2003 Superbike World Championship

2003 Superbike World Championship
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The 2003 Superbike World Championship was the sixteenth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 2 March at Valencia and finished on 19 October at Magny-Cours after 12 rounds.

Rule changes for 2003 allowed 1000cc machines (either twins, triples or four-cylinder) to race. The rule changes in MotoGP which allowed 4-stroke engines starting from 2002 meant that the Japanese manufacturers had focused their resources there; as a result the Superbike World Championship was left with limited factory involvement,[1] with Ducati, Suzuki and the new-for-2003 Carl Fogarty's Foggy Petronas as the only factory teams. As a result of most of the field being formed of Ducati motorcycles, the championship was given the derogatory label of the "Ducati Cup" in some quarters.[2]

The factory Ducati Team entered the only two Ducati 999s in the field, taking 20 wins from 24 races in a season where all races were won by Ducati. Neil Hodgson won the riders' championship and Ducati won the manufacturers' championship.

Entry list

2003 Entry List [3]
Team Constructor Motorcycle Tyre No. Rider Rounds
RTZ powered by ROTAX Aprilia Aprilia RSV 1000 P 70 Christian Zaiser 7
Caracchi NCR Nortel Net. Ducati Ducati 996RS D 50 Marco Masetti 4
Firepower Ducati 89 Dean Ellison 9
Gi.Bi. Team P 82 Lorenzo Mauri 4
Lucido Corse D 113 Paolo Blora 4, 7
Team Foundation D 79 Noriyasu Numata 3
HM Plant Ducati Ducati 998F02 D 9 Chris Walker All
52 James Toseland All
Monstermob Ducati D 67 Shane Byrne 9
Renegade Ducati D 60 Michael Rutter 6, 9
62 Sean Emmett 6
Caracchi NCR Nortel Net. Ducati 998RS D 38 Giancarlo De Matteis 9
48 David García 1–3, 5–8, 10–12
55 Régis Laconi All
D.F.X. Racing Team P 20 Marco Borciani All
33 Juan Borja All
99 Steve Martin All
Ducati Austin D 15 Giovanni Bussei 8
ETI Racing D 62 Sean Emmett 9
JM SBK Team D 23 Jiří Mrkývka 4–5, 7–12
Renegade Ducati D 40 Nick Medd 9
90 Leon Haslam 9–10, 12
Team Pedercini D 19 Lucio Pedercini All
26 Luca Pedersoli 8–11
28 Serafino Foti 1, 4–7
35 Nello Russo 1–2, 5–7
82 Lorenzo Mauri 11
Team Pro.Con. D 29 Giuseppe Zannini 7, 11
Team PSG-1 D 7 Pierfrancesco Chili All
Ducati Fila Ducati 999F03 M 11 Rubén Xaus All
100 Neil Hodgson All
Michelin Honda Honda Honda CBR954RR M 75 Alistair Maxwell 2
Blue Helmet MSC Honda VTR 1000SP2 D 74 Kenichiro Nakamura 3
White Endurance D 68 Bertrand Stey 12
91 Walter Tortoroglio 1–11
Team HRC Honda VTR 1000SPW M 77 Hitoyasu Izutsu 3
Greven Mc Delar Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-7RR P 45 Jan Greven 10
Kawasaki Bertocchi D 5 Ivan Clementi All
6 Mauro Sanchini All
Kawasaki Road Racing D 32 Eric Bostrom 8
Alstare Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 D 10 Gregorio Lavilla All
31 Vittorio Iannuzzo 4–7, 10
Bertus Folkertsma Racing P 43 Bertus Folkertsma 10
Boselli Racing D 96 Luca Pini 7, 11
Elf Yoshimura Shafer Motorsport P 44 Stefan Nebel 10
Kruisinga Motoren Racing P 42 Paul Mooijman 10
MIR Racing D 16 Sergio Fuertes 1, 4–7, 9–12
Motorcycle Weaponry D 73 Steven Cutting 2
Racing Team R.Menzen 41 Robert Menzen 10
Racing Team Zaiser P 70 Christian Zaiser 12
Rizla Suzuki D 61 John Reynolds 6, 9–10
64 Yukio Kagayama 6, 9
Scuderia HF D 57 Simone Conti 11
SERT D 93 Sébastien Gimbert 12
Suzuki Yoshimura D 66 Mat Mladin 8
120 Aaron Yates 8
Team Suzuki D 76 Atsushi Watanabe 3
Warren & Brown Lightpaths D 78 Jay Normoyle 2
Foggy PETRONAS Racing Petronas Petronas FP1 M 4 Troy Corser All
8 James Haydon 1–5, 8–12
82 Lorenzo Mauri 7
Acumoto Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 D 71 Martin Benito Isaac 1
Komatsu Sundby Racing P 36 Sundby Dag Steinar 5
Nuvolari 391 D 39 Alessandro Gramigni 4, 7, 9–12
Remus Racing Austria P 22 Horst Saiger 10–12
69 Karl Truchsess 10
Team X-Racing D 95 Redamo Assirelli 7
UnionBike GIMotorsport D 15 Giovanni Bussei 1–7
39 Alessandro Gramigni 1
51 Davide Messori 2
95 Redamo Assirelli 9
P 92 Frédéric Protat 12
98 Gianmaria Liverani 10–11
Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider
D Dunlop
M Michelin
P Pirelli

Race calendar and results

Round Circuit Date Superpole Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Report
1 R1 Valencia 2 March Neil Hodgson Neil Hodgson Neil Hodgson Fila Ducati Report
R2 Neil Hodgson Neil Hodgson Fila Ducati
2 R1 Phillip Island 30 March Neil Hodgson Neil Hodgson Neil Hodgson Fila Ducati Report
R2 Rubén Xaus Neil Hodgson Fila Ducati
3 R1 Sugo 27 April Régis Laconi Neil Hodgson Neil Hodgson Fila Ducati Report
R2 Pierfrancesco Chili Neil Hodgson Fila Ducati
4 R1 Monza 18 May Neil Hodgson Neil Hodgson Neil Hodgson Fila Ducati Report
R2 Régis Laconi Neil Hodgson Fila Ducati
5 R1 Oschersleben 1 June Neil Hodgson Pierfrancesco Chili Neil Hodgson Fila Ducati Report
R2 Neil Hodgson James Toseland HM Plant Ducati
6 R1 Silverstone 15 June Neil Hodgson Gregorio Lavilla Neil Hodgson Fila Ducati Report
R2 Gregorio Lavilla Neil Hodgson Fila Ducati
7 R1 Misano 22 June Neil Hodgson Rubén Xaus Rubén Xaus Fila Ducati Report
R2 Rubén Xaus Rubén Xaus Fila Ducati
8 R1 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca 13 July Mat Mladin Régis Laconi Pierfrancesco Chili Team PSG-1 Report
R2 Rubén Xaus Rubén Xaus Fila Ducati
9 R1 Brands Hatch 27 July John Reynolds Shane Byrne Shane Byrne Monstermob Ducati Report
R2 John Reynolds Shane Byrne Monstermob Ducati
10 R1 Assen 7 September Pierfrancesco Chili Gregorio Lavilla Rubén Xaus Fila Ducati Report
R2 Neil Hodgson Neil Hodgson Fila Ducati
11 R1 Imola 28 September Rubén Xaus Neil Hodgson Rubén Xaus Fila Ducati Report
R2 Rubén Xaus Rubén Xaus Fila Ducati
12 R1 Magny-Cours 19 October James Toseland Neil Hodgson Neil Hodgson Fila Ducati Report
R2 Neil Hodgson Rubén Xaus Fila Ducati

Championship standings

Riders' standings

2003 final riders' standings[4]
Pos. Rider Bike ESP
 AUS
 JPN
 ITA
 GER
 GBR
 SMR
 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 R1 R2
1 Neil Hodgson Ducati 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 Ret 2 2 2 2 5 2 1 2 4 1 Ret 489
2 Rubén Xaus Ducati 2 2 2 2 4 4 7 Ret Ret 5 3 3 1 1 Ret 1 Ret 4 1 2 1 1 2 1 386
3 James Toseland Ducati 4 3 DSQ 5 3 5 4 5 3 1 2 4 2 Ret 3 Ret 6 3 4 Ret Ret Ret 5 2 271
4 Régis Laconi Ducati 5 Ret 6 4 2 7 2 4 4 4 4 6 3 4 Ret 4 4 8 Ret 4 3 2 6 16 267
5 Gregorio Lavilla Suzuki 7 6 3 7 5 2 3 2 Ret Ret Ret 2 4 5 Ret 5 7 6 Ret 3 4 3 4 4 256
6 Chris Walker Ducati 3 4 7 6 Ret Ret 6 6 5 3 9 8 5 8 5 3 3 Ret 5 8 Ret 5 3 3 234
7 Pierfrancesco Chili Ducati Ret Ret Ret 3 Ret 3 5 3 2 11 7 7 Ret 3 1 Ret 9 7 3 5 5 Ret Ret Ret 197
8 Steve Martin Ducati 6 5 4 9 15 Ret 9 7 6 6 Ret Ret 6 9 Ret Ret 14 Ret 9 11 6 Ret 7 5 139
9 Lucio Pedercini Ducati 8 9 10 14 7 Ret 10 10 9 10 11 11 8 6 Ret 10 Ret 16 12 14 Ret 6 Ret 11 112
10 Marco Borciani Ducati 9 10 9 10 13 13 8 8 7 9 10 13 11 14 10 9 Ret 14 Ret 13 10 11 Ret 14 111
11 Mauro Sanchini Kawasaki Ret 13 13 12 11 10 14 12 11 12 13 14 9 11 9 8 15 15 10 12 8 8 10 10 108
12 Troy Corser Petronas Ret 7 5 8 Ret 12 13 Ret 12 14 16 Ret 7 10 8 Ret Ret Ret 6 9 7 7 8 Ret 107
13 Juan Borja Ducati 14 8 12 15 10 9 DNS DNS Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret 12 11 7 12 Ret Ret 16 11 9 9 7 87
14 Ivan Clementi Kawasaki 11 14 11 11 Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 13 14 16 10 13 Ret Ret 13 13 8 7 9 Ret Ret 9 76
15 Giovanni Bussei Yamaha Ret 11 14 Ret 12 11 Ret 13 10 Ret 12 12 16 16 52
Ducati 7 6
16 Shane Byrne Ducati 1 1 50
17 John Reynolds Suzuki 6 10 Ret 2 Ret 10 42
18 Vittorio Iannuzzo Suzuki 12 9 8 8 Ret 15 Ret 7 DNS DNS 37
19 Alessandro Gramigni Yamaha Ret DNS 11 11 12 15 16 11 11 15 13 12 Ret 12 37
20 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki 5 5 10 9 35
21 Leon Haslam Ducati Ret 10 7 6 Ret 6 35
22 David García Ducati 10 12 8 Ret DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS Ret Ret DNS DNS 12 10 Ret Ret 28
23 Michael Rutter Ducati 8 9 8 Ret 23
24 Hitoyasu Izutsu Honda 6 6 20
25 Mat Mladin Suzuki 4 DNS 13
26 James Haydon Petronas 12 Ret 15 16 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 17 Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret Ret Ret 12
27 Sergio Fuertes Suzuki 15 Ret 16 Ret 17 17 15 16 Ret 17 Ret Ret 14 13 11 Ret 12
28 Sean Emmett Ducati 5 Ret 11
29 Nello Russo Ducati 13 15 16 13 13 Ret 15 18 Ret Ret 11
30 Aaron Yates Suzuki 6 Ret 10
31 Dean Ellison Ducati 11 12 9
32 Sébastien Gimbert Suzuki Ret 8 8
33 Atsushi Watanabe Suzuki 8 Ret 8
34 Serafino Foti Ducati Ret Ret 15 14 14 15 Ret Ret 14 Ret 8
35 Walter Tortoroglio Honda Ret 16 Ret 17 Ret 15 Ret 15 Ret 18 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS 18 16 6
36 Bertrand Stey Honda 13 13 6
37 Horst Saiger Yamaha 13 Ret 17 14 15 17 6
38 Christian Zaiser Aprilia Ret DNS 4
Suzuki 12 Ret
39 Kenichiro Nakamura Honda 14 14 4
40 Luca Pedersoli Ducati 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret 3
41 Paolo Blora Ducati 13 17 3
42 Frédéric Protat Yamaha 14 15 3
43 Gianmaria Liverani Yamaha 14 19 20 Ret 2
44 Luca Pini Suzuki 17 19 15 15 2
45 Jiří Mrkývka Ducati DNQ DNQ 15 17 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret DNQ DNQ 2
Pos. Rider Bike ESP
 AUS
 JPN
 ITA
 GER
 GBR
 SMR
 USA
 GBR
 NED
 ITA
 FRA
 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)

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' standings

2003 final manufacturers' standings[5]
Pos. Manufacturer ESP
 AUS
 JPN
 ITA
 GER
 GBR
 SMR
 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 R1 R2
1 Ducati 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 600
2 Suzuki 7 6 3 7 5 2 3 2 8 8 5 2 4 5 4 5 7 2 16 3 4 3 4 4 306
3 Kawasaki 11 13 11 11 11 8 14 12 11 12 13 14 9 11 9 8 13 13 8 7 8 8 10 9 130
4 Petronas 12 7 5 8 9 12 13 Ret 12 14 16 Ret 7 10 8 Ret 17 Ret 6 9 7 7 8 Ret 118
5 Yamaha 16 11 14 Ret 12 11 11 11 10 19 12 12 12 15 16 11 11 15 13 12 14 12 69
6 Honda Ret 16 19 20 6 6 Ret 15 Ret 18 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS 18 16 13 13 31
Aprilia Ret DNS 0
Pos. Manufacturer ESP
 AUS
 JPN
 ITA
 GER
 GBR
 SMR
 USA
 GBR
 NED
 ITA
 FRA
 Pts

References

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  2. ^ "History of the World Superbike Championship - Devitt". Devitt Insurance. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Motorcycle Racing Online - World Superbike entry list for 2003".
  4. ^ "Magny Cours 17–18–19 October, 2003 – Superbike – Championship Standing & Ranking Progression". sbk.perugiatiming.com. Perugia Timing. 19 October 2003. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Magny Cours 17–18–19 October, 2003 – Superbike – Manufacturers Standings & Ranking Progression". sbk.perugiatiming.com. Perugia Timing. 19 October 2003. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
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