1991 Superbike World Championship

Sports event December 2007 Superbike World Championship 1991 The 1991 Superbike World Championship was the fourth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 1 April at Donington Park and finished on 19 October at Phillip Island after 13 rounds. Doug Polen won the riders' championship with 17 victories and Ducati won the manufacturers' championship. The third round of the championship at Mosport was boycotted by the regular riders on safety grounds.http://cyclenews.uberflip.com/i/127384-cycle-news-1991-06-12/1 Kipp, Picotte win boycotted Mosport cyclenews.uberflip.com Cycle News 2 12 June 1991 28 March 2015 1991 Superbike World Championship Calendarhttps://superbike-archives.net/season.php?id=91WSB 1991 FIM Diesel Jeans Superbike World Championship superbike-archives.nethttps://motorsportstats.com/series/fim-superbike-world-championship/results/1991 Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team 1 R1 GBR Donington 1 April USA Doug Polen BEL Stéphane Mertens USA Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci R2 USA Doug Polen BEL Stéphane Mertens Total Wanty Mertens Racing 2 R1 ESP Jarama 28 April USA Doug Polen USA Doug Polen USA Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci R2 USA Doug Polen USA Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci 3 R1 CAN Mosport 2 June USA Tom Kipp CAN Pascal Picotte CAN Pascal Picotte Fast Yamaha/Sunoco R2 CAN Rueben McMurter USA Tom Kipp Wiseco Piston 4 R1 USA Brainerd 9 June BEL Stéphane Mertens USA Doug Polen USA Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci R2 BEL Stéphane Mertens USA Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci 5 R1 AUT Österreichring 30 June USA Doug Polen USA Doug Polen BEL Stéphane Mertens Total Wanty Mertens Racing R2 USA Doug Polen USA Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci 6 R1 SMR 1862 Misano 4 August USA Doug Polen AUS Rob Phillis USA Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci R2 FRA Raymond Roche USA Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci 7 R1 SWE Anderstorp 11 August USA Doug Polen BEL Stéphane Mertens USA Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci R2 FRA Raymond Roche USA Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci 8 R1 JPN Sugo 25 August USA Doug Polen USA Doug Polen USA Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci R2 USA Doug Polen USA Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci 9 R1 MYS Shah Alam 1 September USA Doug Polen USA Doug Polen FRA Raymond Roche Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli R2 FRA Raymond Roche FRA Raymond Roche Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli 10 R1 DEU Hockenheim 15 September USA Doug Polen FRA Raymond Roche USA Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci R2 USA Doug Polen FRA Raymond Roche Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli 11 R1 FRA Magny-Cours 29 September AUS Rob Phillis USA Doug Polen USA Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci R2 USA Doug Polen USA Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci 12 R1 ITA Mugello 6 October USA Doug Polen USA Doug Polen USA Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci R2 ITA Giancarlo Falappa FRA Raymond Roche Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli 13 R1 AUS Phillip Island 19 October USA Doug Polen NZL Aaron Slight AUS Kevin Magee Peter Jackson Yamaha Racing R2 NZL Aaron Slight USA Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci Championship standings In each race, points were awarded as follows: Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th  Points 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Riders' standings 1991 final riders' standingshttps://superbike-archives.net/standings.php?ssnID=91WSB&chpID=91WSBRID 1991 World Superbike - Riders Championship - Points Standings superbike-archives.net 25 February 2023 Pos. Rider Bike GBRGBR SPAESP CANCAN USAUSA AUTAUT SMRSMR SWESWE JPNJPN MALMYS GERDEU FRAFRA ITAITA AUSAUS PtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2 1 USA Doug Polen Ducati 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 5 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 432 2 FRA Raymond Roche Ducati Ret 2 Ret 3 DNS DNS 3 3 4 2 Ret 3 6 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 282 3 AUS Rob Phillis Kawasaki 4 3 2 Ret 4 5 4 4 2 3 2 2 2 Ret 5 Ret 4 4 4 5 DNS DNS 4 3 267 4 BEL Stéphane Mertens Ducati Ret 1 Ret 2 3 3 1 2 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 2 5 6 7 3 4 Ret 5 6 217 5 ITA Fabrizio Pirovano Yamaha 3 8 5 5 5 6 Ret 5 5 4 3 Ret 7 7 2 3 Ret 7 Ret 6 Ret 6 195 6 GBR Terry Rymer Yamaha 2 4 7 Ret DNS DNS 6 9 8 9 7 12 Ret 14 10 Ret 7 9 5 4 3 3 162 7 GBR Carl Fogarty Honda Ret 9 9 8 11 11 7 8 4 4 11 8 8 7 9 10 6 7 7 Ret 146 8 USA Fred Merkel Honda Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 4 8 8 9 7 8 6 12 9 12 9 Ret Ret 3 10 8 Ret 124 9 ITA Giancarlo Falappa Ducati 14 Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 7 10 6 6 13 10 11 6 Ret 6 3 Ret 8 6 Ret 113 10 ITA Davide Tardozzi Ducati 5 6 3 5 9 10 3 6 3 8 DNS DNS 108 11 DEU Udo Mark Yamaha 8 7 7 10 11 Ret 10 10 18 Ret 8 5 68 12 NLD Jeffrey de Vries Yamaha 9 10 15 Ret 10 10 11 12 16 16 12 Ret Ret 24 13 13 13 Ret 12 14 15 5 Ret Ret 66 13 NZL Aaron Slight Kawasaki 3 4 7 4 3 Ret 65 14 AUS Kevin Magee Yamaha 5 3 1 2 63 15 FIN Jari Suhonen Yamaha DNS DNS Ret 9 9 11 Ret 15 5 7 Ret 17 14 12 9 12 17 12 61 16 ESP Juan López Mella Honda 11 11 3 4 14 DNS 17 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 17 18 14 10 DNQ DNQ 16 18 13 15 57 17 USA Scott Russell Kawasaki 2 2 8 5 53 18 ESP Daniel Amatriain Honda Ret 13 4 6 12 17 13 13 14 11 DNS DNS 15 21 20 13 47 19 CHE Edwin Weibel Honda 13 14 Ret Ret41 Ducati 18 Ret 10 11 14 9 9 7 20 FRA Jean-Yves Mounier Yamaha DNS DNS 13 9 10 14 20 17 9 9 21 20 18 12 11 Ret DNS DNS 41 21 GBR Rob McElnea Yamaha 5 5 11 8 Ret 16 35 22 GBR Brian Morrison Yamaha 6 6 8 11 18 Ret 33 23 GBR Niall Mackenzie Honda 7 7 Ret DNS 15 1233 Yamaha Ret 6 24 CAN Linnley Clarke Yamaha 4 2 30 25 CAN Yves Brisson Honda 2 4 30 26 ITA Baldassarre Monti Honda Ret Ret 6 Ret 8 7 DNS DNS DNS DNS 27 27 CAN Steve Crevier Kawasaki 3 5 26 28 AUS Malcolm Campbell Honda 19 21 6 4 23 29 CAN Rueben McMurter Honda Ret 3 12 13 22 30 AUS Scott Doohan Yamaha 17 14 7 5 22 31 ITA Massimo Broccoli Kawasaki 21 14 DNQ DNQ 12 12 22 Ret 10 11 21 32 USA Tom Kipp Yamaha Ret 1 Ret Ret 22 22 20 33 CAN Pascal Picotte Yamaha 1 Ret 20 34 CAN Benoît Pilon Yamaha 6 6 20 35 ITA Piergiorgio Bontempi Kawasaki NC Ret 16 Ret DNQ DNQ 11 DNS Ret 4 18 36 AUS Steve Martin Suzuki 8 7 17 37 USA John Hopperstad Yamaha 8 7 18 DNS 17 38 DEU Peter Rubatto Yamaha Ret 16 12 Ret 15 13 13 DNS Ret 13 23 DNS Ret 13 17 39 CAN Jacques Guenette Kawasaki 9 8 15 40 AUS Michael O'Connor Honda 10 8 14 Pos. Rider Bike GBRGBR SPAESP CANCAN USAUSA AUTAUT SMRSMR SWESWE JPNJPN MALMYS GERDEU FRAFRA ITAITA AUSAUS Pts Bold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap Manufacturers' standings 1991 final manufacturers' standingshttps://superbike-archives.net/standings.php?ssnID=91WSB&chpID=91WSBMAN 1991 World Superbike - Manufacturers Championship - Points Standings superbike-archives.net 25 February 2023 Pos. Manufacturer GBRGBR SPAESP CANCAN USAUSA AUTAUT SMRSMR SWESWE JPNJPN MALMYS GERDEU FRAFRA ITAITA AUSAUS PtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2 1 ITA Ducati111171311111111111111111121489 2 JPN Yamaha24551156655435432375543312355 3 JPN Kawasaki3421435224423222454444511433351 4 JPN Honda77342364887744118879103771164265 5 JPN Suzuki11112015RetRet21Ret151521RetDNQDNQ8730 6 ITA Bimota1520Ret13Ret151410DNSDNS13 Pos. Manufacturer GBRGBR SPAESP CANCAN USAUSA AUTAUT SMRSMR SWESWE JPNJPN MALMYS GERDEU FRAFRA ITAITA AUSAUS Pts External links https://superbike-archives.net/season.php?id=91WSB 1991 FIM Diesel Jeans Superbike World Championship superbike-archives.net References Michael Scott (1991) Motocourse 1991-92, The World's Leading Grand Prix & Superbike Annual Hazleton Publishing 978-0905138886 Superbike racing Category:Superbike World Championship seasons