2001 Superbike World Championship

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.

2001 Superbike World Championship
Previous:	2000	Next:	2002
Support series: Supersport World Championship Superstock European Championship

Troy Bayliss won the riders' championship and Ducati won the manufacturers' championship.

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Superpole	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	R1	Valencia	11 March	Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Aprilia Axo	Report
1	R2	Valencia	11 March	Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Aprilia Axo	Report
2	R1	Kyalami	1 April	Ben Bostrom	Colin Edwards	Colin Edwards	Castrol Honda	Report
2	R2	Kyalami	1 April	Ben Bostrom	Ben Bostrom	Ben Bostrom	Ducati L&M	Report
3	R1	Phillip Island	22 April	Troy Corser	Rubén Xaus	Colin Edwards	Castrol Honda	Report
3	R2	Phillip Island	22 April	Troy Corser	Cancelled due to rain			Report
4	R1	Sugo	29 April	Makoto Tamada	Makoto Tamada	Makoto Tamada	Cabin Honda	Report
4	R2	Sugo	29 April	Makoto Tamada	Makoto Tamada	Makoto Tamada	Cabin Honda	Report
5	R1	Monza	13 May	Troy Bayliss	Colin Edwards	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Infostrada	Report
5	R2	Monza	13 May	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Infostrada	Report
6	R1	Donington Park	27 May	Steve Hislop	Steve Hislop	Neil Hodgson	GSE Ducati	Report
6	R2	Donington Park	27 May	Steve Hislop	Pierfrancesco Chili	Pierfrancesco Chili	Suzuki Alstare Corona	Report
7	R1	Lausitzring	10 June	Neil Hodgson	Troy Bayliss	Colin Edwards	Castrol Honda	Report
7	R2	Lausitzring	10 June	Neil Hodgson	Mauro Sanchini	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Infostrada	Report
8	R1	Misano	24 June	Neil Hodgson	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Infostrada	Report
8	R2	Misano	24 June	Neil Hodgson	Neil Hodgson	Ben Bostrom	Ducati L&M	Report
9	R1	Laguna Seca	8 July	Ben Bostrom	Troy Corser	Ben Bostrom	Ducati L&M	Report
9	R2	Laguna Seca	8 July	Ben Bostrom	Ben Bostrom	Ben Bostrom	Ducati L&M	Report
10	R1	Brands Hatch	29 July	Neil Hodgson	Pierfrancesco Chili	Ben Bostrom	Ducati L&M	Report
10	R2	Brands Hatch	29 July	Neil Hodgson	Ben Bostrom	Ben Bostrom	Ducati L&M	Report
11	R1	Oschersleben	2 September	Neil Hodgson	Colin Edwards	Colin Edwards	Castrol Honda	Report
11	R2	Oschersleben	2 September	Neil Hodgson	Rubén Xaus	Rubén Xaus	Ducati Infostrada	Report
12	R1	Assen	9 September	Troy Bayliss	Rubén Xaus	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Infostrada	Report
12	R2	Assen	9 September	Troy Bayliss	Rubén Xaus	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Infostrada	Report
13	R1	Imola	30 September	Troy Corser	Colin Edwards	Rubén Xaus	Ducati Infostrada	Report
13	R2	Imola	30 September	Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Régis Laconi	Virgilio Aprilia Axo	Report

Championship standings

Riders' standings

2001 final riders' standings[1]
Pos.	Rider	Bike	ESP		RSA		AUS		JPN		ITA		GBR		GER		SMR		USA		EUR		GER		NED		ITA		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	R1	R2	Pts
1	Bayliss	Ducati	2	2	2	2	3	C	13	15	1	1	13	9	2	1	1	2	4	4	5	3	Ret	3	1	1	Ret	DNS	369
2	Edwards	Honda	6	4	1	Ret	1	C	12	13	2	2	5	6	1	3	3	11	6	6	3	5	1	2	3	10	3	Ret	333
3	B. Bostrom	Ducati	3	Ret	4	1	Ret	C	9	4	Ret	DNS	6	4	11	20	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	11	11	4	4	312
4	Corser	Aprilia	1	1	3	3	6	C	2	6	Ret	Ret	11	3	5	7	7	9	3	2	8	13	9	11	6	3	2	Ret	284
5	Hodgson	Ducati	Ret	5	Ret	4	11	C	7	5	Ret	7	1	2	8	2	6	16	2	3	2	2	7	10	5	5	10	7	269
6	Xaus	Ducati	Ret	8	9	5	Ret	C	18	22	Ret	6	7	10	19	6	10	6	7	10	6	12	2	1	2	2	1	2	236
7	Chili	Suzuki	7	7	6	8	7	C	8	8	14	5	2	1	4	5	12	10	Ret	Ret	4	4	6	6	4	4	Ret	9	232
8	Okada	Honda	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	C	20	12	Ret	4	4	7	3	9	9	5	8	11	12	15	5	8	7	13	5	3	176
9	Yanagawa	Kawasaki	8	6	5	Ret	4	C	Ret	11	3	3	14	8	12	10	5	Ret	Ret	8	10	8	4	9	8	6	DNS	DNS	170
10	Lavilla	Kawasaki	5	3	7	7	Ret	C	6	19	4	Ret	10	13	6	16	4	3	12	Ret	Ret	14	11	7	12	9	7	6	166
11	Laconi	Aprilia	4	Ret	8	6	Ret	C	14	14	5	8	12	11	7	13	Ret	Ret	11	9	Ret	11	8	5	9	7	Ret	1	152
12	Chambon	Suzuki	10	10	10	10	8	C	15	18	6	9	9	12	10	8	14	13	Ret	12	7	9	12	13	13	12	8	Ret	122
13	Toseland	Ducati	Ret	9	14	Ret	14	C	11	16	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	17	11	8	10	7	11	6	10	12	10	8	Ret	DNS	91
14	Izutsu	Kawasaki	9	Ret			Ret	C	3	2					9	4									24	16			63
15	Tamada	Honda							1	1																			50
16	Parkes	Ducati	Ret	13	12	11	5	C	16	17	DNS	DNS	20	14	14	Ret	Ret	7	13	14	Ret	DNS	Ret	18	22	Ret	Ret	8	49
17	Martin	Ducati	11	Ret	19	17	12	C	19	20	Ret	14	17	18	15	14	13	Ret	14	13	14	18	Ret	14	20	20	6	5	47
18	Bussei	Ducati	Ret	Ret	11	9	Ret	C	Ret	21	8	11	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	15	Ret	17	Ret	14	Ret	16	14	11	10	44
19	Pedercini	Ducati	12	15	16	14	Ret	C	21	Ret	7	13	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	15	15	9	12	32
20	Ulm	Ducati	DSQ	12	13	12	9	C	17	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	19	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	17	16	Ret	19	Ret	15					28
20	Ulm	Kawasaki																							NC	21	Ret	18	28
21	E. Bostrom	Kawasaki																	5	5									22
22	Antonello	Aprilia									Ret	Ret					8	4									Ret	Ret	21
23	Gramigni	Yamaha									12	10					15	12									15	11	21
24	Ito	Honda							4	9																			20
25	Reynolds	Ducati											Ret	5							Ret	7							20
26	Ryo	Suzuki							5	7																			20
27	Borciani	Ducati	13	11	15	Ret	Ret	C	22	23	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	20	Ret	17	Ret	20	17	15	17	Ret	Ret	21	18	Ret	15	17
28	Hislop	Ducati											3	Ret							Ret	Ret							16
29	Serizawa	Kawasaki							Ret	3																			16
30	Sanchini	Ducati	Ret	17	20	16	Ret	C	27	26	9	15	19	Ret	17	12	Ret	15	19	18	16	Ret	17	19	19	17	13	16	16
31	Craggill	Ducati	18	22	21	Ret	10	C	26	28	Ret	Ret	15	16	13	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	19	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	18	Ret	12	14	16
32	Emmett	Ducati																			9	10							13
33	Borja	Yamaha	14	14	Ret	DNS	Ret	C	24	25	13	16	16	17	Ret	18	21	19			20	Ret	13	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	12
34	Stey	Honda	Ret	19	17	15	Ret	C	23	24	11	Ret	Ret	21	16	15	16	18	21	20	18	20	15	20	Ret	22	16	17	8
35	Chandler	Kawasaki																	9	Ret									7
36	Goddard	Benelli															Ret	Ret	18	15	13	16	16	17	17	19	Ret	13	7
37	Kagayama	Suzuki							Ret	10																			6
38	Yoshikawa	Yamaha							10	Ret																			6
39	Maxwell	Kawasaki					13	C																					3
40	Malatesta	Kawasaki	Ret	Ret	18	13	Ret	C	25	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	20	18	21	18	Ret	DNS	DNS			Ret	Ret					3
41	Blora	Ducati									Ret	Ret					Ret	17									14	Ret	2
42	Holon	Kawasaki	Ret	Ret	22	Ret	DNS	C	NC	27	15	17	21	22	22	22	Ret	DNS											1
43	Mrkývka	Ducati	17	20	24	Ret	15	C			Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	20	Ret	21			Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	1
44	Rodríguez	Honda	15	16	23	Ret											22	Ret	Ret	22	Ret	Ret			DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	1
Pos.	Rider	Bike	ESP		RSA		AUS		JPN		ITA		GBR		GER		SMR		USA		EUR		GER		NED		ITA		Pts

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 position
Italics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' standings

2001 final manufacturers' standings[2]
Pos.	Manufacturer	ESP		RSA		AUS		JPN		ITA		GBR		GER		SMR		USA		EUR		GER		NED		ITA		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	R1	R2	Pts
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

Entry list

2001 entry list
Team	Constructor	Motorcycle	No	Rider	Rounds
Castrol Honda	Honda	Honda VTR 1000 SP	1	Colin Edwards	1-13
Castrol Honda	Honda	Honda VTR 1000 SP	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
Suzuki Alstare Corona	Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R750	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
Kawasaki Motors C.	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-7RR	32	Eric Bostrom	9
Ducati Infostrada	Ducati	Ducati 996 R	11	Rubén Xaus	1-13
Ducati Infostrada	Ducati	Ducati 996 R	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
Ducati NCR	Ducati	Ducati 996 RS	36	Broc Parkes	1-13
FP Racing	Ducati	Ducati 996 RS	37	Frédéric Protat	1, 7
FP Racing	Ducati	Ducati 996 RS	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
Suzuki	Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R750	56	Yukio Kagayama	4
Cabin Honda	Honda	Honda VTR 1000 SP	49	Makoto Tamada	4
Cabin Honda	Honda	Honda VTR 1000 SP	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
GSE Racing	Ducati	Ducati 996 RS	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
Reve Red Bull Ducati	Ducati	Ducati 996 R	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
DCR	Ducati	Ducati 996 R	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

References

"Imola 28–29–30 September, 2001 – Championship Standings & Ranking Progression". sbk.perugiatiming.com. Perugia Timing. 30 September 2001. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
"Imola 28–29–30 September, 2001 – Manufacturers Standings & Ranking Progression". sbk.perugiatiming.com. Perugia Timing. 30 September 2001. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 20 December 2014.

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[1] "Imola 28–29–30 September, 2001 – Championship Standings & Ranking Progression". sbk.perugiatiming.com. Perugia Timing. 30 September 2001. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 20 December 2014.

[2] "Imola 28–29–30 September, 2001 – Manufacturers Standings & Ranking Progression". sbk.perugiatiming.com. Perugia Timing. 30 September 2001. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 20 December 2014.

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