2001 Supersport World Championship

2001 Supersport World Championship
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Superbike World Championship
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The 2001 Supersport World Championship was the fifth season of the Supersport World Championship. The season was held over 11 races following the Superbike World Championship calendar except two races at Kyalami and Laguna Seca. Beginning on 11 March at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Spain, and finished on 30 September at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Italy.

Andrew Pitt won the title after beating closest rival Paolo Casoli.[1]

Race calendar and results

Round Date Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Race winner Winning team Winning constructor
1 11 March Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo Fabien Foret Pere Riba Pere Riba Ten Kate Honda Honda
2 22 April Australia Phillip Island Circuit Paolo Casoli Iain MacPherson Kevin Curtain BKM Honda Honda
3 29 April Japan Sportsland Sugo Paolo Casoli James Whitham Paolo Casoli Yamaha Belgarda Yamaha
4 13 May Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza Vittoriano Guareschi Andrew Pitt James Whitham Yamaha Belgarda Yamaha
5 27 May Great Britain Donington Park Vittoriano Guareschi Paolo Casoli Paolo Casoli Yamaha Belgarda Yamaha
6 10 June Germany Lausitzring Fabien Foret Fabien Foret Kevin Curtain BKM Honda Honda
7 24 June San Marino Autodromo Di Santa Monica Iain MacPherson Iain MacPherson Jörg Teuchert Wilbers Suspension Yamaha
8 29 July Europe Brands Hatch James Whitham Karl Muggeridge Jörg Teuchert Wilbers Suspension Yamaha
9 2 September Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Fabien Foret James Whitham Fabien Foret Ten Kate Honda Honda
10 9 September Netherlands TT Circuit Assen Katsuaki Fujiwara Kevin Curtain Paolo Casoli Yamaha Belgarda Yamaha
11 30 September Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari Karl Muggeridge Fabien Foret Fabien Foret Ten Kate Honda Honda

Entry list

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds
Deutsche Shell AG
Shell Advance Racing 		Ducati Ducati 748 49 Rico Penzkofer 6, 9
DFX Ducati 44 Antonio Carlacci 1–4, 8–11
52 David Muscat 6
56 Roberto Antonello 7
Dienza Ducati Racing 22 Vittoriano Guareschi All
23 Dean Thomas All
Ducati NCR 25 Markus Barth 11
36 Ivan Mengozzi 1
53 Camillo Mariottini 6–7
63 Brad Anassis 2
Toshiyuki Hamaguchi 3–4
Foundation 39 Takashi Toda 3
Lucky Ducati 18 Cristiano Migliorati 1
86 Matteo Campana 1
Alpha Technick Castrol Honda Honda CBR600RR 24 Adam Fergusson 2–11
25 Markus Barth 1–7
32 Alex Gobert 1
68 Steve Plater 8–11
BKM Honda 11 Kevin Curtain All
18 Cristiano Migliorati 4–11
26 Ivan Goi 1–3
Castrol Honda 21 Chris Vermeulen All
Moto 1 Honda Elf Dho 28 Sébastien Le Grelle 1–8
40 Shannon Johnson 4–11
59 Kyro Verstraeten 9–11
Ten Kate Honda 7 Pere Riba All
99 Fabien Foret All
Van der Velde-Kobute 75 Wim Theunissen 10
Kawasaki Racing
Fuchs Kawasaki 		Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 6 Iain MacPherson All
8 Andrew Pitt All
2000 Racing Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R600 43 Gianfranco Guareschi 4
Crescent Suzuki 49 Karl Harris 5, 8
DMR Suzuki Italia 9 Fabrizio Pirovano All
31 Vittorio Iannuzzo All
Karthin Altzschner S 50 Stefan Nebel 6
Scott Smart Racing 88 Scott Smart 5
Steinhausen Racing 51 Jürgen Oelschläger 6
Suzuki Alstare Corona 5 Karl Muggeridge All
37 Katsuaki Fujiwara All
Yoshimura Suzuki GP1 38 Osamu Deguchi 3
Belart Motorsport Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 29 Eduard Ullastres 1
Folch Endurance 30 Alex Hervas 1
GimMotor Sport 17 Ivan Clementi All
19 Augustin Escobar 1–5, 7
54 Alessandro Polita 6
54 Alessandro Polita 7
55 Nello Russo 9–10
67 Franco Brugnara 8, 11
Italia Alpha Centaur 42 Alessio Corradi 4, 7
Lightspeed/Ducci Pro 57 Arnaud Van Den Bossche 7–8
71 Davide Bulega 3–8, 11
72 Dennis Hobbs 5
73 Alessandro Pizzagalli 3–4
Parimotor 53 Camillo Mariottini 11
55 Nello Russo 7
RadarsTeam Yamaha 33 Robbie Baird 2
34 Jamie Stauffer 2
Saveko Dee Cee Jeans 14 Christophe Cogan 1–10
65 Jan Hanson All
77 Rob Frost 11
T.Italia Lorenzini 12 Piergiorgio Bontempi All
35 Stefano Cruciani All
V&M Yamaha 45 Matt Llewellyn 5, 8
Wilbers Suspension 1 Jörg Teuchert All
4 Christian Kellner All
Yamaha Belgarda 2 Paolo Casoli All
69 James Whitham All
Yamaha Belgium 15 Werner Daemen All
16 Christer Lindholm All
Yamaha d'Antin 19 Augustin Escobar 8, 10–11
79 Oriol Fernandez 11
Yamaha Laaks Racing 58 Michael Schulten 9
Yamaha Motors Nederland 74 Harry Van Beek 10
Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

Championship' standings

Riders' standings

Pos Rider Bike VAL
 PHI
 SUG
 MNZ
 DON
 LAU
 MIS
 BRA
 OSC
 ASS
 IMO
 Pts
1 Andrew Pitt Kawasaki 11 3 3 4F 10 3 8 2 3 2 4 149
2 Paolo Casoli Yamaha 12 7P 1P 2 1F 15 3 7 4 1 Ret 147
3 Jörg Teuchert Yamaha Ret 8 2 6 3 7 1 1 Ret 4 7 135
4 James Whitham Yamaha Ret Ret RetF 1 4 Ret 7 3P 5F 3 3 106
5 Kevin Curtain Honda 5 1 6 14 8 1 Ret 11 12 6F 14 102
6 Pere Riba Honda 1F 5 4 Ret 12 Ret Ret 6 2 Ret 5 94
7 Karl Muggeridge Suzuki 6 Ret 5 3 2 Ret 9 RetF 8 Ret 2P 92
8 Fabien Foret Honda 15P 19 8 Ret 11 RetPF 4 9 1P 10 1F 90
9 Iain MacPherson Kawasaki 20 RetF 10 5 14 6 2PF Ret Ret 8 6 67
10 Fabrizio Pirovano Suzuki 9 Ret 7 8 9 Ret Ret 5 7 5 11 67
11 Piergiorgio Bontempi Yamaha 2 14 Ret 9 6 Ret 10 Ret 14 12 9 58
12 Katsuaki Fujiwara Suzuki 4 Ret Ret 13 5 Ret 6 4 Ret RetP 8 58
13 Christophe Cogan Yamaha 7 10 13 12 13 5 12 Ret 9 9 54
14 Christian Kellner Yamaha 3 16 9 Ret Ret 9 Ret 10 6 11 17 51
15 Adam Fergusson Honda 2 Ret 19 20 2 Ret 15 10 14 16 49
16 Vittoriano Guareschi Ducati 8 4 Ret 7P RetP 4 Ret Ret Ret 20 Ret 43
17 Chris Vermeulen Honda Ret Ret 14 NC Ret 8 5 16 Ret 16 10 27
18 Vittorio Iannuzzo Suzuki 19 15 12 16 18 Ret Ret 14 Ret 7 12 20
19 Werner Daemen Yamaha 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 15 13 Ret 13 Ret 19
20 Cristiano Migliorati Ducati 17 18
Honda 11 16 11 Ret 12 Ret 15 13
21 Karl Harris Suzuki 7 8 17
22 Dean Thomas Ducati Ret 6 Ret Ret 17 Ret 17 17 11 17 Ret 15
23 Christer Lindholm Yamaha 13 11 17 18 Ret 12 18 24 Ret 18 18 12
24 Alessio Corradi Yamaha 10 13 9
25 Ivan Goi Honda 23 9 20 7
26 Jan Hanson Yamaha 14 Ret 11 DNS 25 Ret 19 21 16 19 Ret 7
27 Nello Russo Yamaha 11 19 23 5
28 Markus Barth Honda 16 13 Ret Ret 23 14 Ret 5
Ducati Ret
29 Robbie Baird Yamaha 12 4
30 Jürgen Oelschläger Suzuki 13 3
31 Michael Schulten Yamaha 13 3
32 Camillo Mariottini Ducati 17 14 2
Yamaha Ret
33 Sébastien Le Grelle Honda 24 17 15 15 22 16 Ret 23 2
34 Scott Smart Suzuki 15 1
35 Rob Frost Yamaha 15 1
36 Stefano Cruciani Yamaha 22 21 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 18 15 Ret Ret 1
Osamu Deguchi Suzuki 16 0
Shannon Johnson Honda 22 24 Ret 16 19 17 21 19 0
Ivan Clementi Yamaha 21 18 18 17 21 Ret Ret 20 DNS 22 20 0
Rico Penzkofer Ducati 18 18 0
Augustin Escobar Yamaha 18 22 19 23 Ret Ret 26 Ret Ret 0
Alessandro Polita Yamaha 19 22 0
Matt Llewellyn Yamaha 19 Ret 0
Brad Anassis Ducati 20 0
Toshiyuki Hamaguchi Ducati Ret 20 0
Kyro Verstraten Honda 20 Ret DNS 0
Davide Bulega Yamaha 21 Ret Ret Ret 20 25 Ret 0
Roberto Antonello Ducati 21 0
Franco Brugnara Yamaha 22 21 0
Alessandro Pizzagalli Yamaha Ret 21 0
Steve Plater Honda Ret Ret Ret 22 0
Jamie Stauffer Yamaha 23 0
Wim Theunissen Honda 24 0
Alex Gobert Honda 25 0
Antonio Carlacci Ducati Ret Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret 25 Ret 0
Alex Hervas Yamaha Ret 0
Eduard Ullastres Yamaha Ret 0
Takashi Toda Ducati Ret 0
Gianfranco Guareschi Suzuki Ret 0
David Muscat Ducati Ret 0
Arnaud Van den Bossche Yamaha Ret DNS 0
Harry Van Beek Yamaha Ret 0
Oriol Fernandez Yamaha Ret 0
Ivan Mengozzi Ducati DNS
Matteo Campana Ducati DNS
Stefan Nebel Suzuki DNQ
Dennis Hobbs Yamaha WD
Pos Rider Bike VAL
 PHI
 SUG
 MNZ
 DON
 LAU
 MIS
 BRA
 OSC
 ASS
 IMO
 Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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)

P – Pole position
F – Fastest lap
Source:[2]

References

  1. ^ Kennedy, Alan (2 October 2001). "One for the road as happy Hakkinen claims the champers". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 39. Retrieved 29 January 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "2001 Supersport World Championship standings" (PDF). resources.worldsbk.com. 30 September 2001. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
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