2017 Superbike World Championship

The 2017 Superbike World Championship was the 30th season of the Superbike World Championship. The season was contested over 26 races at 13 locations, starting on 25 February at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Australia and ending on 4 November at Losail International Circuit in Qatar.

2017 Superbike World Championship
Previous:	2016	Next:	2018
Support series: Supersport World Championship Supersport 300 World Championship European Superstock 1000 Championship

Jonathan Rea won his third Superbike world title, by winning the Magny-Cours Race 1. His victory gave him an unassailable lead with five races remaining.

The season saw the revision of the starting grid format for the second race, which was previously based on qualifying results for both races: riders placed from fourth to ninth in Race 1 were promoted to the first two rows for Race 2; then the third, the second and the winner followed on the third row; the remaining riders were sorted from the tenth grid slot onwards according to Superpole results.[1][2]

The season was marred by the death of Honda rider and former MotoGP World Champion Nicky Hayden, who succumbed to injuries sustained in a pedal-cycling accident near Rimini, Italy, on 22 May.[3]

Race calendar and results

2017 calendar[4]
Round		Country	Circuit	Date	Superpole	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team
1	R1	Australia	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	25 February	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2			26 February		Marco Melandri	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
2	R1	Thailand	Chang International Circuit	11 March	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2			12 March		Marco Melandri	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
3	R1	Spain	Motorland Aragón	1 April	Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2			2 April		Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
4	R1	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	29 April	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2			30 April		Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
5	R1	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	13 May	Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
	R2			14 May		Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
6	R1	United Kingdom	Donington Park	27 May	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2			28 May		Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
7	R1	Italy	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	17 June	Tom Sykes	Michael van der Mark	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2			18 June		Jonathan Rea	Marco Melandri	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
8	R1	United States	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	8 July	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
	R2			9 July		Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
9	R1	Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	19 August	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
	R2			20 August		Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
10	R1	Portugal	Algarve International Circuit	16 September	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2			17 September		Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
11	R1	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	30 September	Jonathan Rea	Marco Melandri	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2			1 October		Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
12	R1	Spain	Circuito de Jerez	21 October	Marco Melandri	Marco Melandri	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2			22 October		Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
13	R1	Qatar	Losail International Circuit	3 November	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2			4 November		Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team

Entry list

2017 entry list[5] Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1 Jonathan Rea[6] All 66 Tom Sykes[7] All MV Agusta Reparto Corse MV Agusta MV Agusta 1000 F4 2 Leon Camier[8] All Milwaukee Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 RF 3 Julián Simón[9] 3 32 Lorenzo Savadori[10] 1–2, 4–13 50 Eugene Laverty[10] All Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 05 Sylvain Guintoli[11] 12–13 13 Anthony West[12] 10–11 88 Randy Krummenacher[13] 1–9 91 Leon Haslam[14] 6 Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team Honda Honda CBR1000RR 6 Stefan Bradl[15] 1–10 34 Davide Giugliano[16] 9, 11–13 45 Jacob Gagne[17] 8, 11, 13 69 Nicky Hayden[15] 1–5 72 Takumi Takahashi[18] 10, 12 Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati Ducati Panigale R 7 Chaz Davies[19] All 33 Marco Melandri[19] All Pedercini Racing SC-Project Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 11 Jérémy Guarnoni[20] 13 15 Alex de Angelis[21] 1–8 84 Riccardo Russo[16] 9–12 Barni Racing Team Ducati Ducati Panigale R 12 Javier Forés[22] All Pazera Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 19 Paweł Szkopek[16] 9 Althea BMW Racing Team BMW BMW S1000RR 21 Markus Reiterberger[5] 1–3 35 Raffaele De Rosa[23] 4–13 81 Jordi Torres[24] All Van Zon Remeha BMW BMW BMW S1000RR 21 Markus Reiterberger[16] 9 Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 22 Alex Lowes[25] All 60 Michael van der Mark[25] All ERMotorsport-EliteRoads.com.au Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 25 Josh Brookes[26] 1 Royal Air Force Reg. & Res. Kawasaki Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 27 Jake Dixon[14] 6 IodaRacing Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 RF 36 Leandro Mercado[27] 3–12 Grillini Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 37 Ondřej Ježek[28] All 44 Roberto Rolfo[29] 13 86 Ayrton Badovini[28] 1–12 Team Kawasaki Go Eleven Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 40 Román Ramos[30] All Guandalini Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 55 Massimo Roccoli[16] 9 84 Riccardo Russo[31] 1–7 96 Jakub Smrž[32] 8 121 Alessandro Andreozzi[33] 10–13 VFT Racing Ducati Ducati Panigale R 61 Fabio Menghi[34] 7 Team ASPI BMW BMW S1000RR 94 Matthieu Lussiana[35] 11 eighty one HPC-Power Suzuki Racing Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 99 Dominic Schmitter[36] 12

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

• All entries used Pirelli tyres.

Championship standings

Riders' championship

Pos. Rider Bike PHI CHA ARA ASS IMO DON MIS LAG LAU POR MAG JER LOS 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 1 Rea Kawasaki 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 Ret 1 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 556 2 Davies Ducati 2 2 2 6 Ret 1 Ret 3 1 1 8 3 Ret DNS 1 3 1 1 2 Ret 10 1 2 3 2 2 403 3 Sykes Kawasaki 3 6 3 2 3 4 2 2 4 3 1 2 1 3 3 2 3 4 DNS DNS 3 7 3 5 6 Ret 373 4 Melandri Ducati Ret 3 4 3 2 3 3 Ret 3 5 4 Ret 15 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 5 Ret 2 3 6 327 5 Lowes Yamaha 4 4 6 4 4 13 Ret 5 8 6 3 5 2 Ret Ret 9 6 5 18 Ret 5 2 4 4 Ret 3 242 6 van der Mark Yamaha 9 7 5 Ret 5 5 Ret 4 7 9 5 4 Ret 4 8 10 15 11 5 2 9 3 5 6 Ret 4 223 7 Forés Ducati 6 5 11 8 Ret 6 4 13 5 4 10 7 5 Ret 5 5 8 10 9 13 Ret 4 9 7 Ret 5 196 8 Camier MV Agusta 5 8 8 Ret 11 10 10 6 6 Ret 6 6 11 Ret 6 Ret 5 6 4 Ret 4 Ret 12 12 9 9 168 9 Torres BMW 7 Ret 7 5 6 7 Ret 7 DNS 8 9 Ret 4 Ret 7 Ret 9 8 6 5 14 8 13 10 7 Ret 158 10 Laverty Aprilia 8 10 Ret 15 8 9 8 8 NC 7 13 Ret 6 5 Ret 6 10 Ret 7 4 6 17 8 Ret 4 7 157 11 Savadori Aprilia Ret 9 13 Ret 5 Ret 12 13 12 Ret 9 6 10 8 7 7 8 6 11 Ret 7 18 5 Ret 124 12 Ramos Kawasaki 13 14 15 9 Ret 11 7 11 9 11 11 8 8 Ret 12 12 14 14 10 15 12 9 10 11 10 10 118 13 Mercado Aprilia 7 8 9 12 Ret 10 7 Ret Ret 9 9 7 11 12 Ret 7 7 6 11 9 115 14 Bradl Honda 15 15 10 Ret 9 12 6 10 10 14 Ret 11 NC 10 11 11 DNS 13 Ret DNS 67 15 De Rosa BMW 13 17 14 16 15 10 10 7 13 Ret Ret 15 11 Ret 13 10 Ret 13 Ret 11 53 16 Krummenacher Kawasaki 10 16 12 Ret 14 14 11 14 13 15 14 Ret 7 8 17 14 12 Ret 50 17 Hayden Honda 11 Ret 9 7 10 Ret 14 9 Ret 12 40 18 Guintoli Kawasaki 6 8 8 8 34 19 de Angelis Kawasaki 14 11 16 11 15 Ret 12 15 11 Ret 17 Ret 12 Ret 14 13 32 20 Reiterberger BMW 12 13 14 10 12 16 13 9 29 21 Badovini Kawasaki 17 Ret Ret 14 Ret 17 15 16 15 Ret 16 14 13 11 16 Ret 16 18 12 9 DNS 15 Ret DNS 26 22 Ježek Kawasaki 18 17 18 13 DNS DNS 16 18 16 17 18 13 14 12 19 17 Ret 16 16 11 16 18 15 Ret 14 14 22 23 Haslam Kawasaki 2 Ret 20 24 Gagne Honda 15 15 Ret 12 12 12 14 25 Andreozzi Yamaha 17 12 17 13 14 14 Ret 13 14 26 Giugliano Honda Ret 17 8 11 Ret 17 Ret DNS 13 27 West Kawasaki 13 8 18 14 13 28 Russo Yamaha 16 Ret 17 12 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret DNS 13 Kawasaki Ret Ret 14 14 15 16 17 16 29 Takahashi Honda 15 10 16 15 8 30 Dixon Kawasaki Ret 9 7 31 Guarnoni Kawasaki 11 16 5 32 Brookes Yamaha Ret 12 4 33 Rolfo Kawasaki 13 15 4 34 Simón Aprilia 13 15 4 Smrž Yamaha 18 16 0 Roccoli Yamaha Ret 19 0 Schmitter Suzuki Ret Ret 0 Szkopek Yamaha Ret Ret 0 Menghi Ducati Ret Ret 0 Lussiana BMW DNS DNS 0 Pos. Rider Bike PHI CHA ARA ASS IMO DON MIS LAG LAU POR MAG JER LOS Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	PHI		CHA		ARA		ASS		IMO		DON		MIS		LAG		LAU		POR		MAG		JER		LOS		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
1	Kawasaki	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	7	1	1	1	1	599
2	Ducati	2	2	2	3	2	1	3	3	1	1	4	3	5	1	1	3	1	1	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	520
3	Yamaha	4	4	5	4	4	5	Ret	4	7	6	3	4	2	4	8	9	6	5	5	2	5	2	4	4	Ret	3	308
4	Aprilia	8	9	13	15	7	8	5	8	12	7	7	Ret	6	5	9	6	7	7	7	4	6	6	7	9	4	7	213
5	BMW	7	13	7	5	6	7	13	7	14	8	9	10	4	7	7	Ret	9	8	6	5	13	8	13	10	7	11	187
6	MV Agusta	5	8	8	Ret	11	10	10	6	6	Ret	6	6	11	Ret	6	Ret	5	6	4	Ret	4	Ret	12	12	9	9	168
7	Honda	11	15	9	7	9	12	6	9	10	12	Ret	11	NC	10	11	11	Ret	13	15	10	8	11	16	15	12	12	113
	Suzuki																							Ret	Ret			0
Pos.	Manufacturer	PHI		CHA		ARA		ASS		IMO		DON		MIS		LAG		LAU		POR		MAG		JER		LOS		Pts

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