The 2022 Supersport World Championship was the twenty-sixth season of the Supersport World Championship, the twenty-fourth held under this name. The championship was won by Dominique Aegerter at the Mandalika round.
Race calendar and results
The provisional 2022 season calendar was announced on 25 November 2021.
2022 calendar Round Country Circuit Date Superpole Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Winning constructor Ref 1 R1 Spain MotorLand Aragón 9 April Lorenzo Baldassarri Dominique Aegerter Lorenzo Baldassarri Evan Bros. WorldSSP Yamaha Team Yamaha R2 10 April Dominique Aegerter Dominique Aegerter Ten Kate Racing Yamaha Yamaha 2 R1 Netherlands TT Circuit Assen 23 April Dominique Aegerter Dominique Aegerter Dominique Aegerter Ten Kate Racing Yamaha Yamaha R2 24 April Dominique Aegerter Dominique Aegerter Ten Kate Racing Yamaha Yamaha 3 R1 Portugal Circuito do Estoril 21 May Dominique Aegerter Dominique Aegerter Dominique Aegerter Ten Kate Racing Yamaha Yamaha R2 22 May Dominique Aegerter Dominique Aegerter Ten Kate Racing Yamaha Yamaha 4 R1 Italy Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli 11 June Dominique Aegerter Nicolò Bulega Dominique Aegerter Ten Kate Racing Yamaha Yamaha R2 12 June Nicolò Bulega Dominique Aegerter Ten Kate Racing Yamaha Yamaha 5 R1 United Kingdom Donington Park 16 July Dominique Aegerter Lorenzo Baldassarri Dominique Aegerter Ten Kate Racing Yamaha Yamaha R2 17 July Dominique Aegerter Dominique Aegerter Ten Kate Racing Yamaha Yamaha 6 R1 Czech Republic Autodrom Most 30 July Lorenzo Baldassarri Lorenzo Baldassarri Lorenzo Baldassarri Evan Bros. WorldSSP Yamaha Team Yamaha R2 31 July Stefano Manzi Lorenzo Baldassarri Evan Bros. WorldSSP Yamaha Team Yamaha 7 R1 France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 10 September Federico Caricasulo Dominique Aegerter Lorenzo Baldassarri Evan Bros. WorldSSP Yamaha Team Yamaha R2 11 September Lorenzo Baldassarri Dominique Aegerter Ten Kate Racing Yamaha Yamaha 8 R1 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 24 September Dominique Aegerter Dominique Aegerter Dominique Aegerter Ten Kate Racing Yamaha Yamaha R2 25 September Dominique Aegerter Dominique Aegerter Ten Kate Racing Yamaha Yamaha 9 R1 Portugal Algarve International Circuit 8 October Dominique Aegerter Lorenzo Baldassarri Stefano Manzi Dynavolt Triumph Triumph R2 9 October Raffaele De Rosa Dominique Aegerter Ten Kate Racing Yamaha Yamaha 10 R1 Argentina Circuito San Juan Villicum 22 October Dominique Aegerter Raffaele De Rosa Dominique Aegerter Ten Kate Racing Yamaha Yamaha R2 23 October Dominique Aegerter Dominique Aegerter Ten Kate Racing Yamaha Yamaha 11 R1 Indonesia Pertamina Mandalika International Street Circuit 12 November Niki Tuuli Can Öncü Niki Tuuli MV Agusta Reparto Corse MV Agusta R2 13 November Dominique Aegerter Dominique Aegerter Ten Kate Racing Yamaha Yamaha 12 R1 Australia Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 19 November Federico Caricasulo Nicolò Bulega Yari Montella Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki R2 20 November Federico Caricasulo Dominique Aegerter Ten Kate Racing Yamaha Yamaha
Regulation changes Following a large overhaul of rules allowing larger-capacity engines, some new manufacturers and models will be eligible. Ducati will return to the series with their Panigale V-twin, two MV models and Triumph three cylinders will rejoin the series with the Street Triple RS, to combat the dominance of Japanese manufacturers Yamaha and Kawasaki.
Entry list 2022 entry listTeamConstructorMotorcycleRiderClassRounds Orelac Racing VerdNatura WorldSSP Ducati Panigale V2 3 Raffaele De Rosa All ColinAppleyard/Macadam–Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 4 Harry Truelove 5 Motozoo Racing by Puccetti Kawasaki ZX-6R 6 Jeffrey Buis C 1–9 15 Eugene McManus 1–2 21 Benjamin Currie 3–9 69 Tom Booth-Amos 10–12 Evan Bros. WorldSSP Yamaha Team Yamaha YZF-R6 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri All 56 Péter Sebestyén All Kallio Racing Yamaha YZF-R6 9 Simon Jespersen 3, 11–12 C 7–9 36 Sander Kroeze C 3–5 44 Steven Odendaal C 6 52 Patrick Hobelsberger 1–10 88 Alessandro Zetti C 1–2 CM Racing Ducati Panigale V2 9 Simon Jespersen 5 73 Maximilian Kofler 1–9 91 Luca Bernardi 10–12 MS Racing Yamaha WorldSSP Yamaha YZF-R6 10 Unai Orradre 1–8, 11–12 50 Ondřej Vostatek All 72 Baris Sahin 10 83 Meikon Kawakami 9 Aruba.it Racing WorldSSP Team Ducati Panigale V2 11 Nicolò Bulega All D34G Racing Ducati Panigale V2 12 Filippo Fuligni C 1–3 22 Federico Fuligni C 1–9 23 Isaac Viñales C 5–9 29 Nicholas Spinelli C 4 Altogo Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R6 13 Luca Ottaviani 3–4 GMT94 Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 16 Jules Cluzel 1–5, 7–12 42 Matthieu Grégorio 7 53 Valentin Debise 6 53 Valentin Debise 7 94 Andy Verdoïa All VFT Racing Yamaha YZF-R6 17 Kyle Smith 1–7 25 Marcel Brenner C 1–9 25 Marcel Brenner 10–12 47 Johan Gimbert 9 70 Marc Alcoba 8 I+Dent Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R6 19 Joan Díaz Corbella 9 Ten Kate Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 24 Leonardo Taccini 1–9, 11–12 57 Bradley Smith 10 77 Dominique Aegerter All MV Agusta Reparto Corse MV Agusta F3 800 RR 27 Mattia Casadei 4–5 54 Bahattin Sofuoğlu C 1–9 66 Niki Tuuli 1–3, 6–12 92 Marcel Schrötter 12 EAB Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R6 28 Glenn van Straalen All Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati Panigale V2 32 Oli Bayliss All Dynavolt Triumph Triumph Street Triple RS 38 Hannes Soomer All 62 Stefano Manzi All Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki ZX-6R 55 Yari Montella All 61 Can Öncü All Althea Racing Ducati Panigale V2 64 Federico Caricasulo All Prodina Racing WorldSSP Kawasaki ZX-6R 69 Tom Booth-Amos C 1–9 YART–Yamaha WorldSSP Yamaha YZF-R6 71 Tom Edwards 2–3, 9 MPM Routz Racing Yamaha YZF-R6 74 Jaimie van Sikkelerus 2 Válvulas Arco JG76 Team Ducati Panigale V2 76 Julián Giral 8 Andotrans Team Torrentó Yamaha YZF-R6 81 Aleix Viu 8 Motoriders Yamaha YZF-R6 89 Patrik Homola 6 Renzi Corse Ducati Panigale V2 90 Matteo Patacca 4 MTM Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 99 Adrián Huertas AllKeyRegular riderWildcard riderReplacement riderC WorldSSP Challenge
Rider changes After leaving the Superbike World Championship in 2020, Althea Racing returned in the Supersport World Championship, with the Italian Federico Caricasulo. Aruba.it Racing - Ducati joined the Supersport World Championship with Nicolò Bulega, who left Moto2. Barni Racing Team expanded into the Supersport World Championship, racing with the Australian Oli Bayliss. CM Racing raced with Maximilian Kofler, who moved from Moto3 and replaced Luca Bernardi, who moved up to the Superbike World Championship. Motozoo Racing raced with an all-new line up with Jeffrey Buis and Benjamin Currie, replacing Shogo Kawasaki and Michel Fabrizio. Patrick Hobelsberger joined Kallio Racing. Yari Montella joined Kawasaki Puccetti Racing with Can Öncü, replacing Philipp Öttl, who moved to the Superbike World Championship. 2021 Supersport 300 World Champion Adrián Huertas joined the Supersport World Championship with MTM Kawasaki. PTR Racing announced its return to the World Supersport grid with a brand new Triumph Street Triple 765 RS and rebranded as Dynavolt Triumph, fielding Hannes Soomer and Stefano Manzi Leonardo Taccini joined Ten Kate Racing Yamaha and replaced Galang Hendra Pratama who moved to the ARRC Supersport 600 class.
Championship standings Points Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Riders' championship Rider Bike ARA ASS EST MIS DON MOS MAG BAR POR VIL MAN PHI 1 Dominique Aegerter Yamaha 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ret EX 3 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 4 1 5 1 498 2 Lorenzo Baldassarri Yamaha 1 2 Ret 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 5 2 4 2 7 9 3 Ret 9 4 3 388 3 Can Öncü Kawasaki 3 Ret Ret 3 4 5 4 5 5 8 21 4 4 6 3 2 9 3 4 7 3 3 3 Ret 264 4 Nicolò Bulega Ducati 5 3 3 4 3 Ret 3 3 Ret 3 9 2 11 3 Ret 14 15 10 11 8 6 7 2 4 242 5 Federico Caricasulo Ducati 8 12 5 25 5 Ret Ret 6 Ret 4 Ret 6 Ret 9 4 6 3 4 3 2 2 5 7 2 222 6 Stefano Manzi Triumph 7 8 Ret 6 Ret Ret 5 4 6 5 2 3 16 7 Ret 3 1 Ret 7 5 7 2 14 Ret 209 7 Yari Montella Kawasaki Ret 7 12 9 6 4 6 7 4 Ret Ret Ret 5 10 13 8 13 Ret 8 Ret 5 6 1 5 171 8 Niki TuuliMV Agusta 6 5 6 7 Ret DNS 6 10 6 11 6 5 5 Ret 5 4 1 Ret Ret DNS 152 9 Raffaele De Rosa Ducati 16 9 9 15 22 Ret 22 10 3 6 Ret 20 12 14 12 Ret 6 2 2 Ret 9 4 6 6 147 10 Jules Cluzel Yamaha 19 6 4 Ret Ret Ret 7 9 Ret DNS 10 2 8 15 7 6 6 6 8 10 Ret 11 132 11 Glenn van Straalen Yamaha 4 4 2 Ret 7 8 Ret 19 Ret Ret 5 15 2 Ret 9 Ret 12 Ret Ret 11 Ret 16 11 10 122 12 Adrián Huertas Kawasaki 9 11 11 Ret 8 7 10 15 18 7 8 7 8 12 7 10 Ret DNS Ret 10 10 12 10 12 120 13 Hannes Soomer Triumph 11 10 7 5 Ret 12 11 12 7 Ret 19 9 15 Ret 18 13 8 8 10 Ret Ret 8 Ret 15 95 14 Bahattin Sofuoğlu MV Agusta 12 14 15 10 23 14 21 18 15 Ret 7 5 Ret DNS 5 7 11 5 72 15 Andy Verdoïa Yamaha 15 16 DNS DNS 9 DNS 13 11 8 9 Ret 12 19 13 14 16 21 11 Ret 9 12 13 16 9 66 16 Oli Bayliss Ducati 21 19 14 11 12 6 23 Ret 11 13 13 Ret 9 8 15 Ret 20 16 15 Ret 14 14 12 8 65 17 Valentin Debise Yamaha 4 8 7 4 43 18 Simon Jespersen Yamaha 13 Ret 21 16 10 12 16 12 Ret 15 9 14 40 Ducati 9 10 19 Péter Sebestyén Yamaha 14 Ret 22 DNS 24 13 12 14 Ret 16 14 11 13 20 Ret 20 14 Ret 12 12 13 22 13 13 40 20 Kyle Smith Yamaha 20 20 16 8 11 2 Ret 16 14 Ret 22 Ret 17 24 35 21 Leonardo Taccini Yamaha 18 Ret 10 13 14 DNS 14 Ret 13 15 16 13 14 Ret 11 9 Ret DNS 15 18 17 19 35 22 Marcel Brenner Yamaha 17 Ret Ret 12 15 18 9 13 10 Ret 20 14 WD WD 17 11 Ret 13 Ret 15 16 19 Ret 20 32 23 Tom Booth-Amos Kawasaki 13 15 Ret DNS DNS DNS Ret DNS 16 17 15 17 20 17 19 24 Ret Ret 13 13 11 11 8 18 29 24 Mattia Casadei MV Agusta 8 8 12 11 25 25 Isaac Viñales Ducati 20 14 10 Ret 18 15 21 23 10 9 22 26 Patrick Hobelsberger Yamaha 10 13 8 16 WD WD Ret 22 DNS DNS 12 Ret 25 21 20 17 26 18 17 16 21 27 Ondřej Vostatek Yamaha 24 22 Ret 18 10 10 19 24 17 18 11 16 22 22 24 18 18 15 16 14 17 21 Ret 17 20 28 Steven Odendaal Yamaha 3 Ret 16 29 Marcel Schrötter MV Agusta Ret 7 9 30 Unai Orradre Yamaha 26 17 13 14 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 18 Ret Ret 19 16 Ret 18 20 Ret 21 9 31 Tom Edwards Yamaha DSQ Ret 17 9 Ret Ret 7 32 Luca Ottaviani Yamaha 21 11 17 Ret 5 33 Bradley Smith Yamaha 14 Ret 2 34 Maximilian Kofler Ducati 22 Ret 20 19 Ret 16 16 17 19 Ret 17 Ret 24 18 29 25 23 14 2 35 Luca Bernardi Ducati Ret Ret Ret 17 15 16 1 36 Nicholas Spinelli Ducati 15 21 1 37 Benjamin Currie Kawasaki Ret 15 Ret 26 Ret 19 24 19 Ret 23 26 Ret 22 19 1 Jaimie van Sikkelerus Yamaha 17 17 0 Federico Fuligni Ducati DNS DNS 23 22 20 Ret 18 23 22 21 23 18 23 26 25 21 19 17 0 Jeffrey Buis Kawasaki Ret 18 18 20 25 17 Ret 27 21 20 25 21 26 25 27 26 24 Ret 0 Johan Gimbert Yamaha 17 21 0 Sander Kroeze Yamaha 18 Ret 20 25 23 Ret 0 Filippo Fuligni Ducati 23 21 19 21 19 Ret 0 Julián Giral Ducati 22 19 0 Meikon Kawakami Yamaha Ret 20 0 Matteo Patacca Ducati Ret 20 0 Eugene McManus Kawasaki 26 23 21 23 0 Aleix Viu Yamaha 23 22 0 Joan Díaz Corbella Yamaha 25 22 0 Patrik Homola Yamaha 26 22 0 Alessandro Zetti Yamaha 25 Ret Ret 24 0 Marc Alcoba Yamaha 28 27 0 Harry Truelove Yamaha Ret Ret 0 Baris Sahin Yamaha WD WD 0 Matthieu Grégorio Yamaha WD WD 0 Rider Bike ARA ASS EST MIS DON MOS MAG BAR POR VIL MAN PHI Bold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap
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