1993 Superbike World Championship

1993 Superbike World Championship
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The 1993 Superbike World Championship was the sixth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 9 April at Brands Hatch; the fourteenth and last round, which was due to be held on the weekend of 7 November in Mexico City, was cancelled on Saturday as a result of track safety issues.^[1]

Scott Russell won the riders' championship with 5 victories and Ducati won the manufacturers' championship.

Race calendar and results

Round		Country	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	R1	Ireland[N 1]	Brands Hatch	9 April	Scott Russell	Giancarlo Falappa	Giancarlo Falappa	Team Raymond Roche Ducati	Report
	R2					Giancarlo Falappa	Giancarlo Falappa	Team Raymond Roche Ducati
2	R1	Germany	Hockenheim	9 May	Scott Russell	Giancarlo Falappa	Giancarlo Falappa	Team Raymond Roche Ducati	Report
	R2					Aaron Slight	Scott Russell	Team Kawasaki Muzzy
3	R1	Spain	Albacete	29 May	Aaron Slight	Aaron Slight	Carl Fogarty	Team Raymond Roche Ducati	Report
	R2					Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Team Raymond Roche Ducati
4	R1	San Marino[N 2]	Misano	27 June	Giancarlo Falappa	Giancarlo Falappa	Giancarlo Falappa	Team Raymond Roche Ducati	Report
	R2					Giancarlo Falappa	Giancarlo Falappa	Team Raymond Roche Ducati
5	R1	Austria	Österreichring	11 July	Scott Russell	Andreas Meklau	Andreas Meklau	Team Ducati Schnyder	Report
	R2					Giancarlo Falappa	Giancarlo Falappa	Team Raymond Roche Ducati
6	R1	Czech Republic	Brno	18 July	Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Team Raymond Roche Ducati	Report
	R2					Carl Fogarty	Scott Russell	Team Kawasaki Muzzy
7	R1	Sweden	Anderstorp	8 August	Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Team Raymond Roche Ducati	Report
	R2					Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Team Raymond Roche Ducati
8	R1	Malaysia	Johor	22 August	Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Team Raymond Roche Ducati	Report
	R2					Scott Russell	Carl Fogarty	Team Raymond Roche Ducati
9	R1	Japan	Sugo	28 August	Carl Fogarty	Keiichi Kitagawa	Carl Fogarty	Team Raymond Roche Ducati	Report
	R2					Carl Fogarty	Scott Russell	Team Kawasaki Muzzy
10	R1	Netherlands	Assen	12 September	Carl Fogarty	Scott Russell	Carl Fogarty	Team Raymond Roche Ducati	Report
	R2					Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Team Raymond Roche Ducati
11	R1	Italy	Monza	26 September	Scott Russell	Giancarlo Falappa	Aaron Slight	Team Kawasaki Muzzy	Report
	R2					Fabrizio Pirovano	Giancarlo Falappa	Team Raymond Roche Ducati
12	R1	United Kingdom	Donington	3 October	Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Scott Russell	Team Kawasaki Muzzy	Report
	R2					Scott Russell	Scott Russell	Team Kawasaki Muzzy
13	R1	Portugal	Estoril	17 October	Aaron Slight	Simon Crafar	Fabrizio Pirovano	Team Yamaha BYRD	Report
	R2					Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Team Raymond Roche Ducati

Footnotes

1. Round held in the United Kingdom.
2. Round held in Italy.

Championship standings

In each race, points were awarded as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Riders' standings

1993 final riders' standings[2] Pos. Rider Bike IRL GER ESP SMR AUT CZE SWE MAL JPN NED ITA GBR POR 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 R1 R2 1 Scott Russell Kawasaki 2 2 6 1 Ret 2 4 2 3 7 2 1 4 2 2 2 8 1 2 2 2 5 1 1 Ret 2 378.5 2 Carl Fogarty Ducati Ret DNS 3 7 1 1 5 3 4 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 1 1 4 4 2 Ret Ret 1 349.5 3 Aaron Slight Kawasaki 5 6 4 4 2 3 6 6 2 Ret 3 Ret 8 5 4 6 6 4 3 6 1 2 3 2 3 5 316 4 Fabrizio Pirovano Yamaha 17 3 2 5 4 7 3 11 Ret 18 4 4 3 4 3 3 7 5 Ret 4 3 3 4 6 1 3 290 5 Giancarlo Falappa Ducati 1 1 1 3 Ret Ret 1 1 6 1 5 Ret 2 3 Ret Ret 5 Ret Ret 7 Ret 1 Ret 5 4 4 255 6 Piergiorgio Bontempi Kawasaki Ret Ret 30 9 3 6 Ret 7 5 15 7 6 7 8 6 4 9 Ret 6 10 Ret 8 5 8 2 10 184.5 7 Stéphane Mertens Ducati 6 4 Ret 6 Ret 4 Ret 10 9 Ret 10 3 6 6 5 5 4 Ret 4 3 Ret 7 DNQ DNQ 172 8 Terry Rymer Yamaha Ret 5 8 Ret 7 9 9 9 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 10 7 7 9 DNQ DNQ Ret Ret 5 6 116 9 Christer Lindholm Yamaha Ret Ret 9 13 13 18 19 DNS 12 16 Ret 7 9 Ret 8 10 14 12 9 8 6 9 9 10 Ret 12 102 10 Mauro Lucchiari Ducati 13 12 16 Ret 12 10 2 4 Ret 5 6 Ret Ret Ret 7 9 Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 94.5 11 Fred Merkel Yamaha 7 7 Ret 12 9 12 91.5 Ducati 10 Ret 11 2 Ret 5 12 Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 11 9 12 Juan Garriga Ducati 11 8 Ret 2 6 5 7 5 71 13 Brian Morrison Kawasaki 3 Ret 21 20 Ret 10 Ret 16 8 12 6 9 8 8 66 14 Jeffrey de Vries Yamaha Ret Ret 11 Ret 16 15 11 12 7 9 14 8 13 9 Ret 12 Ret Ret 12 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 64.5 15 Andreas Meklau Ducati 1 3 7 7 7 7 63.5 16 Jamie Whitham Yamaha Ret Ret 11 11 5 Ret 5 5 Ret Ret Ret 3 58 17 Fabrizio Furlan Kawasaki 17 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 10 20 17 16 10 7 10 Ret 16 11 13 13 9 14 Ret 19 Ret 19 49 18 Adrien Morillas Kawasaki 4 11 5 8 Ret 13 13 Ret Ret Ret 43 19 Andreas Hofmann Kawasaki 7 Ret 11 10 8 12 8 Ret 40 20 Keiichi Kitagawa Kawasaki 2 2 34 21 Simon Crafar Ducati Ret 10 8 8 6 Ret 32 22 Tripp Nobles Honda 10 Ret 19 21 Ret 24 15 18 17 8 21 13 16 Ret Ret 23 5 10 22 18 31 23 Jean-Marc Delétang Yamaha 14 15 13 10 Ret 12 11 Ret 12 13 Ret 16 DNQ DNQ 19 16 13 13 31 24 Shoichi Tsukamoto Kawasaki 3 3 30 25 Baldassarre Monti Ducati Ret 13 Ret 24 23 Yamaha 8 8 16 Ret 12 Ret Ret DNS DNS DNS 26 Ernst Gschwender Kawasaki Ret 10 25 Ret 8 6 15 14 15 Ret 23 27 Dominique Sarron Yamaha 13 16 Ret 16 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret 9 11 20 28 Hervé Moineau Suzuki 14 Ret 18 22 Ret 22 17 19 22 12 17 11 Ret 11 19 Ret 14 13 19 29 Aldeo Presciutti Ducati 18 Ret 24 26 15 17 12 17 Ret Ret 13 9 21 Ret Ret 16 13 Ret 21 Ret 19 Ret Ret 22 17 16 18 30 Edwin Weibel Ducati 12 11 8 Ret 17 31 Daniel Amatriain Ducati Ret 15 Ret 15 5 Ret Ret 13 16 32 Toshiyuki Arakaki Ducati 11 6 15 33 Marcel Ernst Kawasaki 14 13 Ret 24 10 11 21 Ret 14.5 34 Niall Mackenzie Ducati Ret 4 13 35 Alex Vieira Yamaha Ret 15 7 DNS 16 15 Ret Ret 11 36 Valerio Destefanis Yamaha 12 9 20 23 19 19 11 37 Denis Bonoris Kawasaki 15 22 18 14 10 14 11 38 Christian Lavieille Ducati 18 Ret 14 Ret DNQ DNQ 11 13 16 15 11 39 Rob Phillis Kawasaki Ret 7 9 40 David Jefferies Yamaha 9 14 DNQ DNQ 9 41 Shoji Miyazaki Kawasaki Ret 8 8 42 Mark Farmer Kawasaki 8 Ret Ret DNS 8 43 Makoto Suzuki Ducati 15 9 8 44 Rob McElnea Yamaha Ret Ret 10 14 8 45 Roger Kellenberger Yamaha 10 14 23 19 8 46 Árpád Harmati Yamaha 31 19 13 16 19 Ret Ret DNS DNS 12 16 21 7 47 Jeremy McWilliams Ducati 10 Ret 6 48 Shinichiro Imai Kawasaki 20 10 6 49 Benn Archibald Yamaha 11 15 6 50 Bernhard Schick Ducati 15 18 16 11 DNS DNS 6 51 Matt Llewellyn Kawasaki Ret 16 18 21 DNQ DNQ Ret 11 5 52 Michael Liedl Kawasaki 15 12 5 53 Udo Mark Yamaha 19 Ret 14 17 16 14 20 14 Ret DNS 18 17 5 54 Steve Hislop Ducati 12 DNS 4 55 Mauro Mastrelli Yamaha 24 26 18 20 22 Ret 24 20 12 17 4 56 Katsuyoshi Takahashi Yamaha 12 Ret 4 57 Jean-Yves Mounier Yamaha 15 13 19 22 17 18 Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 58 Thierry Rogier Ducati 15 11 18 Ret 3.5 59 Michael Rutter Kawasaki Ret Ret 13 17 3 60 Masao Nakata Yamaha 18 13 3 61 Ken Watson Kawasaki 13 18 3 62 Trevor Jordan Kawasaki 15 14 3 63 Michel Graziano Suzuki 14 17 2 64 Ray Stringer Kawasaki Ret Ret 14 Ret 2 65 Mile Pajic Kawasaki 17 14 2 66 Masato Mogi Kawasaki 17 14 2 67 Cletus Adi Haslam Kawasaki 14 17 2 68 Rolf Kåre Valderhaug Yamaha 19 14 2 69 Philippe Mouchet Ducati Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 2 70 Telmo Pereira Suzuki 15 18 1 71 Hugues Blanc Kawasaki Ret 15 1 72 Hideo Senmyo Honda 27 15 1 73 Christy Rebuttini Ducati 18 Ret 20 17 Ret 15 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 1 74 Marcel Kellenberger Kawasaki 19 15 20 18 1 75 Beni Metzger Yamaha 15 Ret DNS DNS 1 Ducati Ret DNS Pos. Rider Bike IRL GER ESP SMR AUT CZE SWE MAL JPN NED ITA GBR POR Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

^‡ The second race in Zeltweg was stopped early due to rain; half points were awarded.^[3]

Manufacturers' standings

1993 final manufacturers' standings[2]
Pos.	Manufacturer	IRL		GER		ESP		SMR		AUT		CZE		SWE		MAL		JPN		NED		ITA		GBR		POR		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	R1	R2
1	Ducati	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	6	1	1	4	1	2	4	4	1	470
2	Kawasaki	2	2	4	1	2	2	4	2	2	6	2	1	4	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	436
3	Yamaha	7	3	2	5	4	7	3	8	7	9	4	4	3	4	3	3	7	5	5	4	3	3	4	3	1	3	330.5
4	Honda	10	Ret	19	21	Ret	24	15	18	17	8	21	13	16	18			22	15	Ret	23	5	10	22	18			32
5	Suzuki	14	Ret	18	22	Ret	22	17	19	22	12	DNQ	DNQ	17	11	Ret	11	19	Ret			14	13	DNQ	DNQ	14	17	21
Pos.	Manufacturer	IRL		GER		ESP		SMR		AUT		CZE		SWE		MAL		JPN		NED		ITA		GBR		POR		Pts

^‡ The second race in Zeltweg was stopped early due to rain; half points were awarded.^[3]

References

1. "Flashback Friday: 1993 Mexico City World Superbike". cyclenews.com (Cycle News). 25 October 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
2. "1993 Championship Standings". wsb-archives.co.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
3. "Sporting Digest: Motorcycling". independent.co.uk (The Independent). 12 July 1993. Retrieved 31 March 2015.

External links

• "1993 Qualifying & Race Results". wsb-archives.co.uk.