2021 Superbike World Championship

The 2021 Superbike World Championship (known officially as the 2021 Motul FIM Superbike World Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 34th season of the Superbike World Championship. The championship was won by Toprak Razgatlıoğlu at Mandalika round.

2021 Superbike World Championship
Previous:	2020	Next:	2022
Feeder series: Supersport World Championship Supersport 300 World Championship

Toprak Razgatlıoğlu (pictured in 2020) was the 2021 Superbike Champion.

Race calendar and results

The provisional 2021 season calendar was announced on 30 November 2020, with 13 rounds scheduled,^[1] and was later revised in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 16 February 2021 the Assen round, scheduled for 23–25 April, was postponed to 23–25 July.^[2] On 9 March 2021 the Estoril round, scheduled for 7–9 May, was postponed to an unannounced date and the Navarra round—a new event for the championship—was added into the calendar.^[3] On 16 April 2021 the Estoril round was confirmed to be held on 28–30 May.^[4] On 29 April 2021 the Phillip Island round was cancelled and a round at Most—another new venue—was added into the calendar.^[5] On 25 September 2021, it was announced that the Mandalika round was pushed back a week.^[6]

2021 calendar[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Round			Circuit	Date	Superpole	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Winning constructor
1	R1	Aragón Round	MotorLand Aragón	22 May	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	Kawasaki
	SR			23 May		Michael van der Mark	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	Kawasaki
	R2					Chaz Davies	Scott Redding	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati	Ducati
2	R1	Estoril Round	Circuito do Estoril	29 May[a]	Jonathan Rea	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Scott Redding	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati	Ducati
	SR			30 May[a]		Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	Kawasaki
	R2					Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	Kawasaki
3	R1	Emilia-Romagna Round	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	12 June	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Michael Ruben Rinaldi	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati	Ducati
	SR			13 June		Michael Ruben Rinaldi	Michael Ruben Rinaldi	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati	Ducati
	R2					Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK	Yamaha
4	R1	UK Round	Donington Park	3 July	Jonathan Rea	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK	Yamaha
	SR			4 July		Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	Kawasaki
	R2					Jonathan Rea	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK	Yamaha
5	R1	Dutch Round	TT Circuit Assen	24 July[b]	Jonathan Rea	Scott Redding	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	Kawasaki
	SR			25 July[b]		Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	Kawasaki
	R2					Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	Kawasaki
6	R1	Czech Round	Autodrom Most	7 August[c]	Jonathan Rea	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK	Yamaha
	SR			8 August[c]		Jonathan Rea	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK	Yamaha
	R2					Scott Redding	Scott Redding	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati	Ducati
7	R1	Navarra Round	Circuito de Navarra	21 August[d]	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Scott Redding	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati	Ducati
	SR			22 August[d]		Scott Redding	Scott Redding	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati	Ducati
	R2					Jonathan Rea	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK	Yamaha
8	R1	French Round	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	4 September	Jonathan Rea	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK	Yamaha
	SR			5 September		Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	Kawasaki
	R2					Jonathan Rea	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK	Yamaha
9	R1	Catalunya Round	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	18 September	Tom Sykes	Scott Redding	Scott Redding	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati	Ducati
	SR			19 September		Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	Kawasaki
	R2					Michael Ruben Rinaldi	Michael Ruben Rinaldi	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati	Ducati
10	R1	Spanish Round	Circuito de Jerez	26 September[e]	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Jonathan Rea	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK	Yamaha
	SR					Race cancelled[e]
	R2					Scott Redding	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK	Yamaha
11	R1	Portuguese Round	Algarve International Circuit	2 October	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Scott Redding	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK	Yamaha
	SR			3 October		Michael van der Mark	Michael van der Mark	BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	BMW
	R2					Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	Kawasaki
12	R1	Argentinean Round	Circuito San Juan Villicum	16 October	Scott Redding	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK	Yamaha
	SR			17 October		Scott Redding	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK	Yamaha
	R2					Scott Redding	Scott Redding	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati	Ducati
13	R1	Indonesian Round	Pertamina Mandalika International Street Circuit	21 November[f]	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	Kawasaki
	SR					Race cancelled[g]
	R2					Scott Redding	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	Kawasaki

Entry list

2021 entry list[9] Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 1 Jonathan Rea[10] All 22 Alex Lowes[10] All GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF-R1 3 Kohta Nozane[10] All 31 Garrett Gerloff[10] All Outdo TPR Team Pedercini Racing[h] Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 4 Luciano Ribodino[11] 12 12 Luke Mossey[12] 4 14 Jayson Uribe[13] 6–7 15 Oliver König[14] 13 39 Marco Solorza[15] 12 76 Samuele Cavalieri[16] 1–3 83 Lachlan Epis[17] 9–11 84 Loris Cresson[18] 1–11, 13 JEG Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000R 6 Naomichi Uramoto[19] 7 Team GoEleven Ducati Panigale V4 R 7 Chaz Davies[20] 1–9, 12–13 11 Loris Baz[21] 10–11 Vince64 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 9 Andrea Mantovani[22] 5, 10 B-Max Racing Team BMW M1000RR 16 Gabriele Ruiu[23] 11 IXS–YART Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 17 Marvin Fritz[13] 6, 10 98 Karel Hanika[13] 6 Team HRC Honda CBR1000RR-R 19 Álvaro Bautista[10] All 91 Leon Haslam[10] All Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati Panigale V4 R 21 Michael Ruben Rinaldi[10] All 45 Scott Redding[10] All Gil Motor Sport–Yamaha[i] Yamaha YZF-R1 23 Christophe Ponsson[10] 1–4, 6–13 Orelac Racing VerdNatura Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 32 Isaac Viñales[10] 1–6, 8–13 MIE Racing Honda Racing Honda CBR1000RR-R 36 Leandro Mercado[25] 1, 5, 7–13 52 Alessandro Delbianco[13] 6 Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 44 Lucas Mahias[10] 1–5, 7–10 53 Tito Rabat[23] 11–13 Motocorsa Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R 47 Axel Bassani[26] All RC Squadra Corse BMW M1000RR 50 Eugene Laverty[27] 1–4 BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW M1000RR 50 Eugene Laverty[21] 10–12 60 Michael van der Mark[10] All 66 Tom Sykes[10] 1–9, 13 Barni Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4 R 53 Tito Rabat[28] 1–8 76 Samuele Cavalieri[17] 9–13 Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK Yamaha YZF-R1 54 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu[10] All 55 Andrea Locatelli[10] All Bonovo MGM Racing BMW M1000RR 94 Jonas Folger[27] 1–11

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 ARA EST MIS DON ASS MOS NAV MAG BAR JER POR VIL MAN 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 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 1 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Yamaha 3 6 6 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 6 1 3 3 Ret 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 2 1 Ret 2 2 1 C 1 1 6 Ret 1 1 3 2 C 4 564 2 Jonathan Rea Kawasaki 1 1 2 3 1 1 3 3 3 2 1 20 1 1 1 Ret 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 2 4 1 6 2 C 5 Ret Ret 1 2 3 2 1 C 1 551 3 Scott Redding Ducati 4 8 1 1 3 16 4 4 4 Ret 18 4 2 5 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 12 5 3 1 15 3 3 C 2 2 2 2 9 2 1 3 C 2 501 4 Andrea Locatelli Yamaha 10 12 9 10 11 5 9 9 9 Ret 9 11 5 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 12 Ret 5 4 C 4 Ret 4 3 8 6 7 4 C 8 291 5 Michael Ruben Rinaldi Ducati 7 11 16 5 5 Ret 1 1 2 12 10 8 Ret 2 8 4 10 5 10 13 7 4 10 7 3 5 1 Ret C 7 4 Ret 7 3 8 5 12 C Ret 282 6 Michael van der Mark BMW 11 5 5 7 13 6 10 Ret 10 5 3 5 4 Ret 6 Ret 11 7 7 8 9 5 6 8 5 Ret 9 7 C 8 Ret 1 6 6 5 6 6 C 3 262 7 Garrett Gerloff Yamaha 9 3 7 4 4 Ret 12 8 5 7 5 2 6 8 Ret 6 6 8 9 9 Ret 11 13 9 Ret 8 7 10 C 10 6 8 5 7 7 8 11 C 6 228 8 Alex Lowes Kawasaki 2 2 3 19 6 4 5 5 6 3 14 6 Ret 6 7 13 7 6 5 5 6 Ret 3 Ret 6 4 Ret 9 C DNS DNS DNS DNS 4 9 DNS DNS C DNS 213 9 Axel Bassani Ducati 12 17 14 11 14 11 7 6 7 10 11 13 10 10 9 5 8 Ret 8 12 10 8 11 11 2 6 8 8 C 6 7 7 9 5 4 4 5 C Ret 210 10 Álvaro Bautista Honda Ret 7 11 8 10 7 6 10 8 8 15 10 Ret 18 5 7 9 10 Ret 10 8 6 7 6 9 3 4 5 C 3 Ret 5 Ret Ret 11 10 7 C 10 195 11 Tom Sykes BMW 6 Ret 4 14 7 8 8 7 12 4 2 3 7 7 15 9 5 9 6 6 5 9 12 10 8 Ret Ret 10 C 5 184 12 Chaz Davies Ducati 5 4 19 6 9 2 NC Ret Ret 11 8 7 9 9 4 Ret 14 12 Ret 7 Ret 7 8 5 10 Ret DNS 12 13 9 8 C 12 143 13 Leon Haslam Honda 8 10 Ret 12 16 12 14 11 Ret 6 4 9 8 12 10 8 13 11 13 14 Ret 10 9 Ret 7 7 11 11 C 12 5 Ret 8 10 10 11 DNS C DNS 134 14 Kohta Nozane Yamaha 14 9 12 15 15 13 13 12 13 WD WD WD Ret 15 12 14 15 14 11 11 Ret 17 16 14 11 Ret 10 13 C Ret 14 Ret 13 15 14 14 15 C 7 64 15 Loris Baz Ducati 6 C 9 3 3 4 53 16 Tito Rabat Ducati Ret 14 Ret 9 12 10 15 14 14 Ret Ret 14 Ret 11 11 Ret Ret 13 12 Ret 11 14 15 15 53 Kawasaki 13 14 Ret 11 12 12 Ret C 13 17 Isaac Viñales Kawasaki 13 15 13 17 17 15 17 15 17 15 13 17 11 13 14 12 17 17 15 Ret DNS 14 12 15 DNS C DNS 11 10 12 Ret 17 13 13 C 9 45 18 Lucas Mahias Kawasaki 15 Ret 10 13 Ret 14 11 Ret 11 9 7 12 Ret DNS DNS Ret 15 14 DNS 14 13 13 Ret Ret DNS C DNS 44 19 Eugene Laverty BMW Ret 16 17 18 8 9 DNS 13 15 13 12 15 12 C 11 9 9 10 13 15 16 40 20 Christophe Ponsson Yamaha 17 19 15 Ret 20 17 18 16 18 Ret Ret 18 11 16 15 15 17 13 13 17 12 17 9 13 15 C Ret 10 16 14 17 19 17 Ret C 11 36 21 Leandro Mercado Honda Ret 18 18 12 14 13 Ret 18 15 Ret 19 17 15 10 14 Ret C 15 8 11 11 16 16 15 9 C Ret 33 22 Jonas Folger BMW 16 13 8 16 18 Ret 16 19 16 Ret 16 Ret Ret DNS DNS Ret 18 16 14 16 12 16 18 16 19 13 16 14 C 13 15 13 15 21 23 Samuele Cavalieri Kawasaki Ret Ret 21 Ret Ret Ret 19 17 19 16 Ducati 16 11 12 Ret C 14 12 12 16 14 18 18 14 C 14 24 Marvin Fritz Yamaha 10 12 19 16 C 16 6 25 Loris Cresson Kawasaki 18 20 20 20 19 18 20 18 20 16 Ret 19 13 17 17 Ret 19 20 17 20 17 18 20 18 18 14 Ret 17 C Ret 16 Ret Ret 3 26 Andrea Mantovani Kawasaki 14 16 16 18 C 17 2 27 Luke Mossey Kawasaki 14 17 16 2 Gabriele Ruiu BMW Ret 15 Ret 0 Lachlan Epis Kawasaki 20 16 Ret 19 C 18 Ret 17 Ret 0 Jayson Uribe Kawasaki Ret 20 21 18 21 16 0 Naomichi Uramoto Suzuki 16 19 Ret 0 Karel Hanika Yamaha Ret Ret 18 0 Marco Solorza Kawasaki 18 21 20 0 Luciano Ribodino Kawasaki 19 20 19 0 Alessandro Delbianco Honda Ret Ret Ret 0 Oliver König Kawasaki Ret C DNS 0 Pos. Rider Bike ARA EST MIS DON ASS MOS NAV MAG BAR JER POR VIL MAN 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	ARA			EST			MIS			DON			ASS			MOS			NAV			MAG			BAR			JER			POR			VIL			MAN			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	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2
1	Yamaha	3	3	6	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	5	1	3	3	3	1	1	2	3	3	1	1	2	1	11	2	2	1	C	1	1	4	3	1	1	3	2	C	4	607
2	Ducati	4	4	1	1	3	2	1	1	2	10	8	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	4	5	3	1	5	1	3	C	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	3	C	2	594
3	Kawasaki	1	1	2	3	1	1	3	3	3	2	1	6	1	1	1	12	3	3	2	2	3	2	1	2	4	1	6	2	C	5	11	10	1	2	3	2	1	C	1	570
4	BMW	6	5	4	7	7	6	8	7	10	4	2	3	4	7	6	9	5	7	6	6	5	5	6	8	5	13	9	7	C	8	9	1	6	6	5	6	6	C	3	315
5	Honda	8	7	11	8	10	7	6	10	8	6	4	9	8	12	5	7	9	10	13	10	8	6	7	6	7	3	4	5	C	3	5	5	8	10	10	10	7	C	10	250
	Suzuki																			16	19	Ret																			0
Pos.	Manufacturer	ARA			EST			MIS			DON			ASS			MOS			NAV			MAG			BAR			JER			POR			VIL			MAN			Pts.

Notes

1. The Estoril round was originally due to take place on 7–9 May 2021. It was firstly postponed indefinitely in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, then it was rescheduled to 28-30 May 2021.^[3][4]
2. The Assen round was originally due to take place on 23–25 April 2021. It was postponed to 23–25 July in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]
3. The Most round was not originally in the 2021 WSBK calendar; it was added into the calendar on the date of 29 April 2021 instead of Phillip Island round.^[5]
4. The Navarra round was not originally in the 2021 WSBK calendar; it was added into the calendar on the date of 9 March 2021.^[3]
5. Race one was scheduled for 25 September, but was postponed after the cancellation of racing on that day, following the death of Dean Berta Viñales in the supporting Supersport 300 World Championship race. As a result of the revised schedule, the Superpole race was cancelled.^[7]
6. The Mandalika round was originally due to take place on 12–14 November. It was postponed to 19–21 November.^[6]
7. Race one was scheduled for 20 November, but was postponed to the following day due to heavy rain. As a result of the revised schedule, the Superpole race was cancelled.^[8]
8. Entered as TPR Team Pedercini Racing until round 3.
9. Entered as Alstare Yamaha^[24] until round 4.