2012 Supersport World Championship

The 2012 Supersport World Championship was the fourteenth season of the Supersport World Championship—the sixteenth taking into account the two held under the name of Supersport World Series. It began on 26 February at Phillip Island and ended on 7 October in Magny-Cours after 13 rounds.

Kenan Sofuoğlu won his third championship after having returned from Moto2.

Race calendar and results The provisional race schedule was publicly announced by the FIM on 24 September 2011 with thirteen confirmed rounds and two other rounds pending confirmation. Russia appeared for the first time in the calendar with a round at the brand-new Moscow Raceway. The calendar was updated in October 2011 with the confirmation of the Imola round, for a total of thirteen rounds, supporting the Superbike World Championship at every meeting except Miller Motorsports Park.

Round Country Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Report 1 Australia Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 26 February Broc Parkes Fabien Foret Kenan Sofuoğlu Kawasaki DeltaFin Lorenzini Report 2 Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 1 April Sam Lowes Broc Parkes Fabien Foret Kawasaki Intermoto Step Report 3 Netherlands TT Circuit Assen 22 April Sam Lowes Lorenzo Lanzi Lorenzo Lanzi PRORACE Report 4 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 6 May Sam Lowes Sam Lowes Jules Cluzel PTR Honda Report 5 United Kingdom Donington Park 13 May Jules Cluzel Sam Lowes Sam Lowes Bogdanka PTR Honda Report 6 San Marino Misano World Circuit 10 June Sam Lowes Fabien Foret Kenan Sofuoğlu Kawasaki DeltaFin Lorenzini Report 7 Spain Motorland Aragón 1 July Jules Cluzel Sheridan Morais Sam Lowes Bogdanka PTR Honda Report 8 Czech Republic Masaryk Circuit 22 July Kenan Sofuoğlu Broc Parkes Fabien Foret Kawasaki Intermoto Step Report 9 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit 5 August Jules Cluzel Jules Cluzel Jules Cluzel PTR Honda Report 10 Russia Moscow Raceway 26 August Jules Cluzel Jules Cluzel Kenan Sofuoğlu Kawasaki Lorenzini Report 11 Germany Nürburgring 9 September Jules Cluzel Sam Lowes Kenan Sofuoğlu Kawasaki Lorenzini Report 12 Portugal Autódromo Internacional do Algarve 23 September Broc Parkes Jules Cluzel Jules Cluzel PTR Honda Report 13 France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 7 October Broc Parkes Kenan Sofuoğlu Jules Cluzel PTR Honda Report

Championship standings

Riders' standings Pos. Rider Bike AUS ITA NED ITA EUR SMR SPA CZE GBR RUS GER POR FRA Pts 1 Kenan Sofuoğlu Kawasaki 1 DSQ 2 3 2 1 5 2 5 1 1 2 4 231 2 Jules Cluzel Honda 4 Ret 6 1 3 2 Ret 5 1 2 2 1 1 210 3 Sam Lowes Honda 5 2 Ret 2 1 18 1 4 2 12 13 5 2 172 4 Fabien Foret Kawasaki 2 1 Ret 12 10 8 2 1 6 6 3 3 5 171 5 Broc Parkes Honda 3 20 4 Ret 4 5 4 3 3 5 4 4 27 135 6 Sheridan Morais Kawasaki 6 10 15 Ret 6 6 3 7 7 4 Ret 6 14 96 7 Alex Baldolini Triumph 8 11 5 6 12 3 Ret Ret 8 11 5 8 6 96 8 Ronan Quarmby Honda 7 3 Ret Ret 7 Ret 6 6 4 13 9 9 26 84 9 Vittorio Iannuzzo Triumph 9 5 Ret 9 Ret 9 7 9 13 Ret 7 Ret 19 60 10 Andrea Antonelli Honda 16 8 7 8 22 60 Yamaha 10 Ret Ret 9 7 14 13 8 11 Vladimir Leonov Yamaha Ret 6 3 Ret DNS Ret 10 18 3 DSQ 12 17 52 12 Roberto Tamburini Honda Ret 4 9 16 11 4 15 Ret 12 9 Ret Ret 25 50 13 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 15 9 12 10 8 6 15 9 44 14 Jed Metcher Yamaha 11 15 Ret 11 13 7 8 Ret Ret Ret 15 14 10 40 15 Massimo Roccoli Yamaha Ret 9 Ret 7 14 Ret 10 11 15 30 Honda Ret 16 Mathew Scholtz Honda 14 DSQ Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 10 Ret 10 7 28 17 Lorenzo Lanzi Honda 1 25 18 Dan Linfoot Kawasaki Ret 16 Ret 7 3 25 19 Romain Lanusse Kawasaki 19 13 11 Ret 19 Ret 11 11 14 Ret 11 19 28 25 20 Imre Tóth Honda 18 Ret 16 4 Ret 13 Ret 19 17 24 20 20 13 19 21 Stefano Cruciani Kawasaki 5 Ret 8 19 22 Balázs Németh Honda 21 7 Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 17 Ret 20 17 21 12 17 23 Luca Marconi Yamaha 13 14 14 13 20 16 12 15 Ret 15 Ret Ret 16 24 Raffaele De Rosa Honda 10 Ret 11 13 16 15 15 25 Josh Day Kawasaki 12 12 Ret 18 Ret 17 10 Ret Ret Ret DNS 14 26 Florian Marino Kawasaki 13 19 14 12 16 11 14 27 Glen Richards Triumph 5 11 28 Valentin Debise Honda Ret 23 8 Ret Ret 14 Ret 18 18 Ret 10 29 David Linortner Yamaha 21 8 8 30 Twan van Poppel Yamaha 8 8 31 Billy McConnell Triumph 9 7 32 Stuart Voskamp Suzuki 10 6 33 Lukáš Pešek Honda 10 18 6 34 Thomas Caiani Honda 23 DNQ 12 24 25 4 35 P. J. Jacobsen Honda 13 3 36 Fabio Menghi Yamaha 15 Ret Ret 21 24 Ret 14 21 22 17 Ret Ret 21 3 37 Dino Lombardi Yamaha 20 Ret Ret 22 23 14 17 18 20 23 2 Honda 18 Ret DNS 38 Kieran Clarke Honda 14 17 2 39 Luke Mossey Triumph 15 1 40 Martin Jessopp Honda 17 17 Ret 15 16 19 DNS 23 21 19 19 22 18 1 Cristiano Erbacci Yamaha 16 Ret 16 0 Miguel Praia Honda 16 17 22 0 Alexander Lundh Honda 16 0 Roberto Anastasia Honda 20 Ret Ret 16 0 Mirko Giansanti Kawasaki 17 0 Oleg Pozdneev Yamaha DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 22 18 25 DNQ 0 Ilario Dionisi Honda Ret 18 0 Eduard Blokhin Yamaha 21 DNQ 26 26 Ret 19 24 23 Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 Giovanni Altomonte Honda 19 0 Yves Polzer Yamaha 22 19 Ret 25 Ret 21 Ret Ret 28 24 Ret 29 0 Roman Stamm Suzuki 20 0 Stefan Kerschbaumer Yamaha 20 0 Alessandro Andreozzi Honda 20 0 Leon Bovee Yamaha 21 0 Maxime Averkin Kawasaki 21 0 Danilo Marrancone Honda Ret 25 22 24 Ret 0 Federico D'Annunzio Honda 22 0 Andrea Agnelli Kawasaki 22 0 Axel Maurin Kawasaki 25 23 0 Sergey Vlasov Yamaha 23 0 Luca Hansen Honda 23 0 Mitchell Carr Honda 24 0 Robin Mulhauser Yamaha 26 0 Sergei Krapukhin Yamaha 27 0 Paweł Szkopek Honda Ret DNS Ret Ret 0 Adrian Pasek Honda Ret 0 Andrzej Chmielewski Honda Ret 0 Kenny Noyes Suzuki Ret 0 Marek Szkopek Honda Ret 0 Alessandro Torcolacci Honda Ret 0 David Látr Honda Ret 0 Ondřej Ježek Honda Ret 0 Michael van der Mark Honda DNS 0 Pos. Rider Bike AUS ITA NED ITA EUR SMR SPA CZE GBR RUS GER POR FRA Pts Bold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap

Teams' standings Pos. Teams Bike No. AUS ITA NED ITA EUR SMR SPA CZE GBR RUS GER POR FRAPts. 1 Kawasaki DeltaFin Lorenzini Kawasaki Lorenzini54 1 DSQ 2 3 2 1 5 2 5 1 1 2 4 32732 6 10 15 Ret 6 6 3 7 7 4 Ret 6 14 2 PTR Honda16 4 Ret 6 1 3 2 Ret 5 1 2 2 1 1 29434 7 3 Ret Ret 7 Ret 6 6 4 13 9 9 26 3 Bodnaka PTR Honda11 5 2 Ret 2 1 18 1 4 2 12 13 5 2 20520 14 DSQ Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 10 Ret 10 79 1374 14 175 16117 16 2219 Ret DNS Ret Ret91 Ret137 Ret7 Ret 4 Kawasaki Intermoto Step99 2 1 Ret 12 10 8 2 1 6 6 3 3 5 19698 19 13 11 Ret 19 Ret 11 11 14 Ret 11 19 28 5 Power Team by Suriano25 8 11 5 6 12 3 Ret Ret 8 11 5 8 6 15631 9 5 Ret 9 Ret 9 7 9 13 Ret 7 Ret 19 6 Ten Kate Racing Products23 3 20 4 Ret 4 5 4 3 3 5 4 4 27 135 7 Team Lorini22 Ret 4 9 16 11 4 15 Ret 12 9 Ret Ret 25 848 16 8 7 8 2235 11 13 16 1513 18 Ret DNS41 22 8 PRORACE14 15 9 12 10 8 6 15 9 7557 152 10 18157 Ret 18 9 Bike Service – WTR Ten 10 Bike Service R.T8 10 Ret Ret 9 7 14 13 8 5355 Ret 9 Ret 7 14 10 Yakhnich Motorsport65 Ret 6 3 Ret DNS Ret 10 18 3 DSQ 12 17 5255 Ret 11 RivaMoto Junior Team RivaMoto3 11 15 Ret 11 13 7 8 Ret Ret Ret 15 14 10 4073 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 22 18 25 DNQ24 21 DNQ 26 26 Ret 19 24 23 Ret Ret Ret Ret70 26 12 Racing Team Tóth10 18 Ret 16 4 Ret 13 Ret 19 17 24 20 20 13 3638 21 7 Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 17 Ret 20 17 21 12 13 VFT Racing87 13 14 14 13 20 16 12 15 Ret 15 Ret Ret 1961 15 Ret Ret 21 24 Ret 14 21 22 17 Ret Ret 2181 16 14 Team Go Eleven Kawasaki64 12 12 Ret 18 Ret 17 10 Ret Ret Ret DNS 1494 25 23 15 Team Pata by Martini55 10 11 15 1413 20 Ret Ret 22 23 14 17 18 20 23 16 SMS Racing53 Ret 23 8 Ret Ret 14 Ret 18 18 Ret 1015 2369 Ret18 Ret 17 Kuja Racing27 23 DNQ 12 24 25 417 Ret 16125 Ret 25 22 24 Ret55 Ret 18 Riders PTR Honda40 17 17 Ret 15 16 19 DNS 23 21 19 19 22 18 1 Team MRC Austria33 22 19 Ret 25 Ret 21 Ret Ret 28 24 Ret 29 0 Pos. Teams Bike No. AUS ITA NED ITA EUR SMR SPA CZE GBR RUS GER POR FRAPts.

Manufacturers' standings Pos. Manufacturer AUS ITA NED ITA EUR SMR SPA CZE GBR RUS GER POR FRA Pts 1 Honda 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 287 2 Kawasaki 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 1 5 1 1 2 3 273 3 Triumph 8 5 5 6 5 3 7 9 8 11 5 8 6 125 4 Yamaha 11 6 3 7 13 7 8 10 9 3 8 11 8 110 5 Suzuki 10 Ret 20 6 Pos. Manufacturer AUS ITA NED ITA EUR SMR SPA CZE GBR RUS GER POR FRA Pts

Entry list A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 18 January 2012.

2012 entry listTeamConstructorMotorcycleRiderRounds Benjan Racing Honda Honda CBR600RR 36 Mitchell Carr 13 Bogdanka Honda PTR 5 Alexander Lundh 9 7 Adrian Pasek 12 9 P. J. Jacobsen 3 19 Paweł Szkopek 1–2, 7–8 74 Kieran Clarke 4–5 91 Marek Szkopek 6 117 Miguel Praia 11, 13 137 Andrzej Chmielewski 10 Bogdanka PTR Honda 11 Sam Lowes All 20 Mathew Scholtz All Kuja Racing 17 Roberto Anastasia 4–5 17 Roberto Anastasia 6–7 27 Thomas Caiani 1–5 44 Alessandro Torcolacci 6 55 Massimo Roccoli 8 88 Giovanni Altomonte 4 125 Danilo Marrancone 9–13 PRORACE 14 Gábor Talmácsi 6–13 52 Lukáš Pešek 1–2 57 Lorenzo Lanzi 3 157 Ilario Dionisi 4–5 PTR Honda 16 Jules Cluzel All 34 Ronan Quarmby All Racing Team Tóth 10 Imre Tóth All 38 Balázs Németh All Riders PTR Honda 40 Martin Jessopp All SMS Racing 15 Luca Hansen 11 18 David Látr 2 53 Valentin Debise 3–10, 12–13 69 Ondřej Ježek 1 Team Lorini 8 Andrea Antonelli 1–5 13 Dino Lombardi 11–13 22 Roberto Tamburini All 35 Raffaele De Rosa 4–5 35 Raffaele De Rosa 6–9 41 Federico D'Annunzio 10 Ten Kate Racing Products 23 Broc Parkes All 60 Michael van der Mark 10 117 Miguel Praia 12 HELL Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 79 Maxim Averkin 10 Kawasaki DeltaFin LorenziniKawasaki Lorenzini 32 Sheridan Morais All 54 Kenan Sofuoğlu All Kawasaki Intermoto Step 98 Romain Lanusse All 99 Fabien Foret All MSD R-N Racing Team India 4 Dan Linfoot 9–13 93 Florian Marino 8–13 Puccetti Racing Kawasaki Italia 6 Mirko Giansanti 4 12 Stefano Cruciani 4, 6, 8 66 Andrea Agnelli 8 Team Go Eleven Kawasaki 64 Josh Day 1–11 94 Axel Maurin 12–13 Konvi Racing Team Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R600 77 Stuart Voskamp 3 Team Suzuki Mayer 76 Roman Stamm 13 WKbikes Hampshire Motorcycles 49 Kenny Noyes 9 Power Team by Suriano Triumph Triumph Daytona 675 25 Alex Baldolini All 31 Vittorio Iannuzzo All Smiths Gloucester 30 Billy McConnell 5 45 Glen Richards 5 112 Luke Mossey 5 Bike Service – WTR TEN 10Bike Service R.T. Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 8 Andrea Antonelli 6–13 21 Alessandro Andreozzi 6 55 Massimo Roccoli 1–5 81 Cristiano Erbacci 2, 4 DMC Racing 50 Sergei Krapukhin 10 DTC Racing Team 2 Leon Bovee 11 Gerin-Skm Racing Team 37 David Linortner 5, 11 Kerschbaumer Team 89 Stefan Kerschbaumer 8 RivaMoto Junior TeamRivaMoto 3 Jed Metcher All 24 Eduard Blokhin 2–13 70 Robin Mulhauser 10 73 Oleg Pozdneev 2–9 Team MRC Austria 33 Yves Polzer 1–8, 10–13 Team PATA by Martini 13 Dino Lombardi 1–10 55 Massimo Roccoli 11–13 TRG Motorsport 26 Twan van Poppel 3 VFT Racing 61 Fabio Menghi All 81 Cristiano Erbacci 13 87 Luca Marconi 1–12 Yakhnich Motorsport 55 Massimo Roccoli 6 65 Vladimir Leonov 1–5, 7–13 78 Sergey Vlasov 12Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider All entries used Pirelli tyres.

References

External links Official website