2005 Superbike World Championship

2005 Superbike World Championship

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Troy Corser claimed his second Superbike World Championship title.

The 2005 Superbike World Championship season was the 18th F.I.M. Superbike World Championship season. The season started on February 26 at Losail, and finished on October 9 at Magny-Cours after 12 races. 2005 saw the return of the Japanese manufacturers with major teams from all four Japanese manufacturers ran through European importer’s teams.

Troy Corser won his 2nd rider's championship giving Suzuki its first World Superbike manufacturer's championship.

Season Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Rider	Winning Team	Report
1	R1	Losail	February 26	Régis Laconi	Yukio Kagayama	Troy Corser	Alstare Suzuki	Report
	R2				Sébastien Gimbert	Yukio Kagayama	Alstare Suzuki
2	R1	Phillip Island	April 3	Yukio Kagayama	Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Alstare Suzuki	Report
	R2				Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Alstare Suzuki
3	R1	Valencia	April 24	Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Alstare Suzuki	Report
	R2				Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Alstare Suzuki
4	R1	Monza	May 8	Yukio Kagayama	Yukio Kagayama	Troy Corser	Alstare Suzuki	Report
	R2				Chris Vermeulen	Chris Vermeulen	Ten Kate Honda
5	R1	Silverstone	May 29	Yukio Kagayama	Régis Laconi	Régis Laconi	Xerox Ducati	Report
	R2				Troy Corser	James Toseland	Xerox Ducati
6	R1	Misano	June 26	Troy Corser	Chris Vermeulen	Régis Laconi	Xerox Ducati	Report
	R2				Régis Laconi	Régis Laconi	Xerox Ducati
7	R1	Brno	July 17	Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Alstare Suzuki	Report
	R2				Noriyuki Haga	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha Motor Italia
8	R1	Brands Hatch	August 7	Troy Corser	Noriyuki Haga	Troy Corser	Alstare Suzuki	Report
	R2				Noriyuki Haga	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha Motor Italia
9	R1	Assen	September 4	Chris Vermeulen	Chris Vermeulen	Chris Vermeulen	Ten Kate Honda	Report
	R2				Noriyuki Haga	Chris Vermeulen	Ten Kate Honda
10	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	September 11	Lorenzo Lanzi	Noriyuki Haga	Chris Vermeulen	Ten Kate Honda	Report
	R2				Noriyuki Haga	Lorenzo Lanzi	Xerox Ducati
11	R1	Imola	October 2	Chris Vermeulen	Troy Corser	Chris Vermeulen	Ten Kate Honda	Report
	R2				Cancelled by rain
12	R1	Magny-Cours	October 9	Chris Vermeulen	Chris Vermeulen	Chris Vermeulen	Ten Kate Honda	Report
	R2				Lorenzo Lanzi	Lorenzo Lanzi	Ducati SC Caracchi

Season standings

Rider Standings

2005 Final Riders Standings Pos Rider Bike QAT AUS ESP ITA EUR SMR CZE GBR NED GER ITA FRA 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 1 Corser Suzuki 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 3 3 1 2 1 2 4 4 3 13 2 C 5 4 433 2 Vermeulen Honda 8 4 3 4 2 2 Ret 1 4 4 2 2 8 3 4 3 1 1 1 2 1 C 1 Ret 379 3 Haga Yamaha 5 11 Ret Ret 5 4 11 9 Ret 3 6 6 7 1 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 C Ret 3 271 4 Toseland Ducati 6 6 14 Ret 8 19 3 5 3 1 4 4 2 8 Ret 7 2 3 4 11 4 C 3 6 254 5 Kagayama Suzuki 2 1 2 2 3 7 2 Ret 11 7 Ret 12 11 11 9 9 6 11 5 4 15 C 2 2 252 6 Laconi Ducati 3 2 7 7 4 2 1 Ret 1 1 3 7 3 5 9 C DNS 221 7 Walker Kawasaki 14 Ret 9 Ret 4 3 8 8 6 6 8 11 4 10 5 4 Ret DNS Inj Inj 6 C 7 5 160 8 Pitt Yamaha 4 9 5 Ret Ret 8 5 6 13 9 Ret Ret 10 Ret 7 6 5 5 6 6 16 C 6 7 156 9 Lanzi Ducati Ret 12 DSQ 13 Ret DNS Ret 11 5 9 6 6 8 8 7 6 8 1 Ret C 9 1 150 10 Chili Honda Ret 5 7 10 7 7 5 5 7 5 5 5 Ret 13 10 14 Ret 10 Ret C Ret 10 131 11 Muggeridge Honda 9 Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 6 4 10 10 10 7 13 9 6 Ret 9 8 Ret 5 Ret C 4 DNS 124 12 Neukirchner Honda Ret 8 4 3 Ret 12 Ret Ret 7 18 Ret Ret 14 Ret 10 11 8 7 7 7 7 C 8 8 123 13 Abe Yamaha 10 7 6 8 Ret 5 10 12 Ret 8 Ret 15 9 4 11 Ret Ret 9 9 8 Ret C 10 9 123 14 Bussei Kawasaki 11 14 10 9 13 Ret 13 11 8 16 Ret 10 Ret 15 Ret Ret 15 15 12 12 11 C 13 DNS 64 15 Bostrom Honda 16 Ret Ret 11 12 6 18 18 Ret 14 14 Ret 20 18 12 10 18 10 10 15 13 C 12 11 58 16 Gimbert Yamaha Ret 10 11 Ret 6 11 17 Ret Ret DNS 19 17 16 14 12 13 Ret 14 8 C 15 Ret 46 17 Nieto Kawasaki 13 13 Ret 5 17 Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret 12 12 Ret Ret Ret C 14 13 37 18 Martin Petronas 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret Ret Ret 20 11 8 17 16 15 Ret 14 16 18 9 5 C Ret DNS 35 19 Sanchini Kawasaki 18 15 12 10 Ret 18 14 13 12 17 12 13 Ret DNS 19 Ret 12 C 16 17 31 20 Clementi Ducati Ret Ret 13 Ret 11 13 15 15 Ret 12 15 Ret Ret 13 19 Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret C 17 Ret 26 21 D.Checa Yamaha 10 9 15 14 11 12 25 22 McCoy Petronas 17 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 21 Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret DNS 18 Ret 13 12 11 Ret 15 23 Nannelli Ducati 9 10 13 24 Cardoso Yamaha Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret 9 Ret 13 Ret 16 Ret 20 Ret 17 Ret 13 Ret 13 25 Corradi Ducati Ret 6 10 26 Silva Yamaha 7 Ret 15 Ret Ret C 10 27 Borciani Ducati 12 Ret Ret Ret 18 Ret 12 Ret Ret DNS 18 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret NC Ret 14 C Ret Ret 10 28 Vizziello Yamaha 19 17 Ret Ret 16 14 21 Ret 17 Ret 21 Ret 17 17 16 Ret Ret Ret 10 C Ret 15 9 29 Fuertes Suzuki 9 16 7 30 Riba Kawasaki 14 12 6 31 Stroud Suzuki 15 12 5 32 Alfonsi Yamaha Ret Ret 14 15 Ret 16 Ret DNS 16 14 22 20 18 16 Ret Ret 5 33 Hobbs Yamaha 13 15 4 34 Praia Yamaha 20 18 16 14 Ret Ret 23 Ret 15 Ret 18 16 23 21 Ret Ret 21 19 16 18 3 35 Da Costa Yamaha Ret 14 2 36 Brignola Ducati Ret Ret 14 16 2 37 Velini Ducati Ret Ret Ret Ret 22 17 14 19 Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret Ret Ret 18 Ret 17 Ret C Ret 18 2 38 Conforti Ducati 20 14 Ret Ret 2 39 Cruciani Kawasaki 15 Ret 1 40 Roccoli Yamaha Ret 15 1 Pos Rider Bike QAT AUS ESP ITA EUR SMR CZE GBR NED GER ITA FRA Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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)

Manufacturers Standings

Pos	Manufacturer	QAT		AUS		ESP		ITA		EUR		SMR		CZE		GBR		NED		GER		ITA		FRA		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
1	Suzuki	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	3	3	1	2	1	2	4	4	3	4	2	C	2	2	468
2	Honda	8	4	3	3	2	2	6	1	4	4	2	2	5	3	4	3	1	1	1	2	1	C	1	8	403
3	Ducati	3	2	7	5	8	19	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	6	3	5	2	3	4	1	4	C	3	1	385
4	Yamaha	4	7	5	8	5	4	5	6	9	3	6	6	7	1	2	1	3	2	2	3	3	C	6	3	322
5	Kawasaki	11	14	9	9	4	3	8	8	6	6	8	10	4	10	5	4	15	15	12	12	6	C	7	5	183
6	Petronas	15	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	21	Ret	13	11	8	17	16	15	18	13	12	11	9	5	C	Ret	Ret	48
Pos	Manufacturer	QAT		AUS		ESP		ITA		EUR		SMR		CZE		GBR		NED		GER		ITA		FRA		Pts

Entry list

No Rider Team Motorcycle Tyre 1 James Toseland Ducati Xerox Ducati 999F05 P 3 Norick Abe Yamaha Motor France-Ipone Yamaha YZF-R1 P 6 Mauro Sanchini PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse Kawasaki ZX-10R P 7 Pierfrancesco Chili Klaffi Honda Honda CBR1000RR P 8 Ivan Clementi Team Pedercini Ducati 999RS P 9 Chris Walker PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse Kawasaki ZX-10R P 10 Fonsi Nieto Ducati SC Caracchi Ducati 999RS P 11 Troy Corser Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5 P 12 Lorenzo Alfonsi D.F.X. Treme Yamaha YZF-R1 P 17 Miguel Praia DFXtreme Sterilgarda Yamaha YZF-R1 P 19 Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini Ducati 999RS P 20 Marco Borciani DFXtreme Sterilgarda Ducati 999RS P 21 Michel Nickmans Zone Rouge Yamaha YZF-R1 P 22 Ivan Silva D.F.X. Treme Yamaha YZF-R1 P 23 Jiri Mrkyvka SBK Team JM Ducati 999RS P 24 Garry McCoy Foggy Petronas Racing Petronas FP1 P 25 Alessio Velini Team Pedercini Ducati 999RS P 27 Alessio Corradi Team Pedercini Ducati 999RS P 30 José Luis Cardoso D.F.X. Treme Yamaha YZF-R1 P 31 Karl Muggeridge Winston Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR P 32 Sébastien Gimbert Yamaha Motor France-Ipone Yamaha YZF-R1 P 37 Mauro Lucchiari D.F.X. Treme Yamaha YZF-R1 P 38 Andy Notman Foggy Petronas Racing Petronas FP1 P 40 Julien Da Costa DFXtreme Sterilgarda Yamaha YZF-R1 P 41 Noriyuki Haga Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Yamaha YZF-R1 P 45 Gianluca Vizziello Italia Lorenzini by Leoni Yamaha YZF-R1 P 52 Massimo Roccoli Italia Lorenzini by Leoni Yamaha YZF-R1 P 55 Régis Laconi Ducati Xerox Ducati 999F05 P 57 Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati SC Caracchi Ducati 999F05 P 68 Stefano Cruciani PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse Kawasaki ZX-10R P 69 Gianluca Nannelli Ducati SC Caracchi Ducati 999RS P 71 Yukio Kagayama Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5 P 73 Giuseppe Zannini Ducati SC Caracchi Ducati 999RS P 75 Norino Brignola Ducati SC Caracchi Ducati 999RS P 76 Max Neukirchner Klaffi Honda Honda CBR1000RR P 77 Chris Vermeulen Winston Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR P 88 Andrew Pitt Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Yamaha YZF-R1 P 96 Pere Riba PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse Kawasaki ZX-10R P 99 Steve Martin Foggy Petronas Racing Petronas FP1 P 155 Ben Bostrom Renegade Koji Honda CBR1000RR P 200 Giovanni Bussei Kawasaki Bertocchi Kawasaki ZX-10R P 14 Ralf Waldmann Alpha Technik Van Zon Honda Honda CBR1000RR P 15 Michael Schulten Alpha Technik Van Zon Honda Honda CBR1000RR P 16 Sergio Fuertes Reynolds Motorrad Suzuki GSX-R1000 P 26 Andrea Mazzali Mazzali Racing MV Agusta F4 1000 MT P 33 Jurgen Vd Goorbergh Rizla Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5 P 35 Luca Pini Emmebi Team Honda CBR1000RR P 36 Maurizio Prattichizzo PapaMoto Sport Kawasaki ZX-10R P 39 Alessandro Gramigni Yamaha Motor France-Ipone Yamaha YZF-R1 P 59 Jiri Trcka JTR Ducati Corse Ducati 999RS P 60 Laurent Brian Motorsport Courneuvien 93 Kawasaki ZX-10R P 62 Vincent Philippe Suzuki Castrol Team Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5 P 72 Michele Gallina GallinaTeam MV Agusta F4 1000 MT P 74 Adam Badziak Poland Position Suzuki GSX-R1000 P 79 Jiri Drazdak Maco Moto Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 P 80 Marek Svoboda Maco Moto Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 P 81 Milos Cihak Prorace Team Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5 P 82 Bob Withag Yamaha GS Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 P 83 Paul Mooijman Yamaha GS Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 P 85 Robert Menzen Racing Team Robert Menzen Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5 P 92 Luca Conforti Guandalini Ducati 999RS P 93 Andrew Stroud Superbike New Zealand Suzuki GSX-R1000 K4 P 94 David Checa Yamaha GMT 94 Yamaha YZF-R1 P 95 Talal Al Naimi LaGlisse Yamaha YZF-R1 P 97 Luca Pedersoli Ducati SC Caracchi Ducati 999RS P 98 Dennis Hobbs Team Nvidia Yamaha YZF-R1 P 113 Paolo Blora Piazza Corse Ducati 998RS P

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