2006 Superbike World Championship

The 2006 Superbike World Championship season was the 19th F.I.M. Superbike World Championship season. The season started on February 25 at Losail, and finished on October 8 at Magny-Cours after 12 races. The original season calendar issued by the FIM included a 13th round scheduled in South Africa on October 22 but the round was cancelled at the request of the Series' promoter FGSport.^[1]

2006 saw the return of Australian Troy Bayliss in Superbike World Championship after 3 years in MotoGP. The combination of Bayliss and Ducati proved unstoppable and they dominated the season winning 12 races, 8 of them consecutive. Honda's James Toseland and Yamaha's Noriyuki Haga battled for second with the British rider coming on top. Defending champion Troy Corser on a Suzuki was 4th. The Manufacturers' championship was won by Ducati.

Season calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Rider	Winning Team	Report
1	R1	Losail	February 25	Troy Bayliss	Lorenzo Lanzi	James Toseland	Ten Kate Honda	Report
1	R2	Losail	February 25	Troy Bayliss	Noriyuki Haga	Troy Corser	Alstare Suzuki	Report
2	R1	Phillip Island	March 5	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Troy Corser	Alstare Suzuki	Report
2	R2	Phillip Island	March 5	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Xerox Ducati	Report
3	R1	Valencia	April 23	Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Troy Bayliss	Xerox Ducati	Report
3	R2	Valencia	April 23	Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Troy Bayliss	Xerox Ducati	Report
4	R1	Monza	May 7	Troy Corser	Alex Barros	Troy Bayliss	Xerox Ducati	Report
4	R2	Monza	May 7	Troy Corser	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Xerox Ducati	Report
5	R1	Silverstone	May 28	Tommy Hill	Rubén Xaus	Troy Bayliss	Xerox Ducati	Report
5	R2	Silverstone	May 28	Tommy Hill	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Xerox Ducati	Report
6	R1	Misano	June 25	James Toseland	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Xerox Ducati	Report
6	R2	Misano	June 25	James Toseland	Andrew Pitt	Andrew Pitt	Yamaha Motor Italia	Report
7	R1	Brno	July 23	Noriyuki Haga	Yukio Kagayama	Yukio Kagayama	Alstare Suzuki	Report
7	R2	Brno	July 23	Noriyuki Haga	Noriyuki Haga	Yukio Kagayama	Alstare Suzuki	Report
8	R1	Brands Hatch	August 6	Troy Bayliss	James Toseland	Troy Bayliss	Xerox Ducati	Report
8	R2	Brands Hatch	August 6	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha Motor Italia	Report
9	R1	Assen	September 3	Troy Corser	Rubén Xaus	Chris Walker	Kawasaki Corse	Report
9	R2	Assen	September 3	Troy Corser	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Xerox Ducati	Report
10	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	September 10	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Yukio Kagayama	Alstare Suzuki	Report
10	R2	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	September 10	Troy Bayliss	Yukio Kagayama	James Toseland	Ten Kate Honda	Report
11	R1	Imola	October 1	Troy Bayliss	Alex Barros	Alex Barros	Klaffi Honda	Report
11	R2	Imola	October 1	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Xerox Ducati	Report
12	R1	Magny-Cours	October 8	Troy Corser	Noriyuki Haga	James Toseland	Ten Kate Honda	Report
12	R2	Magny-Cours	October 8	Troy Corser	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Xerox Ducati	Report

Season standings

Rider standings

2006 Final Riders Standings ^[2]
Pos	Rider	Bike	QAT		AUS		ESP		ITA		EUR		SMR		CZE		GBR		NED		GER		ITA		FRA		Pts
Pos	Rider	Bike	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
1	Bayliss	Ducati	2	2	6	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	12	Ret	8	1	2	Ret	1	7	3	5	1	4	1	431
2	Toseland	Honda	1	4	3	2	9	11	Ret	5	3	3	2	8	2	5	2	5	10	9	9	1	2	5	1	3	336
3	Haga	Yamaha	Ret	3	4	4	5	5	4	3	2	2	5	3	4	3	3	1	Ret	Ret	2	2	4	6	2	4	326
4	Corser	Suzuki	4	1	1	Ret	2	2	3	2	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	5	4	6	6	Ret	Ret	3	14	Ret	9	3	2	254
5	Pitt	Yamaha	3	5	9	5	10	9	5	6	5	4	16	1	Ret	Ret	4	3	2	2	4	Ret	3	4	18	5	250
6	Barros	Honda	6	7	2	3	11	14	2	4	9	5	4	2	Ret	11	8	9	Ret	7	5	Ret	1	2	7	10	246
7	Kagayama	Suzuki	Ret	Ret	12	6	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	13	3	5	1	1	5	7	Ret	4	1	4	Ret	3	5	9	211
8	Lanzi	Ducati	Ret	6	11	Ret	3	3	9	11	13	16	7	7	Ret	9	12	11	7	6	8	6	6	7	8	7	169
9	Walker	Kawasaki	Ret	16	10	10	23	7	11	9	6	8	Ret	4	7	10	7	8	1	14	11	10	12	14	6	8	158
10	Nieto	Kawasaki	Ret	12	8	9	Ret	6	Ret	8	11	10	8	11	6	6	14	Ret	4	3	10	7	7	13	Ret	Ret	139
11	Fabrizio	Honda	5	8	15	11	13	10	Ret	14	Ret	15	Ret	6	3	2	Ret	12	3	10	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	11	13	125
12	Muggeridge	Honda	12	9	Ret	Ret			6	7	8	9	11	14	11	7	Ret	Ret	9	13	6	5	8	8	Ret	6	123
13	Abe	Yamaha	11	11	17	12	4	4	Ret	16	10	11	10	13	9	12	13	13	5	Ret	16	11	9	11	13	12	112
14	Xaus	Ducati	15	10	7	8	7	Ret	Ret	15	4	7	9	9	Ret	14	10	10	Ret	5	15	9	Ret	Ret			103
15	Laconi	Kawasaki	13	Ret	13	16	8	8	7	Ret	7	14	6	19	Ret	16	9	4	Ret	8	12	19	10	10	9	18	103
16	Rolfo	Ducati	7	13	5	7	Ret	16	8	10	17	19	15	15	12	17	18	18	8	12	Ret	17	14	15	14	17	69
17	Nakatomi	Yamaha	16	17	Ret	19	12	12	10	12			Ret	18	8	13	19	17	13	Ret	17	15	11	12	10	Ret	48
18	Neukirchner	Suzuki	10	Ret	18	13	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	16	Ret							6	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	14	28
19	Gimbert	Yamaha	14	15	Ret	20			12	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	13	15	15	14	Ret	DNS			Ret	Ret	Ret	11	23
20	Foret	Suzuki	Ret	Ret	Ret	18	15	13	13	13	Ret	Ret	13	10	Ret	19											19
21	Martin	Petronas	18	18	14	15	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	19	17	16	12	11	14	12	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	19
22	Chili	Honda	8	Ret	16	14							20	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	18	Ret	15	17
23	Hill	Yamaha									12	12					11	Ret									13
24	Clementi	Ducati	Ret	DNS	19	17	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	20	15	Ret	21	Ret	11	16	Ret	18	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	10
25	Borciani	Ducati	9	14	Ret	Ret	17	17	Ret	21			Ret	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret			9
26	Iannuzzo	Ducati	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	26	Ret	17	18	Ret	14	16	14	18	16	15	15	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	6
27	Jones	Petronas	Ret	Ret	Ret	21	22	25	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	21	21	17	21	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	18	13	17	Ret	17	Ret	3
28	Brookes	Kawasaki									Ret	18	18	Ret	18	Ret	20	Ret	Ret	15	20	23	15	17	15	16	3
29	Van Beek	Suzuki																	14	Ret							2
30	Alfonsi	Ducati					Ret	Ret	14	19			22	Ret													2
31	De Gea	Honda					14	19																			2
32	Nannelli	Honda					Ret	23	Ret	25	15	17	Ret	Ret													1
Pos	Rider	Bike	QAT		AUS		ESP		ITA		EUR		SMR		CZE		GBR		NED		GER		ITA		FRA

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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
Italics - Fastest Lap

Manufacturers' standings

2006 Final Manufacturers Standings ^[3]
Pos	Manufacturer	QAT		AUS		ESP		ITA		EUR		SMR		CZE		GBR		NED		GER		ITA		FRA		Pts
Pos	Manufacturer	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
1	Ducati	2	2	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	12	8	1	2	7	1	7	3	5	1	4	1	450
2	Honda	1	4	2	2	9	10	2	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	5	3	7	5	1	1	2	1	3	414
3	Yamaha	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	5	1	4	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	3	4	2	4	401
4	Suzuki	4	1	1	6	2	2	3	2	14	6	3	5	1	1	5	6	6	4	1	4	Ret	3	3	2	372
5	Kawasaki	13	12	8	9	8	6	7	8	6	8	6	4	6	6	7	4	1	3	10	7	7	10	6	8	229
6	Petronas			14	15	22	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	21	17	17	19	17	16	12	11	14	12	17	16	17	Ret	19
Pos	Manufacturer	QAT		AUS		ESP		ITA		EUR		SMR		CZE		GBR		NED		GER		ITA		FRA		Pts

Entry list

No	Rider	Team	Motorcycle	Tyre
1	Troy Corser	Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra	Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6	P
3	Norick Abe	Yamaha Motor France-Ipone	Yamaha YZF-R1	P
4	Alex Barros	Klaffi Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	P
7	Pierfrancesco Chili	D.F.X. Treme	Honda CBR1000RR	P
8	Ivan Clementi	Team Pedercini	Ducati 999 RS	P
9	Chris Walker	PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse	Kawasaki ZX-10R	P
10	Fonsi Nieto	PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse 2	Kawasaki ZX-10R	P
11	Ruben Xaus	Sterilgarda - Berik	Ducati 999 F05	P
12	Ivan Goi	Emmebi Team	Honda CBR1000RR	P
13	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Sterilgarda - Berik	Ducati 999 F05	P
15	Fabien Foret	Alstare Eng. Corona Extra	Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6	P
16	Sébastien Gimbert	Yamaha Motor France-Ipone	Yamaha YZF-R1	P
18	Craig Jones	Foggy Petronas Racing	Petronas FP1	P
19	Lucio Pedercini	Team Pedercini	Ducati 999 RS	P
20	Marco Borciani	Sterilgarda - Berik	Ducati 999 F05	P
21	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Xerox	Ducati 999 F06	P
22	Milos Cihak	Prorace	Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6	P
23	Jiri Mrkyvka	SBK Team JM	Ducati 999 RS	P
25	Joshua Brookes	Kawasaki Bertocchi	Kawasaki ZX-10R	P
26	Stefan Nebel	Kawasaki Docshop Racing	Kawasaki ZX-10R	P
27	Anthony Gobert	Coronas Suzuki Motorrad	Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6	P
28	Lorenzo Mauri	Spring Ducati	Ducati 999 RS	P
31	Karl Muggeridge	Winston Ten Kate Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	P
32	Javier Del Amor	Honda BQR	Honda CBR1000RR	P
33	José David De Gea	Honda BQR	Honda CBR1000RR	P
34	Josep Monge	Yamaha Factory	Yamaha YZF-R1	P
35	Sergio Fuertes	Coronas Suzuki Motorrad	Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6	P
36	Jiri Drazdak	Yamaha Junior Pro-SBK Rac.	Yamaha YZF-R1	P
38	Shinichi Nakatomi	Yamaha Motor France-Ipone 2	Yamaha YZF-R1	P
39	Berto Camlek	Berten Racing	Yamaha YZF-R1	P
41	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha Motor Italia WSB	Yamaha YZF-R1	P
44	Roberto Rolfo	Ducati SC - Caracchi	Ducati 999 F05	P
52	James Toseland	Winston Ten Kate Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	P
55	Régis Laconi	PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse	Kawasaki ZX-10R	P
57	Lorenzo Lanzi	Ducati Xerox	Ducati 999 F06	P
61	Lorenzo Alfonsi	Yamaha Motor France-Ipone	Yamaha YZF-R1	P
66	Norino Brignola	Team Guandalini	Ducati 999 RS	P
69	Gianluca Nannelli	D.F.X. Treme	Honda CBR1000RR	P
71	Yukio Kagayama	Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra	Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6	P
76	Max Neukirchner	Alstare Eng. Corona Extra	Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6	P
80	Kurtis Roberts	Team Pedercini	Ducati 999 RS	P
81	Tommy Hill	Virgin Mobile Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R1	P
83	Didier van Keymeulen	MGM - TTSL Racing	Yamaha YZF-R1	P
84	Michel Fabrizio	D.F.X. Treme	Honda CBR1000RR	P
85	Walter Bartolini	PN Corse	Ducati 999 RS	P
88	Andrew Pitt	Yamaha Motor Italia WSB	Yamaha YZF-R1	P
91	Pawel Szkopek	Team Pedercini	Ducati 999 RS	P
95	Talal Al Naimi	D'Antin MotoGP	Yamaha YZF-R1	P
96	Harry Van Beek	Motoport Den Bosch - Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000 K2	P
99	Steve Martin	Foggy Petronas Racing	Petronas FP1	P
116	Franco Battaini	Kawasaki Bertocchi	Kawasaki ZX-10R	P
200	Giovanni Bussei	Winston Ten Kate Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	P

Key
Wildcard Rider

References

^ South African Round Cancelled motorcycle-usa.com retrieved on September 14, 2007
^ http://www.worldsbk.com/season/standings?p_S_Campionato=SBK&p_Anno=2006&p_PilotiCostruttori=P
^ http://www.worldsbk.com/season/standings?p_S_Campionato=SBK&p_Anno=2006&p_PilotiCostruttori=C

[cacelled-1] South African Round Cancelled motorcycle-usa.com retrieved on September 14, 2007

[2] ttp://www.worldsbk.com/season/standings?p_S_Campionato=SBK&p_Anno=2006&p_PilotiCostruttori=P

[3] ttp://www.worldsbk.com/season/standings?p_S_Campionato=SBK&p_Anno=2006&p_PilotiCostruttori=C

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