# 2018 Superbike World Championship

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2018 Superbike World Championship Previous: 2017 Next: 2019 Support series: Supersport World Championship Supersport 300 World Championship European Superstock 1000 Championship

The **2018 Superbike World Championship** was the 31st season of the [Superbike World Championship](/source/Superbike_World_Championship).

2018 was the final season run with the two-race format, as a three-race format was introduced for 2019.

## Race calendar and results

2018 Superbike World Championship Calendar[1][2] Round Circuit Date Superpole Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team 1 R1 Australian Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 24 February Tom Sykes Tom Sykes Marco Melandri Aruba.it Racing – Ducati R2 25 February Marco Melandri Marco Melandri Aruba.it Racing – Ducati 2 R1 Thai Chang International Circuit 24 March Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK R2 25 March Chaz Davies Chaz Davies Aruba.it Racing – Ducati 3 R1 Aragón Motorland Aragón 14 April Marco Melandri Marco Melandri Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK R2 15 April Marco Melandri Chaz Davies Aruba.it Racing – Ducati 4 R1 Dutch TT Circuit Assen 21 April Alex Lowes Michael van der Mark Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK R2 22 April Tom Sykes Tom Sykes Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK 5 R1 Italian Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 12 May Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK R2 13 May Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK 6 R1 UK Donington Park 26 May Tom Sykes Jonathan Rea Michael van der Mark Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team R2 27 May Jonathan Rea Michael van der Mark Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team 7 R1 Czech Brno Circuit 9 June Tom Sykes Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK R2 10 June Marco Melandri Alex Lowes Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team 8 R1 US WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca 23 June Chaz Davies Chaz Davies Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK R2 24 June Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK 9 R1 Riviera di Rimini Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli 7 July Tom Sykes Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK R2 8 July Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK 10 R1 Portuguese Algarve International Circuit 15 September Eugene Laverty Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK R2 16 September Marco Melandri Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK 11 R1 French Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 29 September Tom Sykes Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK R2 30 September Chaz Davies Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK 12 R1 Argentinian Circuito San Juan Villicum 13 October Marco Melandri Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK R2 14 October Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK 13 R1 Qatar Losail International Circuit 26 October Tom Sykes Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK R2 27 October Race cancelled[3]

## Entry list

2018 entry list[4] Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1 Jonathan Rea[5] All 66 Tom Sykes[6] All Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team Honda Honda CBR1000RR 2 Leon Camier[7] 1–3, 6–13[N 1] 20 Jason O'Halloran[8] 5 45 Jacob Gagne[9] All SPB Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 5 Vladimir Leonov[10] 3, 5 Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati Ducati Panigale R 7 Chaz Davies[11] All 33 Marco Melandri[11] All Team Pedercini Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 11 Jérémy Guarnoni[12] 11 16 Gabriele Ruiu[13] 12–13 41 Luke Mossey[14] 6 68 Yonny Hernández[4] 1–5, 7–10 Barni Racing Team Ducati Ducati Panigale R 12 Javier Forés[15] All Penrite Honda Honda Honda CBR1000RR 17 Troy Herfoss[16] 1 Aruba.it Racing – Junior Team Ducati Ducati Panigale R 21 Michael Ruben Rinaldi[17] 3–7, 9–11 Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 22 Alex Lowes[18] All 60 Michael van der Mark[18] All Guandalini Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 24 Alessandro Andreozzi[19] 9 37 Ondřej Ježek[20] 1–7 96 Jakub Smrž[21] 10–13 98 Karel Hanika[22] 8 Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 25 Daniel Falzon[16] 1 47 Wayne Maxwell[16] 1 Buildbase Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 28 Bradley Ray[23] 6 Milwaukee Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 RF 32 Lorenzo Savadori[4] All 34 Davide Giugliano[24] 3–4 50 Eugene Laverty[25] 1–2, 5–13 Orelac Racing VerdNatura Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 36 Leandro Mercado[26] All Team GoEleven Kawasaki Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 40 Román Ramos[27] All OMG Racing UK Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 44 Gino Rea[23] 6 TripleM Honda World Superbike Team Honda Honda CBR1000RR 51 Florian Marino[28] 12 99 Patrick Jacobsen[29] 1–11 Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 54 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu[30] All 91 Leon Haslam[31] 5–6 Team WD40 Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 55 Mason Law[23] 6 Attack 2Wheel Legal Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 57 Josh Herrin[32] 8 Gulf Althea BMW Racing Team BMW BMW S1000RR 76 Loris Baz[33] All MV Agusta Reparto Corse MV Agusta MV Agusta 1000 F4 77 Maximilian Scheib[34] 12–13 81 Jordi Torres[35] 1–11 Yamaha Motor Europe Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 94 Niccolò Canepa[36] 6, 9 Dreamteamcompany Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 RF 121 Matthieu Lussiana[12] 11 Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

- All entries used [Pirelli](/source/Pirelli) tyres.

## Championship standings

### Riders' championship

Pos. Rider Bike PHI CHA ARA ASS IMO DON BRN LAG MIS POR MAG VIL LOS 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 Jonathan Rea Kawasaki 5 2 1 4 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 C 545 2 Chaz Davies Ducati 3 Ret 3 1 2 1 3 5 4 2 8 5 8 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 2 Ret 4 8 C 356 3 Michael van der Mark Yamaha 9 7 7 2 5 5 2 3 6 Ret 1 1 4 2 8 5 4 2 3 2 7 3 8 9 7 C 333 4 Tom Sykes Kawasaki 2 4 6 Ret 6 6 4 1 2 3 3 6 3 16 7 8 5 5 5 5 2 4 6 5 2 C 314 5 Marco Melandri Ducati 1 1 8 7 4 3 6 7 3 Ret 22 11 2 15 5 Ret 7 3 2 3 6 5 2 3 5 C 297 6 Alex Lowes Yamaha 6 5 5 3 7 4 12 14 10 6 4 4 5 1 3 4 Ret 6 10 11 18 7 7 6 3 C 248 7 Javier Forés Ducati 4 3 2 5 3 Ret 5 4 5 4 Ret Ret 14 8 6 6 6 Ret Ret 10 3 8 4 2 13 C 230 8 Eugene Laverty Aprilia 8 15 9 Ret 12 9 6 Ret 6 4 4 3 3 8 Ret 7 9 11 5 Ret 4 C 158 9 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Kawasaki 13 10 15 8 9 9 10 9 11 8 21 2 10 9 Ret DNS 11 12 8 Ret 8 12 3 7 10 C 151 10 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia DNS DNS 12 9 15 10 15 10 8 Ret 5 7 7 5 14 Ret 8 7 Ret 6 4 6 Ret 8 11 C 138 11 Loris Baz BMW 11 9 11 12 11 15 7 8 13 11 7 10 18 11 15 10 Ret 9 6 9 10 10 9 11 6 C 137 12 Leon Camier Honda 7 6 4 6 Ret DNS WD WD 10 8 9 7 Ret 13 9 10 Ret 14 11 9 10 Ret Ret C 108 13 Jordi Torres MV Agusta Ret 8 10 Ret Ret 8 9 6 14 5 11 9 Ret Ret 9 7 18 Ret 7 13 12 14 98 14 Michael Ruben Rinaldi Ducati 8 7 Ret 12 7 7 12 Ret 15 6 17 11 9 8 Ret 13 77 15 Leandro Mercado Kawasaki 10 12 13 Ret Ret 13 8 Ret 15 10 13 12 12 17 Ret 11 10 17 11 15 14 15 Ret 12 12 C 70 16 Román Ramos Kawasaki 14 11 14 13 10 11 11 Ret Ret 12 19 Ret 13 10 12 12 13 15 14 Ret 15 18 12 13 14 C 65 17 Jacob Gagne Honda 12 13 18 14 12 12 DNS DNS 16 Ret 16 13 Ret 12 10 9 14 14 13 12 13 16 Ret 10 9 C 64 18 Yonny Hernández Kawasaki Ret DNS 16 11 14 16 16 15 17 13 11 14 11 15 Ret 16 12 16 28 19 P. J. Jacobsen Honda 16 14 17 10 16 14 14 13 Ret 14 15 16 16 13 Ret Ret 16 Ret Ret 17 16 17 21 20 Leon Haslam Kawasaki 9 16 9 Ret 14 21 Davide Giugliano Aprilia 13 18 13 11 11 22 Niccolò Canepa Yamaha 20 18 12 13 7 23 Florian Marino Honda 11 Ret 5 24 Karel Hanika Yamaha 13 14 5 25 Gabriele Ruiu Kawasaki 14 14 15 C 5 26 Maximilian Scheib MV Agusta 13 Ret Ret C 3 27 Bradley Ray Suzuki 14 15 3 28 Luke Mossey Kawasaki 17 14 2 29 Ondřej Ježek Yamaha 15 Ret Ret DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ 18 15 18 17 17 18 2 30 Alessandro Andreozzi Yamaha 15 Ret 1 Josh Herrin Yamaha Ret 16 0 Jérémy Guarnoni Kawasaki 17 19 0 Vladimir Leonov Kawasaki DNS 17 Ret Ret 0 Gino Rea Suzuki 23 19 0 Daniel Falzon Yamaha Ret DSQ 0 Jakub Smrž Yamaha Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS C 0 Matthieu Lussiana Aprilia Ret Ret 0 Mason Law Kawasaki Ret Ret 0 Jason O'Halloran Honda Ret DNS 0 Troy Herfoss Honda Ret DNS 0 Wayne Maxwell Yamaha Ret DNS 0 Pos. Rider Bike PHI CHA ARA ASS IMO DON BRN LAG MIS POR MAG VIL LOS 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

### Teams' championship

Pos. Team Bike No. PHI CHA ARA ASS IMO DON BRN LAG MIS POR MAG VIL LOS 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 Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK 1 5 2 1 4 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 C 859 66 2 4 6 Ret 6 6 4 1 2 3 3 6 3 16 7 8 5 5 5 5 2 4 6 5 2 C 2 Aruba.it Racing – Ducati 7 3 Ret 3 1 2 1 3 5 4 2 8 5 8 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 2 Ret 4 8 C 653 33 1 1 8 7 4 3 6 7 3 Ret 22 11 2 15 5 Ret 7 3 2 3 6 5 2 3 5 C 3 Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team 60 9 7 7 2 5 5 2 3 6 Ret 1 1 4 2 8 5 4 2 3 2 7 3 8 9 7 C 581 22 6 5 5 3 7 4 12 14 10 6 4 4 5 1 3 4 Ret 6 10 11 18 7 7 6 3 C 4 Milwaukee Aprilia 50 8 15 9 Ret 12 9 6 Ret 6 4 4 3 3 8 Ret 7 9 11 5 Ret 4 C 307 32 DNS DNS 12 9 15 10 15 10 8 Ret 5 7 7 5 14 Ret 8 7 Ret 6 4 6 Ret 8 11 C 34 13 18 13 11 5 Barni Racing Team 12 4 3 2 5 3 Ret 5 4 5 4 Ret Ret 14 8 6 6 6 Ret Ret 10 3 8 4 2 13 C 230 6 Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team 2 7 6 4 6 Ret DNS WD WD 10 8 9 7 Ret 13 9 10 Ret 14 11 9 10 Ret Ret C 172 45 12 13 18 14 12 12 DNS DNS 16 Ret 16 13 Ret 12 10 9 14 14 13 12 13 16 Ret 10 9 C 20 Ret DNS 7 Kawasaki Puccetti Racing 54 13 10 15 8 9 9 10 9 11 8 21 2 10 9 Ret DNS 11 12 8 Ret 8 12 3 7 10 C 165 91 9 16 9 Ret 8 Gulf Althea BMW Racing Team 76 11 9 11 12 11 15 7 8 13 11 7 10 18 11 15 10 Ret 9 6 9 10 10 9 11 6 C 137 9 MV Agusta Reparto Corse 81 Ret 8 10 Ret Ret 8 9 6 14 5 11 9 Ret Ret 9 7 18 Ret 7 13 12 14 101 77 13 Ret Ret C 10 Aruba.it Racing – Junior Team 21 8 7 Ret 12 7 7 12 Ret 15 6 17 11 9 8 Ret 13 77 11 Orelac Racing VerdNatura 36 10 12 13 Ret Ret 13 8 Ret 15 10 13 12 12 17 Ret 11 10 17 11 15 14 15 Ret 12 12 C 70 12 Team GoEleven Kawasaki 40 14 11 14 13 10 11 11 Ret Ret 12 19 Ret 13 10 12 12 13 15 14 Ret 15 18 12 13 14 C 65 13 Team Pedercini Racing 68 Ret DNS 16 11 14 16 16 15 17 13 11 14 11 15 Ret 16 12 16 35 16 14 14 15 C 41 17 14 11 17 19 14 Triple M Honda World Superbike Team 99 16 14 17 10 16 14 14 13 Ret 14 15 16 16 13 Ret Ret 16 Ret Ret 17 16 17 26 51 11 Ret 15 Guandalini Racing 98 13 14 8 37 15 Ret Ret DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ 18 15 18 17 17 18 24 15 Ret 96 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS C 16 Yamaha Motor Europe 94 20 18 12 13 7 17 Buildbase Suzuki 28 14 15 3 Attack 2Wheel Legal Yamaha 57 Ret 16 0 SPB Racing Team 5 DNS 17 Ret Ret 0 OMG Racing UK 44 23 19 0 Yamaha Racing Team 25 Ret DSQ 0 47 Ret DNS Penrite Honda 17 Ret DNS 0 Team WD40 55 Ret Ret 0 Dreamteamcompany 121 Ret Ret 0 Pos. Team Bike No. PHI CHA ARA ASS IMO DON BRN LAG MIS POR MAG VIL LOS Pts.

### Manufacturers' championship

Pos. Manufacturer PHI CHA ARA ASS IMO DON BRN LAG MIS POR MAG VIL LOS 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 Kawasaki 2 2 1 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 C 570 2 Ducati 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 4 3 2 8 5 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 5 C 459 3 Yamaha 6 5 5 2 5 4 2 3 6 6 1 1 4 1 3 4 4 2 3 2 7 3 7 6 3 C 378 4 Aprilia 8 15 9 9 13 10 13 10 8 9 5 7 6 4 4 3 3 7 Ret 6 4 6 5 8 4 C 218 5 Honda 7 6 4 6 12 12 14 13 16 14 10 8 9 7 10 9 9 10 13 12 11 9 10 10 9 C 151 6 BMW 11 9 11 12 11 15 7 8 13 11 7 10 18 11 15 10 Ret 9 6 9 10 10 9 11 6 C 137 7 MV Agusta Ret 8 10 Ret Ret 8 9 6 14 5 11 9 Ret Ret 9 7 18 Ret 7 13 12 14 13 Ret Ret C 101 8 Suzuki 14 15 3 Pos. Manufacturer PHI CHA ARA ASS IMO DON BRN LAG MIS POR MAG VIL LOS Pts

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [Leon Camier](/source/Leon_Camier) was also entered into round 5 but was replaced by [Jason O'Halloran](/source/Jason_O'Halloran_(motorcyclist)) after two practice sessions due to injury.[8]

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** ["Andreozzi to ride for Guandalini Racing at Misano"](https://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/2018/Andreozzi%20to%20ride%20for%20Guandalini%20Racing%20at%20Misano). *worldsbk.com*. [Dorna WSBK](/source/Dorna_Sports). 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-22)** ["Smrz set to finish the season with Guandalini Racing"](https://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/2018/Smrz%20set%20to%20finish%20the%20season%20with%20Guandalini%20Racing). *worldsbk.com*. [Dorna WSBK](/source/Dorna_Sports). 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.

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1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Donington_Park_24-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Donington_Park_24-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Donington_Park_24-2) ["UK WorldSBK set to welcome three home heroes to the grid"](https://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/2018/UK%20WorldSBK%20set%20to%20welcome%20three%20home%20heroes%20to%20the%20grid). *worldsbk.com*. [Dorna WSBK](/source/Dorna_Sports). 18 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.

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v t e World championships in 2018 Summer sports & indoor sports Archery field indoor Association football (men) Athletics (indoor) Badminton individual team Basketball women Basketball (3x3) Beach handball men women Bowling (9-pin) Bowls Boxing (women) Canoeing slalom sprint marathon Cycling road track mountain bike cyclo-cross BMX Equestrian Fencing Field hockey men women Finswimming Floorball (men) Gymnastics artistic rhythmic trampoline acrobatic aerobic Judo Karate Lacrosse (men) Modern pentathlon Muaythai Orienteering Quidditch Racquetball Real tennis Rowing Rugby sevens men women Rugby union wheelchair Sailing Sambo Shooting Softball (women) Sport climbing Squash women's team Swimming (25 m) Table tennis men women team Volleyball men women Weightlifting Wrestling Winter sports Bandy men women Curling men women mixed mixed doubles Figure skating Ice hockey men women Ski flying Speed skating allround sprint short track Cue & mind sports Chess men women's match women rapid blitz Darts BDO PDC Draughts men's match women's match Pool Nine-ball Snooker six-red Motor sports Air race Endurance auto racing 2018–19 Endurance motorcycle racing 2017–18 2018–19 F1 Powerboat Formula One Motocross men women team MotoGP Moto2 Moto3 Rally Rallycross Speedway individual team Sidecarcross Superbike Supersport Supersport 300 Touring car

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