2018 Superbike World Championship

2018 Superbike World Championship
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The 2018 Superbike World Championship was the 31st season of the Superbike World Championship.

2018 was the final season run with the two-race format, as a three-race format was introduced for 2019.

Race calendar and results

2018 calendar^[1]
Round			Circuit	Date	Superpole	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team
1	R1	Australian	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	24 February	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Marco Melandri	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
1	R2	Australian	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	25 February		Marco Melandri	Marco Melandri	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
2	R1	Thai	Chang International Circuit	24 March	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
2	R2	Thai	Chang International Circuit	25 March		Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
3	R1	Aragón	Motorland Aragón	14 April	Marco Melandri	Marco Melandri	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
3	R2	Aragón	Motorland Aragón	15 April		Marco Melandri	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
4	R1	Dutch	TT Circuit Assen	21 April	Alex Lowes	Michael van der Mark	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
4	R2	Dutch	TT Circuit Assen	22 April		Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
5	R1	Italian	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	12 May	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
5	R2	Italian	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	13 May		Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
6	R1	UK	Donington Park	26 May	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Michael van der Mark	Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team
6	R2	UK	Donington Park	27 May		Jonathan Rea	Michael van der Mark	Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team
7	R1	Czech	Brno Circuit	9 June	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
7	R2	Czech	Brno Circuit	10 June		Marco Melandri	Alex Lowes	Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team
8	R1	US	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca	23 June	Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
8	R2	US	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca	24 June		Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
9	R1	Riviera di Rimini	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	7 July	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
9	R2	Riviera di Rimini	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	8 July		Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
10	R1	Portuguese	Algarve International Circuit	15 September	Eugene Laverty	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
10	R2	Portuguese	Algarve International Circuit	16 September		Marco Melandri	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
11	R1	French	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	29 September	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
11	R2	French	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	30 September		Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
12	R1	Argentinian	Circuito San Juan Villicum	13 October	Marco Melandri	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
12	R2	Argentinian	Circuito San Juan Villicum	14 October		Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
13	R1	Qatar	Losail International Circuit	26 October	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
13	R2	Qatar	Losail International Circuit	27 October		Race cancelled^[2]

Entry list

2018 entry list^[3]
Team	Constructor	Motorcycle	No.	Rider	Rounds
Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	1	Jonathan Rea^[4]	All
Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	66	Tom Sykes^[5]	All
Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team	Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	2	Leon Camier^[6]	1–3, 6–13^{[N 1]}
			20	Jason O'Halloran^[7]	5
			45	Jacob Gagne^[8]	All
SPB Racing Team	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	5	Vladimir Leonov^[9]	3, 5
Aruba.it Racing – Ducati	Ducati	Ducati Panigale R	7	Chaz Davies^[10]	All
Aruba.it Racing – Ducati	Ducati	Ducati Panigale R	33	Marco Melandri^[10]	All
Team Pedercini Racing	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	11	Jérémy Guarnoni^[11]	11
			16	Gabriele Ruiu^[12]	12–13
			41	Luke Mossey^[13]	6
			68	Yonny Hernández^[3]	1–5, 7–10
Barni Racing Team	Ducati	Ducati Panigale R	12	Javier Forés^[14]	All
Penrite Honda	Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	17	Troy Herfoss^[15]	1
Aruba.it Racing – Junior Team	Ducati	Ducati Panigale R	21	Michael Ruben Rinaldi^[16]	3–7, 9–11
Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team	Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R1	22	Alex Lowes^[17]	All
Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team	Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R1	60	Michael van der Mark^[17]	All
Guandalini Racing	Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R1	24	Alessandro Andreozzi^[18]	9
			37	Ondřej Ježek^[19]	1–7
			96	Jakub Smrž^[20]	10–13
			98	Karel Hanika^[21]	8
Yamaha Racing Team	Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R1	25	Daniel Falzon^[15]	1
Yamaha Racing Team	Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R1	47	Wayne Maxwell^[15]	1
Buildbase Suzuki	Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	28	Bradley Ray^[22]	6
Milwaukee Aprilia	Aprilia	Aprilia RSV4 RF	32	Lorenzo Savadori^[3]	All
			34	Davide Giugliano^[23]	3–4
			50	Eugene Laverty^[24]	1–2, 5–13
Orelac Racing VerdNatura	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	36	Leandro Mercado^[25]	All
Team GoEleven Kawasaki	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	40	Román Ramos^[26]	All
OMG Racing UK	Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	44	Gino Rea^[22]	6
TripleM Honda World Superbike Team	Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	51	Florian Marino^[27]	12
TripleM Honda World Superbike Team	Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	99	Patrick Jacobsen^[28]	1–11
Kawasaki Puccetti Racing	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	54	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu^[29]	All
Kawasaki Puccetti Racing	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	91	Leon Haslam^[30]	5–6
Team WD40	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	55	Mason Law^[22]	6
Attack 2Wheel Legal Yamaha	Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R1	57	Josh Herrin^[31]	8
Gulf Althea BMW Racing Team	BMW	BMW S1000RR	76	Loris Baz^[32]	All
MV Agusta Reparto Corse	MV Agusta	MV Agusta 1000 F4	77	Maximilian Scheib^[33]	12–13
MV Agusta Reparto Corse	MV Agusta	MV Agusta 1000 F4	81	Jordi Torres^[34]	1–11
Yamaha Motor Europe	Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R1	94	Niccolò Canepa^[35]	6, 9
Dreamteamcompany	Aprilia	Aprilia RSV4 RF	121	Matthieu Lussiana^[11]	11

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		BRN		LAG		MIS		POR		MAG		VIL		LOS		Pts
Pos.	Rider	Bike	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	Pts
1	J. Rea	Kawasaki	5	2	1	4	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	3	1	Ret	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	C	545
2	Davies	Ducati	3	Ret	3	1	2	1	3	5	4	2	8	5	8	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	5	2	Ret	4	8	C	356
3	van der Mark	Yamaha	9	7	7	2	5	5	2	3	6	Ret	1	1	4	2	8	5	4	2	3	2	7	3	8	9	7	C	333
4	Sykes	Kawasaki	2	4	6	Ret	6	6	4	1	2	3	3	6	3	16	7	8	5	5	5	5	2	4	6	5	2	C	314
5	Melandri	Ducati	1	1	8	7	4	3	6	7	3	Ret	22	11	2	15	5	Ret	7	3	2	3	6	5	2	3	5	C	297
6	Lowes	Yamaha	6	5	5	3	7	4	12	14	10	6	4	4	5	1	3	4	Ret	6	10	11	18	7	7	6	3	C	248
7	Forés	Ducati	4	3	2	5	3	Ret	5	4	5	4	Ret	Ret	14	8	6	6	6	Ret	Ret	10	3	8	4	2	13	C	230
8	Laverty	Aprilia	8	15	9	Ret					12	9	6	Ret	6	4	4	3	3	8	Ret	7	9	11	5	Ret	4	C	158
9	Razgatlıoğlu	Kawasaki	13	10	15	8	9	9	10	9	11	8	21	2	10	9	Ret	DNS	11	12	8	Ret	8	12	3	7	10	C	151
10	Savadori	Aprilia	DNS	DNS	12	9	15	10	15	10	8	Ret	5	7	7	5	14	Ret	8	7	Ret	6	4	6	Ret	8	11	C	138
11	Baz	BMW	11	9	11	12	11	15	7	8	13	11	7	10	18	11	15	10	Ret	9	6	9	10	10	9	11	6	C	137
12	Camier	Honda	7	6	4	6	Ret	DNS			WD	WD	10	8	9	7	Ret	13	9	10	Ret	14	11	9	10	Ret	Ret	C	108
13	Torres	MV Agusta	Ret	8	10	Ret	Ret	8	9	6	14	5	11	9	Ret	Ret	9	7	18	Ret	7	13	12	14					98
14	Rinaldi	Ducati					8	7	Ret	12	7	7	12	Ret	15	6			17	11	9	8	Ret	13					77
15	Mercado	Kawasaki	10	12	13	Ret	Ret	13	8	Ret	15	10	13	12	12	17	Ret	11	10	17	11	15	14	15	Ret	12	12	C	70
16	Ramos	Kawasaki	14	11	14	13	10	11	11	Ret	Ret	12	19	Ret	13	10	12	12	13	15	14	Ret	15	18	12	13	14	C	65
17	Gagne	Honda	12	13	18	14	12	12	DNS	DNS	16	Ret	16	13	Ret	12	10	9	14	14	13	12	13	16	Ret	10	9	C	64
18	Hernández	Kawasaki	Ret	DNS	16	11	14	16	16	15	17	13			11	14	11	15	Ret	16	12	16							28
19	Jacobsen	Honda	16	14	17	10	16	14	14	13	Ret	14	15	16	16	13	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	17	16	17					21
20	Haslam	Kawasaki									9	16	9	Ret															14
21	Giugliano	Aprilia					13	18	13	11																			11
22	Canepa	Yamaha											20	18					12	13									7
23	Marino	Honda																							11	Ret			5
24	Hanika	Yamaha															13	14											5
25	Ruiu	Kawasaki																							14	14	15	C	5
26	Scheib	MV Agusta																							13	Ret	Ret	C	3
27	Ray	Suzuki											14	15															3
28	Mossey	Kawasaki											17	14															2
29	Ježek	Yamaha	15	Ret	Ret	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	18	15	18	17	17	18													2
30	Andreozzi	Yamaha																	15	Ret									1
	Herrin	Yamaha															Ret	16											0
	Guarnoni	Kawasaki																					17	19					0
	Leonov	Kawasaki					DNS	17			Ret	Ret																	0
	G. Rea	Suzuki											23	19															0
	Falzon	Yamaha	Ret	DSQ																									0
	Smrž	Yamaha																			Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	C	0
	Lussiana	Aprilia																					Ret	Ret					0
	Law	Kawasaki											Ret	Ret															0
	O'Halloran	Honda									Ret	DNS																	0
	Herfoss	Honda	Ret	DNS																									0
	Maxwell	Yamaha	Ret	DNS																									0
Pos.	Rider	Bike	PHI		CHA		ARA		ASS		IMO		DON		BRN		LAG		MIS		POR		MAG		VIL		LOS		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	PHI		CHA		ARA		ASS		IMO		DON		BRN		LAG		MIS		POR		MAG		VIL		LOS		Pts
Pos.	Manufacturer	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	Pts
1	Kawasaki	2	2	1	4	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	9	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	C	570
2	Ducati	1	1	2	1	2	1	3	4	3	2	8	5	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	5	C	459
3	Yamaha	6	5	5	2	5	4	2	3	6	6	1	1	4	1	3	4	4	2	3	2	7	3	7	6	3	C	378
4	Aprilia	8	15	9	9	13	10	13	10	8	9	5	7	6	4	4	3	3	7	Ret	6	4	6	5	8	4	C	218
5	Honda	7	6	4	6	12	12	14	13	16	14	10	8	9	7	10	9	9	10	13	12	11	9	10	10	9	C	151
6	BMW	11	9	11	12	11	15	7	8	13	11	7	10	18	11	15	10	Ret	9	6	9	10	10	9	11	6	C	137
7	MV Agusta	Ret	8	10	Ret	Ret	8	9	6	14	5	11	9	Ret	Ret	9	7	18	Ret	7	13	12	14	13	Ret	Ret	C	101
8	Suzuki											14	15															3
Pos.	Manufacturer	PHI		CHA		ARA		ASS		IMO		DON		BRN		LAG		MIS		POR		MAG		VIL		LOS		Pts

Notes

^ Leon Camier was also entered into round 5 but was replaced by Jason O'Halloran after two practice sessions due to injury.^[7]

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