2012 Superbike World Championship season

2012 Superbike World Championship season
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The 2012 Superbike World Championship season will be the 25th season of the Superbike World Championship. It will begin on 26 February at Phillip Island and will finish on 7 October in Magny-Cours after 14 rounds.

Provisional calendar

The provisional race schedule was publicly announced by the FIM on 24 September 2011 with thirteen confirmed rounds and two other rounds pending confirmation.[1] Russia will appear for the first time in the calendar with a round at the brand-new Moscow Raceway.[2] The calendar was updated in October 2011 with the confirmation of the Imola round, for a total fourteen rounds.[3] All races with the exception of Miller Motorsports Park – races held on Memorial Day Monday – will be held on Sundays.

Round Country Circuit Date
1 Australia Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 26 February
2 Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 1 April
3 Netherlands TT Circuit Assen 22 April
4 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 6 May
5 Europe Donington Park 13 May
6 United States Miller Motorsports Park 28 May
7 San Marino Misano World Circuit 10 June
8 Spain Motorland Aragón 1 July
9 Czech Republic Masaryk Circuit 22 July
10 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit 5 August
11 Russia Moscow Raceway 26 August
12 Germany Nürburgring 9 September
13 Portugal Autódromo Internacional do Algarve 23 September
14 France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 7 October

Entry list

2012 Entry List
Team Constructor Motorcycle Rider
Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 1000 Max Biaggi[4]
Eugene Laverty[5]
PATA Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 1000 Lorenzo Zanetti[6]
Team ParkinGO Aprilia[7] Aprilia RSV4 1000 Chaz Davies[8]
BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW BMW S1000RR Leon Haslam[9]
Marco Melandri[10]
BMW Motorrad Italia BMW BMW S1000RR Ayrton Badovini[11]
Michel Fabrizio[11]
Althea Racing Ducati Ducati 1098R Carlos Checa[12]
Davide Giugliano[12]
Ducati Roma[13] Ducati TBA Niccolò Canepa[14]
Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing Ducati TBA Maxime Berger[15]
Sylvain Guintoli[16]
Jakub Smrž[15]
Castrol Honda Honda Honda CBR1000RR Hiroshi Aoyama[17]
Jonathan Rea[18]
Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R Joan Lascorz[19]
Tom Sykes[19]
Team Pedercini Kawasaki[20] Kawasaki ZX-10R TBA
Crescent Suzuki[21] Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 Leon Camier[22]
John Hopkins[23]

References

  1. ^ "FIM reveals 15-round WSBK calendar". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 24 September 2011. http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/173339/1/fim_reveals_15-round_wsbk_calendar.html. Retrieved 17 October 2011. 
  2. ^ "Moscow Raceway confirmed for Russia WSBK debut". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 22 September 2011. http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/173224/1/moscow_raceway_confirmed_for_russia_wsbk_debut.html. Retrieved 15 October 2011. 
  3. ^ "2012 WSBK calendar update". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 13 October 2011. http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/173941/1/2012_wsbk_calendar_update.html. Retrieved 15 October 2011. 
  4. ^ "Biaggi to ‘stay with Aprilia until 2012’". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 3 August 2010. http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/162177/1/biaggi_to_stay_with_aprilia_until_2012.html. Retrieved 9 September 2010. 
  5. ^ "Laverty signs with Aprilia for 2012". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 16 October 2011. http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/174099/1/eugene_laverty_signs_with_aprilia_for_2012.html. Retrieved 16 October 2011. 
  6. ^ "Lorenzo Zanetti signs for PATA Racing". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 21 December 2011. http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/175623/1/lorenzo_zanetti_signs_for_pata_racing.html. Retrieved 21 December 2011. 
  7. ^ "Aprilia, BMW and Suzuki testing in the sun at Portimao". Superbike World Championship (Infront Motor Sports). 28 November 2011. http://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/5-news/9593-aprilia-bmw-and-suzuki-testing-in-the-sun-at-portimao.html. Retrieved 9 December 2011. 
  8. ^ Guy, Michael (16 October 2011). "Davies confirmed to ride ParkinGO Ducati in 2012". Motor Cycle News (Bauer Media Group). http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/World-Superbikes/2011/October/19oct-wsb-davies-ducati/_/R-EPI-133215. Retrieved 17 October 2011. 
  9. ^ "Haslam will line up for BMW Motorrad in 2012". Superbike World Championship (Infront Motor Sports). 12 September 2011. http://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/5-news/8744-haslam-will-line-up-for-bmw-motorrad-in-2012.html. Retrieved 17 October 2011. 
  10. ^ "Melandri lines up alongside Haslam for BMW in 2012". Superbike World Championship (Infront Motor Sports). 2 October 2011. http://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/5-news/9072-melandri-lines-up-alongside-haslam-for-bmw-in-2012.html. Retrieved 17 October 2011. 
  11. ^ a b "Fabrizio joins Badovini at BMW Italia". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 17 October 2011. http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/174131/1/fabrizio_joins_badovini_at_bmw_italia.html. Retrieved 17 October 2011. 
  12. ^ a b "Althea confirms Checa, Giugliano for 2012". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 18 October 2011. http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/174167/1/althea_confirms_checa_giugliano_for_2012.html. Retrieved 18 October 2011. 
  13. ^ "Ducati Roma team to make WSB debut in 2012". Superbike World Championship (Infront Motor Sports). 12 October 2011. http://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/5-news/9187-ducati-roma-team-to-make-wsb-debut-in-2012.html. Retrieved 17 October 2011. 
  14. ^ "Motorcycle racing 2012 – who is going where so far…". Bikesportnews.com (Bikesportnews). 8 December 2011. http://www.bikesportnews.com/news-detail.cfm?newstitle=Motorcycle-racing-2012---who-is-going-where-so-far%E2%80%A6&newsid=6166. Retrieved 14 December 2011. 
  15. ^ a b "Berger joins expanded Effenbert line-up". Crash Media Group. 26 November 2011. http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/175173/1/berger_joins_expanded_effenbert_line-up.html. Retrieved 26 November 2011. 
  16. ^ "Effenbert-Liberty Racing confirm Sylvain Guintoli". Superbike World Championship (Infront Motor Sports). 19 October 2011. http://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/5-news/9315-effenbert-liberty-racing-confirm-sylvain-guintoli.html. Retrieved 19 October 2011. 
  17. ^ "Hiroshi Aoyama with Honda WSB for 2012". Superbike World Championship (Infront Motor Sports). 15 October 2011. http://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/5-news/9239-hiroshi-aoyama-with-honda-wsb-for-2012.html. Retrieved 17 October 2011. 
  18. ^ "Rea and Honda together in 2012". Superbike World Championship (Infront Motor Sports). 4 September 2011. http://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/5-news/8664-rea-and-honda-together-in-2012.html. Retrieved 17 October 2011. 
  19. ^ a b "Sykes aboard Kawasaki's ZX-10R again for 2012". Superbike World Championship (Infront Motor Sports). 15 November 2011. http://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/5-news/9486-sykes-aboard-kawasakis-zx-10r-again-for-2012-.html. Retrieved 15 November 2011. 
  20. ^ "The Pedercini Team concludes two-day Valencia test". teampedercini.com (Team Pedercini). 1 December 2011. http://www.teampedercini.com/en/doc-s-33-2262-1-team_pedercini___i_test_di_valencia.asp. Retrieved 30 December 2011. 
  21. ^ "Official Crescent Suzuki to WSBK". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 21 October 2011. http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/174250/1/official_crescent_suzuki_to_wsbk.html. Retrieved 21 October 2011. 
  22. ^ "Crescent Suzuki sign Camier for WSB campaign". Superbike World Championship (Infront Motor Sports). 1 November 2011. http://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/5-news/9421-crescent-suzuki-sbk-sign-leon-camier-for-world-superbike-campaign.html. Retrieved 1 November 2011. 
  23. ^ "Hopkins to WSBK with Crescent Suzuki". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 19 November 2011. http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/175018/1/hopkins_to_wsbk_with_crescent_suzuki.html. Retrieved 19 November 2011.