2004 Superbike World Championship

The 2004 Superbike World Championship was the seventeenth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 29 February at Valencia and finished on 3 October at Magny-Cours after 11 rounds. The traditional Japanese round at Sugo was replaced with a new Canadian round which was scheduled for 4 July at the Mont-Tremblant, near Quebec. Though no explanation was given for the change, it was seen as some form of revenge after the refusal of the Japanese manufacturers to back the 2004 rules. The Canadian round was eventually canceled after a circuit inspection determined that the amount of work necessary to bring the venue up to WSBK standard could not be carried out in time for the proposed date.

2004 was the first season all bikes had to use control tyres, provided by Pirelli. Partly because of the control tyre rule, no factory bikes were entered by Japanese manufacturers.

James Toseland 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	29 February	Régis Laconi	Garry McCoy	James Toseland	Fila Ducati	Report
	R2				Noriyuki Haga	Noriyuki Haga	Renegade Ducati Koji
2	R1	Phillip Island	28 March	Régis Laconi	Régis Laconi	Régis Laconi	Fila Ducati	Report
	R2				Garry McCoy	Garry McCoy	XEROX - Ducati Nortel Net.
3	R1	Misano	18 April	Steve Martin	Régis Laconi	Régis Laconi	Fila Ducati	Report
	R2				Pierfrancesco Chili	Pierfrancesco Chili	PSG - 1 Corse
4	R1	Monza	16 May	Régis Laconi	Régis Laconi	Régis Laconi	Fila Ducati	Report
	R2				Régis Laconi	Régis Laconi	Fila Ducati
5	R1	Oschersleben	30 May	Troy Corser	Noriyuki Haga	Noriyuki Haga	Renegade Ducati Koji	Report
	R2				Noriyuki Haga	Régis Laconi	Fila Ducati
6	R1	Silverstone	13 June	Régis Laconi	Régis Laconi	Noriyuki Haga	Renegade Ducati Koji	Report
	R2				Chris Vermeulen	Chris Vermeulen	Ten Kate Honda
7	R1	Laguna Seca	11 July	Steve Martin	Chris Vermeulen	Chris Vermeulen	Ten Kate Honda	Report
	R2				Chris Vermeulen	Chris Vermeulen	Ten Kate Honda
8	R1	Brands Hatch	1 August	Steve Martin	Pierfrancesco Chili	Noriyuki Haga	Renegade Ducati Koji	Report
	R2				Pierfrancesco Chili	Noriyuki Haga	Renegade Ducati Koji
9	R1	Assen	5 September	Pierfrancesco Chili	Noriyuki Haga	James Toseland	Fila Ducati	Report
	R2				Noriyuki Haga	Chris Vermeulen	Ten Kate Honda
10	R1	Imola	26 September	Régis Laconi	Régis Laconi	Régis Laconi	Fila Ducati	Report
	R2				Noriyuki Haga	Régis Laconi	Fila Ducati
11	R1	Magny-Cours	3 October	Troy Corser	Steve Martin	James Toseland	Fila Ducati	Report
	R2				Noriyuki Haga	Noriyuki Haga	Renegade Ducati Koji

Championship standings

Riders' standings

2004 final riders' standings Pos. Rider Bike ESP AUS SMR ITA GER GBR USA GBR NED 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 1 Toseland Ducati 1 2 3 Ret 10 6 2 2 2 2 Ret 5 4 2 7 Ret 1 2 3 2 1 2 336 2 Laconi Ducati Ret Ret 1 Ret 1 2 1 1 6 1 Ret 3 5 3 2 Ret 3 5 1 1 3 3 327 3 Haga Ducati Ret 1 8 6 4 4 Ret Ret 1 Ret 1 2 6 4 1 1 4 3 4 Ret 2 1 299 4 Vermeulen Honda 12 5 2 2 5 12 4 DSQ 15 8 2 1 1 1 4 3 5 1 2 6 Ret Ret 282 5 Chili Ducati 2 4 9 3 3 1 Ret Ret 3 Ret 3 Ret 2 5 Ret 2 2 4 7 Ret 6 5 243 6 McCoy Ducati 7 6 5 1 Ret 17 3 3 9 4 4 8 7 7 Ret 7 8 Ret 5 5 9 9 199 7 Martin Ducati Ret 3 4 Ret 7 3 Ret 8 5 Ret 6 6 3 6 3 Ret 7 Ret 6 3 5 Ret 181 8 Haslam Ducati 5 9 Ret 10 11 5 5 4 7 3 5 4 9 Ret Ret Ret 6 6 10 12 7 6 169 9 Corser Petronas Ret 11 13 5 2 7 9 5 4 Ret 7 9 10 Ret 5 Ret 10 7 12 10 Ret 7 146 10 Borciani Ducati 4 8 7 4 21 10 7 6 Ret Ret 8 11 11 8 11 Ret 9 8 8 8 Ret Ret 130 11 Walker Petronas 3 7 10 8 6 13 8 7 Ret 7 Ret 12 Ret Ret 9 4 12 10 Ret 16 8 8 128 12 Clementi Kawasaki Ret 14 11 9 12 Ret 11 10 11 9 10 10 Ret 10 14 11 Ret 9 11 9 Ret Ret 85 13 Sanchini Kawasaki 14 10 6 7 Ret 11 Ret 9 10 6 Ret 13 8 9 Ret 10 Ret DNS 79 14 Nannelli Ducati 6 Ret 12 12 8 Ret Ret Ret 12 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 11 Ret 9 4 Ret Ret 72 15 Bontempi Suzuki 15 16 NC 11 9 15 10 11 14 11 9 14 13 12 15 12 13 12 13 Ret 11 Ret 68 16 Pedercini Ducati Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret 15 12 11 13 Ret Ret DNS Ret 7 12 DNS 41 17 Fuertes Suzuki 8 12 Ret Ret Ret 18 6 Ret 13 Ret Ret 13 15 14 Ret Ret Ret 12 35 18 Gimbert Yamaha Ret 9 4 4 33 19 Ellison Yamaha Ret 7 6 5 30 20 Nowland Suzuki 11 17 15 14 18 Ret 11 Ret Ret 13 16 Ret 14 13 17 18 16 10 27 21 Bussei Ducati 12 6 Ret 11 Ret 11 Ret DNS 24 22 Velini Ducati Ret 18 14 13 13 Ret Ret 13 16 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 17 14 Ret Ret Ret 15 14 Ret 20 23 Saiger Yamaha 9 15 13 14 14 14 17 24 Coxhell Honda 8 8 16 25 Mrkyvka Ducati 10 Ret 19 16 Ret Ret Ret 13 12 16 Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 19 19 Ret Ret 13 26 Pini Suzuki Ret 9 14 13 12 27 Duterne Kawasaki Ret 24 10 11 11 28 Meklau Suzuki 13 10 9 29 Oelschläger Honda 8 Ret 8 30 Praia Ducati 13 18 16 Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret 14 Ret DNS Ret Ret 15 Ret 16 Ret 21 18 14 8 31 De Matteis Ducati 18 Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret 21 DNS 4 32 Szkopek Suzuki Ret 23 15 13 4 33 Sala Suzuki 14 20 14 Ret 4 34 Cruciani Kawasaki 13 Ret 3 35 Romboni Yamaha DNS DNS 15 14 3 36 Liverani Ducati 15 14 3 37 Berthelsen Suzuki 18 14 19 Ret 2 38 Camlek Yamaha 17 15 1 39 Menzen Suzuki 16 15 1 Pos. Rider Bike ESP AUS SMR ITA GER GBR USA GBR NED ITA FRA Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' standings

Pos.	Manufacturer	ESP		AUS		SMR		ITA		GER		GBR		USA		GBR		NED		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
1	Ducati	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	530
2	Honda	12	5	2	2	5	12	4	Ret	8	8	2	1	1	1	4	3	5	1	2	6	Ret	Ret	289
3	Petronas	3	7	10	5	2	7	8	5	4	7	7	9	10	Ret	5	4	10	7	12	10	8	7	200
4	Kawasaki	14	10	6	7	12	11	11	9	10	6	10	10	8	9	14	10	Ret	9	11	9	10	11	129
5	Suzuki	8	12	15	11	9	9	6	11	13	10	9	14	13	12	15	12	13	12	13	13	11	10	101
6	Yamaha	9	15	14	13	13	Ret	13	13	16	12	Ret	7	14	14	6	5	Ret	Ret	15	14	4	4	89
Pos.	Manufacturer	ESP		AUS		SMR		ITA		GER		GBR		USA		GBR		NED		ITA		FRA		Pts

Entry list

2004 Entry List No Rider Team Motorcycle Tyre 4 Troy Corser Foggy PETRONAS Racing Petronas FP1 P 5 Piergiorgio Bontempi Zongshen Suzuki GSX-R1000 P 6 Mauro Sanchini Kawasaki Bertocchi Kawasaki ZX-10R P 7 Pierfrancesco Chili PSG - 1 Corse Ducati 998RS P 8 Ivan Clementi Kawasaki Bertocchi Kawasaki ZX-10R P 9 Chris Walker Foggy PETRONAS Racing Petronas FP1 P 12 Warwick Nowland Zongshen Suzuki GSX-R1000 P 15 Stefano Cruciani Kawasaki Bertocchi Kawasaki ZX-10R P 16 Sergio Fuertes MIR Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 P 17 Chris Vermeulen Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR P 19 Lucio Pedercini Pedercini Ducati 998RS P 20 Marco Borciani D.F.Xtreme Sterilgarda Ducati 999RS P 23 Jiri Mrkyvka JM SBK Ducati 998RS P 24 Garry McCoy XEROX - Ducati Nortel Net. Ducati 999RS P 25 Alessio Velini Pedercini Ducati 998RS P 41 Noriyuki Haga Renegade Ducati Koji Ducati 999RS P 48 David García XEROX - Ducati Nortel Net. Ducati 999RS P 50 Miguel Praia XEROX - Ducati Nortel Net. Ducati 999RS P 52 James Toseland Ducati Fila Ducati 999F04 P 55 Régis Laconi Ducati Fila Ducati 999F04 P 69 Gianluca Nannelli XEROX - Ducati Nortel Net. Ducati 999RS P 78 Teodor Myszkowski UnionBike GiMotorsport Yamaha YZF-R1 P 91 Leon Haslam Renegade Ducati Koji Ducati 999RS P 99 Steve Martin D.F.Xtreme Sterilgarda Ducati 999RS P 11 Gianmaria Liverani Carbon Dream Ducati 998RS P 22 Horst Saiger Life Haus RT Yamaha YZF-R1 P 27 Giancarlo De Matteis PSG - 1 Corse Ducati 999RS P 28 Doriano Romboni Giesse Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R1 P 29 Luca Pini Boselli Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 P 31 Giuseppe Zannini Penta race Ducati 998RS P 32 Sébastien Gimbert Yamaha France Yamaha YZF-R1 P 33 Carl Berthelsen Suzuki Nederland Suzuki GSX-R1000 P 34 Andy Meklau Yoshimura Schäfer Motorsport Suzuki GSX-R1000 P 35 Craig Coxhell Vitrans Honda Honda P 36 Robert Menzen Robert Menzen Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 P 38 Arno Visscher Pajic-Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R P 39 Stephane Duterne Zongshen Kawasaki ZX-10R P 45 Ivan Sala Team Anyway Fidoweb Suzuki GSX-R1000 P 71 Michael Schulten Alpha Technik Honda CBR1000RR P 72 Jürgen Oelschläger Alpha Technik Honda CBR1000RR P 74 Andrea Mazzali Mazzali Racing Team MV Agusta P 77 Berto Camlek Inoterm Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R1 P 94 Pawel Szkopek Szkopek Agip RT Suzuki GSX-R1000 P 100 James Ellison Jentin Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 P 113 Paolo Blora UnionBike GiMotorsport Yamaha YZF-R1 P 200 Giovanni Bussei DeCecco Racing Ducati 998RS P

Key Wildcard Rider P Pirelli