2004 Supersport World Championship

The 2004 Supersport World Championship was the sixth FIM Supersport World Championship season—the eight taking into account the two held under the name of Supersport World Series. The season started on 29 February at Valencia and finished on 3 October at Magny-Cours after 10 races.

The riders' championship was won by Karl Muggeridge and the manufacturers' championship was won by Honda. Karl Muggeridge won a total of 7 races, a new record for the class.

Race calendar and results[]

2004 calendar
Round	Date	Round	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winner	Report
1	29 February	Spain	Valencia	Karl Muggeridge	Broc Parkes	Jurgen van den Goorbergh
2	28 March	Australia	Phillip Island	Karl Muggeridge	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Josh Brookes
3	18 April	San Marino	Misano	Sébastien Charpentier	Broc Parkes	Karl Muggeridge
4	16 May	Italy	Monza	Karl Muggeridge	Karl Muggeridge	Karl Muggeridge
5	30 May	Germany	Oschersleben	Karl Muggeridge	Broc Parkes	Karl Muggeridge
6	13 June	Great Britain	Silverstone	Karl Muggeridge	Sébastien Charpentier	Fabien Foret
7	1 August	Europe	Brands Hatch	Karl Muggeridge	Fabien Foret	Karl Muggeridge
8	5 September	Netherlands	Assen	Karl Muggeridge	Andrew Pitt	Karl Muggeridge
9	26 September	Italy	Imola	Karl Muggeridge	Karl Muggeridge	Karl Muggeridge
10	3 October	France	Magny-Cours	Broc Parkes	Broc Parkes	Karl Muggeridge

Championship standings[]

Riders' standings[]

2004 final riders' standings[1] Pos. Rider Bike Pts 1 Karl Muggeridge Honda 8 12 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 207 2 Broc Parkes Honda Ret 4 Ret 2 2 3 4 4 2 2 135 3 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Yamaha 1 3 3 3 7 6 3 5 Ret 5 130 4 Sébastien Charpentier Honda DSQ 5 Ret 4 3 8 2 2 3 3 120 5 Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati 4 9 6 15 10 4 10 20 4 4 82 6 Yamaha 9 2 2 Ret Ret 5 5 Ret Ret Ret 69 7 Fabien Foret Yamaha 2 6 Ret DSQ Ret 1 Ret Ret 5 Ret 66 8 Suzuki 5 10 7 Ret 4 10 8 13 8 Ret 64 9 Max Neukirchner Honda 14 8 Ret 6 5 11 11 7 11 8 63 10 Katsuaki Fujiwara Suzuki 3 11 4 Ret 6 Ret 7 Ret 14 Ret 55 11 Honda Ret 7 5 Ret 9 9 6 DNS 44 12 Andrew Pitt Yamaha 3 6 6 36 13 Yamaha Ret Ret Ret 5 8 Ret Ret 9 15 13 30 14 Matthieu Lagrive Suzuki 11 15 13 9 16 15 15 14 19 9 27 15 Josh Brookes Honda 1 25 16 Vittorio Iannuzzo Suzuki 6 13 9 DSQ Ret Ret Ret Ret 20 17 Matteo Baiocco Yamaha 13 Ret Ret Ret 17 13 16 15 9 10 20 18 Ducati Ret Ret 8 7 Ret Ret 17 19 Jan Hanson Honda 10 6 16 20 Barry Veneman Suzuki 11 10 12 15 21 Massimo Roccoli Yamaha 11 11 11 15 22 Yamaha 12 7 13 23 Kawasaki 10 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret 19 12 Ret 12 24 Honda Ret 17 14 12 13 16 18 17 13 Ret 12 25 Honda 7 14 Ret 11 26 Kawasaki 15 12 11 10 27 Michel Fabrizio Honda 7 Ret 9 28 Kawasaki 7 9 29 Arie Vos Kawasaki 8 8 30 Vittoriano Guareschi Ducati 8 8 31 Suzuki Ret 16 10 Ret 18 Ret 14 DNS 8 Kawasaki Ret 32 Anthony West Honda 9 7 33 Kawasaki 10 6 34 Suzuki Ret 12 4 35 Craig Jones Triumph Ret 12 4 36 Yamaha 12 4 37 Arne Tode Yamaha 12 Ret Ret 4 38 Honda 13 3 39 Honda 13 3 40 Honda 16 15 14 17 19 17 Ret 3 41 Honda Ret 14 2 42 Honda 14 DNS 2 43 Suzuki 16 15 1 44 Honda DNQ 15 DNQ 17 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 1 Suzuki Ret Ret 16 0 Honda Ret 0 Ducati 16 Ret Yamaha 16 Ret Ret 0 Yamaha 17 0 Honda Ret Ret 18 0 Suzuki Ret 18 0 Kawasaki 18 0 Honda 18 0 Dean Ellison Honda 19 Ret Ret 0 Yamaha 19 0 Iván Silva Honda Ret Ret 0 Yamaha Ret Ret 0 Honda Ret Ret 0 Honda Ret Ret 0 Suzuki Ret DNS 0 Honda Ret 0 Honda Ret 0 Suzuki Ret 0 Yamaha Ret 0 Honda Ret 0 Cristiano Migliorati Kawasaki Ret 0 Honda Ret 0 Yamaha Ret 0 Yamaha Ret 0 Javier Forés Suzuki Ret 0 Honda Ret 0 Ducati DNS 0 Brendan Clarke Yamaha DNS 0 Honda DNQ DNQ 0 Honda DNQ 0 Pos. Rider Bike 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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' standings[]

2004 final manufacturers' standings[2]
Pos.	Manufacturer											Pts
1	Honda	7	1	1	1	8 (1)	2	1	1	1	1	212
2	Yamaha	1	2	2	3	3 (7)	1	3	3	5	5	176
3	Suzuki	3	10	4	9	1 (4)	10	7	10	8	9	103
4	Ducati	4	9	6	7	5 (10)	4	10	16	4	4	95
5	Kawasaki	10	14	Ret	Ret	7 (12)	7	19	8	10	18	40
6	Triumph	Ret					12					4
Pos.	Manufacturer											Pts

• The top six Honda riders were disqualified from the Oschersleben race results after discrepancies were found in the homologation weight of the rear wheel spindle. The Honda factory informed the FIM that an error was made when filling in the homologation documents. The FIM verified Honda's claim and decided to revoke the decision for the riders. However the points were withdrawn from Honda in the manufacturers' championship.^[3]

Entry list[]

2004 entry list Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Suzuki Alstare Corona Extra Suzuki Suzuki GSX 600R 2 All 20 Vittorio Iannuzzo 1–8 37 Katsuaki Fujiwara All Yamaha Italia Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 4 Jurgen van den Goorbergh All 9 5 88 Andrew Pitt 8–10 99 Fabien Foret All Italia Megabike Honda Honda CBR600RR 8 1–8 14 Anthony West 7 18 All 35 4 84 Michel Fabrizio 9–10 Kawasaki Docshop Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6RR 10 1, 5, 8 Yamaha Motor Deutschland Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 11 All 33 9–10 93 All Mega Bike Suzuki Suzuki GSX 600R 12 Javier Forés 1 Lorenzini by Leoni Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 15 Matteo Baiocco All 55 Massimo Roccoli 10 Klaffi Honda Honda Honda CBR600RR 16 Sébastien Charpentier All 61 10 69 9–10 76 Max Neukirchner All Alpha Technik - Van Zon Honda Honda CBR600RR 17 1, 8 44 5 71 1, 5, 8 Celani - Suzuki Italia Suzuki Suzuki GSX 600R 19 1–8 90 9–10 Kawasaki Bertocchi Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6RR 19 10 22 1–9 30 9 Ducati Breil Ducati Ducati 749 R 21 Vittoriano Guareschi 4 57 Lorenzo Lanzi All Ten Kate Honda Honda Honda CBR600RR 23 Broc Parkes All 31 Karl Muggeridge All Moto 1 Suzuki Suzuki GSX 600R 24 Matthieu Lagrive All 82 9–10 SL Racing Ducati Ducati 749 R 25 1–6 44 8–9 87 10 Kawasaki Pro Racing Osasuma Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6RR 26 10 Lightspeed Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6RR 27 Cristiano Migliorati 4 Start Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 38 3 Team Trasimeno Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 39 3–4, 9 Rine Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 40 3 Velox Team Honda Honda CBR600RR 41 4 Biassono Racing Team Honda Honda CBR600RR 43 4, 8–9 LeGrelle Dholda Moto P. Honda Honda CBR600RR 45 1, 5–10 Team Suzuki Nederland Suzuki Suzuki GSX 600R 46 Barry Veneman 5, 8, 10 64 5, 8, 10 MSS Discovery Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6RR 48 6 Kobutex Honda Honda Honda CBR600RR 49 4, 8 54 Jan Hanson 4, 8 IRT Honda Israel Honda Honda CBR600RR 50 2–3 56 4–5 70 2 91 Iván Silva 8, 10 94 1 95 1, 3–4, 6–10 96 Dean Ellison 5–7 Suzuki Swiss Suzuki Suzuki GSX 600R 51 5, 8 Pajic-Kawasak Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6RR 52 Arie Vos 8 Koerhuls - RRTH Honda Honda CBR600RR 53 8 Bike Service Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 55 Massimo Roccoli 3–4 Ecko Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 72 Arne Tode 1, 5–6 Alphar Technik Honda Honda CBR600RR 73 5 Nikon Yamaha Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 74 Brendan Clarke 2 Castrol Honda Racing Honda Honda CBR600RR 75 Josh Brookes 2 MSR Liscycles.com Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 77 2 Buildbase Knotts Racing Suzuki Suzuki GSX 600R 78 6–7 Vitrans / Hardinge M.T Honda Honda CBR600RR 79 7 Aspi Lussiana Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 80 10 Valmoto Triumph Triumph Triumph Daytona 600 81 Craig Jones 1, 6 Solberg Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 85 10 Monlau Repsol Honda Honda Honda CBR600RR 86 1 Yamaha France Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 132 7, 10

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