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'''Supersport World Championship''' is a top level motorcycle racing competition based on recent or current production motorcycles that are available to the public. The Championship is organized and promoted by [[FGSports]] and is sanctioned by the [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]].
 
'''Supersport World Championship''' is a top level motorcycle racing competition based on recent or current production motorcycles that are available to the public. The Championship is organized and promoted by [[FGSports]] and is sanctioned by the [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]].

Revision as of 18:01, 25 September 2009

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Supersport World Championship
Current season 2007 Supersport World Championship
Teams 5 manufacturers
Sport Motorcycle sport
Founded 1999
Country Worldwide
Champion 22px-Flag of Turkey.png Kenan Sofuoğlu (Rider)
Honda (Manufacturer)


Supersport World Championship is a top level motorcycle racing competition based on recent or current production motorcycles that are available to the public. The Championship is organized and promoted by FGSports and is sanctioned by the FIM.

Overview

Gianluca Vizziello riding the the RG Team Yamaha YZF-R6 at Phillip Island

As of 1999 World Supersport is a a support class to the Superbike World Championship. Supersport racing has also been one of the most popular classes of national racing for many years.

To be eligible for World Supersport,a motorcycle must have a four-stroke engine of between 400 and 600cc for four-cylinder machines, and between 600 and 750cc for twins, and must satisfy the FIM homologation requirements.

World Supersport regulations are much tighter than in World Superbikes. The chassis of a supersport machine must remain largely as standard, while engine tuning is possible but tightly regulated. As in World Superbike, a control tyre is used, although World Supersport regulations dictate that the tyres must be road legal and therefore slicks are not allowed.

A World Supersport race takes place at every World Superbike round. Starting positions are decided by the riders’ fastest laps from two 45-minute qualifying sessions and each race is approximately 100km long.

Supersport World Champions

Year Rider Champion Motorcycle Manufacturer Champion
1999 22px-Flag of France.png Stéphane Chambon Suzuki Yamaha
2000 22px-Flag of Germany.png Jörg Teuchert Yamaha Yamaha
2001 22px-Flag of Australia.png Andrew Pitt Kawasaki Yamaha
2002 22px-Flag of France.png Fabien Foret Honda Suzuki
2003 22px-Flag of Australia.png Chris Vermeulen Honda Honda
2004 22px-Flag of Australia.png Karl Muggeridge Honda Honda
2005 22px-Flag of France.png Sébastien Charpentier Honda Honda
2006 22px-Flag of France.png Sébastien Charpentier Honda Honda
2007 22px-Flag of Turkey.png Kenan Sofuoğlu Honda

Scoring

Points System
Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

The points system is the same for the Riders' Championship and the Manufacturers' Championship, but only the highest-finishing motorcycle by a particular manufacturer is awarded the points for the latter championship.

Homologated motorcycles for 2007

Model Production period as from
Ducati 748R (H3) January 2002 - end
Ducati 749R (H5) January 2004 - present
Honda CBR600FS January 2001 - end
Honda CBR600F4i January 2001 - end
Honda CBR600RR (PC37) January 2003 - end
Honda CBR600RR (PC37) January 2005 - end
Honda CBR600RR (PC40) January 2007 - present
Kawasaki ZX 600 K (ZX-6RR) January 2003 - end
Kawasaki ZX 600 M (ZX-6RR) January 2004 - end
Kawasaki ZX 600 N (ZX-6RR) January 2005 - end
Kawasaki ZX 600 P (ZX-6RR) January 2007 - present
Suzuki GSX 600 R (K4) January 2004 - end
Suzuki GSX 600 R (K6) January 2006 - present
Triumph Daytona 600 January 2003 - end
Triumph Daytona 675 January 2006 – present
Yamaha YZF-R6 January 2003 - end
Yamaha YZF-R6 January 2005 - end
Yamaha YZF-R6 January 2006 - present


See Also

External links


World Supersport Championship Seasons

1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008