2006 Superbike World Championship season
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The 2006 Superbike World Championship season was the 19th F.I.M. Superbike World Championship season. The season started on February 25 at Losail, and finished on October 8 at Magny-Cours after 12 races. The original season calendar issued by the FIM included a 13th round scheduled in South Africa on October 22 but the round was cancelled at the request of the Series' promoter FGSport[1]
2006 saw the return of Australian Troy Bayliss in Superbike World Championship after 3 years in MotoGP. The combination of Bayliss and Ducati proved unstoppable and they dominated the season winning 12 races, 8 of them consecutive. Honda's James Toseland and Yamaha's Noriyuki Haga battled for second with the British rider coming on top. Defending champion Troy Corser on a Suzuki was 4th. The Manufacturers' championship was won by Ducati.
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[edit] Season Calendar
No | Date | Round | Circuit | Race 1 Winner | Race 2 Winner | Report |
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1 | February 25 | Qatar | Losail | James Toseland | Troy Corser | Report |
2 | March 5 | Australia | Phillip Island | Troy Corser | Troy Bayliss | Report |
3 | April 23 | Spain | Valencia | Troy Bayliss | Troy Bayliss | Report |
4 | May 7 | Italy | Monza | Troy Bayliss | Troy Bayliss | Report |
5 | May 28 | Europe | Silverstone | Troy Bayliss | Troy Bayliss | Report |
6 | June 25 | San Marino | Misano | Troy Bayliss | Andrew Pitt | Report |
7 | July 23 | Czech Republic | Brno | Yukio Kagayama | Yukio Kagayama | Report |
8 | August 6 | Great Britain | Brands Hatch | Troy Bayliss | Noriyuki Haga | Report |
9 | September 3 | Netherlands | Assen | Chris Walker | Troy Bayliss | Report |
10 | September 10 | Germany | EuroSpeedway Lausitz | Yukio Kagayama | James Toseland | Report |
11 | October 1 | Italy | Imola | Alex Barros | Troy Bayliss | Report |
12 | October 8 | France | Magny-Cours | James Toseland | Troy Bayliss | Report |
[edit] Season Standings
[edit] Rider Standings
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[edit] Manufacturers Standings
Pos | Manufacturer | QAT |
AUS |
ESP |
ITA |
EUR |
SMR |
CZE |
GBR |
NED |
GER |
ITA |
FRA |
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Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 1 | Race 2 | |||
1 | Ducati | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 450 |
2 | Honda | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 414 |
3 | Yamaha | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 401 |
4 | Suzuki | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 372 | |
5 | Kawasaki | 13 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 229 |
6 | Petronas | 14 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
Pos | Manufacturer | QAT |
AUS |
ESP |
ITA |
EUR |
SMR |
CZE |
GBR |
NED |
GER |
ITA |
FRA |
Pts |
[edit] Participants
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[edit] References
- ^ South African Round Cancelled motorcycle-usa.com retrieved on September 14, 2007
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