2012 Supersport World Championship

The 2012 Supersport World Championship was the fourteenth season of the Supersport World Championship—the sixteenth taking into account the two held under the name of Supersport World Series. It began on 26 February at Phillip Island and ended on 7 October in Magny-Cours after 13 rounds.

Kenan Sofuoğlu won his third championship after having returned from Moto2.

Race calendar and results[]

The provisional race schedule was publicly announced by the FIM on 24 September 2011 with thirteen confirmed rounds and two other rounds pending confirmation.^[1] Russia appeared for the first time in the calendar with a round at the brand-new Moscow Raceway.^[2] The calendar was updated in October 2011 with the confirmation of the Imola round, for a total of thirteen rounds,^[3] supporting the Superbike World Championship at every meeting except Miller Motorsports Park.

Round	Country	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	Australia	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	26 February	Broc Parkes	Fabien Foret	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kawasaki DeltaFin Lorenzini	Report
2	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	1 April	Sam Lowes	Broc Parkes	Fabien Foret	Kawasaki Intermoto Step	Report
3	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	22 April	Sam Lowes	Lorenzo Lanzi	Lorenzo Lanzi	PRORACE	Report
4	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	6 May	Sam Lowes	Sam Lowes	Jules Cluzel	PTR Honda	Report
5	United Kingdom	Donington Park	13 May	Jules Cluzel	Sam Lowes	Sam Lowes	Bogdanka PTR Honda	Report
6	San Marino	Misano World Circuit	10 June	Sam Lowes	Fabien Foret	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kawasaki DeltaFin Lorenzini	Report
7	Spain	Motorland Aragón	1 July	Jules Cluzel	Sheridan Morais	Sam Lowes	Bogdanka PTR Honda
8	Czech Republic	Masaryk Circuit	22 July	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Broc Parkes	Fabien Foret	Kawasaki Intermoto Step
9	United Kingdom	Silverstone Circuit	5 August	Jules Cluzel	Jules Cluzel	Jules Cluzel	PTR Honda
10	Russia	Moscow Raceway	26 August	Jules Cluzel	Jules Cluzel	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kawasaki Lorenzini
11	Germany	Nürburgring	9 September	Jules Cluzel	Sam Lowes	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kawasaki Lorenzini
12	Portugal	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	23 September	Broc Parkes	Jules Cluzel	Jules Cluzel	PTR Honda
13	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	7 October	Broc Parkes	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Jules Cluzel	PTR Honda

Championship standings[]

Riders' standings[]

Pos. Rider Bike AUS ITA NED ITA EUR SMR Pts 1 Kenan Sofuoğlu Kawasaki 1 DSQ 2 3 2 1 5 2 5 1 1 2 4 231 2 Jules Cluzel Honda 4 Ret 6 1 3 2 Ret 5 1 2 2 1 1 210 3 Sam Lowes Honda 5 2 Ret 2 1 18 1 4 2 12 13 5 2 172 4 Fabien Foret Kawasaki 2 1 Ret 12 10 8 2 1 6 6 3 3 5 171 5 Broc Parkes Honda 3 20 4 Ret 4 5 4 3 3 5 4 4 27 135 6 Sheridan Morais Kawasaki 6 10 15 Ret 6 6 3 7 7 4 Ret 6 14 96 7 Alex Baldolini Triumph 8 11 5 6 12 3 Ret Ret 8 11 5 8 6 96 8 Honda 7 3 Ret Ret 7 Ret 6 6 4 13 9 9 26 84 9 Vittorio Iannuzzo Triumph 9 5 Ret 9 Ret 9 7 9 13 Ret 7 Ret 19 60 10 Andrea Antonelli Honda 16 8 7 8 22 60 Yamaha 10 Ret Ret 9 7 14 13 8 11 Vladimir Leonov Yamaha Ret 6 3 Ret DNS Ret 10 18 3 DSQ 12 17 52 12 Roberto Tamburini Honda Ret 4 9 16 11 4 15 Ret 12 9 Ret Ret 25 50 13 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 15 9 12 10 8 6 15 9 44 14 Jed Metcher Yamaha 11 15 Ret 11 13 7 8 Ret Ret Ret 15 14 10 40 15 Massimo Roccoli Yamaha Ret 9 Ret 7 14 Ret 10 11 15 30 Honda Ret 16 Honda 14 DSQ Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 10 Ret 10 7 28 17 Lorenzo Lanzi Honda 1 25 18 Dan Linfoot Kawasaki Ret 16 Ret 7 3 25 19 Kawasaki 19 13 11 Ret 19 Ret 11 11 14 Ret 11 19 28 25 20 Imre Tóth Honda 18 Ret 16 4 Ret 13 Ret 19 17 24 20 20 13 19 21 Kawasaki 5 Ret 8 19 22 Balázs Németh Honda 21 7 Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 17 Ret 20 17 21 12 17 23 Luca Marconi Yamaha 13 14 14 13 20 16 12 15 Ret 15 Ret Ret 16 24 Raffaele De Rosa Honda 10 Ret 11 13 16 15 15 25 Kawasaki 12 12 Ret 18 Ret 17 10 Ret Ret Ret DNS 14 26 Florian Marino Kawasaki 13 19 14 12 16 11 14 27 Glen Richards Triumph 5 11 28 Valentin Debise Honda Ret 23 8 Ret Ret 14 Ret 18 18 Ret 10 29 Yamaha 21 8 8 30 Yamaha 8 8 31 Billy McConnell Triumph 9 7 32 Suzuki 10 6 33 Lukáš Pešek Honda 10 18 6 34 Honda 23 DNQ 12 24 25 4 35 P. J. Jacobsen Honda 13 3 36 Fabio Menghi Yamaha 15 Ret Ret 21 24 Ret 14 21 22 17 Ret Ret 21 3 37 Dino Lombardi Yamaha 20 Ret Ret 22 23 14 17 18 20 23 2 Honda 18 Ret DNS 38 Honda 14 17 2 39 Luke Mossey Triumph 15 1 40 Honda 17 17 Ret 15 16 19 DNS 23 21 19 19 22 18 1 Yamaha 16 Ret 16 0 Miguel Praia Honda 16 17 22 0 Alexander Lundh Honda 16 0 Honda 20 Ret Ret 16 0 Mirko Giansanti Kawasaki 17 0 Yamaha DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 22 18 25 DNQ 0 Honda Ret 18 0 Yamaha 21 DNQ 26 26 Ret 19 24 23 Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 Honda 19 0 Yamaha 22 19 Ret 25 Ret 21 Ret Ret 28 24 Ret 29 0 Suzuki 20 0 Yamaha 20 0 Alessandro Andreozzi Honda 20 0 Yamaha 21 0 Kawasaki 21 0 Honda Ret 25 22 24 Ret 0 Honda 22 0 Kawasaki 22 0 Kawasaki 25 23 0 Yamaha 23 0 Honda 23 0 Honda 24 0 Robin Mulhauser Yamaha 26 0 Yamaha 27 0 Honda Ret DNS Ret Ret 0 Honda Ret 0 Honda Ret 0 Kenny Noyes Suzuki Ret 0 Honda Ret 0 Honda Ret 0 Honda Ret 0 Honda Ret 0 Michael van der Mark Honda DNS 0 Pos. Rider Bike AUS ITA NED ITA EUR SMR 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[]

Pos.	Manufacturer	AUS	ITA	NED	ITA	EUR	SMR								Pts
1	Honda	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	3	1	2	2	1	1	287
2	Kawasaki	1	1	2	3	2	1	2	1	5	1	1	2	3	273
3	Triumph	8	5	5	6	5	3	7	9	8	11	5	8	6	125
4	Yamaha	11	6	3	7	13	7	8	10	9	3	8	11	8	110
5	Suzuki			10						Ret				20	6
Pos.	Manufacturer	AUS	ITA	NED	ITA	EUR	SMR								Pts

Entry list[]

• A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 18 January 2012.^[4]

2012 entry list Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds DTC Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 2 [5] 11 RivaMoto Junior Team RivaMoto Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 3 Jed Metcher[4] All 24 [6] 2–13 70 Robin Mulhauser[7] 10 73 [6] 2–9 MSD R-N Racing Team India Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 4 Dan Linfoot[8] 9–13 93 Florian Marino[9] 8–13 Bogdanka Honda PTR Honda Honda CBR600RR 5 Alexander Lundh[8] 9 7 [10] 12 9 P. J. Jacobsen[11] 3 19 [12] 1–2, 7–8 74 [13] 4–5 91 [14] 6 117 Miguel Praia[5] 11, 13 137 [7] 10 Puccetti Racing Kawasaki Italia Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 6 Mirko Giansanti[13] 4 12 [13] 4, 6, 8 66 [9] 8 Team Lorini Honda Honda CBR600RR 8 Andrea Antonelli[4] 1–5 13 Dino Lombardi[5] 11–13 22 Roberto Tamburini[4] All 35 Raffaele De Rosa[13] 4–5 35 Raffaele De Rosa[15] 6–9 41 [7] 10 Bike Service – WTR TEN 10[16] Bike Service R.T. Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 8 Andrea Antonelli[15] 6–13 21 Alessandro Andreozzi[15] 6 55 Massimo Roccoli[4] 1–5 81 [17] 2, 4 Racing Team Tóth Honda Honda CBR600RR 10 Imre Tóth[4] All 38 Balázs Németh[4] All Bogdanka PTR Honda Honda Honda CBR600RR 11 Sam Lowes[12] All 20 [12] All Team PATA by Martini Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 13 Dino Lombardi[18] 1–10 55 Massimo Roccoli[5] 11–13 PRORACE Honda Honda CBR600RR 14 Gábor Talmácsi[15] 6–13 52 Lukáš Pešek[4] 1–2 57 Lorenzo Lanzi[11] 3 157 [13] 4–5 SMS Racing Honda Honda CBR600RR 15 [5] 11 18 [17] 2 53 Valentin Debise[11] 3–10, 12–13 69 [4] 1 PTR Honda Honda Honda CBR600RR 16 Jules Cluzel[12] All 34 [12] All Kuja Racing Honda Honda CBR600RR 17 [13] 4–5 17 [15] 6–7 27 [19] 1–5 44 [14] 6 55 Massimo Roccoli[9] 8 88 [13] 4 125 [8] 9–13 Ten Kate Racing Products Honda Honda CBR600RR 23 Broc Parkes[4] All 60 Michael van der Mark[7] 10 117 Miguel Praia[10] 12 Power Team by Suriano Triumph Triumph Daytona 675 25 Alex Baldolini[20] All 31 Vittorio Iannuzzo[21] All TRG Motorsport Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 26 [11] 3 Smiths Gloucester Triumph Triumph Daytona 675 30 Billy McConnell[22] 5 45 Glen Richards[22] 5 112 Luke Mossey[22] 5 Kawasaki DeltaFin Lorenzini[23] Kawasaki Lorenzini Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 32 Sheridan Morais[23] All 54 Kenan Sofuoğlu[24] All Team MRC Austria Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 33 [4] 1–8, 10–13 Benjan Racing Honda Honda CBR600RR 36 [25] 13 Gerin-Skm Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 37 [22] 5, 11 Riders PTR Honda Honda Honda CBR600RR 40 [12] All WKbikes Hampshire Motorcycles Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R600 49 Kenny Noyes[8] 9 DMC Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 50 [7] 10 Yakhnich Motorsport Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 55 Massimo Roccoli[15] 6 65 Vladimir Leonov[4] 1–5, 7–13 78 [10] 12 VFT Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 61 Fabio Menghi[4] All 81 [25] 13 87 Luca Marconi[26] 1–12 Team Go Eleven Kawasaki Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 64 [27] 1–11 94 [10] 12–13 Team Suzuki Mayer Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R600 76 [25] 13 Konvi Racing Team Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R600 77 [11] 3 HELL Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 79 [7] 10 Kerschbaumer Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 89 [9] 8 Kawasaki Intermoto Step Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 98 [4] All 99 Fabien Foret[4] All

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

• All entries used Pirelli tyres.

References[]

External links[]

• Official website