The 2001 Superbike World Championship was the fourteenth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 11 March at Valencia and finished on 30 September at Imola after 13 rounds.
Troy Bayliss won the riders' championship and Ducati won the manufacturers' championship.
Race calendar and results
[edit] Championship standings
[edit] Manufacturers' standings
[edit] 2001 final manufacturers' standings[2] |
Pos. | Manufacturer | ESP
| RSA
| AUS
| JPN
| ITA
| GBR
| GER
| SMR
| USA
| EUR
| GER
| NED
| ITA
| Pts |
R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 |
1 | Ducati | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | C | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 553 |
2 | Honda | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 1 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 401 |
3 | Aprilia | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | C | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 343 |
4 | Kawasaki | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | C | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 289 |
5 | Suzuki | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | C | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 10 | Ret | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 256 |
6 | Yamaha | 14 | 14 | Ret | DNS | Ret | C | 10 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 17 | Ret | 18 | 15 | 12 | | | 20 | Ret | 13 | 21 | 14 | Ret | 15 | 11 | 36 |
7 | Benelli | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | 18 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 19 | Ret | 13 | 7 |
Pos. | Manufacturer | ESP
| RSA
| AUS
| JPN
| ITA
| GBR
| GER
| SMR
| USA
| EUR
| GER
| NED
| ITA
| Pts |
2001 entry list | Team | Constructor | Motorcycle | | Rider | Rounds | Castrol Honda | Honda | Honda VTR 1000 SP | 1 | Colin Edwards | 1-13 | 8 | Tadayuki Okada | 1-13 | Virgilio Aprilia Axo | Aprilia | Aprilia RSV 1000 | 3 | Troy Corser | 1-13 | 30 | Alessandro Antonello | 5, 8, 13 | 55 | Régis Laconi | 1-13 | Suzuki Alstare Corona | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 4 | Pierfrancesco Chili | 1-13 | 24 | Stéphane Chambon | 1-13 | Fuchs Kawasaki | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 5 | Akira Yanagawa | 1-13 | 6 | Gregorio Lavilla | 1-13 | 19 | Hitoyasu Izutsu | 1, 3-4, 7, 12 | Panavto Yamaha | Yamaha | Yamaha R7 | 7 | Juan Borja | 1-8, 10-13 | Kawasaki Motors C. | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 10 | Doug Chandler | 9 | 32 | Eric Bostrom | 9 | Ducati Infostrada | Ducati | Ducati 996 R | 11 | Rubén Xaus | 1-13 | 21 | Troy Bayliss | 1-13 | Benelli Sport | Benelli | Benelli Tornado 900 | 14 | Peter Goddard | 8-13 | Pedercini | Ducati | Ducati 996 RS | 20 | Marco Borciani | 1-13 | 22 | Lucio Pedercini | 1-13 | 46 | Mauro Sanchini | 1-13 | JM SBK | Ducati | Ducati 996 RS | 23 | Jiří Mrkývka | 1-9, 11-13 | Ghelfi Art | Honda | Honda VTR 1000 RC | 25 | Javier Rodriguez | 1-2, 8-10, 12-13 | 26 | Warwick Nowland | 3 | 29 | Arai Shuja | 5 | 92 | Nigel Arnold | 6 | White Endurance | Honda | Honda SP | 27 | Bertrand Stey | 1-13 | Kawasaki Bertocchi | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 31 | Michele Malatesta | 1-9, 11 | 33 | Robert Ulm | 12-13 | 41 | Ludovic Holon | 1-8 | 69 | Ferdinando Di Maso | 9-13 | 82 | Luca Pedersoli | 13 | 96 | Kim Ashkenazi | 10 | Gerin WSBK | Ducati | Ducati 996 RS | 33 | Robert Ulm | 1-11 | Albatech Giesse | Ducati | Ducati 996 RS | 34 | Giuliano Sartoni | 1, 8 | Ducati NCR | Ducati | Ducati 996 RS | 35 | Giovanni Bussei | 1-13 | 36 | Broc Parkes | 1-13 | FP Racing | Ducati | Ducati 996 RS | 37 | Frédéric Protat | 1, 7 | 39 | Thierry Mulot | 1, 7 | Remus R.Austria | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 38 | Johann Wolfsteiner | 1, 7 | Valli Moto 391 | Yamaha | Yamaha R7 | 39 | Alessandro Gramigni | 5, 8, 13 | | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 40 | Scott Webster | 3 | Light Paths Warren & Brown | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 42 | Jay Normoyle | 3 | Sean McKay Racing | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 43 | Sean McKay | 3 | Wallis Racing | Ducati | Ducati 996 R | 44 | Roger Wallis | 3 | SRT Almax | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 45 | Alistair Maxwell | 3-4 | Suzuki | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 48 | Akira Ryō | 4 | 56 | Yukio Kagayama | 4 | Cabin Honda | Honda | Honda VTR 1000 SP | 49 | Makoto Tamada | 4 | 50 | Shinichi Ito | 4 | Pacific | Ducati | Ducati 996 RS | 51 | Martin Craggill | 1-13 | GSE Racing | Ducati | Ducati 996 RS | 52 | James Toseland | 1-13 | 100 | Neil Hodgson | 1-13 | Yamaha Racing | Yamaha | Yamaha R7 | 53 | Wataru Yoshikawa | 4 | Kawasaki Racing | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 54 | Tamaki Serizawa | 4 | World Bike Racing | Ducati | Ducati 996 R | 57 | Serafino Foti | 5, 13 | GiBi | Ducati | Ducati 996 R | 58 | Luca Pasini | 5, 8, 13 | | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 59 | Ove Meisingseth | 5 | Reve Red Bull Ducati | Ducati | Ducati 996 R | 60 | John Reynolds | 6, 10 | 62 | Sean Emmett | 10 | Monster Mob Ducati | Ducati | Ducati 996 R | 61 | Steve Hislop | 6, 10 | ALG Racing | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 67 | Peter Preussler | 7 | JTR Corse Racing | Ducati | Ducati 996 R | 68 | Jiří Trčka | 8 | Virgin Mobil Aiwa Yamaha | Yamaha | Yamaha R7 | 70 | James Haydon | 10 | DB Racing | Honda | Honda VTR 1000 RC | 74 | Dean Ellison | 10 | Inothem Racing | Yamaha | Yamaha R7 | 75 | Berto Camlek | 11 | Yamaha Norway | Yamaha | Yamaha R7 | 76 | Oddgeir Havnen | 11 | Stichting Wegrace P. | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 77 | Robert van de Molen | 12 | Gilex Racing Amsterdam | Ducati | Ducati 996 R | 78 | Lex van Dijk | 12 | Polskamp bv-Ermelo | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 79 | Henri Minnen | 12 | Symittech-Hengelo | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 80 | Richard Fluttert | 12 | DCR | Ducati | Ducati 996 R | 86 | Matteo Campana | 7-8 | 113 | Paolo Blora | 5, 8, 13 | DFX Racing | Ducati | Ducati 996 RS | 99 | Steve Martin | 1-13 | Ducati L&M | Ducati | Ducati 996 R | 155 | Ben Bostrom | 1-13 | | Key | Regular rider | Wildcard rider | Replacement rider | |