The 2016 FIM CEV Superbike European Championship was the third and final season of the Superbike European Championship series. The series would be discontinued from next year onward and would be replaced by the new European Talent Cup series. Spaniard Carmelo Morales won the title back to back after beating closest rival Maximilian Scheib.

Race calendar and results Round Date Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Winning Constructor 1 17 April Circuit Ricardo Tormo Santiago Barragán Carmelo Morales Maximilian Scheib Targobank Easyrace BMW 2 29 May MotorLand Aragón Carmelo Morales Maximilian Scheib Carmelo Morales Yamaha Laglisse Yamaha Carmelo Morales Carmelo Morales Yamaha Laglisse Yamaha 3 12 June Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Carmelo Morales Maximilian Scheib Carmelo Morales Yamaha Laglisse Yamaha 4 3 July Circuito de Albacete Carmelo Morales Maximilian Scheib Maximilian Scheib Targobank Easyrace BMW Carmelo Morales Carmelo Morales Yamaha Laglisse Yamaha 5 28 August Algarve International Circuit Carmelo Morales Carmelo Morales Carmelo Morales Yamaha Laglisse Yamaha Carmelo Morales Carmelo Morales Yamaha Laglisse Yamaha 6 2 October Circuito de Jerez Maximilian Scheib Carmelo Morales Carmelo Morales Yamaha Laglisse Yamaha Maximilian Scheib Carmelo Morales Yamaha Laglisse Yamaha 7 20 November Circuit Ricardo Tormo Maximilian Scheib Maximilian Scheib Maximilian Scheib Targobank Easyrace BMW

Entry list Team Constructor No. Rider Rounds Chronos Corse – TMP Racing Sport Aprilia 58 Michael Møller Pedersen All Arc Competicion BMW 25 Roberto Blazquez All Danny Tomlinson Racing 8 Mike Booth 7 DR7 Proelit Racing Team 23 Adrián Bonastre 1 99 Pedro Rodríguez 1 HM Racing Diablo 666 96 Piers Hutchins 7 Jones Dorling Racing 48 Ash Beech 7 Mcnealy Brown 30 Rob Mcnealy 7 Motomarket Racing 76 Valter Patronen 1–2 Targobank Easyrace SBK Team 7 Maximilian Scheib All 39 Marcos Solorza Parada 5–6 51 Santiago Barragán 1–4 99 Pedro Rodríguez 7 EAB Racing Team by Schacht Racing Ducati 57 Alex Schacht 6 JEG Ducatimo 17 Thierry Mulot 2–3, 6 Plassen Roadracing Team 65 Ole Bjørn Plassen All Motomarket Racing Kawasaki 5 Eeki Kuparinen All Kawasaki Palmeto PL Racing 18 Lucas De Ulacia 3 47 Ángel Rodríguez 3 Oneundret Racing Team 35 Rafid Topan Sucipto 7 91 Tiago Magalhães 1–6 RLPerformance 58 50 Ricardo Lopes 5 Speed Racing – Andalucia CRT 90 Javier Alviz 7 SRTeam 88 Juan Luis Ortiz 4–7 Team Speed Racing 3 Fabrizio Perotti 7 Team Tack 69 David McFadden 5 TEX Racing 46 Pierre Texier All JEG Racing Suzuki 43 Chris Cotton-Russell All 72 Anthony Delhalle 1–2, 4, 6–7 94 Naomichi Uramoto 7 CRT Motorsport Yamaha 16 Oscar Climent 1–4, 6–7 G.A. Racing 19 Ryan Gibson 7 Gil Motor Sport 95 Christophe Ponsson 7 Leopard Yamaha Stratos 12 Guillermo Llano All 33 Niko Mäkinen All 55 Alejandro Medina 1, 3–7 75 Mika Höglund All Quixote Yamalube /KM Xtra 84 Diego Pierluigi 1–4 RTM / Jacomoto Azmer 80 Erik Morillas 7 Team CMS 10 Benjamim Colliaux 7 15 Mathieu Dumas 7 89 Axel Maurin 7 Yamaha Laglisse 31 Carmelo Morales All 66 Philippe Le Gallo All Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Championship' standings Points were awarded to the top fifteen riders, provided the rider finished the race. 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 Pos. Rider Bike VAL ARA BAR ALB POR JER VAL Pts 1 Carmelo Morales Yamaha RetF 1P 1PF 1P 2P 1PF 1PF 1PF 1F 1 2 240 2 Maximilian Scheib BMW 1 3F 2 2F 1F 9 2 2 2P 2PF 1PF 218 3 Alejandro Medina Yamaha 2 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 9 130 4 Anthony Delhalle Suzuki 4 4 4 3 2 3 3 7 116 5 Pierre Texier Kawasaki 8 8 6 Ret 5 4 5 4 6 Ret 10 90 6 Niko Mäkinen Yamaha 5 5 Ret DNS 6 7 8 7 7 6 DNS 77 7 Eeki Kuparinen Kawasaki 13 Ret 8 5 7 6 4 6 11 11 DNS 74 8 Oscar Climent Yamaha 7 6 5 4 Ret DNS 10 7 13 61 9 Tiago Magalhães Kawasaki 14 9 11 9 10 8 7 9 15 13 55 10 Santiago Barragán BMW 3P 2 3 DNS DNS DNS 52 11 Guillermo Llano Yamaha 9 11 9 12 Ret 10 10 8 13 10 Ret 52 12 Chris Cotton-Russell Suzuki 11 10 12 Ret 8 11 9 Ret 12 9 Ret 46 13 Ole Bjørn Plassen Ducati DNS Ret 7 7 Ret DNS WD WD 8 8 6 44 14 Marcos Solorza Parada BMW 6 5 5 5 43 15 Roberto Blazquez BMW 15 Ret 14 10 9 12 11 10 14 12 15 38 16 Diego Pierluigi Yamaha 12 7 Ret 6 Ret 5 34 17 Michael Møller Pedersen Aprilia Ret 13 13 11 Ret 13 13 12 16 14 19 23 18 Christophe Ponsson Yamaha 3 16 19 Naomichi Uramoto Suzuki 4 13 20 Mika Höglund Yamaha 16 15 16 13 13 15 15 13 DNS DNS 18 12 21 Axel Maurin Yamaha 5 11 22 Philippe Le Gallo Yamaha 17 16 17 14 11 NC 14 14 18 16 21 11 23 Adrián Bonastre BMW 6 10 24 Thierry Mulot Ducati 12 10 DNS Ret DNS 10 25 Ricardo Lopes Kawasaki 12 11 9 26 Lucas De Ulacia Kawasaki 8 8 27 Fabrizio Perotti Kawasaki 8 8 28 Alex Schacht Ducati 9 Ret 7 29 Juan Luis Ortiz Kawasaki 12 14 16 Ret 17 15 20 7 30 Pedro Rodríguez BMW 10 DNS 6 31 Ash Beech BMW 11 5 32 Rafid Topan Sucipto Kawasaki 12 4 33 Valter Patronen BMW DNS 14 15 3 34 Javier Alviz Kawasaki 14 2 Mathieu Dumas Yamaha 16 0 Piers Hutchins BMW 17 0 Ángel Rodríguez Kawasaki Ret 0 David McFadden Kawasaki Ret Ret 0 Benjamin Colliaux Yamaha Ret 0 Erik Morillas Yamaha Ret 0 Mike Booth BMW Ret 0 Rob McNealy BMW Ret 0 Ryan Gibson Yamaha Ret 0 Rider Bike VAL ARA BAR ALB POR JER VAL PointsP – Pole positionFFastest lapsource:

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