The 2022 Superbike World Championship was the 35th season of the Superbike World Championship. The championship was won by Álvaro Bautista, who became World Champion in 2022 after finishing 2nd in Race 2 at the Mandalika round. There are 24 riders who compete in this event for the Mandalika race. Ducati won its 18th manufacturer title. Race calendar and results
The provisional 2022 season calendar was announced on 25 November 2021. On 30 July 2022, Ducati achieved the 1000th podium in Superbike World Championship. 2022 Superbike World Championship Calendar Round Circuit Date Superpole Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Winning constructor Ref 1 R1 Aragón MotorLand Aragón 9 April Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki SR 10 April Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati R2 Alex Lowes Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati 2 R1 Dutch TT Circuit Assen 23 April Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki SR 24 April Álvaro Bautista Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki R2 Jonathan Rea Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati 3 R1 Estoril Circuito do Estoril 21 May Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati SR 22 May Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki R2 Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki 4 R1 Emilia-Romagna Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli 11 June Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati SR 12 June Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK Yamaha R2 Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati 5 R1 UK Donington Park 16 July Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK Yamaha SR 17 July Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK Yamaha R2 Álvaro Bautista Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK Yamaha 6 R1 Czech Autodrom Most 30 July Jonathan Rea Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati SR 31 July Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK Yamaha R2 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK Yamaha 7 R1 French Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 10 September Jonathan Rea Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati SR 11 September Álvaro Bautista Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK Yamaha R2 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK Yamaha 8 R1 Catalunya Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 24 September Iker Lecuona Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati SR 25 September Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati R2 Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati 9 R1 Portuguese Algarve International Circuit 8 October Jonathan Rea Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK Yamaha SR 9 October Jonathan Rea Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK Yamaha R2 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati 10 R1 Argentinean Circuito San Juan Villicum 22 October Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati SR 23 October Jonathan Rea Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK Yamaha R2 Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati 11 R1 Indonesian Pertamina Mandalika International Street Circuit 12 November Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK Yamaha SR 13 November Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK Yamaha R2 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK Yamaha 12 R1 Australian Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 19 November Álvaro Bautista Alex Lowes Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki SR 20 November Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati R2 Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati
Entry list 2022 entry listTeamConstructorMotorcycleRiderRounds Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK Yamaha YZF-R1 1 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu All 55 Andrea Locatelli All Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF-R1 2 Roberto Tamburini 1–2, 4–9 17 Marvin Fritz 3 GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF-R1 3 Kohta Nozane All 31 Garrett Gerloff All Team GoEleven Ducati Panigale V4 R 5 Philipp Öttl All 12 Xavi Forés 3 Roháč & Fejta Motoracing BMW M1000RR 6 Michal Prášek 6 Team HRC Honda CBR1000RR-R 7 Iker Lecuona 1–11 49 Tetsuta Nagashima 12 97 Xavi Vierge All FHO Racing BMW M1000RR 10 Peter Hickman 5 BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW M1000RR 10 Peter Hickman 6 37 Ilya Mykhalchyk 1, 4–5 45 Scott Redding All 60 Michael van der Mark 2–3, 7–12 TPR Team Pedercini Racing Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 11 Kyle Smith 11–12 25 Alessandro Delbianco 4 32 Isaac Viñales 3 39 Marco Solorza 10 77 Ryan Vickers 6 84 Loris Cresson 1 91 Leon Haslam 2, 5, 9 99 Óscar Gutiérrez 7–8 Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4 R 12 Xavi Forés 10–12 29 Luca Bernardi 1–9 Bmax Racing BMW M1000RR 16 Gabriele Ruiu 1–2, 4 IXS – Yart – Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 17 Marvin Fritz 9 Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati Panigale V4 R 19 Álvaro Bautista All 21 Michael Ruben Rinaldi All Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 22 Alex Lowes All 65 Jonathan Rea All Gil Motor Sport–Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 23 Christophe Ponsson 1–9 MIE Racing Honda Team Honda CBR1000RR-R 27 Maximilian Scheib 10 35 Hafizh Syahrin 1–9, 11–12 36 Leandro Mercado All Attack Performance Yamaha Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 33 Jake Gagne 9 Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 44 Lucas Mahias 1–3, 5–12 53 Tito Rabat 4 Motocorsa Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R 47 Axel Bassani All Bonovo Action BMW BMW M1000RR 50 Eugene Laverty All 76 Loris Baz All Orelac Racing VerdNatura Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 52 Oliver König All McAMS Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 95 Tarran Mackenzie 5 Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider
Rider changes Team HRC signed rookies Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge, replacing veteran riders Álvaro Bautista and Leon Haslam. Supersport rider Luca Bernardi was signed by Barni Racing. Scott Redding switched from Ducati to BMW, replaced by Álvaro Bautista. Bonovo Racing signed Eugene Laverty and Loris Baz, replacing Jonas Folger. Team GoEleven announced the signing of Philipp Öttl, who moved from the Supersport World Championship. Hafizh Syahrin switched from Moto2 to WorldSBK with MIE Honda Racing. Tarran Mackenzie (2021 British Superbike champion) was expecting to participate in three wildcard events at Assen, Donington Park, and a third circuit to be confirmed,BSB: Tarran Mackenzie undergoes successful ankle surgery after training incident Motorcycle News, 24 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022 riding a factory Yamaha instead of his usual McAMS British-specification superbike. Mackenzie was injured in BSB pre-season testing and did not participate in the first wildcard entry at Assen.British Superbike champion Mackenzie's WSBK debut thwarted by injury motorsport.com, 13 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022 Peter Hickman was announced as a wild card for the Donington Park event, riding his usual British Superbike BMW M1000RR, with suitable alterations including a World Superbike specification CPU.WSB: Peter Hickman set for Donington wildcard with FHO Racing BMW Motorcycle News, 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022
Championship standings Points were awarded as follows: Race 1 and Race 2 Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Superpole Race Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Points 12 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Riders' championship Pos. Rider Bike ARA ASS EST MIS DON MOS MAG BAR POR VIL MAN PHI Pts. R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 1 Álvaro Bautista Ducati 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 Ret 4 2 1 3 2 1 2 Ret 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 4 2 5 1 1 601 2 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Yamaha 3 3 3 3 2 Ret 2 2 3 Ret 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 11 1 1 5 4 3 1 1 2 15 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 4 529 3 Jonathan Rea Kawasaki 1 2 2 1 1 Ret 3 1 1 2 3 4 2 2 3 4 2 3 24 3 5 2 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 1 3 2 502 4 Ducati 4 4 4 Ret 8 7 9 8 8 3 10 3 6 6 4 7 4 Ret 6 7 2 4 5 2 7 5 4 5 4 5 5 8 10 11 22 7 293 5 Andrea Locatelli Yamaha 5 5 19 4 4 2 4 5 5 6 6 6 10 8 8 6 6 6 7 10 7 9 21 16 6 7 6 8 10 8 4 3 4 4 5 5 274 6 Alex Lowes Kawasaki Ret 6 5 Ret Ret 4 7 6 4 5 8 8 3 5 6 9 Ret DNS 4 4 4 7 3 Ret 5 4 5 6 5 4 9 7 9 3 4 3 272 7 Axel Bassani Ducati 16 7 6 10 9 6 12 10 7 4 7 7 5 12 7 5 5 5 3 6 3 8 16 5 4 6 Ret 3 7 20 8 5 5 7 13 11 244 8 Scott Redding BMW 15 12 Ret 9 11 5 8 7 11 10 11 9 4 3 5 3 8 4 2 5 6 Ret 8 Ret 18 13 7 7 14 9 12 6 6 16 6 6 204 9 Iker Lecuona Honda 6 8 10 5 5 3 6 4 6 9 5 5 8 7 10 8 7 Ret 9 11 10 6 Ret 8 11 12 22 4 6 7 DNS DNS DNS 189 10 Xavi Vierge Honda 7 9 8 11 12 9 5 Ret 9 7 4 Ret 13 15 13 15 10 7 13 Ret Ret 12 7 6 8 10 8 9 8 6 6 9 7 8 8 Ret 164 11 Garrett Gerloff Yamaha 9 10 9 8 7 Ret DNS DNS DNS 8 9 Ret 7 10 11 10 9 18 5 8 8 3 10 Ret 10 Ret 9 13 13 12 7 13 8 6 7 Ret 142 12 Loris Baz BMW 11 13 7 6 6 Ret 10 Ret 12 15 Ret 10 9 9 9 11 11 Ret 14 9 9 11 9 9 9 9 10 16 9 17 10 12 13 9 10 10 125 13 Philipp Öttl Ducati 13 16 13 7 10 Ret WD WD WD Ret Ret 11 11 11 12 13 13 8 8 12 11 Ret 6 7 12 11 11 17 15 14 Ret 14 DNS 20 16 8 85 14 Lucas Mahias Kawasaki 14 14 11 15 13 10 17 Ret DNS 12 14 14 12 12 9 10 14 12 14 11 12 13 14 Ret 11 18 15 DNS DNS DNS 14 11 13 61 15 Michael van der Mark BMW 13 15 8 WD WD WD 12 13 Ret Ret Ret 13 14 8 12 10 11 10 Ret 10 12 Ret 21 12 46 16 Eugene Laverty BMW 10 11 12 DNS DNS DNS 15 Ret 14 13 12 14 20 23 Ret 19 18 DNS 18 18 Ret 10 14 14 15 15 16 14 19 11 14 17 16 18 15 Ret 36 17 Roberto Tamburini Yamaha 17 15 14 14 16 11 11 17 12 21 21 21 21 20 11 19 19 14 13 15 10 16 Ret 14 36 18 Luca Bernardi Ducati 12 17 16 18 20 14 13 15 15 14 14 13 18 22 16 14 14 10 15 15 13 Ret 12 11 17 18 13 35 19 Xavi Forés Ducati 11 9 10 12 12 13 11 11 11 13 9 Ret 33 20 Kohta Nozane Yamaha 18 18 Ret 17 14 Ret 14 11 13 12 Ret 16 19 17 18 18 16 13 17 16 15 16 13 15 20 20 21 18 16 16 15 20 Ret Ret 17 16 15 21 Tetsuta Nagashima Honda 10 19 9 13 22 Ilya Mykhalchyk BMW 8 Ret 15 18 15 15 16 18 Ret 10 23 Hafizh Syahrin Honda 21 22 20 20 22 17 19 16 19 17 13 Ret 17 19 20 Ret 15 12 20 17 19 WD WD WD Ret 23 19 13 15 14 15 12 17 10 24 Christophe Ponsson Yamaha 19 21 18 12 19 12 18 12 16 Ret DNS DNS Ret DNS DNS 20 Ret Ret 16 21 16 15 17 Ret 22 22 18 9 25 Kyle Smith Kawasaki Ret 19 Ret 12 18 18 4 26 Leon Haslam Kawasaki 16 17 13 15 13 Ret Ret 19 Ret 4 27 Oliver König Kawasaki 22 23 22 21 23 18 20 17 20 20 20 19 23 24 22 16 Ret 16 22 23 18 19 20 18 24 24 23 19 20 18 16 18 15 19 20 14 3 28 Tarran Mackenzie Yamaha 14 Ret 15 3 29 Leandro Mercado Honda 20 20 21 19 18 15 Ret 14 18 19 19 18 Ret 20 17 17 17 15 21 20 Ret 18 19 17 23 21 20 Ret 17 19 Ret 16 17 17 14 15 3 30 Peter Hickman BMW 22 16 19 22 19 14 2 31 Jake Gagne Yamaha 19 16 15 1 Isaac Viñales Kawasaki 21 13 Ret 0 Tito Rabat Kawasaki 16 16 17 0 Marvin Fritz Yamaha 16 Ret 17 21 17 17 0 Gabriele Ruiu BMW Ret 19 17 Ret 21 16 Ret 18 Ret 0 Óscar Gutiérrez Kawasaki 23 22 17 17 18 Ret 0 Ryan Vickers Kawasaki 23 Ret 17 0 Maximilian Scheib Honda 20 21 21 0 Marco Solorza Kawasaki 21 22 22 0 Michal Prášek BMW Ret 21 DNS 0 Loris Cresson Kawasaki 23 24 23 0 Alessandro Delbianco Kawasaki Ret Ret Ret 0 Pos. Rider Bike ARA ASS EST MIS DON MOS MAG BAR POR VIL MAN PHI Pts.Bold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap
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