2020 Superbike World Championship

The 2020 Motul FIM Superbike World Championship was the 33rd season of the Superbike World Championship.

2020 Superbike World Championship
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Support series: Supersport World Championship Supersport 300 World Championship

Race calendar and results

The 2020 season calendar was announced on 21 November 2019, with 13 rounds scheduled.^[1] The championship visited Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (on 19 and 20 September) for the first time,^[2] and a round was due to be staged at Oschersleben – on 1 and 2 August – for the first time since 2004.^[3] Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Losail round was postponed to an unannounced date^[4] and the Jerez,^[5] Assen,^[6] Aragon and Misano rounds were rescheduled to a later date, while the Imola^[7] and Oschersleben^[8] rounds were cancelled. As a result of updates made to the MotoGP calendar for the same reason, the French round date was also affected.^[5] Despite having already been rescheduled, the Assen round was later postponed to a to-be-determined date, along with the Donington round.^[9]

On 19 June, an updated calendar was published; for the restart, Jerez and Portimão were brought forward from their respective dates and a second round at Aragon was added to the schedule. Other five rounds—the first at Aragon, as well as Barcelona, Magny-Cours, San Juan and Misano—either kept their original or revised dates, although the latter two events were labelled as 'to be confirmed'. Three rounds—Losail, Donington and Assen—were included without a confirmed date^[10][11] and were subsequently cancelled on 24 July.^[12] The San Juan round was cancelled on the 13 August^[13] whilst the Misano round was cancelled and replaced by a round in Estoril on 18 August.^[14][15] It was the first time since 1993 that the championship raced at Estoril.

2020 calendar[1]
Round			Circuit	Date	Superpole	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team
1	R1	Yamaha Financial Services Australian Round	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	29 February	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team
	SR			1 March		Scott Redding	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
	R2					Scott Redding	Alex Lowes	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
2	R1	Pirelli Spanish Round	Circuito de Jerez	1 August[a]	Scott Redding	Jonathan Rea	Scott Redding	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
	SR			2 August[a]		Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
	R2					Scott Redding	Scott Redding	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
3	R1	Motul Portuguese Round	Algarve International Circuit	8 August[b]	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
	SR			9 August[b]		Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
	R2					Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
4	R1	Aragón Round	MotorLand Aragón	29 August[c]	Jonathan Rea	Chaz Davies	Scott Redding	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
	SR			30 August[c]		Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
	R2					Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
5	R1	Teruel Round	MotorLand Aragón	5 September[d]	Jonathan Rea	Michael Ruben Rinaldi	Michael Ruben Rinaldi	Team GoEleven
	SR			6 September[d]		Alex Lowes	Scott Redding	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
	R2					Michael Ruben Rinaldi	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
6	R1	Acerbis Catalunya Round	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	19 September	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
	SR			20 September		Álvaro Bautista	Michael van der Mark	Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team
	R2					Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
7	R1	Pirelli French	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	3 October[e]	Eugene Laverty	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
	SR			4 October[e]		Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
	R2					Loris Baz	Scott Redding	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
8	R1	Estoril Round	Circuito do Estoril	17 October[f]	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Michael van der Mark	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team
	SR			18 October[f]		Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team
	R2					Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
Races under contract to run in 2020, but cancelled:
—	R1	Qatar	Losail International Circuit	N/A[g]	—
	SR			N/A[g]
	R2
—	R1	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	N/A[h]	—
	SR			N/A[h]
	R2
—	R1	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	N/A[i]	—
	SR			N/A[i]
	R2
—	R1	United Kingdom	Donington Park	N/A[j]	—
	SR			N/A[j]
	R2
—	R1	Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	N/A[k]	—
	SR			N/A[k]
	R2
—	R1	Argentina	Circuito San Juan Villicum	N/A[l]	—
	SR			N/A[l]
	R2
—	R1	Riviera di Rimini	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	N/A[m]	—
	SR			N/A[m]
	R2

Entry list

2020 entry list Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 1 Jonathan Rea[16] All 22 Alex Lowes[17] All Barni Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4 R 2 Leon Camier[18] 1 33 Marco Melandri[19] 2–5 71 Matteo Ferrari[20] 8 97 Samuele Cavalieri[21] 6–7 Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati Panigale V4 R 7 Chaz Davies[16] All 45 Scott Redding[22] All Outdo Kawasaki TPR Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 11 Sandro Cortese[23] 1–3 40 Román Ramos[24] 4–5 53 Valentin Debise[25] 6–7 84 Loris Cresson[26] 8 Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 12 Javier Forés[27] All MIE Racing Althea Honda Team MIE Racing Honda Team Honda CBR1000RR-R 13 Takumi Takahashi[28] All 51 Eric Granado[20] 8 63 Lorenzo Gabellini[n][30] 2–4 Team HRC Honda CBR1000RR-R 19 Álvaro Bautista[31] All 91 Leon Haslam[32] All Brixx Performance Ducati Panigale V4 R 20 Sylvain Barrier[33] 2–8 Team GoEleven Ducati Panigale V4 R 21 Michael Ruben Rinaldi[34] All Nuova M2 Racing Aprilia RSV4 1000 23 Christophe Ponsson[35] 2–4 GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Junior Team Yamaha YZF-R1 31 Garrett Gerloff[36] All 64 Federico Caricasulo[36] All Orelac Racing VerdNatura Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 32 Sheridan Morais[20] 8 34 Xavier Pinsach[37] 7 77 Maximilian Scheib[38] 1–6 Motocorsa Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R 36 Leandro Mercado[39] 2–4, 6–8[o] 71 Matteo Ferrari[41] 5 87 Lorenzo Zanetti[40] 6[o] BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW S1000RR 50 Eugene Laverty[42] All 66 Tom Sykes[43] All Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team Yamaha YZF-R1 54 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu[44] All 60 Michael van der Mark[44] All Ten Kate Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 76 Loris Baz[45] All Bonovo Action by MGM Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 94 Jonas Folger[46] 6, 8

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

• All entries used Pirelli tyres.

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Race 1 and Race 2

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Superpole Race

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
Points	12	9	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Riders' championship

Pos. Rider Bike PHI JER POR ARA ARA BAR MAG EST Pts. R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 1 Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Ret 1 2 2 1 6 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 4 1 1 4 4 5 14 360 2 Scott Redding Ducati 3 3 3 1 2 1 7 5 2 1 2 4 Ret 1 3 2 8 6 5 4 1 Ret 6 2 305 3 Chaz Davies Ducati 8 13 5 4 5 2 11 Ret 4 2 5 2 3 5 Ret 3 4 1 4 5 3 2 4 1 273 4 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Yamaha 1 2 Ret 3 Ret 3 2 2 8 6 7 8 5 7 7 6 DNS DNS 6 9 9 1 1 3 228 5 Michael van der Mark Yamaha 4 5 4 Ret 3 7 3 7 3 5 3 6 4 10 6 4 1 2 9 3 5 Ret 3 4 223 6 Alex Lowes Kawasaki 2 4 1 9 7 5 4 4 Ret Ret 6 9 6 6 5 9 7 8 3 2 7 6 Ret Ret 189 7 Michael Ruben Rinaldi Ducati 10 9 NC 6 11 4 5 8 6 4 8 5 1 3 2 7 6 Ret 7 7 6 7 9 6 186 8 Loris Baz Yamaha 7 7 8 5 4 17 6 3 Ret 7 9 Ret 12 11 8 14 3 10 2 6 2 9 Ret Ret 142 9 Álvaro Bautista Honda 6 16 6 7 10 8 9 11 5 Ret 4 3 Ret 4 Ret 5 Ret Ret 12 14 15 17 7 5 113 10 Leon Haslam Honda 5 8 12 10 9 12 12 9 13 10 10 7 7 8 4 10 Ret 9 Ret 11 13 5 8 7 113 11 Garrett Gerloff Yamaha 14 DNS DNS 11 8 10 14 10 11 Ret 13 10 11 13 10 8 5 3 Ret 8 8 3 2 Ret 103 12 Tom Sykes BMW 9 6 10 NC 6 11 8 6 7 Ret 15 12 10 9 Ret Ret 9 5 Ret 20 10 10 11 10 88 13 Javier Forés Kawasaki Ret 12 11 13 12 13 13 13 Ret 8 12 11 13 16 13 13 12 15 8 12 Ret 8 10 8 61 14 Federico Caricasulo Yamaha 12 14 Ret Ret 16 16 15 12 9 9 11 13 9 12 9 15 Ret 12 11 Ret 11 Ret 12 9 58 15 Eugene Laverty BMW 11 DNS DNS 15 13 Ret 10 20 12 16 16 14 8 14 11 11 11 7 Ret 15 14 12 16 12 55 16 Leandro Mercado Ducati Ret 17 15 16 14 10 11 Ret DNS WD WD WD 10 10 Ret 13 14 13 24 17 Marco Melandri Ducati 8 18 9 17 15 14 14 17 Ret Ret 17 12 23 18 Jonas Folger Yamaha 12 10 11 11 13 11 19 19 Sandro Cortese Kawasaki 13 11 9 14 14 14 Ret DNS DNS 14 20 Sylvain Barrier Ducati 16 21 Ret 18 16 15 12 18 16 Ret 19 Ret 18 15 Ret 13 13 12 DNS DNS DNS 12 21 Maximilian Scheib Kawasaki 15 10 7 Ret 15 18 21 Ret Ret Ret 14 15 16 15 Ret DNS DNS DNS 11 22 Takumi Takahashi Honda Ret 15 Ret 18 22 Ret 19 19 18 15 20 18 15 21 16 19 16 14 17 19 18 14 17 17 6 23 Matteo Ferrari Ducati 14 18 14 Ret 15 15 5 24 Christophe Ponsson Aprilia 12 19 Ret Ret 17 16 Ret NC 17 4 25 Román Ramos Kawasaki 13 19 Ret Ret 20 15 4 26 Lorenzo Zanetti Ducati 17 13 13 3 27 Valentin Debise Kawasaki 20 14 Ret 14 16 17 2 28 Eric Granado Honda 15 18 16 1 29 Xavier Pinsach Kawasaki 15 18 Ret 1 Samuele Cavalieri Ducati 16 Ret Ret 16 17 16 0 Sheridan Morais Kawasaki 16 19 18 0 Lorenzo Gabellini Honda 17 20 19 20 18 17 17 21 19 0 Loris Cresson Kawasaki 18 20 19 0 Leon Camier Ducati DNS DNS DNS 0 Pos. Rider Bike PHI JER POR ARA ARA BAR MAG EST Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	PHI			JER			POR			ARA			ARA			BAR			MAG			EST			Pts.
		R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2
1	Kawasaki	2	1	1	2	1	5	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	4	1	1	4	4	5	8	392
2	Ducati	3	3	3	1	2	1	5	5	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	4	1	4	4	1	2	4	1	391
3	Yamaha	1	2	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	5	3	6	4	7	6	4	1	2	2	3	2	1	1	3	330
4	Honda	5	8	6	7	9	8	9	9	5	10	4	3	7	4	4	5	16	9	12	11	13	5	7	5	166
5	BMW	9	6	10	15	6	11	8	6	7	16	15	12	8	9	11	11	9	5	Ret	15	10	10	11	10	101
6	Aprilia				12	19	Ret	Ret	17	16	Ret	NC	17													4
Pos.	Manufacturer	PHI			JER			POR			ARA			ARA			BAR			MAG			EST			Pts.

Notes

1. The Jerez round was originally due to take place on 27–29 March 2020. It was first postponed to 23–25 October^[5] and later moved to 31 July–2 August^[10] in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. The Portimão round was originally due to take place on 4–6 September 2020. It was moved to 7–9 August in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
3. The Aragon round was originally due to take place on 22–24 May 2020. It was postponed to 28–30 August in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7]
4. The second Aragon round was added to the calendar on 19 June 2020.^[10]
5. The Magny-Cours round was originally due to take place on 25–27 September 2020. It was postponed to 2–4 October in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[5]
6. The Estoril round was added to the calendar on 18 August 2020. It replaced the Misano round which was cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[14]
7. The Losail round was originally due to take place on 13–15 March 2020. It was postponed to an unannounced date^[4] and subsequently cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[12]
8. The Assen round was originally due to take place on 17–19 April 2020. It was postponed first to 21–23 August,^[6] later to an unannounced date^[10] and subsequently cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[12]
9. The Imola round was originally due to take place on 8–10 May 2020. It was cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7]
10. The Donington round was originally due to take place on 3–5 July 2020. It was postponed to an unannounced date^[10] and subsequently cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[12]
11. The Oschersleben round was originally due to take place on 31 July–2 August 2020. It was cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8]
12. The Argentina round was originally due to take place on 9–11 October 2020. It was cancelled on 13 August 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[13]
13. The Misano round was originally due to take place on 12–14 June 2020. It was initially postponed to 6–8 November, but was later cancelled on 18 August 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[14]
14. Jordi Torres was announced as a MIE Racing Althea Honda Team rider from the Jerez round onwards in February 2020,^[29] before the COVID-19 pandemic-related calendar changes; he was replaced by Lorenzo Gabellini in July 2020, before the season resumption.^[30]
15. Leandro Mercado competed in the first Friday practice session during round 6, before being replaced on Saturday by Lorenzo Zanetti.^[40]