2009 Superbike World Championship

2009 Superbike World Championship
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Support series: Supersport World Championship FIM Superstock 1000 Cup European Superstock 600 Championship

Series rookie Ben Spies held off veteran Noriyuki Haga to win the title by six points. Spies did not defend his title in 2010, as he replaced James Toseland at the Tech 3 team in MotoGP.

The 2009 Superbike World Championship (officially known as the HANNspree SBK Superbike World Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the twenty-second season of the Superbike World Championship. It was the second season in which HANNspree had been the title sponsor of the championship.^[1] The South African round returned on May 15–17 at Kyalami and was the first time since the 2002 season that the Superbike World Championship had raced there.

Ben Spies won the championship in his rookie season, bettering Noriyuki Haga in a final round decider. Ducati were the winners of the manufacturers' championship, winning eleven races.

Race calendar and results

Round		Country	Circuit	Date	Superpole	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	R1	Australia	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	1 March	Ben Spies	Troy Corser	Noriyuki Haga	Xerox Ducati	Report
	R2					Noriyuki Haga	Ben Spies	Yamaha World Superbike
2	R1	Qatar	Losail International Circuit	14 March	Ben Spies	Noriyuki Haga	Ben Spies	Yamaha World Superbike	Report
	R2					Ben Spies	Ben Spies	Yamaha World Superbike
3	R1	Spain	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	5 April	Ben Spies	Noriyuki Haga	Noriyuki Haga	Xerox Ducati	Report
	R2					Noriyuki Haga	Noriyuki Haga	Xerox Ducati
4	R1	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	26 April	Ben Spies	Leon Haslam	Ben Spies	Yamaha World Superbike	Report
	R2					Noriyuki Haga	Noriyuki Haga	Xerox Ducati
5	R1	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	10 May	Ben Spies	Michel Fabrizio	Michel Fabrizio	Xerox Ducati	Report
	R2					Ben Spies	Ben Spies	Yamaha World Superbike
6	R1	South Africa	Kyalami	17 May	Ben Spies	Michel Fabrizio	Noriyuki Haga	Xerox Ducati	Report
	R2					Noriyuki Haga	Noriyuki Haga	Xerox Ducati
7	R1	United States	Miller Motorsports Park	31 May	Ben Spies	Ben Spies	Ben Spies	Yamaha World Superbike	Report
	R2					Ben Spies	Ben Spies	Yamaha World Superbike
8	R1	San Marino	Misano World Circuit	21 June	Jakub Smrž	Jakub Smrž	Ben Spies	Yamaha World Superbike	Report
	R2					Noriyuki Haga	Jonathan Rea	Ten Kate Honda
9	R1	Great Britain	Donington Park	28 June	Ben Spies	Ben Spies	Ben Spies	Yamaha World Superbike	Report
	R2					Ben Spies	Ben Spies	Yamaha World Superbike
10	R1	Czech Republic	Masaryk Circuit	26 July	Ben Spies	Michel Fabrizio	Max Biaggi	Aprilia Racing	Report
	R2					Max Biaggi	Ben Spies	Yamaha World Superbike
11	R1	Germany	Nürburgring	6 September	Noriyuki Haga	Noriyuki Haga	Ben Spies	Yamaha World Superbike	Report
	R2					Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Ten Kate Honda
12	R1	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	27 September	Michel Fabrizio	Michel Fabrizio	Noriyuki Haga	Xerox Ducati	Report
	R2					Noriyuki Haga	Michel Fabrizio	Xerox Ducati
13	R1	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	4 October	Ben Spies	Noriyuki Haga	Ben Spies	Yamaha World Superbike	Report
	R2					Jonathan Rea	Noriyuki Haga	Xerox Ducati
14	R1	Portugal	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	25 October	Ben Spies	Michel Fabrizio	Ben Spies	Yamaha World Superbike	Report
	R2					Michel Fabrizio	Michel Fabrizio	Xerox Ducati

Championship standings

Riders' standings

2009 final riders' standings[2] Pos. Rider Bike AUS QAT SPA NED ITA RSA USA SMR GBR CZE GER ITA FRA POR 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 R1 R2 1 Ben Spies Yamaha 16 1 1 1 Ret 2 1 Ret 15 1 3 Ret 1 1 1 9 1 1 Ret 1 1 2 4 5 1 4 1 5 462 2 Noriyuki Haga Ducati 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 Ret 1 1 9 8 5 3 3 Ret 8 6 2 Ret 1 2 2 1 Ret 2 456 3 Michel Fabrizio Ducati 4 5 Ret Ret 2 3 9 4 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 12 3 Ret 3 7 9 3 1 4 13 5 1 382 4 Max Biaggi Aprilia 11 15 3 3 8 8 5 Ret 11 5 5 5 6 4 13 10 2 21 1 2 5 4 2 4 3 2 3 6 319 5 Jonathan Rea Honda 5 9 12 8 Ret 13 7 5 5 4 4 3 5 3 7 1 7 15 3 4 4 1 7 6 Ret 3 2 3 315 6 Leon Haslam Honda 6 3 11 11 5 5 3 2 Ret 7 Ret 4 10 Ret 12 8 4 2 7 12 6 5 6 8 5 5 Ret Ret 241 7 Carlos Checa Honda 12 13 5 13 Ret 6 Ret 7 9 10 6 6 2 Ret 11 5 11 Ret 2 5 3 3 Ret 10 6 9 7 Ret 209 8 Shane Byrne Ducati Ret Ret 6 12 9 11 11 8 14 18 9 Ret 11 10 2 6 5 4 4 8 10 Ret Ret 7 8 7 4 4 192 9 Tom Sykes Yamaha 10 10 7 5 7 10 4 6 6 6 10 9 13 9 8 7 Ret 5 Ret 7 9 8 9 12 Ret Ret DNS DNS 176 10 Jakub Smrž Ducati 9 7 Ret 17 Ret 14 6 3 12 8 14 10 8 6 4 4 9 Ret 6 9 13 11 8 9 10 Ret Ret 8 169 11 Ryuichi Kiyonari Honda Ret 23 8 4 12 9 15 Ret 3 3 12 13 4 5 Ret 14 10 7 13 13 14 7 5 17 Ret DNS DNS DNS 141 12 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki 3 8 22 15 6 Ret Ret 12 4 17 8 13 12 12 6 11 17 13 14 Ret 14 10 15 Ret 7 6 Ret 11 128 13 Troy Corser BMW 8 22 9 9 Ret 15 10 10 Ret DNS 15 17 Ret 22 Ret 20 5 10 8 6 11 Ret 9 10 Ret 9 96 14 Shinya Nakano Aprilia 15 12 4 7 DNS DNS Ret DNS 13 12 7 7 Ret 7 9 13 6 Ret Ret 13 Ret DNS 86 15 Régis Laconi Ducati 7 4 10 14 4 4 8 16 8 11 77 16 Max Neukirchner Suzuki 2 6 Ret 6 3 7 13 9 DNS DNS 75 17 Ruben Xaus BMW 19 11 13 10 13 16 14 11 7 9 Ret Ret 21 16 14 16 15 9 Ret DNS 12 13 11 12 8 Ret 74 18 Broc Parkes Kawasaki Ret 18 14 16 10 17 10 13 15 14 Ret 11 17 17 18 14 12 16 Ret 13 10 15 Ret 15 11 12 51 19 Matthieu Lagrive Honda 10 21 16 12 9 14 11 Ret Ret Ret 9 13 34 20 Leon Camier Yamaha 13 6 32 Aprilia Ret Ret 6 7 21 Fonsi Nieto Suzuki 16 15 16 13 18 12 22 Ducati 11 17 Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 22 Karl Muggeridge Suzuki Ret 21 16 18 16 19 12 Ret 16 Ret 18 Ret Ret DNS 12 Ret 13 14 Ret 8 21 23 John Hopkins Honda 11 12 DNS DNS 8 DNS Ret Ret Ret DNS 17 24 Matteo Baiocco Kawasaki Ret 24 19 22 20 Ret Ret 14 17 15 Ret Ret 17 Ducati Ret 16 14 16 12 14 10 Ret 25 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia Ret 3 16 26 Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati 17 14 19 18 14 11 Ret 15 Ret 11 15 27 Makoto Tamada Kawasaki 18 17 DNS DNS 14 Ret 17 Ret DNS DNS 10 Ret Ret DNS Ret DNS 12 17 12 28 Gregorio Lavilla Ducati 11 12 14 Ret 22 15 Ret 18 12 29 Luca Scassa Kawasaki 20 20 17 20 18 24 Ret 15 23 14 17 Ret 19 Ret Ret 20 19 16 16 Ret 16 14 16 18 13 Ret 15 14 11 30 Jamie Hacking Kawasaki 7 19 16 22 21 Ret 9 31 James Ellison Yamaha Ret 8 8 32 Sheridan Morais Kawasaki 13 11 Ret 19 8 33 Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki Ret 10 6 34 Simon Andrews Kawasaki 20 10 6 35 Tommy Hill Honda 14 14 15 Ret 15 22 Ret Ret 20 16 Ret 17 6 36 David Salom Kawasaki 21 25 18 Ret 19 21 20 Ret 19 21 20 16 20 18 23 Ret 23 19 17 Ret 17 17 18 Ret 14 16 13 17 5 37 David Checa Yamaha Ret 20 19 Ret 22 19 21 Ret 24 Ret 18 19 Ret 18 17 Ret 15 17 14 15 4 38 Brendan Roberts Ducati 17 19 21 19 Ret 18 16 13 DNS DNS 3 39 Roberto Rolfo Honda 13 16 Ret Ret 3 40 Vittorio Iannuzzo Honda Ret Ret 20 21 Ret 23 Ret Ret 21 DSQ 20 24 Ret Ret 15 18 Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 41 AlessandroPolita Suzuki 15 23 22 Ret Ret Ret 1 42 Jake Zemke Honda 18 20 18 15 1 – Roland Resch Suzuki Ret 25 21 17 24 Ret NC 25 Ret Ret 19 20 18 Ret 16 18 Ret DNS 0 – Blake Young Suzuki 25 17 0 – Ayrton Badovini Kawasaki DNS DNS Ret Ret 17 Ret 0 – Flavio Gentile Honda 17 DNS 0 – Steve Martin BMW 22 18 0 – Stuart Easton Kawasaki 18 Ret 0 – Shaun Whyte Yamaha 21 19 0 – Milos Cihak Suzuki 20 Ret 0 – Erwan Nigon Yamaha 22 Ret 0 – Richard Cooper BMW Ret Ret 0 Pos. Rider Bike AUS QAT SPA NED ITA RSA USA SMR GBR CZE GER ITA FRA POR 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' standings

2009 final manufacturers' standings[3] Pos. Manufacturer AUS QAT SPA NED ITA RSA USA SMR GBR CZE GER ITA FRA POR 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 R1 R2 1 Ducati 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 3 3 4 3 2 9 1 1 2 1 4 1 572 2 Yamaha 10 1 1 1 7 2 1 6 6 1 3 9 1 1 1 7 1 1 18 1 1 2 4 5 1 4 1 5 505 3 Honda 5 3 5 4 5 5 3 2 3 3 4 3 2 3 7 1 4 2 2 4 3 1 5 6 5 3 2 3 431 4 Aprilia 11 12 3 3 8 8 5 Ret 11 5 5 5 6 4 9 10 2 21 1 2 5 4 2 3 3 2 3 6 329 5 Suzuki 2 6 16 6 3 7 12 9 4 17 8 8 12 12 6 11 17 13 14 20 12 10 13 14 7 6 Ret 10 173 6 BMW 8 11 9 9 13 15 10 10 7 9 22 18 15 16 14 16 15 9 5 10 8 6 11 13 9 10 8 9 141 7 Kawasaki 18 17 14 16 10 17 17 14 10 13 13 11 7 11 16 17 18 10 10 16 16 13 10 15 13 15 11 12 76

Entry list

2009 Entry List [4] Team Constructor Motorcycle No Rider Rounds Kawasaki Superbike Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 2 Jamie Hacking[5] 7–9 23 Broc Parkes 1–3, 5–14 32 Stuart Easton[6] 4 100 Makoto Tamada 1–5, 10–12, 14 132 Sheridan Morais[7] 6, 13 Aprilia Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 4 3 Max Biaggi All 56 Shinya Nakano 1–11 58 Marco Simoncelli[8] 12 22 Leon Camier[9] 13–14 Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Honda Honda CBR1000RR 7 Carlos Checa All 65 Jonathan Rea All Ten Kate Honda Racing Honda Honda CBR1000RR 9 Ryuichi Kiyonari All DFX Corse Ducati Ducati 1198 RS 09 10 Fonsi Nieto[10] 10–14 55 Régis Laconi 1–6 57 Lorenzo Lanzi[11] 7–10, 12 Team Alstare Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 K9 10 Fonsi Nieto[12] 6–8 31 Karl Muggeridge 11–13 50 Sylvain Guintoli[13] 14 71 Yukio Kagayama All 76 Max Neukirchner 1–5 79 Blake Young[14] 9 BMW Motorrad Team Alpha Racing BMW BMW S1000RR 11 Troy Corser 1–5, 7–14 17 Steve Martin[15] 6 47 Richard Cooper[16] 11 111 Rubén Xaus 1–10, 12–14 HANNspree Honda Althea Honda Honda CBR1000RR 14 Matthieu Lagrive[17] 8–12, 14 33 Tommy Hill 1–7 40 Flavio Gentile 13 PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 15 Matteo Baiocco 1–5, 8 86 Ayrton Badovini 1–3 Guandalini Racing Ducati Ducati 1198R 15 Matteo Baiocco[18] 11–14 24 Brendan Roberts 1–5 36 Gregorio Lavilla[19] 6–9 96 Jakub Smrž All Yamaha World Superbike Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 19 Ben Spies All 66 Tom Sykes All Airwaves Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 22 Leon Camier[20] 9 27 James Ellison[20] 9 Team Pedercini Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 25 David Salom All 99 Luca Scassa All Celani Race Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 K9 31 Karl Muggeridge 1–7 53 Alessandro Polita[21] 8–10 Ducati Xerox Team Ducati Ducati 1198R 41 Noriyuki Haga All 84 Michel Fabrizio All Stiggy Motorsport AB Honda Honda CBR1000RR 44 Roberto Rolfo 1–2 91 Leon Haslam All 98 Jake Zemke[22] 5, 7 121 John Hopkins[23] 3–4, 8–11 Yamaha France GMT 94 IPONE Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 49 Shaun Whyte[24] 6 64 Erwan Nigon[24] 7 94 David Checa 3–5, 8–14 ProRace Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 K9 51 Milos Cihak 10 Sterilgarda Ducati Ducati 1198R 67 Shane Byrne All Squadra Corse Italia Honda Honda CBR1000RR 77 Vittorio Iannuzzo 1–5, 8–14 TKR Suzuki Switzerland Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 K9 88 Roland Resch 3–5, 8–11, 13–14 MSS Colchester Kawasaki Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 117 Simon Andrews[25] 9 Barni Racing Team Ducati Ducati 1198R 124 Luca Conforti 12

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

• All entries utilized Pirelli tyres.

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External links

• Official website