2016 Superbike World Championship season

2016 Superbike World Championship season
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The 2016 Superbike World Championship season will be the 29th season of the Superbike World Championship.

Race calendar

In comparison with the previous season, the calendar sees the discontinuation of the Algarve round and the return of EuroSpeedway Lausitz and Autodromo Nazionale Monza. After changes in the standard weekend timetable, the first race, which was previously run on Sunday along with the second one, is scheduled to be held on Saturday.[1]

2016 calendar[2]
Round Country Circuit Date
1 R1 Australia Australia Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 27 February
R2 28 February
2 R1 Thailand Thailand Chang International Circuit 12 March
R2 13 March
3 R1 Spain Spain Motorland Aragón 2 April
R2 3 April
4 R1 Netherlands Netherlands TT Circuit Assen 16 April
R2 17 April
5 R1 Italy Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 30 April
R2 1 May
6 R1 Malaysia Malaysia Sepang International Circuit 14 May
R2 15 May
7 R1 United Kingdom United Kingdom Donington Park 28 May
R2 29 May
8 R1 Italy Italy Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli 18 June
R2 19 June
9 R1 United States United States Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca 9 July
R2 10 July
10 R1 Italy Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza[N 1] 23 July
R2 24 July
11 R1 Germany Germany EuroSpeedway Lausitz 17 September
R2 18 September
12 R1 France France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 1 October
R2 2 October
13 R1 Spain Spain Circuito de Jerez[N 2] 15 October
R2 16 October
14 R1 Qatar Qatar Losail International Circuit 29 October
R2 30 October

Entry list

2016 entry list[3]
Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider
Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 1 United Kingdom Jonathan Rea[4]
66 United Kingdom Tom Sykes[5]
MV Agusta Reparto Corse MV Agusta MV Agusta 1000 F4 2 United Kingdom Leon Camier[4]
Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati Ducati 1199 Panigale R 7 United Kingdom Chaz Davies[6]
34 Italy Davide Giugliano[6]
Grillini Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 9 Switzerland Dominic Schmitter[7]
16 Australia Josh Hook[8]
Team Tóth Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 10 Hungary Imre Tóth[3]
56 Hungary Péter Sebestyén[3]
Pedercini Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 11 Qatar Saeed Al Sulaiti[9]
20 France Sylvain Barrier[10]
Barni Racing Team Ducati Ducati 1199 Panigale R 12 Spain Javier Forés[11]
IodaRacing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 RF 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis[3]
32 Italy Lorenzo Savadori[3]
Milwaukee BMW BMW BMW S1000RR 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham[12]
25 Australia Josh Brookes[12]
Althea BMW Racing Team BMW BMW S1000RR 21 Germany Markus Reiterberger[13]
81 Spain Jordi Torres[13]
Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 22 United Kingdom Alex Lowes[4]
50 France Sylvain Guintoli[4]
Team Goeleven Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 40 Spain Román Ramos[14]
Honda World Superbike Team Honda Honda CBR1000RR SP 60 Netherlands Michael van der Mark[15]
69 United States Nicky Hayden[16]
VFT Racing Ducati Ducati 1199 Panigale R 61 Italy Fabio Menghi[17]

Notes

  1. ↑ Subject to homologation.
  2. ↑ Subject to contract.

References

  1. ↑ Wilson, Byron (16 December 2015). "World Superbike Race Weekend Changed for 2016". motorcycle-usa.com (Motorcycle USA, LLC). Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "2016 Motul FIM Superbike World Championship Calendar" (PDF). resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Motul FIM Superbike World Championship & FIM Supersport World Championship – 2016 Provisional permanent Entry Lists, 03 February" (PDF). resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "2016 WSBK – Rider line-up so far". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 8 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Sykes to remain with KRT for two more years". worldsbk.com (Dorna WSBK). 19 August 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Davies and Giugliano to stay with Ducati in 2016". worldsbk.com (Dorna WSBK). 17 September 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Schmitter steps up to WorldSBK with Grillini". worldsbk.com (Dorna WSBK). 30 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Josh Hook joins Grillini Racing Team". worldsbk.com (Dorna WSBK). 17 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "Qatari rider Al Sulaiti completes Pedercini line-up". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 12 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Barrier and Pedercini join forces for 2016". worldsbk.com (Dorna WSBK). 7 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  11. ↑ "Xavi Fores joins Barni Racing Team for 2016". worldsbk.com (Dorna WSBK). 19 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  12. 1 2 "Abraham and Brookes join WorldSBK with BMW". worldsbk.com (Dorna WSBK). 2 December 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  13. 1 2 "Althea Racing announces BMW link-up with Torres and Reiterberger". worldsbk.com (Dorna WSBK). 21 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  14. ↑ "Ramos to stay with Team Go Eleven in 2016". worldsbk.com (Dorna WSBK). 19 September 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  15. ↑ "Michael van der Mark moves up to Pata Honda World Superbike Team". roadracingworld.com (RoadRacing World). 21 September 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  16. ↑ "Official: Nicky Hayden swaps MotoGP for World Superbike". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  17. ↑ "Menghi, VFT steps up to WSBK with Ducati". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
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