1990 Superbike World Championship

1990 Superbike World Championship

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The 1990 Superbike World Championship season was the 3rd F.I.M. Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 18 March at Jerez, and finished on 18 November at Manfeild Autocourse after 13 rounds.

Frenchman Raymond Roche won the riders' championship and Honda won the manufacturers' championship.

Season Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Rider
1	R1	Jerez	18 March	Raymond Roche	Stéphane Mertens	Raymond Roche
	R2				Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche
2	R1	Donington	16 April	Giancarlo Falappa	Rob Phillis	Fred Merkel
	R2				Raymond Roche	Giancarlo Falappa
3	R1	Hungaroring	30 April	Malcolm Campbell	Raymond Roche	Fred Merkel
	R2				Fred Merkel	Raymond Roche
4	R1	Hockenheim	6 May	Raymond Roche	Fred Merkel	Fred Merkel
	R2				Raymond Roche	Stéphane Mertens
5	R1	Mosport	3 June	Giancarlo Falappa	Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche
	R2				Jamie James	Raymond Roche
6	R1	Brainerd	10 June	Doug Chandler	Doug Chandler	Stéphane Mertens
	R2				Fabrizio Pirovano	Doug Chandler
7	R1	Österreichring	1 July	Stéphane Mertens	Rob McElnea	Fabrizio Pirovano
	R2				Stéphane Mertens	Stéphane Mertens
8	R1	Sugo	26 August	Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche
	R2				Peter Goddard	Doug Chandler
9	R1	Le Mans	9 September	Baldassarre Monti	Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche
	R2				Jamie James	Raymond Roche
10	R1	Monza	7 October	Baldassarre Monti	Rob Phillis	Fabrizio Pirovano
	R2				Rob Phillis	Fabrizio Pirovano
11	R1	Shah Alam	4 November	Rob Phillis	Fabrizio Pirovano	Fabrizio Pirovano
	R2				Raymond Roche	Fabrizio Pirovano
12	R1	Phillip Island	11 November	Peter Goddard	Fabrizio Pirovano	Peter Goddard
	R2				Malcolm Campbell	Rob Phillis
13	R1	Manfeild	18 November	Rob Phillis	Brian Morrison	Terry Rymer
	R2				Raymond Roche	Rob Phillis

Season standings

Rider standings

Pos.	Rider	Bike	ESP		GBR		HUN		GER		CAN		USA		AUT		JPN		FRA		ITA		MAS		AUS		NZL		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	Raymond Roche	Ducati	1	1	2																								382
2	Fabrizio Pirovano	Yamaha	6	8	5																								325
3	Stéphane Mertens	Honda	3	4	3																								300
4	Rob Phillis	Kawasaki	4	5	4																								238
5	Rob McElnea	Yamaha	8	6	Ret																								218
6	Fred Merkel	Honda	2	3	1																								197
7	Terry Rymer	Yamaha	7	7	Ret																								158
8	Baldassarre Monti	Honda	Ret	11	10																								149
9	Anders Andersson	Yamaha	9	12	Ret																								120
10	Jari Suhonen	Yamaha	17	Ret	Ret																								112
11	Giancarlo Falappa	Ducati	5	2	7																								94
12	Jamie James	Ducati																											86
13	Peter Goddard	Yamaha																											85
14	Malcolm Campbell	Honda																											81
15	Doug Chandler	Kawasaki																											70
16	Brian Morrison	Honda	13	Ret	14																								51
17	Udo Mark	Yamaha	Ret	15	9																								39
18	Ernst Gschwender	Suzuki	10	9	15																								34
19	Aaron Slight	Kawasaki																											32
20	Michael Dowson	Kawasaki																											30
21	Carl Fogarty	Honda	14	Ret	6																								30
22	Edwin Weibel	Kawasaki	15	Ret	16																								30
23	Andreas Hofmann	Honda	16	13																									29
24	Daniel Amatriain	Honda	18	10	Ret																								28
25	Jeffrey de Vries	Yamaha	Ret	14	17																								24
26	Davide Tardozzi	Ducati	11	Ret	8																								23
27	Renè Bongers	Yamaha																											22
28	Michel Mercier	Yamaha																											21
29	Jean Michel Mattioli	Honda																											21
30	Scott Doohan	Honda																											19
31	Alex Vieira	Honda																											19
32	Jean Yves Mounier	Yamaha																											19
33	Andrew Stroud	Yamaha																											17
34	Stefano Caracchi	Ducati	Ret	DNS	Ret																								17
35	Niall Mackenzie	Yamaha			13																								16
36	Scott Russell	Kawasaki																											15
37	Tony Rees	Yamaha																											14
38	Daryl Beattie	Honda																											13
39	Juan López Mella	Honda	12	Ret	19																								13
40	Russel Josiah	Kawasaki																											11
41	Steve Martin	Suzuki																											11
42	Ray Stringer	Yamaha			11																								11
43	Mitsuo Saito	Yamaha																											10
44	James Knight	Kawasaki																											10
45	Christian Lavieille	Yamaha																											9
46	Rob Lewis	Kawasaki																											9
47	Tom Kipp	Yamaha																											9
48	Doug Polen	Suzuki																											8
49	Kenji Osaka	Yamaha																											7
50	Tom Stevens	Yamaha																											7
51	David Sadowski	Yamaha																											7
52	Pascal Picotte	Yamaha																											7
53	Huby Meier	Honda																											7
54	Rene Delaby	Honda	23	Ret	22																								7
55	Shingo Kato	Yamaha																											6
56	Peter Guest	Yamaha																											6
57	Simon Crafar	Yamaha																											6
58	Miguel Duhamel	Suzuki																											5
59	Brian Billet	Honda																											5
60	Adrian Bosshard	Honda																											5
61	Mike King	Ducati																											4
62	Fabio Biliotti	Kawasaki																											4
63	Shigemasa Miwa	Honda																											4
64	James Whitham	Honda	20	Ret	12																								4
65	Mark Fissenden	Honda																											4
66	Michael Rudroff	Bimota																											4
67	Michael O'Connor	Honda																											3
68	Mauro Ricci	Kawasaki	Ret	Ret	23																								3
69	Brent Curtis	Suzuki																											3
70	Andrew Roberts	Yamaha																											2
71	Seng Kooi Tai	Honda																											2
72	Tadaaki Hanamura	Yamaha																											2
73	Koichi Kobayashi	Honda																											2
74	Wolfgang Möckel	Honda	26	20	Ret																								2
75	Bruno Bonhuil	Honda			24																								2
76	Ian Short	Suzuki																											1
77	Saen Choeisak	Yamaha																											1
78	Charo Nattavude	Kawasaki																											1
79	Christian Monsch	Honda																											1
80	Maurice Coq	Yamaha																											1
81	Christian Zwedorn	Honda																											1
82	Michael Galinski	Kawasaki	19	Ret	DNS																								1
	Javier Arenas	Honda	Ret	16																									0
	Marco Papa	Yamaha	24	17																									0
	Antonio Garcia	Yamaha	22	18																									0
	Steve Chambers	Honda			18																								0
	Mauro Mastrelli	Ducati	21	19																									0
	Steve Williams	Yamaha			20																								0
	Pedro Baptista	Honda	27	21	DNQ	DNQ																							0
	Reuben McMurter	Honda			21																								0
	Marino Fabbri	Bimota	25	Ret																									0
	Manfred Fischer	Honda			25																								0
	Pentti Tolonen	Yamaha			26																								0
	Peter Granath	Honda			27																								0
	Roger Burnett	Suzuki	Ret	Ret	Ret																								0
	Aldeo Presciutti	Yamaha	Ret	DNS	Ret																								0
	Peter Rubatto	Yamaha	Ret	Ret																									0
	Robert Holden	Honda			Ret																								0
	Rene Rasmussen	Suzuki			Ret																								0
	Mark Phillips	Yamaha			Ret																								0
	Adriano Narducci	Yamaha	DNQ	DNQ																									0
	Manuel João	Kawasaki	DNQ	DNQ																									0
	Fernando Gonzalez	Yamaha	DNQ	DNQ																									0
	Roland Busch	Kawasaki			DNQ	DNQ																							0
Pos.	Rider	Bike	ESP		GBR		HUN		GER		CAN		USA		AUT		JPN		FRA		ITA		MAS		AUS		NZL		Pts

Manufacturers standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Pts
1	Honda	399
2	Ducati	393
3	Yamaha	378
4	Kawasaki	300
5	Suzuki	49
6	Bimota	4

Participants

1	Daniel Amatriain
2	Anders Andersson
3	Daryl Beattie
4	Renè Bongers
5	Malcolm Campbell
6	Stefano Caracchi
7	Doug Chandler
8	Simon Crafar
9	Jeffrey de Vries
10	Michael Dowson
11	Giancarlo Falappa
12	Carl Fogarty
13	Peter Goddard
14	Ernst Gschwender
15	Andreas Hofmann
16	Jamie James
17	Russel Josiah
18	James Knight
19	Niall Mackenzie
20	Udo Mark
21	Jean Michel Mattioli
22	Rob McElnea
23	Juan López Mella
24	Michel Mercier
25	Fred Merkel
26	Stéphane Mertens
27	Baldassarre Monti
28	Brian Morrison
29	Jean Yves Mounier
30	Rob Phillis
31	Fabrizio Pirovano
32	Tony Rees
33	Raymond Roche
34	Scott Russell
35	Terry Rymer
36	Aaron Slight
37	Andrew Stroud
38	Jari Suhonen
39	Davide Tardozzi
40	Alex Vieira
41	Edwin Weibel

Notes

• The points allocation system was: 1st=20, 2nd=17, 3rd=15, 4th=13, 5th=11, 6th=10, 7th=9, 8th=8, 9th=7, 10th=6, 11th=5, 12th=4, 13th=3, 14th=2, 15th=1