The 2008 World Superbike racing season was the 21st season of the Superbike World Championship. Corona Extra is no longer the championship's title sponsor, as it had been since 1998^[1] HANNspree takes over, from 2008 to 2010. The championship will now officially be known as "HANNspree SBK Superbike World Championship".^[2]

The Superbike World Championship will return to the United States on June 1, 2008, for the 2008 United States round of the Superbike World Championship. The round will take place at the Miller Motorsports Park near Salt Lake City, Utah.^[3] This will be the first time SBK will race in the USA since the 2004 round at Laguna Seca. Superbike World Championship will share the weekend with the AMA Superbike Championship and its support classes. However to avoid direct comparisons between World Superbike and AMA Superbike, and because of sponsorship issues the 2 championships will race on different configurations of the circuit. World Superbikes will use the 3.048-mile Outer Track, while AMA Superbike and its support classes will use the 4.5-mile Main Track.^[4]

The provisional championship calendar was made up of 15 rounds but the Indonesian round in Sentul International Circuit was removed from the final calendar.^[5]

Australian rider Troy Bayliss won his third Superbike World Championship riding the factory supported Ducati 1098. He secured the title with his 50th race win at the second race at Magny-Cours.

Contents 1 Season calendar 2 Championship standings 2.1 Riders' standings 2.2 Wildcard and replacement riders' results 2.3 Manufacturers' standings 3 Participants 4 References

[edit] Season calendar

2008 Calender [6] No Date Round Circuit Race 1 winner Race 2 winner Report 1 February 23  Qatar Losail Troy Bayliss Fonsi Nieto Report 2 March 2  Australia Phillip Island Troy Bayliss Troy Bayliss Report 3 April 6  Spain Valencia Lorenzo Lanzi Noriyuki Haga Report 4 April 27  Netherlands Assen Troy Bayliss Troy Bayliss Report 5 May 11  Italy Monza Max Neukirchner Noriyuki Haga Report 6 June 1  United States Miller Motorsports Park Carlos Checa Carlos Checa Report 7 June 15  Germany Nürburgring Noriyuki Haga Noriyuki Haga Report 8 June 29  San Marino Misano Max Neukirchner Ruben Xaus Report 9 July 20  Czech Republic Brno Troy Bayliss Troy Bayliss Report 10 August 3  Great Britain Brands Hatch Ryuichi Kiyonari Ryuichi Kiyonari Report 11 September 7 Europe Donington Park Troy Bayliss Ryuichi Kiyonari Report 12 September 21  Italy Vallelunga Noriyuki Haga Noriyuki Haga Report 13 October 5  France Magny-Cours Noriyuki Haga Troy Bayliss Report 14 November 2  Portugal Portimao Troy Bayliss Troy Bayliss Report [edit] Championship standings [edit] Riders' standings 2008 Final Riders Standings [7] Pos Rider Bike QAT AUS ESP NED ITA USA GER SMR CZE GBR EUR 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 Bayliss Ducati 1 4 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 Ret Ret 22 2 4 3 3 1 1 2 11 1 Ret 6 16 3 1 1 1 460 2 Corser Yamaha 3 7 2 Ret 3 5 5 10 12 8 2 Ret 4 2 2 5 2 4 8 3 Ret 3 3 3 6 3 3 6 342 3 Haga Yamaha 14 13 8 7 Ret 1 Ret 2 2 1 Ret 6 1 1 10 4 6 7 19 2 Ret DSQ 1 1 1 2 Ret 14 327 4 C. Checa Honda 6 11 6 2 5 3 2 3 8 Ret 1 1 5 5 5 8 8 Ret 6 8 Ret 9 5 5 7 4 2 7 313 5 Neukirchner Suzuki 5 8 7 5 Ret DNS 3 5 1 2 4 2 3 3 1 7 7 5 7 4 Ret 14 4 4 5 9 Ret 4 311 6 Nieto Suzuki 7 1 5 3 4 10 Ret 11 7 4 5 8 8 9 12 10 14 8 5 5 7 Ret 12 6 2 8 5 5 256 7 Biaggi Ducati 2 3 Ret Ret 16 8 10 12 5 Ret 9 4 13 7 Ret 2 4 3 3 12 3 6 2 Ret 4 6 Ret 13 238 8 Fabrizio Ducati 9 5 3 19 Ret 13 Ret Ret 9 5 3 3 7 6 Ret 11 3 2 12 6 Ret 5 7 2 Ret 14 Ret 2 223 9 Kiyonari Honda 22 19 9 6 Ret 4 7 Ret 6 3 10 7 12 11 14 13 5 6 1 1 Ret 1 Ret 13 8 11 206 10 Xaus Ducati 4 2 4 4 Ret 7 16 4 Ret 7 14 Ret 6 8 4 1 Ret Ret DNS DNS Ret 8 Ret 12 Ret 5 9 Ret 178 11 Kagayama Suzuki 8 Ret Ret 6 4 6 4 Ret 8 5 DNS DNS 11 12 9 9 4 25 5 19 9 7 8 7 15 23 154 12 Lavilla Honda 13 14 11 8 7 11 9 7 11 10 13 15 Ret 14 8 14 15 14 14 13 4 7 14 Ret 10 12 6 8 135 13 Smrž Ducati 10 9 Ret 18 14 14 6 8 10 Ret 6 DSQ 11 Ret 7 9 Ret 11 9 9 6 12 13 11 Ret 13 Ret 12 120 14 Lanzi Ducati 16 6 13 20 1 12 14 11 11 10 Ret 20 6 6 Ret 13 11 10 Ret 11 11 18 Ret 11 109 15 Muggeridge Honda 17 20 12 10 6 20 14 13 Ret 6 7 11 10 12 Ret Ret 11 Ret 16 Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 14 21 77 16 Laconi Kawasaki 15 16 Ret 17 8 9 11 16 Ret Ret Ret 9 14 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret 15 16 9 11 20 10 10 61 17 Rolfo Honda 11 15 10 16 10 17 22 14 20 16 16 17 17 18 Ret 12 10 14 Ret 13 8 10 Ret 10 12 18 59 18 Sofuoğlu Honda 12 10 14 11 12 15 12 19 12 14 Ret 21 18 Ret 10 10 13 17 Ret DNS Ret Ret 9 19 54 19 Nakatomi Yamaha 21 Ret 15 15 11 16 15 15 13 12 16 Ret 18 18 9 15 12 15 DNS DNS 13 18 10 8 14 16 13 17 51 20 Tamada Kawasaki Ret 12 Ret 14 9 Ret 8 9 Ret Ret 19 13 9 13 Ret Ret 16 17 18 18 Ret 16 20 19 18 18 19 24 41 21 Sykes Suzuki Ret 7 2 10 35 22 Haslam Honda 8 Ret 7 3 33 23 Crutchlow Honda Ret 2 Ret 9 27 24 Badovini Kawasaki 18 17 Ret 21 17 21 13 18 Ret 9 17 12 17 Ret Ret 17 17 Ret Ret 21 12 Ret 15 Ret 16 17 11 16 24 25 Ellison Honda 10 4 19 26 Rea Honda 4 15 14 27 Holland Honda 24 21 17 9 13 19 18 20 16 13 15 Ret 19 19 14 28 D. Checa Yamaha 23 Ret Ret 12 15 18 Ret DNS Ret DNS Ret 15 15 16 Ret 16 17 20 11 Ret 17 20 Ret Ret 20 22 12 29 Gimbert Yamaha 20 18 16 13 Ret DNS 17 17 15 14 18 17 15 16 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret Ret Ret 14 13 Ret 16 20 12 30 Aoyama Honda 25 22 18 Ret Ret 24 19 21 18 16 Ret Ret Ret 24 13 19 18 18 Ret 22 14 17 19 17 19 22 18 26 5 31 Walker Honda 15 15 Ret Ret 18 15 15 15 17 19 5 32 Canepa Ducati 13 Ret 3 33 Beck Yamaha 19 15 1 - Iannuzzo Kawasaki Ret Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret 22 19 20 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 20 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 23 Ret Ret 0 - Morelli Honda Ret Ret Ret DNS 18 23 Ret Ret 17 Ret 21 24 Ret Ret 0 - Pridmore Honda 21 18 Ret 23 Ret Ret 19 19 22 23 0 - Napoleone Yamaha Ret Ret Ret Ret 20 Ret 21 22 Ret Ret 24 21 Ret 22 0 - Zaiser Yamaha 21 20 23 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 29 0 Pos Rider Bike QAT AUS ESP NED ITA USA GER SMR CZE GBR EUR ITA FRA POR Pts Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Not classified (NC) Purple Did not finish (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 Excluded (EX) [edit] Wildcard and replacement riders' results Sergio Fuertes Ret and DNS in Valencia Carmelo Morales Ret and 25th in Valencia Diego Lozano Ortiz 19th and 22nd in Valencia Arie Vos 20th and 23rd in Assen Lorenzo Mauri Ret and DNS in Monza Scott Jensen 23rd and 18th in USA Jiri Drasdak 20th and Ret in Brno Milos Cihak Ret and 21st in Brno Tristan Palmer Ret and Ret in Brands Matt Lynn Ret and Ret in Donington, 22nd and 22nd in Vallelunga Matej Smrz 21st and 21st in Vallelunga Martin Bauer 17th and Ret in Magny-Cours Ivan Silva 20th and 21st in Magny-Cours Luis Carreira 21st and 28th in Portimao Tommy Bridewell Ret and 25th in Portimao Luca Scassa Ret and 27th in Portimao [edit] Manufacturers' standings 2008 Final Manufacturers Standings [8] Pos Manufacturer QAT AUS ESP NED ITA USA GER SMR CZE GBR EUR 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 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 5 3 3 2 4 3 1 1 1 2 6 1 5 2 2 3 1 1 1 578 2 Yamaha 3 7 2 7 3 1 5 2 2 1 2 6 1 1 2 4 2 4 8 2 11 3 1 1 1 2 3 11 487 3 Honda 6 11 6 2 5 3 2 3 6 3 1 1 5 5 5 8 5 6 1 1 4 1 5 5 7 7 2 3 415 4 Suzuki 5 1 5 3 4 6 3 5 1 2 5 2 3 3 1 7 7 5 4 4 2 10 4 4 2 7 5 4 408 5 Kawasaki 15 12 Ret 14 8 9 8 9 Ret 9 17 9 9 10 Ret 17 16 17 18 16 12 15 15 9 11 17 10 10 98 [edit] Participants 2008 Entry List [9] Team Constructor Motorcycle No Rider Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati Ducati 1098 RS 08 3 Max Biaggi 111 Ruben Xaus Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Honda Honda CBR1000RR 7 Carlos Checa 23 Ryuichi Kiyonari 54 Kenan Sofuoğlu Team Alstare Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 K9 10 Fonsi Nieto 34 Yukio Kagayama 76 Max Neukirchner Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 11 Troy Corser 41 Noriyuki Haga Team Pedercini Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 13 Vittorio Iannuzzo 86 Ayrton Badovini Ducati Xerox Team Ducati Ducati 1198R 21 Troy Bayliss 84 Michel Fabrizio Alto Evolution Honda Superbike Honda Honda CBR1000RR 22 Luca Morelli 88 Shuhei Aoyama HM Plant Honda Honda Honda CBR1000RR 35 Cal Crutchlow[10] 91 Leon Haslam[11] D.F. Racing Honda Honda CBR1000RR 31 Karl Muggeridge 83 Russell Holland Ventaxia VK Honda Honda Honda CBR1000RR 36 Gregorio Lavilla YZF Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 38 Shinichi Nakatomi HaNNspree Honda Althea Honda Honda CBR1000RR 44 Roberto Rolfo PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 55 Régis Laconi 100 Makoto Tamada R.G. Team Ducati Ducati 1098 RS 08 57 Lorenzo Lanzi Grillini PBR Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 77 Loic Napoleone Yamaha France GMT 94 IPONE Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 94 David Checa Guandalini Racing by Grifo's Ducati Ducati 1098 RS 08 96 Jakub Smrz Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider [edit] References ^ "Corona end Suzuki and WSB sponsorship". motorcyclenews.com. http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/mcn/2007/august/august1-5/aug0307coronaendsuzukiandwsbsponsorship. 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