1990 Superbike World Championship season

The 1990 Superbike World Championship season was the 3rd F.I.M. Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 18 March at Jerez, and finished on 18 November at Manfeild Autocourse after 13 rounds.

Frenchman Raymond Roche won the riders' championship and Honda won the manufacturers' championship.

Season Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Rider
1	R1	Jerez	18 March	Raymond Roche	Stéphane Mertens	Raymond Roche
	R2				Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche
2	R1	Donington	16 April	Giancarlo Falappa	Rob Phillis	Fred Merkel
	R2				Raymond Roche	Giancarlo Falappa
3	R1	Hungaroring	30 April	Malcolm Campbell	Raymond Roche	Fred Merkel
	R2				Fred Merkel	Raymond Roche
4	R1	Hockenheim	6 May	Raymond Roche	Fred Merkel	Fred Merkel
	R2				Raymond Roche	Stéphane Mertens
5	R1	Mosport	3 June	Giancarlo Falappa	Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche
	R2				Jamie James	Raymond Roche
6	R1	Brainerd	10 June	Doug Chandler	Doug Chandler	Stéphane Mertens
	R2				Fabrizio Pirovano	Doug Chandler
7	R1	Österreichring	1 July	Stéphane Mertens	Rob McElnea	Fabrizio Pirovano
	R2				Stéphane Mertens	Stéphane Mertens
8	R1	Sugo	26 August	Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche
	R2				Peter Goddard	Doug Chandler
9	R1	Le Mans	9 September	Baldassarre Monti	Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche
	R2				Jamie James	Raymond Roche
10	R1	Monza	7 October	Baldassarre Monti	Rob Phillis	Fabrizio Pirovano
	R2				Rob Phillis	Fabrizio Pirovano
11	R1	Shah Alam	4 November	Rob Phillis	Fabrizio Pirovano	Fabrizio Pirovano
	R2				Raymond Roche	Fabrizio Pirovano
12	R1	Phillip Island	11 November	Peter Goddard	Fabrizio Pirovano	Peter Goddard
	R2				Malcolm Campbell	Rob Phillis
13	R1	Manfeild	18 November	Rob Phillis	Brian Morrison	Terry Rymer
	R2				Raymond Roche	Rob Phillis

Season standings

Rider standings

Rank	Rider	Manufacturer	Points	Wins
1	Raymond Roche	Ducati	391	8
2	Fabrizio Pirovano	Yamaha	337	5
3	Stéphane Mertens	Honda	321	3
4	Rob Phillis	Kawasaki	252	2
5	Rob McElnea	Yamaha	236	0
6	Fred Merkel	Honda	197	3
7	Terry Rymer	Yamaha	169	1
8	Baldassarre Monti	Honda	149	0
9	Anders Andersson	Yamaha	127	0
10	Jari Suhonen	Yamaha	121	0
11	Giancarlo Falappa	Ducati	94	1
12	Jamie James	Ducati	86	0
13	Doug Chandler	Kawasaki	70	2
14	Malcolm Campbell	Honda	68	0
15	Peter Goddard	Yamaha	68	1
16	Brian Morrison	Honda	43	0
17	Udo Mark	Yamaha	39	0
18	Ernst Gschwender	Suzuki	34	0
19	Carl Fogarty	Honda	30	0
20	Edwin Weibel	Kawasaki	30	0
21	Andreas Hofmann	Honda	29	0
22	Daniel Amatriain	Honda	28	0
23	Renè Bongers	Yamaha	24	0
24	Jeffrey de Vries	Yamaha	24	0
25	Davide Tardozzi	Ducati	23	0
26	Michel Mercier	Yamaha	21	0
27	Jean Michel Mattioli	Honda	21	0
28	James Knight	Kawasaki	20	0
29	Jean Yves Mounier	Yamaha	19	0
30	Alex Vieira	Honda	18	0
31	Andrew Stroud	Yamaha	17	0
32	Stefano Caracchi	Ducati	17	0
33	Niall Mackenzie	Yamaha	16	0
34	Aaron Slight	Kawasaki	15	0
35	Scott Russell	Kawasaki	15	0
36	Tony Rees	Yamaha	14	0
37	Daryl Beattie	Honda	13	0
38	Juan López Mella	Honda	13	0
39	Simon Crafar	Yamaha	12	0
40	Russel Josiah	Kawasaki	11	0

Manufacturers standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Pts
1	Honda	399
2	Ducati	393
3	Yamaha	378
4	Kawasaki	300
5	Suzuki	49
6	Bimota	4

Participants

1	Daniel Amatriain
2	Anders Andersson
3	Daryl Beattie
4	Renè Bongers
5	Malcolm Campbell
6	Stefano Caracchi
7	Doug Chandler
8	Simon Crafar
9	Jeffrey de Vries
10	Michael Dowson
11	Giancarlo Falappa
12	Carl Fogarty
13	Peter Goddard
14	Ernst Gschwender
15	Andreas Hofmann
16	Jamie James
17	Russel Josiah
18	James Knight
19	Niall Mackenzie
20	Udo Mark
21	Jean Michel Mattioli
22	Rob McElnea
23	Juan López Mella
24	Michel Mercier
25	Fred Merkel
26	Stéphane Mertens
27	Baldassarre Monti
28	Brian Morrison
29	Jean Yves Mounier
30	Rob Phillis
31	Fabrizio Pirovano
32	Tony Rees
33	Raymond Roche
34	Scott Russell
35	Terry Rymer
36	Aaron Slight
37	Andrew Stroud
38	Jari Suhonen
39	Davide Tardozzi
40	Alex Vieira
41	Edwin Weibel

Notes

• The points allocation system was: 1st=20, 2nd=17, 3rd=15, 4th=13, 5th=11, 6th=10, 7th=9, 8th=8, 9th=7, 10th=6, 11th=5, 12th=4, 13th=3, 14th=2, 15th=1