 10 2 13 5 Ret Ret Ret 10 8 12 Ret 137.5 12 Ayrton Badovini BMW Ret Ret 15 15 Ret 7 C 10 11 6 14 13 11 5 Ret 9 Ret Ret 3 Ret 12 8 9 9 9 6 6 9 133 13 Loris Baz Kawasaki 16 8 15 14 Ret 8 Ret 20 3 8 1 2 11 9 Ret 8 7 7 10 Ret 122 14 Leon Camier Suzuki 17 12 Ret 8 Ret 14 C 15 9 4 13 11 10 15 9 Ret 14 9 Ret Ret 15 5 5 3 11 Ret Ret 10 115.5 15 Jakub Smrž Ducati 5 11 11 7 7 Ret C 9 14 Ret 6 9 9 9 Ret DNS 10 13 17 3 92.5 16 Maxime Berger Ducati 13 7 12 12 11 Ret C 13 13 Ret 16 15 13 11 10 12 9 15 11 5 11 14 4 11 92 17 Lorenzo Zanetti Ducati 11 14 8 13 14 Ret C 14 18 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 14 16 16 12 16 8 10 8 11 16 12 Ret 13 68 18 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 8 9 18 Ret 12 13 C 11 17 10 17 DNS 16 12 14 15 Ret Ret 13 14 13 Ret 10 15 8 Ret Ret 14 61.5 19 John Hopkins Suzuki 13 Ret Ret 11 C DNS Ret 16 17 14 15 Ret 15 14 Ret 10 9 12 13 12 12 11 DNS DNS 44 20 Niccolò Canepa Ducati 20 10 10 Ret 8 Ret C 17 19 11 Ret Ret 18 13 11 17 Ret 15 7 Ret DNS DNS 42.5 21 David Salom Kawasaki 14 Ret 19 17 13 12 C DNS Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 18 Ret 15 Ret 10 13 DNS DNS Ret 13 22 22 Ducati 16 16 Ret Ret DNS DNS 15 Ret 5 9 19 23 Joan Lascorz Kawasaki 15 Ret 7 9 17 24 Claudio Corti Kawasaki 9 12 11 25 Norino Brignola BMW 17 19 13 17 DNS DNS 17 17 17 15 11 15 10 26 Leandro Mercado Kawasaki 14 Ret 10 15 C 16 Ret Ret Ret 17 19 16 Ret 18 Ret DNS 9 27 Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati 14 16 18 10 8 28 Matteo Baiocco Ducati 15 10 15 Ret 8 29 Alexander Lundh Kawasaki 14 14 16 Ret 14 14 DNS DNS 8 30 Peter Hickman Suzuki NC 9 7 31 Bryan Staring Kawasaki 10 16 6 32 Alessandro Polita Ducati 12 Ret 4 33 BMW 18 Ret 17 18 15 16 C DNS NC 14 3 34 Josh Brookes Suzuki 16 15 1 David McFadden Kawasaki 16 Ret 0 Viktor Kispataki Honda 17 18 0 Federico Sandi BMW 20 17 0 Raffaele De Rosa Honda Ret 17 0 Shane Turpin Ducati 18 19 0 Jake Holden BMW 19 18 0 David Johnson BMW 19 Ret 0 Kawasaki DNS DNS Lorenzo Alfonsi Honda Ret Ret 0 Gary Mason Kawasaki Ret Ret 0 Sergio Gadea Kawasaki C DNS 0 Pos. Rider Bike AUS ITA NED ITA EUR USA SMR SPA CZE GBR RUS GER POR FRA Pts Bold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap

Teams' championship Pos. Team BikeNo. AUS ITA NED ITA EUR USA SMR SPA CZE GBR RUS GER POR FRA 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 Aprilia Racing Team3 1 2 4 4 4 8 C 5 5 2 3 3 1 1 1 4 6 4 Ret 11 3 Ret 1 13 4 3 Ret 5 621.558 Ret 8 5 6 5 3 C 3 15 Ret 5 6 7 Ret 5 2 5 5 10 4 4 Ret 2 2 13 1 7 4 2 BMW Motorrad Motorsport33 2 6 6 10 9 4 C 4 1 Ret 2 1 Ret 4 2 1 1 1 7 8 2 1 Ret Ret Ret DNS 2 Ret 528.591 12 5 3 3 Ret 5 C 2 2 15 10 8 12 3 7 6 7 7 6 17 6 Ret 7 Ret 19 Ret 5 Ret 3 Kawasaki Racing Team66 4 3 2 2 Ret 6 C 1 3 3 8 5 4 7 Ret 8 2 2 8 12 1 2 4 5 1 Ret 3 1 496.576 16 8 15 14 Ret 8 Ret 20 3 8 1 2 11 9 Ret 8 7 7 10 Ret17 15 Ret 7 9199 C DNS 4 Althea Racing7 Ret 1 1 1 3 17 C 7 6 Ret 1 Ret 2 Ret 3 7 4 3 5 6 Ret 4 12 6 2 5 Ret 7 430.534 9 13 Ret Ret 2 9 C 8 7 Ret 11 7 3 Ret 8 10 Ret 11 9 Ret Ret 6 Ret 7 Ret NC 8 6 5 Honda World Superbike Team65 7 4 9 5 Ret 1 C 6 4 1 4 2 5 2 16 5 Ret 12 4 9 Ret 7 Ret 4 6 2 13 2 3404 8 9 18 Ret 12 13 C 11 17 10 17 DNS 16 12 14 15 Ret Ret 13 14 13 Ret 10 15 8 Ret Ret 14 6 Team Effenbert Liberty Racing50 3 Ret Ret 11 1 2 C DNS 8 5 12 10 8 Ret 12 13 284.596 5 11 11 7 7 Ret C 9 14 Ret 6 9 9 9 Ret DNS 10 13 17 3121 13 7 12 12 11 Ret C 13 13 Ret 16 15 13 11 10 12 9 15 11 5 11 1468 16 16 Ret Ret DNS DNS 15 Ret 5 957 14 16 18 10 7 BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet84 6 Ret Ret Ret 6 10 C DNS 10 13 9 12 14 6 6 11 8 10 2 13 5 Ret Ret Ret 10 8 12 Ret 270.586 Ret Ret 15 15 Ret 7 C 10 11 6 14 13 11 5 Ret 9 Ret Ret 3 Ret 12 8 9 9 9 6 6 9 8 PATA Racing Team50 16 1 Ret 11 6 10 3 4 1 3 171.587 11 14 8 13 14 Ret C 14 18 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 14 16 16 12 16 8 10 8 11 16 12 Ret 13 9 Crescent Fixi Suzuki2 17 12 Ret 8 Ret 14 C 15 9 4 13 11 10 15 9 Ret 14 9 Ret Ret 15 5 5 3 11 Ret Ret 10 167.521 13 Ret Ret 11 C DNS Ret 16 17 14 15 Ret 15 14 Ret 10 9 12 13 12 12 11 DNS DNS60 NC 925 16 15 10 ParkinGO MTC Racing19 DNS DNS Ret 14 Ret Ret C 12 12 7 7 4 6 Ret 4 3 11 6 14 7 Ret 3 3 1 Ret Ret Ret 8 164.5 11 Red Devils Roma59 20 10 10 Ret 8 Ret C 17 19 11 Ret Ret 18 13 11 17 Ret 15 7 Ret DNS DNS 65.5121 4 1153 12 Ret151 15 Ret 12 Team Pedercini44 14 Ret 19 17 13 12 C DNS Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 18 Ret 15 Ret 10 13 DNS DNS Ret 13 5671 9 1236 14 Ret 10 15 C 16 Ret Ret Ret 17 19 16 Ret 18 Ret DNS5 14 14 16 Ret 14 14 DNS DNS67 10 16101 Ret Ret20 DNS DNS 13 Grillini Progea Superbike Team64 17 19 13 17 DNS DNS 17 17 17 15 11 15 1318 18 Ret 17 18 15 16 C DNS NC 1423 20 1716 19 18 Team Pro Ride Real Game Honda35 Ret 17 015 Ret Ret Pos. Team BikeNo. AUS ITA NED ITA EUR USA SMR SPA CZE GBR RUS GER POR FRA Pts.

Manufacturers' standings