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Supersport World Championship is a motorcycle racing competition using on recent or current production motorcycles. The Championship is organized and promoted by FGSport and is sanctioned by the FIM.
Overview
Supersport was introduced as a support class to the Superbike World Championship in 1990 as a European Championship. The series allowed four-cylinder machines up to 600 cubic centimetres (37 cu in) and twin-cylinder bikes up to 750 cubic centimetres (46 cu in). In 1997 the championship became a "World Series" and the European title was given to the European Motorcycle Union's European Road Racing Championship. The full title Supersport World Championship was introduced in 1999. Supersport racing has also been one of the most popular classes of national racing for many years.
To be eligible for Supersport World Championship, a motorcycle must have a four-stroke engine of between 400 and 600 cubic centimetres (24 and 37 cu in) for four-cylinder machines, and between 600 and 750 cubic centimetres (37 and 46 cu in) for twins, and must satisfy the FIM homologation requirements.
Supersport regulations are much tighter than in Superbikes. The chassis of a supersport machine must remain largely as standard, while engine tuning is possible but tightly regulated. As in World Superbike, a control tyre is used, although World Supersport regulations dictate that the tyres must be road legal and therefore slicks are not allowed.
A Supersport World Championship race takes place at every Superbike World Championship round. Starting positions are decided by the riders’ fastest laps from two 45-minute qualifying sessions. Each race is approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) long.
Supersport World Champions
Scoring system
Current Points System
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- The points system is the same for the Riders' Championship and the Manufacturers' Championship, but only the highest-finishing motorcycle by a particular manufacturer is awarded the points for the latter championship.
Homologated motorcycles for 2007
See also
References
- ^ For 2007, the Triumph Daytona ‘675’ model is homologated to participate in open National/International Supersport 600/Superstock 600 events only; possible participation in the 2008 FIM Supersport World Championship events will be announced in 2007.
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Supersport World Championship seasons
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