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The 2011 Superbike World Championship season (officially known as the HANNspree SBK Superbike World Championship for sponsorship reasons) will be the 24th season of the Superbike World Championship. It will begin on 27 February at Phillip Island and will finish on 16 October in Portimão after 13 rounds.

Ducati will no longer compete with a factory team in 2011, after 23 seasons which had brought the marque a total of 29 riders' and manufacturers' championship titles, instead limiting its participation to privateer teams.[1] Aprilia's gear-driven camshafts on its RSV4 motorcycle – which won the title in 2010 with Max Biaggi – have been banned for the 2011 season.[2]

Season calendar

The provisional race schedule was publicly announced by FIM on 7 October 2010 with eleven confirmed rounds and two other rounds pending confirmation.[3] Having been announced as a venue from 2011 onwards in May 2010,[4] Motorland Aragon will replace Kyalami on the calendar, while Donington Park will return to the championship, hosting the European round.[5] Imola was confimed in November 2010, to finalise a 13-round calendar.[6]

2011 Calendar
No Date Round Circuit
1 27 February Australia Australia Phillip Island
2 27 March Europe Europe Donington Park
3 17 April Netherlands Netherlands Assen
4 8 May Italy Italy Monza
5 30 May United States United States Miller Motorsports Park
6 12 June San Marino San Marino Misano
7 19 June Spain Spain Motorland Aragon
8 10 July Czech Republic Czech Republic Brno
9 31 July United Kingdom United Kingdom Silverstone
10 4 September Germany Germany Nürburgring
11 25 September Italy Italy Imola
12 2 October France France Magny-Cours
13 16 October Portugal Portugal Portimão

Entry list

2011 Entry List[7]
Team Constructor Motorcycle No Rider Rounds
Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 1000 2 United Kingdom Leon Camier[8]
3 Italy Max Biaggi[9]
Castrol Honda[10] Honda Honda CBR1000RR 4 United Kingdom Jonathan Rea[11]
111 Spain Rubén Xaus[12]
Althea Racing Ducati Ducati 1198 7 Spain Carlos Checa[13]
BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW BMW S1000RR 11 Australia Troy Corser[14]
91 United Kingdom Leon Haslam[15]
Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 17 Spain Joan Lascorz[16]
66 United Kingdom Tom Sykes[17]
77 Australia Chris Vermeulen[18]
Yamaha World Superbike Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 33 Italy Marco Melandri[19]
58 Republic of Ireland Eugene Laverty[20]
PATA Racing Team Aprilia[21] Aprilia[21] Aprilia RSV4 1000 41 Japan Noriyuki Haga[21]
Team Pedercini[22] Kawasaki[22] Kawasaki ZX-10R 44 Italy Roberto Rolfo[23]
Australia Bryan Staring[24]
Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing[25] Ducati[25] Ducati 1198 50 France Sylvain Guintoli[26]
96 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž[25]
BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team[27] BMW BMW S1000RR[27] 52 United Kingdom James Toseland[27]
86 Italy Ayrton Badovini[27]
Team Suzuki Alstare[28] Suzuki[28] Suzuki GSX-R1000 84 Italy Michel Fabrizio[29]
Supersonic Racing Team Ducati Ducati 1198 121 France Maxime Berger[30]
Yoshimura Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 Australia Josh Waters[31]
Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

References

  1. ^ "Ducati to pull factory team from 2011 World Superbike". Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
  2. ^ Emmett, David (31 July 2010). "WSBK 2011 Rule Changes Include An End To Aprilia's Gear-Driven Cams". motomatters.com. MotoMatters. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  3. ^ "2011 WSBK calendar announced by FIM". Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 7 October 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  4. ^ "MotorLand Aragón to join WSBK calendar from 2011". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 19 May 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  5. ^ Guy, Michael (15 November 2010). "Donington Park back on the WSB calendar in 2011". Motor Cycle News. Bauer Media Group. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
  6. ^ "Imola included as 2011 calendar confirmed". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  7. ^ "FIM Superbike World Championship - 2011 provisional entry list" (PDF). fim-live.com. Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 24 January 2011. p. 1. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  8. ^ "Aprilia confirms Camier for 2011". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 22 September 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  9. ^ "Biaggi to 'stay with Aprilia until 2012'". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 3 August 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  10. ^ "Castrol Honda returns to World Superbike". Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  11. ^ "Rea to remain with Ten Kate Honda". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 12 September 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  12. ^ "Xaus joins Rea at Ten Kate Honda". Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 11 November 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  13. ^ "Checa pens two year Althea deal". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 26 September 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  14. ^ "'Easy decision' as Corser re-signs for BMW". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 22 September 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  15. ^ "Official: Haslam to BMW in 2011". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 28 September 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  16. ^ "Provisional 2011 WSBK grid". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 19 October 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  17. ^ "Sykes pens Kawasaki deal". Insidebikes. Carole Nash. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  18. ^ "Vermeulen to skip remainder of 2010 season". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 13 July 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
  19. ^ "Yamaha Sterilgarda confirms Marco Melandri for 2011". Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 5 September 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  20. ^ "Laverty graduates to WSBK with Yamaha". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 10 September 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  21. ^ a b c "PATA Racing Team Aprilia takes shape with Noriyuki Haga". Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  22. ^ a b "Pedercini pledges to Kawasaki for 2011". Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 19 July 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
  23. ^ "Rolfo back in WSBK with Pedercini". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  24. ^ "Pedercini gives Australian SBK champ Phillip Island ride". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 24 January 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  25. ^ a b c "Smrz joins all-new Ducati team in 2011". Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  26. ^ "Guintoli to partner Smrz in Liberty Racing". Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  27. ^ a b c d Jessop, Edgar (24 October 2010). "Toseland confirmed at BMW Italia squad for 2011 WSB season". BikeSport News. V3 Media. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  28. ^ a b "Alstare to run one Suzuki in 2011". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 28 September 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  29. ^ "New combinations defy weather on day 1 of Magny-Cours test". Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  30. ^ "Supersonic Ducati confirms Maxime Berger for WSBK". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 12 November 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
  31. ^ "Yoshimura Suzuki to wild-card at opener". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 5 January 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
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