2006 Superbike World Championship

The 2006 Superbike World Championship was the nineteenth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 25 February at Losail, and finished on 8 October at Magny-Cours after 12 rounds and 24 races. The original season calendar issued by the FIM included a 13th round scheduled in South Africa on 22 October but the round was cancelled at the request of the series' promoter FGSport.^[1]

2006 saw the return of Australian Troy Bayliss in Superbike World Championship after 3 years in MotoGP. The combination of Bayliss and Ducati proved unstoppable and they dominated the season winning 12 races, 8 of them consecutive. Honda's James Toseland and Yamaha's Noriyuki Haga battled for second with the British rider coming on top. Defending champion Troy Corser on a Suzuki was fourth. The manufacturers' championship was won by Ducati.

Round		Circuit	Date	Superpole	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	R1	Losail	25 February	Troy Bayliss	Lorenzo Lanzi	James Toseland	Winston Ten Kate Honda	Report
	R2				Noriyuki Haga	Troy Corser	Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra
2	R1	Phillip Island	5 March	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Troy Corser	Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra	Report
	R2				Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Xerox
3	R1	Valencia	23 April	Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Xerox	Report
	R2				Troy Corser	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Xerox
4	R1	Monza	7 May	Troy Corser	Alex Barros	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Xerox	Report
	R2				Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Xerox
5	R1	Silverstone	28 May	Tommy Hill	Rubén Xaus	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Xerox	Report
	R2				Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Xerox
6	R1	Misano	25 June	James Toseland	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Xerox	Report
	R2				Andrew Pitt	Andrew Pitt	Yamaha Motor Italia WSB
7	R1	Brno	23 July	Noriyuki Haga	Yukio Kagayama	Yukio Kagayama	Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra	Report
	R2				Noriyuki Haga	Yukio Kagayama	Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra
8	R1	Brands Hatch	6 August	Troy Bayliss	James Toseland	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Xerox	Report
	R2				Troy Bayliss	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha Motor Italia WSB
9	R1	Assen	3 September	Troy Corser	Rubén Xaus	Chris Walker	PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse	Report
	R2				Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Xerox
10	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	10 September	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Yukio Kagayama	Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra	Report
	R2				Yukio Kagayama	James Toseland	Winston Ten Kate Honda
11	R1	Imola	1 October	Troy Bayliss	Alex Barros	Alex Barros	Klaffi Honda	Report
	R2				Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Xerox
12	R1	Magny-Cours	8 October	Troy Corser	Noriyuki Haga	James Toseland	Winston Ten Kate Honda	Report
	R2				Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Xerox

2006 final riders' standings[2] Pos. Rider Bike QAT AUS ESP ITA EUR SMR CZE GBR NED GER ITA FRA 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 1 Troy Bayliss Ducati 2 2 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 Ret 8 1 2 Ret 1 7 3 5 1 4 1 431 2 James Toseland Honda 1 4 3 2 9 11 Ret 5 3 3 2 8 2 5 2 5 10 9 9 1 2 5 1 3 336 3 Noriyuki Haga Yamaha Ret 3 4 4 5 5 4 3 2 2 5 3 4 3 3 1 Ret Ret 2 2 4 6 2 4 326 4 Troy Corser Suzuki 4 1 1 Ret 2 2 3 2 Ret 6 Ret Ret 5 4 6 6 Ret Ret 3 14 Ret 9 3 2 254 5 Andrew Pitt Yamaha 3 5 9 5 10 9 5 6 5 4 16 1 Ret Ret 4 3 2 2 4 Ret 3 4 18 5 250 6 Alex Barros Honda 6 7 2 3 11 14 2 4 9 5 4 2 Ret 11 8 9 Ret 7 5 Ret 1 2 7 10 246 7 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki Ret Ret 12 6 6 Ret Ret Ret 14 13 3 5 1 1 5 7 Ret 4 1 4 Ret 3 5 9 211 8 Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati Ret 6 11 Ret 3 3 9 11 13 16 7 7 Ret 9 12 11 7 6 8 6 6 7 8 7 169 9 Chris Walker Kawasaki Ret 16 10 10 23 7 11 9 6 8 Ret 4 7 10 7 8 1 14 11 10 12 14 6 8 158 10 Fonsi Nieto Kawasaki Ret 12 8 9 Ret 6 Ret 8 11 10 8 11 6 6 14 Ret 4 3 10 7 7 13 Ret Ret 139 11 Michel Fabrizio Honda 5 8 15 11 13 10 Ret 14 Ret 15 Ret 6 3 2 Ret 12 3 10 Ret 8 Ret Ret 11 13 125 12 Karl Muggeridge Honda 12 9 Ret Ret 6 7 8 9 11 14 11 7 Ret Ret 9 13 6 5 8 8 Ret 6 123 13 Norifumi Abe Yamaha 11 11 17 12 4 4 Ret 16 10 11 10 13 9 12 13 13 5 Ret 16 11 9 11 13 12 112 14 Rubén Xaus Ducati 15 10 7 8 7 Ret Ret 15 4 7 9 9 Ret 14 10 10 Ret 5 15 9 Ret Ret WD WD 103 15 Régis Laconi Kawasaki 13 Ret 13 16 8 8 7 Ret 7 14 6 19 Ret 16 9 4 Ret 8 12 19 10 10 9 18 103 16 Roberto Rolfo Ducati 7 13 5 7 Ret 16 8 10 17 19 15 15 12 17 18 18 8 12 Ret 17 14 15 14 17 69 17 Shinichi Nakatomi Yamaha 16 17 Ret 19 12 12 10 12 DNS DNS Ret 18 8 13 19 17 13 Ret 17 15 11 12 10 Ret 48 18 Max Neukirchner Ducati 10 Ret 18 13 Ret 18 Ret Ret 16 Ret DNS DNS 28 Suzuki 6 Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret 12 14 19 Sébastien Gimbert Yamaha 14 15 Ret 20 12 Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 13 15 15 14 Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret 11 23 20 Fabien Foret Suzuki Ret Ret Ret 18 15 13 13 13 Ret Ret 13 10 Ret 20 19 21 Steve Martin Petronas 18 18 14 15 Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret 19 17 16 12 11 14 12 Ret 16 Ret Ret 19 22 Pierfrancesco Chili Honda 8 Ret 16 14 20 Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 18 Ret 15 17 23 Tommy Hill Yamaha 12 12 11 Ret 13 24 Ivan Clementi Ducati Ret 19 19 17 Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret 17 20 15 Ret 21 Ret 11 16 Ret 18 13 Ret Ret Ret 10 25 Marco Borciani Ducati 9 14 Ret Ret 17 17 Ret 21 DNS DNS Ret Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 9 26 Vittorio Iannuzzo Suzuki 17 Ret Ret Ret 16 26 Ret 17 18 Ret 14 16 14 18 16 15 15 Ret Ret 16 Ret Ret 6 Ducati 16 Ret 27 Craig Jones Petronas Ret Ret Ret 21 22 25 Ret Ret Ret DNS 21 21 17 21 Ret Ret Ret Ret 18 13 17 Ret 17 Ret 3 28 Josh Brookes Kawasaki Ret 18 18 Ret 18 Ret 20 Ret Ret 15 20 23 15 17 15 16 3 29 Harry van Beek Suzuki 14 Ret 2 30 Lorenzo Alfonsi Yamaha Ret Ret 2 Ducati 14 19 22 Ret 31 José David de Gea Honda 14 19 2 32 Gianluca Nannelli Honda Ret 23 Ret 25 15 17 Ret Ret 1 Norino Brignola Ducati 20 22 16 20 19 Ret Ret Ret 0 Lorenzo Mauri Ducati 17 22 0 Franco Battaini Kawasaki 19 20 20 22 19 21 18 23 0 Giovanni Bussei Honda 18 20 0 Valter Bartolini Ducati 18 Ret 0 Paweł Szkopek Ducati 19 Ret 0 Kurtis Roberts Ducati Ret Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 Ivan Goi Honda Ret 19 19 Ret 0 Lucio Pedercini Ducati 20 Ret Ret Ret WD WD 0 Jiří Dražďák Yamaha 20 22 Ret 22 Ret Ret 0 Stefan Nebel Kawasaki Ret 20 0 Talal Al Naimi Yamaha 21 21 0 Didier Van Keymeulen Yamaha 21 21 0 Berto Camlek Yamaha 21 23 0 Sergio Fuertes Suzuki 21 Ret 0 Josep Monge Yamaha 24 24 0 Miloš Čihák Suzuki Ret Ret 0 Jiří Mrkývka Ducati Ret Ret 0 Javier del Amor Honda WD WD 0 Anthony Gobert Suzuki WD WD 0 Marek Svoboda Yamaha DNS DNS 0 Pos. Rider Bike QAT AUS ESP ITA EUR SMR CZE GBR NED GER ITA FRA 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

Pos.	Team	Bike No.	QAT		AUS		ESP		ITA		EUR		SMR		CZE		GBR		NED		GER		ITA		FRA		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
1	Ducati Xerox	21	2	2	6	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	12	Ret	8	1	2	Ret	1	7	3	5	1	4	1	600
		57	Ret	6	11	Ret	3	3	9	11	13	16	7	7	Ret	9	12	11	7	6	8	6	6	7	8	7
2	Yamaha Motor Italia WSB	41	Ret	3	4	4	5	5	4	3	2	2	5	3	4	3	3	1	Ret	Ret	2	2	4	6	2	4	576
		88	3	5	9	5	10	9	5	6	5	4	16	1	Ret	Ret	4	3	2	2	4	Ret	3	4	18	5
3	Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra	1	4	1	1	Ret	2	2	3	2	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	5	4	6	6	Ret	Ret	3	14	Ret	9	3	2	465
		71	Ret	Ret	12	6	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	13	3	5	1	1	5	7	Ret	4	1	4	Ret	3	5	9
4	Winston Ten Kate Honda	31	12	9	Ret	Ret			6	7	8	9	11	14	11	7	Ret	Ret	9	13	6	5	8	8	Ret	6	459
		52	1	4	3	2	9	11	Ret	5	3	3	2	8	2	5	2	5	10	9	9	1	2	5	1	3
		200					18	20
5	PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse	9	Ret	16	10	10	23	7	11	9	6	8	Ret	4	7	10	7	8	1	14	11	10	12	14	6	8	261
		55	13	Ret	13	16	8	8	7	Ret	7	14	6	19	Ret	16	9	4	Ret	8	12	19	10	10	9	18
6	Klaffi Honda	4	6	7	2	3	11	14	2	4	9	5	4	2	Ret	11	8	9	Ret	7	5	Ret	1	2	7	10	246
7	D.F.X. Treme	7	8	Ret	16	14							20	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	18	Ret	15	143
		69					Ret	23	Ret	25	15	17	Ret	Ret
		84	5	8	15	11	13	10	Ret	14	Ret	15	Ret	6	3	2	Ret	12	3	10	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	11	13
8	PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse 2	10	Ret	12	8	9	Ret	6	Ret	8	11	10	8	11	6	6	14	Ret	4	3	10	7	7	13	Ret	Ret	139
9	Yamaha Motor France–Ipone	3	11	11	17	12	4	4	Ret	16	10	11	10	13	9	12	13	13	5	Ret	16	11	9	11	13	12	135
		16	14	15	Ret	20			12	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	13	15	15	14	Ret	DNS			Ret	Ret	Ret	11
		61					Ret	Ret
10	Sterilgarda – Berik	11	15	10	7	8	7	Ret	Ret	15	4	7	9	9	Ret	14	10	10	Ret	5	15	9	Ret	Ret	WD	WD	112
		13																							16	Ret
		20	9	14	Ret	Ret	17	17	Ret	21	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret
11	Ducati SC – Caracchi	44	7	13	5	7	Ret	16	8	10	17	19	15	15	12	17	18	18	8	12	Ret	17	14	15	14	17	69
12	Alstare Eng. Corona Extra	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	18	15	13	13	13	Ret	Ret	13	10	Ret	20											38
		76																	6	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	14
13	Yamaha Motor France–Ipone 2	38	16	17	Ret	19	12	12	10	12	DNS	DNS	Ret	18	8	13	19	17	13	Ret	17	15	11	12	10	Ret	38
14	Foggy Petronas Racing	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	21	22	25	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	21	21	17	21	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	18	13	17	Ret	17	Ret	22
		99	18	18	14	15	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	19	17	16	12	11	14	12	Ret	16	Ret	Ret
15	Team Pedercini	8	Ret	19	19	17	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	20	15	Ret	21	Ret	11	16	Ret	18	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	19
		19	20	Ret	Ret	Ret	WD	WD
		76	10	Ret	18	13	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	DNS	DNS
		80															Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
		91													19	Ret
16	Celani Team Suzuki Italia	13	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	26	Ret	17	18	Ret	14	16	14	18	16	15	15	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	Ret			6
17	Kawasaki Bertocchi	25									Ret	18	18	Ret	18	Ret	20	Ret	Ret	15	20	23	15	17	15	16	3
		116	19	20	20	22	19	21	18	23
Pos.	Team	Bike No.	QAT		AUS		ESP		ITA		EUR		SMR		CZE		GBR		NED		GER		ITA		FRA		Pts.

2006 final manufacturers' standings[3]
Pos.	Manufacturer	QAT		AUS		ESP		ITA		EUR		SMR		CZE		GBR		NED		GER		ITA		FRA		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
1	Ducati	2	2	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	12	8	1	2	7	1	7	3	5	1	4	1	450
2	Honda	1	4	2	2	9	10	2	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	5	3	7	5	1	1	2	1	3	414
3	Yamaha	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	5	1	4	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	3	4	2	4	401
4	Suzuki	4	1	1	6	2	2	3	2	14	6	3	5	1	1	5	6	6	4	1	4	Ret	3	3	2	372
5	Kawasaki	13	12	8	9	8	6	7	8	6	8	6	4	6	6	7	4	1	3	10	7	7	10	6	8	229
6	Petronas	18	18	14	15	22	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	21	17	17	19	17	16	12	11	14	12	17	16	17	Ret	19
Pos.	Manufacturer	QAT		AUS		ESP		ITA		EUR		SMR		CZE		GBR		NED		GER		ITA		FRA		Pts

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra Suzuki Suzuki GSXR1000 K6 1 Troy Corser All 71 Yukio Kagayama All Yamaha Motor France–Ipone Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 3 Norifumi Abe All 16 Sébastien Gimbert 1–2, 4–9, 11–12 61 Lorenzo Alfonsi 3 Klaffi Honda Honda Honda CBR1000RR 4 Alex Barros All D.F.X. Treme Honda Honda CBR1000RR 7 Pierfrancesco Chili 1–2, 6–12 69 Gianluca Nannelli 3–6 84 Michel Fabrizio All Team Pedercini Ducati Ducati 999 RS 8 Ivan Clementi All 19 Lucio Pedercini 1–3 76 Max Neukirchner 1–6 80 Kurtis Roberts 8–12 91 Paweł Szkopek 7 PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX10R 9 Chris Walker All 55 Régis Laconi All PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse 2 Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX10R 10 Fonsi Nieto All Sterilgarda – Berik Ducati Ducati 999 F05 11 Rubén Xaus All 13 Vittorio Iannuzzo 12 20 Marco Borciani 1–11 Emmebi Team Honda Honda CBR1000RR 12 Ivan Goi 11–12 Celani Team Suzuki Italia Suzuki Suzuki GSXR1000 K6 13 Vittorio Iannuzzo 1–11 Alstare Eng. Corona Extra Suzuki Suzuki GSXR1000 K6 15 Fabien Foret 1–7 76 Max Neukirchner 9–12 Foggy Petronas Racing Petronas Petronas FP1 18 Craig Jones All 99 Steve Martin All Ducati Xerox Ducati Ducati 999 F06 21 Troy Bayliss All 57 Lorenzo Lanzi All Prorace Suzuki Suzuki GSXR1000 K6 22 Miloš Čihák 7 SBK Team JM Ducati Ducati 999 RS 23 Jiří Mrkývka 7 Kawasaki Bertocchi Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX10R 25 Josh Brookes 5–12 116 Franco Battaini 1–4 Kawasaki Docshop Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX10R 26 Stefan Nebel 10 Coronas Suzuki Motorrad Suzuki Suzuki GSXR1000 K6 27 Anthony Gobert 3 35 Sergio Fuertes 3 Spring Ducati Ducati Ducati 999 RS 28 Lorenzo Mauri 4 Winston Ten Kate Honda Honda Honda CBR1000RR 31 Karl Muggeridge 1–2, 4–12 52 James Toseland All 200 Giovanni Bussei 3 Honda BQR Honda Honda CBR1000RR 32 Javier del Amor 3 33 José David de Gea 3 Yamaha Factory Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 34 Josep Monge 3 Pro-SBK Racing Yamaha Junior Pro-SBK Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 36 Jiří Dražďák 7, 10, 12 Jafferson Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 37 Marek Svoboda 7 Yamaha Motor France–Ipone 2 Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 38 Shinichi Nakatomi All Berten Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 39 Berto Camlek 7 Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 41 Noriyuki Haga All 88 Andrew Pitt All Ducati SC – Caracchi Ducati Ducati 999 F05 44 Roberto Rolfo All Team Guandalini Ducati Ducati 999 RS 66 Norino Brignola 3–4, 6, 11 Virgin Mobile Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 81 Tommy Hill 5, 8 MGM – TTSL Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 83 Didier Van Keymeulen 10 PN Corse Ducati Ducati 999 RS 85 Valter Bartolini 11 105 Lorenzo Alfonsi 4, 6 D'Antin MotoGP Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 95 Talal Al Naimi 1 Motoport Den Bosch – Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki GSXR1000 K2 96 Harry van Beek 9

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