2010 Superbike World Championship

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Max Biaggi won his, and Aprilia's first Superbike World Championship title.

The 2010 Superbike World Championship (officially known as the HANNspree SBK Superbike World Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the twenty-third season of the Superbike World Championship. It was the third season in which HANNspree had been the title sponsor of the championship.

After Leon Haslam's retirement during the second race at Imola, Max Biaggi became the first Italian winner of the championship, and also claimed the first title by an Aprilia rider.

Race calendar and results

The provisional 2010 race schedule was publicly announced by FIM on 6 October 2009 with the most notable change from the 2009 season being the dropping of the round at Losail, Qatar. For the first time in series history, races were run on a day other than Sunday, with the races at Miller Motorsports Park being held on Monday 31 May. These races were run as part of the Memorial Day weekend in the United States. The FIM altered the calendar on 22 January 2010 with Silverstone replacing Donington Park as the host of the British round.

Round		Country	Circuit	Date	Superpole	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	R1	Australia	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	28 February	Leon Haslam	Leon Haslam	Leon Haslam	Alstare Suzuki	Report
	R2					Sylvain Guintoli	Carlos Checa	Althea Ducati
2	R1	Portugal	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	28 March	Cal Crutchlow	Max Biaggi	Max Biaggi	Aprilia Alitalia	Report
	R2					Carlos Checa	Max Biaggi	Aprilia Alitalia
3	R1	Spain	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	11 April	Cal Crutchlow	Carlos Checa	Leon Haslam	Alstare Suzuki	Report
	R2					Max Biaggi	Noriyuki Haga	Xerox Ducati
4	R1	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	25 April	Jonathan Rea	Carlos Checa	Jonathan Rea	Ten Kate Honda	Report
	R2					Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Ten Kate Honda
5	R1	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	9 May	Max Biaggi	Jonathan Rea	Max Biaggi	Aprilia Alitalia	Report
	R2					Cal Crutchlow	Max Biaggi	Aprilia Alitalia
6	R1	South Africa	Kyalami	16 May	Cal Crutchlow	Michel Fabrizio	Michel Fabrizio	Xerox Ducati	Report
	R2					Jonathan Rea	Leon Haslam	Alstare Suzuki
7	R1	United States	Miller Motorsports Park	31 May	Carlos Checa	Carlos Checa	Max Biaggi	Aprilia Alitalia	Report
	R2					Carlos Checa	Max Biaggi	Aprilia Alitalia
8	R1	San Marino	Misano World Circuit	27 June	Troy Corser	Carlos Checa	Max Biaggi	Aprilia Alitalia	Report
	R2					Cal Crutchlow	Max Biaggi	Aprilia Alitalia
9	R1	Czech Republic	Masaryk Circuit	11 July	Cal Crutchlow	Cal Crutchlow	Jonathan Rea	Ten Kate Honda	Report
	R2					Cal Crutchlow	Max Biaggi	Aprilia Alitalia
10	R1	Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit	1 August	Cal Crutchlow	Cal Crutchlow	Cal Crutchlow	Sterilgarda Yamaha	Report
	R2					Cal Crutchlow	Cal Crutchlow	Sterilgarda Yamaha
11	R1	Germany	Nürburgring	5 September	Max Biaggi	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Ten Kate Honda	Report
	R2					Jonathan Rea	Noriyuki Haga	Xerox Ducati
12	R1	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	26 September	Tom Sykes	Leon Haslam	Carlos Checa	Althea Ducati	Report
	R2					Carlos Checa	Carlos Checa	Althea Ducati
13	R1	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	3 October	Cal Crutchlow	Cal Crutchlow	Cal Crutchlow	Sterilgarda Yamaha	Report
	R2					Cal Crutchlow	Max Biaggi	Aprilia Alitalia

Championship standings

Riders' standings

2010 final riders' standings Pos. Rider Bike AUS POR SPA NED ITA RSA USA SMR CZE GBR 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 R1 R2 1 Biaggi Aprilia 5 8 1 1 2 3 6 4 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 5 6 4 5 11 5 4 1 451 2 Haslam Suzuki 1 2 2 2 1 4 11 2 4 2 3 1 2 Ret 8 2 8 10 3 4 6 3 5 Ret 2 10 376 3 Checa Ducati 7 1 4 4 Ret 2 4 6 14 11 2 5 Ret Ret 2 5 9 6 7 10 2 Ret 1 1 3 9 297 4 Rea Honda 4 6 3 Ret 6 5 1 1 Ret Ret 5 2 14 8 13 12 1 2 2 2 1 2 DNS DNS 12 DNS 292 5 Crutchlow Yamaha Ret 9 14 3 7 9 8 Ret 3 Ret 8 4 11 3 Ret 4 3 14 1 1 3 4 10 3 1 2 284 6 Haga Ducati 3 5 8 8 5 1 10 Ret 11 6 17 10 3 4 7 9 6 5 14 13 Ret 1 3 2 7 5 258 7 Guintoli Suzuki 6 4 13 9 9 6 14 13 10 7 10 15 8 6 5 6 4 7 12 7 8 6 9 8 DSQ 4 197 8 Fabrizio Ducati 2 3 11 11 Ret Ret 13 12 7 Ret 1 8 Ret 9 4 3 Ret 3 4 Ret Ret 19 7 Ret 6 3 195 9 Toseland Yamaha Ret 10 7 6 3 7 2 3 2 Ret 7 6 9 Ret 10 Ret 7 4 8 5 Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 187 10 Byrne Ducati 14 12 6 7 Ret 8 9 8 13 9 15 13 6 7 9 7 12 9 9 8 9 10 8 6 9 8 169 11 Corser BMW 9 7 9 10 4 12 5 5 8 3 12 7 5 5 3 10 DNS DNS 10 Ret Ret 12 15 11 Ret Ret 165 12 Camier Aprilia 11 11 5 5 Ret Ret 3 Ret 5 4 6 Ret 4 2 6 11 Ret 8 6 3 DNS DNS 164 13 Smrž Ducati 8 Ret Ret Ret 10 10 7 7 15 8 9 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret 110 Aprilia Ret Ret 13 9 Ret 11 4 Ret 5 6 14 Sykes Kawasaki 13 Ret 15 13 11 15 12 Ret 9 5 16 14 13 14 15 16 11 Ret 18 14 5 7 6 4 7 11 106 15 Xaus BMW DNS DNS 10 12 12 11 Ret 10 6 Ret 14 11 10 11 Ret Ret 5 Ret 17 11 7 9 12 9 Ret DNS 96 16 Lanzi Ducati 10 13 12 14 8 13 16 Ret 17 Ret 12 13 10 11 15 15 11 13 2 7 11 Ret 88 17 Scassa Ducati 20 16 14 14 15 11 16 10 11 12 7 10 11 8 Ret DNS DNS DNS 10 14 13 10 10 7 85 18 Neukirchner Honda 12 16 Ret 15 13 17 20 9 12 12 19 17 12 12 14 14 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 15 14 12 13 12 54 19 Hayden Kawasaki 18 18 18 17 16 19 19 16 19 14 Ret 19 16 Ret 17 18 14 13 Ret 17 13 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 20 Vermeulen Kawasaki Ret Ret DNS DNS 17 14 18 13 18 16 15 13 16 15 Ret Ret 10 21 Lowry Kawasaki 12 Ret 17 16 14 13 9 22 Parkes Honda Ret 17 20 15 Ret 18 17 15 DSQ 17 13 12 Ret Ret 9 23 Baiocco Kawasaki 17 Ret 19 18 17 20 18 15 DSQ Ret Ret 20 18 Ret 19 19 15 15 Ret 20 14 17 18 15 15 14 9 24 Brookes Honda 19 14 16 12 6 25 Sandi Aprilia 18 20 16 13 3 26 Morais Honda 17 Ret DNS DNS 13 Ret 3 27 Pitt BMW 15 15 Ret 20 15 16 3 28 Lai Honda Ret 18 19 14 16 Ret 2 Iannuzzo Honda 16 17 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 Kiyonari Honda 21 16 0 Bridewell Honda 20 18 0 Resch BMW DNS DNS Ret 18 0 Andrews Kawasaki 18 Ret 0 Yanagawa Kawasaki 19 19 0 Tamada BMW Ret 19 0 Sakai Suzuki Ret DNS 0 Pos. Rider Bike AUS POR SPA NED ITA RSA USA SMR CZE GBR GER 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	AUS		POR		SPA		NED		ITA		RSA		USA		SMR		CZE		GBR		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	R1	R2
1	Aprilia	5	8	1	1	2	3	3	4	1	1	4	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	5	3	4	5	4	5	4	1	471
2	Ducati	2	1	4	4	5	1	4	6	7	6	1	5	3	4	2	3	6	3	4	8	2	1	1	1	3	3	424
3	Suzuki	1	2	2	2	1	4	11	2	4	2	3	1	2	6	5	2	4	7	3	4	6	3	5	8	2	4	412
4	Yamaha	Ret	9	7	3	3	7	2	3	2	Ret	7	4	9	3	10	4	3	4	1	1	3	4	10	3	1	2	352
5	Honda	4	6	3	15	6	5	1	1	12	12	5	2	12	8	13	12	1	2	2	2	1	2	14	12	12	12	313
6	BMW	9	7	9	10	4	11	5	5	6	3	12	7	5	5	3	10	5	Ret	10	11	7	9	12	9	Ret	Ret	201
7	Kawasaki	13	Ret	15	13	11	15	12	15	9	5	16	14	13	13	15	15	11	13	18	14	5	7	6	4	8	11	113
Pos.	Manufacturer	AUS		POR		SPA		NED		ITA		RSA		USA		SMR		CZE		GBR		GER		ITA		FRA		Pts

Entry list

2010 entry list Team Constructor Motorcycle No Rider Rounds Aprilia Alitalia Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 1000 2 Leon Camier 1–11 3 Max Biaggi All Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 5 Ian Lowry 11–13 17 Simon Andrews 3 66 Tom Sykes All 77 Chris Vermeulen 1–2, 4–9 87 Akira Yanagawa 10 Althea Racing Ducati Ducati 1098R 7 Carlos Checa All 67 Shane Byrne All HM Plant Honda Honda Honda CBR1000RR 8 Ryuichi Kiyonari 10 25 Josh Brookes 10 BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW BMW S1000RR 11 Troy Corser All 111 Rubén Xaus All Team Pedercini Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 15 Matteo Baiocco All 95 Roger Lee Hayden All Echo CRS Honda Honda Honda CBR1000RR 23 Broc Parkes 4–10 25 Josh Brookes 1 32 Sheridan Morais 2–3 33 Fabrizio Lai 11–13 Squadra Corse Italia Honda Garvie Image Honda Honda CBR1000RR 31 Vittorio Iannuzzo 1–3, 5 EmTek Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 1000 32 Sheridan Morais 6 Yamaha Sterilgarda Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 35 Cal Crutchlow All 52 James Toseland All Ducati Xerox Team Ducati Ducati 1098R 41 Noriyuki Haga All 84 Michel Fabrizio All Tyco Racing Honda Honda Honda CBR1000RR 46 Tommy Bridewell 10 Team Reitwagen BMW BMW BMW S1000RR 49 Makoto Tamada 2 88 Andrew Pitt 1–3 123 Roland Resch 1, 3 Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 50 Sylvain Guintoli All 91 Leon Haslam All DFX Corse Ducati Ducati 1098R 57 Lorenzo Lanzi 1–5, 8–13 HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda Honda CBR1000RR 65 Jonathan Rea All 76 Max Neukirchner All Yoshimura Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 71 Daisaku Sakai 5 Gabrielli Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 1000 90 Federico Sandi 8, 12 Team PATA B&G Racing Ducati Ducati 1098R 96 Jakub Smrž 1–8 Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 1000 9–13 Supersonic Racing Team Ducati Ducati 1098R 99 Luca Scassa 2–13

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

• All entries used Pirelli tyres.