2004 Superbike World Championship season

2004 Superbike World Championship season
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Supersport World Championship
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The 2004 Superbike World Championship season was the 17th F.I.M. Superbike World Championship season. The season started on February 29 at Valencia, and finished on October 3 at Magny-Cours after 11 rounds. The traditional Japanese round at Sugo was replaced with a new Canadian round which was scheduled for July 4 at the Mont-Tremblant, near Quebec. Though no explanation was given for the change, it was seen as some form of revenge after the refusal of the Japanese manufacturers to back the 2004 rules.[1] The Canadian round was eventually canceled after a circuit inspection determined that the amount of work necessary to bring the venue up to WSBK standard could not be carried out in time for the proposed date.[2]

2004 was the first season all bikes had to use control tyres, provided by Pirelli.[3] Partly because of the control tyre rule, no factory bikes were entered by Japanese manufacturers.

James Toseland won the rider's championship and Ducati won the manufacturer's championship.

Contents

Season calendar

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Rider Winning Team Report
1 R1 Valencia February 29 Régis Laconi Garry McCoy James Toseland Fila Ducati Report
R2 Noriyuki Haga Noriyuki Haga Renegade Ducati Koji
2 R1 Phillip Island March 28 Régis Laconi Régis Laconi Régis Laconi Fila Ducati Report
R2 Garry McCoy Garry McCoy XEROX - Ducati Nortel Net.
3 R1 Misano April 18 Steve Martin Régis Laconi Régis Laconi Fila Ducati Report
R2 Pierfrancesco Chili Pierfrancesco Chili PSG - 1 Corse
4 R1 Monza May 16 Régis Laconi Régis Laconi Régis Laconi Fila Ducati Report
R2 Régis Laconi Régis Laconi Fila Ducati
5 R1 Oschersleben May 30 Troy Corser Noriyuki Haga Noriyuki Haga Renegade Ducati Koji Report
R2 Noriyuki Haga Régis Laconi Fila Ducati
6 R1 Silverstone June 13 Régis Laconi Régis Laconi Noriyuki Haga Renegade Ducati Koji Report
R2 Chris Vermeulen Chris Vermeulen Ten Kate Honda
7 R1 Laguna Seca July 11 Steve Martin Chris Vermeulen Chris Vermeulen Ten Kate Honda Report
R2 Chris Vermeulen Chris Vermeulen Ten Kate Honda
8 R1 Brands Hatch August 1 Steve Martin Pierfrancesco Chili Noriyuki Haga Renegade Ducati Koji Report
R2 Pierfrancesco Chili

Régis Laconi

 Noriyuki Haga Renegade Ducati Koji
9 R1 Assen September 5 Pierfrancesco Chili Noriyuki Haga James Toseland Fila Ducati Report
R2 Noriyuki Haga Chris Vermeulen Ten Kate Honda
10 R1 Imola September 26 Régis Laconi Régis Laconi Régis Laconi Fila Ducati Report
R2 Noriyuki Haga Régis Laconi Fila Ducati
11 R1 Magny-Cours October 3 Troy Corser Steve Martin James Toseland Fila Ducati Report
R2 Noriyuki Haga Noriyuki Haga Renegade Ducati Koji

Season standings

Rider standings

2004 Final Riders Standings [4]
Pos Rider Bike ESP
 AUS
 SMR
 ITA
 GER
 GBR
 USA
 GBR
 NED
 ITA
 FRA
 Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Toseland Ducati 1 2 3 Ret 10 6 2 2 2 2 Ret 5 4 2 7 Ret 1 2 3 2 1 2 336
2 Laconi Ducati Ret Ret 1 Ret 1 2 1 1 6 1 Ret 3 5 3 2 Ret 3 5 1 1 3 3 327
3 Haga Ducati Ret 1 8 6 4 4 Ret Ret 1 Ret 1 2 6 4 1 1 4 3 4 Ret 2 1 299
4 Vermeulen Honda 12 5 2 2 5 12 4 DSQ 15 8 2 1 1 1 4 3 5 1 2 6 Ret Ret 282
5 Chili Ducati 2 4 9 3 3 1 Ret Ret 3 Ret 3 Ret 2 5 Ret 2 2 4 7 Ret 6 5 243
6 McCoy Ducati 7 6 5 1 Ret 17 3 3 9 4 4 8 7 7 Ret 7 8 Ret 5 5 9 9 199
7 Martin Ducati Ret 3 4 Ret 7 3 Ret 8 5 Ret 6 6 3 6 3 Ret 7 Ret 6 3 5 Ret 181
8 Haslam Ducati 5 9 Ret 10 11 5 5 4 7 3 5 4 9 Ret Ret Ret 6 6 10 12 7 6 169
9 Corser Petronas Ret 11 13 5 2 7 9 5 4 Ret 7 9 10 Ret 5 Ret 10 7 12 10 Ret 7 146
10 Borciani Ducati 4 8 7 4 21 10 7 6 Ret Ret 8 11 11 8 11 Ret 9 8 8 8 Ret Ret 130
11 Walker Petronas 3 7 10 8 6 13 8 7 Ret 7 Ret 12 Ret Ret 9 4 12 10 Ret 16 8 8 128
12 Clementi Kawasaki Ret 14 11 9 12 Ret 11 10 11 9 10 10 Ret 10 14 11 Ret 9 11 9 Ret Ret 85
13 Sanchini Kawasaki 14 10 6 7 Ret 11 Ret 9 10 6 Ret 13 8 9 Ret 10 Ret DNS 79
14 Nannelli Ducati 6 Ret 12 12 8 Ret Ret Ret 12 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 11 Ret 9 4 Ret Ret 72
15 Bontempi Suzuki 15 16 NC 11 9 15 10 11 14 11 9 14 13 12 15 12 13 12 13 Ret 11 Ret 68
16 Pedercini Ducati Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret 15 12 11 13 Ret Ret DNS Ret 7 12 DNS 41
17 Fuertes Suzuki 8 12 Ret Ret Ret 18 6 Ret 13 Ret Ret 13 15 14 Ret Ret Ret 12 35
18 Gimbert Yamaha Ret 9 4 4 33
19 Ellison Yamaha Ret 7 6 5 30
20 Nowland Suzuki 11 17 15 14 18 Ret 11 Ret Ret 13 16 Ret 14 13 17 18 16 10 27
21 Bussei Ducati 12 6 Ret 11 Ret 11 Ret DNS 24
22 Velini Ducati Ret 18 14 13 13 Ret Ret 13 16 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 17 14 Ret Ret Ret 15 14 Ret 20
23 Saiger Yamaha 9 15 13 14 14 14 17
24 Coxhell Honda 8 8 16
25 Mrkyvka Ducati 10 Ret 19 16 Ret Ret Ret 13 12 16 Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 19 19 Ret Ret 13
26 Pini Suzuki Ret 9 14 13 12
27 Duterne Kawasaki Ret 24 10 11 11
28 Meklau Suzuki 13 10 9
29 Oelschläger Honda 8 Ret 8
30 Praia Ducati 13 18 16 Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret 14 Ret DNS Ret Ret 15 Ret 16 Ret 21 18 14 8
31 De Matteis Ducati 18 Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret 21 DNS 4
32 Szkopek Suzuki Ret 23 15 13 4
33 Sala Suzuki 14 20 14 Ret 4
34 Cruciani Kawasaki 13 Ret 3
35 Romboni Yamaha DNS DNS 15 14 3
36 Liverani Ducati 15 14 3
37 Berthelsen Suzuki 18 14 19 Ret 2
38 Camlek Yamaha 17 15 1
39 Menzen Suzuki 16 15 1
Pos Rider Bike ESP
 AUS
 SMR
 ITA
 GER
 GBR
 USA
 GBR
 NED
 ITA
 FRA
 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)

Manufacturers standings

Pos Manufacturer ESP
 AUS
 SMR
 ITA
 GER
 GBR
 USA
 GBR
 NED
 ITA
 FRA
 Pts
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 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 530
2 Honda 12 5 2 2 5 12 4 Ret 8 8 2 1 1 1 4 3 5 1 2 6 Ret Ret 289
3 Petronas 3 7 10 5 2 7 8 5 4 7 7 9 10 Ret 5 4 10 7 12 10 8 7 200
4 Kawasaki 14 10 6 7 12 11 11 9 10 6 10 10 8 9 14 10 Ret 9 11 9 10 11 129
5 Suzuki 8 12 15 11 9 9 6 11 13 10 9 14 13 12 15 12 13 12 13 13 11 10 101
6 Yamaha 9 15 14 13 13 Ret 13 13 16 12 Ret 7 14 14 6 5 Ret Ret 15 14 4 4 89
Pos Manufacturer ESP
 AUS
 SMR
 ITA
 GER
 GBR
 USA
 GBR
 NED
 ITA
 FRA
 Pts

Entry list

2004 Entry List [5]
Rider Team Motorcycle Tyre
4 Troy Corser Foggy PETRONAS Racing Petronas FP1 P
5 Piergiorgio Bontempi Zongshen Suzuki GSX-R1000 P
6 Mauro Sanchini Kawasaki Bertocchi Kawasaki ZX-10R P
7 Pierfrancesco Chili PSG - 1 Corse Ducati 998RS P
8 Ivan Clementi Kawasaki Bertocchi Kawasaki ZX-10R P
9 Chris Walker Foggy PETRONAS Racing Petronas FP1 P
12 Warwick Nowland Zongshen Suzuki GSX-R1000 P
15 Stefano Cruciani Kawasaki Bertocchi Kawasaki ZX-10R P
16 Sergio Fuertes MIR Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 P
17 Chris Vermeulen Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR P
19 Lucio Pedercini Pedercini Ducati 998RS P
20 Marco Borciani D.F.Xtreme Sterilgarda Ducati 999RS P
23 Jiri Mrkyvka JM SBK Ducati 998RS P
24 Garry McCoy XEROX - Ducati Nortel Net. Ducati 999RS P
25 Alessio Velini Pedercini Ducati 998RS P
41 Noriyuki Haga Renegade Ducati Koji Ducati 999RS P
48 David Garcia XEROX - Ducati Nortel Net. Ducati 999RS P
50 Miguel Praia XEROX - Ducati Nortel Net. Ducati 999RS P
52 James Toseland Ducati Fila Ducati 999F04 P
55 Régis Laconi Ducati Fila Ducati 999F04 P
69 Gianluca Nannelli XEROX - Ducati Nortel Net. Ducati 999RS P
78 Teodor Myszkowski UnionBike GiMotorsport Yamaha YZF-R1 P
91 Leon Haslam Renegade Ducati Koji Ducati 999RS P
99 Steve Martin D.F.Xtreme Sterilgarda Ducati 999RS P
11 Gianmaria Liverani Carbon Dream Ducati 998RS P
22 Horst Saiger Life Haus RT Yamaha YZF-R1 P
27 Giancarlo De Matteis PSG - 1 Corse Ducati 999RS P
28 Doriano Romboni Giesse Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R1 P
29 Luca Pini Boselli Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 P
31 Giuseppe Zannini Penta race Ducati 998RS P
32 Sébastien Gimbert Yamaha France Yamaha YZF-R1 P
33 Carl Berthelsen Suzuki Nederland Suzuki GSX-R1000 P
34 Andy Meklau Yoshimura Schäfer Motorsport Suzuki GSX-R1000 P
35 Craig Coxhell Vitrans Honda Honda P
36 Robert Menzen Robert Menzen Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 P
38 Arno Visscher Pajic-Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R P
39 Stephane Duterne Zongshen Kawasaki ZX-10R P
45 Ivan Sala Team Anyway Fidoweb Suzuki GSX-R1000 P
71 Michael Schulten Alpha Technik Honda CBR1000RR P
72 Jürgen Oelschläger Alpha Technik Honda CBR1000RR P
74 Andrea Mazzali Mazzali Racing Team MV Agusta P
77 Berto Camlek Inoterm Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R1 P
94 Pawel Szkopek Szkopek Agip RT Suzuki GSX-R1000 P
100 James Ellison Jentin Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 P
113 Paolo Blora UnionBike GiMotorsport Yamaha YZF-R1 P
200 Giovanni Bussei DeCecco Racing Ducati 998RS P
Key
Wildcard Rider
P Pirelli

References

  1. ^ Japan out, Canada in for 2004. crash.net retrieved on September 21, 2007
  2. ^ Mont Tremblant axed from 2004 schedule. crash.net retrieved on September 21, 2007
  3. ^ WSC In Turmoil With New Rules Package motorcycle-usa.com retrieved on September 11, 2007
  4. ^ http://www.worldsbk.com/season/standings?p_S_Campionato=SBK&p_Anno=2004&p_PilotiCostruttori=P
  5. ^ http://www.f1network.net/main/s180/st44557.php
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