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.

2018 Superbike World Championship Calendar^[1]^[2]
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^[3]

Pos.	Team	Bike No.	PHI		CHA		ARA		ASS		IMO		DON		BRN		LAG		MIS		POR		MAG		VIL		LOS		Pts.
Pos.	Team	Bike No.	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 Racing Team WorldSBK	1	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	859
1	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	66	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	859
2	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati	7	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	653
2	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati	33	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	653
3	Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team	60	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	581
3	Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team	22	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	581
4	Milwaukee Aprilia	50	8	15	9	Ret					12	9	6	Ret	6	4	4	3	3	8	Ret	7	9	11	5	Ret	4	C	307
		32	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
		34					13	18	13	11
5	Barni Racing Team	12	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
6	Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team	2	7	6	4	6	Ret	DNS			WD	WD	10	8	9	7	Ret	13	9	10	Ret	14	11	9	10	Ret	Ret	C	172
		45	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
		20									Ret	DNS
7	Kawasaki Puccetti Racing	54	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	165
7	Kawasaki Puccetti Racing	91									9	16	9	Ret															165
8	Gulf Althea BMW Racing Team	76	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
9	MV Agusta Reparto Corse	81	Ret	8	10	Ret	Ret	8	9	6	14	5	11	9	Ret	Ret	9	7	18	Ret	7	13	12	14					101
9	MV Agusta Reparto Corse	77																							13	Ret	Ret	C	101
10	Aruba.it Racing – Junior Team	21					8	7	Ret	12	7	7	12	Ret	15	6			17	11	9	8	Ret	13					77
11	Orelac Racing VerdNatura	36	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
12	Team GoEleven Kawasaki	40	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
13	Team Pedercini Racing	68	Ret	DNS	16	11	14	16	16	15	17	13			11	14	11	15	Ret	16	12	16							35
		16																							14	14	15	C
		41											17	14
		11																					17	19
14	Triple M Honda World Superbike Team	99	16	14	17	10	16	14	14	13	Ret	14	15	16	16	13	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	17	16	17					26
14	Triple M Honda World Superbike Team	51																							11	Ret			26
15	Guandalini Racing	98															13	14											8
		37	15	Ret	Ret	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	18	15	18	17	17	18
		24																	15	Ret
		96																			Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	C
16	Yamaha Motor Europe	94											20	18					12	13									7
17	Buildbase Suzuki	28											14	15															3
	Attack 2Wheel Legal Yamaha	57															Ret	16											0
	SPB Racing Team	5					DNS	17			Ret	Ret																	0
	OMG Racing UK	44											23	19															0
	Yamaha Racing Team	25	Ret	DSQ																									0
	Yamaha Racing Team	47	Ret	DNS																									0
	Penrite Honda	17	Ret	DNS																									0
	Team WD40	55											Ret	Ret															0
	Dreamteamcompany	121																					Ret	Ret					0
Pos.	Team	Bike No.	PHI		CHA		ARA		ASS		IMO		DON		BRN		LAG		MIS		POR		MAG		VIL		LOS		Pts.
Pos.	Team	Bike No.																											Pts.

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

v t e Superbike World Championship
Seasons	1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Statistics	Champions Race winners Racers Records Circuits

v t e World championships in 2018
Summer sports & indoor sports	Archery field indoor Association football (men) Athletics (indoor) Badminton individual team Basketball women Basketball (3x3) Beach handball men women Bowls Boxing (women) Canoeing slalom sprint marathon Cycling road track mountain bike cyclo-cross BMX Equestrian Fencing Field hockey men women Finswimming Floorball (men) Gymnastics artistic rhythmic trampoline acrobatic aerobic Judo Karate Lacrosse (men) Modern pentathlon Muaythai Nine-pin bowling Orienteering Quidditch Racquetball Real tennis Rowing Rugby sevens men women Rugby union wheelchair Sailing Sambo Shooting Softball (women) Sport climbing Squash women's team Swimming (25 m) Table tennis men women team Volleyball men women Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter sports	Bandy men women Curling men women mixed mixed doubles Figure skating Ice hockey men women Ski flying Speed skating allround sprint short track
Cue & mind sports	Chess men women's match women rapid blitz Darts BDO PDC Draughts men's match women's match Pool Nine-ball Snooker six-red
Motor sports	Air race Endurance auto racing 2018–19 Endurance motorcycle racing 2017–18 2018–19 F1 Powerboat Formula One Motocross men women team MotoGP Moto2 Moto3 Rally Rallycross Speedway individual team Sidecarcross Superbike Supersport Supersport 300 Touring car

2018 Superbike World Championship

Entry list

Championship standings

Riders' championship

Teams' championship

Manufacturers' championship

Notes

References

External links

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