2020 Superbike World Championship

The 2020 Motul FIM Superbike World Championship is the 33rd season of the Superbike World Championship.

2020 Superbike World Championship
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Support series: Supersport World Championship Supersport 300 World Championship

Race calendar and results

The 2020 season calendar was announced on 21 November 2019, with 13 rounds scheduled.[1] The championship will visit Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (on 19 and 20 September) for the first time,[2] and a round was due to be staged at Oschersleben – on 1 and 2 August – for the first time since 2004.[3] Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Losail round was postponed to an unannounced date[4] and the Jerez,[5] Assen,[6] Aragon and Misano rounds were rescheduled to a later date, while the Imola[7] and Oschersleben[8] rounds were cancelled. As a result of updates made to the MotoGP calendar for the same reason, the French round date was also affected.[5] Despite having already been rescheduled, the Assen round was later postponed to a to-be-determined date, along with the Donington round.[9]

On 19 June, an updated calendar was published; for the restart, Jerez and Portimão were brought forward from their respective dates and a second round at Aragon was added to the schedule. Other five rounds—the first at Aragon, as well as Barcelona, Magny-Cours, San Juan and Misano—either kept their original or revised dates, although the latter two events were labelled as 'to be confirmed'. Three rounds—Losail, Donington and Assen—were included without a confirmed date[10][11] and were subsequently cancelled on 24 July.[12]

2020 calendar[1]
Round		Country	Circuit	Date	Superpole	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team
1	R1	Australia	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	29 February	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team
	SR			1 March		Scott Redding	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
	R2					Scott Redding	Alex Lowes	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
2	R1	Spain	Circuito de Jerez	1 August[lower-alpha 1]	Scott Redding	Jonathan Rea	Scott Redding	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
	SR			2 August[lower-alpha 1]		Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
	R2					Scott Redding	Scott Redding	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
3	R1	Portugal	Algarve International Circuit	8 August[lower-alpha 2]	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
	SR			9 August[lower-alpha 2]		Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
	R2					Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
4	R1	Spain	Motorland Aragón	29 August[lower-alpha 3]
	SR			30 August[lower-alpha 3]
	R2
5	R1			5 September
	SR			6 September
	R2
6	R1		Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	19 September
	SR			20 September
	R2
7	R1	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	3 October[lower-alpha 4]
	SR			4 October[lower-alpha 4]
	R2
8	R1	Argentina[lower-alpha 5]	Circuito San Juan Villicum	10 October
	SR			11 October
	R2
9	R1	Italy[lower-alpha 5]	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	7 November[lower-alpha 6]
	SR			8 November[lower-alpha 6]
	R2
Races under contract to run in 2020, but cancelled:
—	R1	Qatar	Losail International Circuit	N/A[lower-alpha 7]	N/A
	SR			N/A[lower-alpha 7]
	R2
—	R1	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	N/A[lower-alpha 8]	N/A
	SR			N/A[lower-alpha 8]
	R2
—	R1	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	N/A[lower-alpha 9]	N/A
	SR			N/A[lower-alpha 9]
	R2
—	R1	United Kingdom	Donington Park	N/A[lower-alpha 10]	N/A
	SR			N/A[lower-alpha 10]
	R2
—	R1	Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	N/A[lower-alpha 11]	N/A
	SR			N/A[lower-alpha 11]
	R2

Entry list

2020 entry list Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 1 Jonathan Rea[13] 1–3 22 Alex Lowes[14] 1–3 Barni Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4 R 2 Leon Camier[15] 1 33 Marco Melandri[16] 2–3 Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati Panigale V4 R 7 Chaz Davies[13] 1–3 45 Scott Redding[17] 1–3 Outdo Kawasaki TPR Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 11 Sandro Cortese[18] 1–3 Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 12 Javier Forés[19] 1–3 MIE Racing Althea Honda Team Honda CBR1000RR-R 13 Takumi Takahashi[20] 1–3 63 Lorenzo Gabellini[lower-alpha 12][22] 2–3 Team HRC Honda CBR1000RR-R 19 Álvaro Bautista[23] 1–3 91 Leon Haslam[24] 1–3 Brixx Performance Ducati Panigale V4 R 20 Sylvain Barrier[25] 2–3 Team GoEleven Ducati Panigale V4 R 21 Michael Ruben Rinaldi[26] 1–3 Nuova M2 Racing Aprilia RSV4 1000 23 Christophe Ponsson[27] 2–3 GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Junior Team Yamaha YZF-R1 31 Garrett Gerloff[28] 1–3 64 Federico Caricasulo[28] 1–3 Motocorsa Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R 36 Leandro Mercado[29] 2–3 BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW S1000RR 50 Eugene Laverty[30] 1–3 66 Tom Sykes[31] 1–3 Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team Yamaha YZF-R1 54 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu[32] 1–3 60 Michael van der Mark[32] 1–3 Ten Kate Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 76 Loris Baz[33] 1–3 Orelac Racing VerdNatura[34] Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 77 Maximilian Scheib[35] 1–3

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

• All entries use Pirelli tyres.

Championship standings

Points are awarded as follows:

Race 1 and Race 2

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

Superpole Race

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
Points	12	9	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Riders' championship

Pos. Rider Bike PHI JER POR ARA ARA BAR MAG VIL MIS Pts. R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 1 Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Ret 1 2 2 1 6 1 1 1 136 2 Scott Redding Ducati 3 3 3 1 2 1 7 5 2 132 3 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Yamaha 1 2 Ret 3 Ret 3 2 2 8 103 4 Alex Lowes Kawasaki 2 4 1 9 7 5 4 4 Ret 91 5 Michael van der Mark Yamaha 4 5 4 Ret 3 7 3 7 3 82 6 Chaz Davies Ducati 8 13 5 4 5 2 11 Ret 4 75 7 Álvaro Bautista Honda 6 16 6 7 10 8 9 11 5 55 8 Loris Baz Yamaha 7 7 8 5 4 17 6 3 Ret 54 9 Michael Ruben Rinaldi Ducati 10 9 NC 6 11 4 5 8 6 53 10 Tom Sykes BMW 9 6 10 NC 6 11 8 6 7 47 11 Leon Haslam Honda 5 8 12 10 9 12 12 9 13 36 12 Garrett Gerloff Yamaha 14 DNS DNS 11 8 10 14 10 11 22 13 Marco Melandri Ducati 8 18 9 17 15 14 17 14 Eugene Laverty BMW 11 DNS DNS 15 13 Ret 10 20 12 16 15 Sandro Cortese Kawasaki 13 11 9 14 14 14 Ret DNS DNS 14 16 Javier Forés Kawasaki Ret 12 11 13 12 13 13 13 Ret 14 17 Federico Caricasulo Yamaha 12 14 Ret Ret 16 16 15 12 9 12 18 Maximilian Scheib Kawasaki 15 10 7 Ret 15 18 21 Ret Ret 10 19 Leandro Mercado Ducati Ret 17 15 16 14 10 7 20 Christophe Ponsson Aprilia 12 19 Ret Ret 17 16 4 21 Sylvain Barrier Ducati 16 21 Ret 18 16 15 1 Takumi Takahashi Honda Ret 15 Ret 18 22 Ret 19 19 18 0 Lorenzo Gabellini Honda 17 20 19 20 18 17 0 Leon Camier Ducati DNS DNS DNS 0 Pos. Rider Bike PHI JER POR ARA ARA BAR MAG VIL MIS 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			JER			POR			ARA			ARA			BAR			MAG			VIL			MIS			Pts.
		R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2
1	Kawasaki	2	1	1	2	1	5	1	1	1																			162
2	Ducati	3	3	3	1	2	1	5	5	2																			134
3	Yamaha	1	2	4	3	3	3	2	2	3																			131
4	Honda	5	8	6	7	9	8	9	9	5																			60
5	BMW	9	6	10	15	6	11	8	6	7																			48
6	Aprilia				12	19	Ret	Ret	17	16																			4
Pos.	Manufacturer	PHI			JER			POR			ARA			ARA			BAR			MAG			VIL			MIS			Pts.

Notes

1. The Jerez round was originally due to take place on 27–29 March 2020. It was first postponed to 23–25 October[5] and later moved to 31 July–2 August[10] in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. The Portimão round was originally due to take place on 4–6 September 2020. It was moved to 7–9 August in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
3. The Aragon round was originally due to take place on 22–24 May 2020. It was postponed to 28–30 August in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]
4. The Magny-Cours round was originally due to take place on 25–27 September 2020. It was postponed to 2–4 October in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
5. Round to be confirmed.
6. The Misano round was originally due to take place on 12–14 June 2020. It was postponed to 6–8 November in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]
7. The Losail round was originally due to take place on 13–15 March 2020. It was postponed to an unannounced date[4] and subsequently cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12]
8. The Assen round was originally due to take place on 17–19 April 2020. It was postponed first to 21–23 August,[6] later to an unannounced date[10] and subsequently cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12]
9. The Imola round was originally due to take place on 8–10 May 2020. It was cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]
10. The Donington round was originally due to take place on 3–5 July 2020. It was postponed to an unannounced date[10] and subsequently cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12]
11. The Oschersleben round was originally due to take place on 31 July–2 August 2020. It was cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
12. Jordi Torres was announced as a MIE Racing Althea Honda Team rider from the Jerez round onwards in February 2020,[21] before the COVID-19 pandemic-related calendar changes; he was replaced by Lorenzo Gabellini in July 2020, before the season resumption.[22]

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External links

• Official website