2002 Supersport World Championship

January 2025 Supersport World Championship 2002 Support series:Superbike World ChampionshipSuperstock European Championship The 2002 Supersport World Championship was the sixth season of the Supersport World Championship. The season was held over 12 races following the Superbike World Championship calendar except a race at Laguna Seca. Beginning on 10 March at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Spain, and finished on 29 September at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Italy. Frenchman Fabien Foret won the title after beating the closest rival Katsuaki Fujiwara.https://www.roadracingworld.com/news/foret-wins-supersport-world-championship/ Foret wins Supersport World Championship. roadracingworld.com 29 September 2002 8 January 2025 Race calendar and results Round Date Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Race winner Winning team Winning constructor 1 10 March ESP Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo FRA Fabien Foret FRA Fabien Foret FRA Fabien Foret Ten Kate Honda Honda 2 24 March AUS Australia Phillip Island Circuit AUS Andrew Pitt ITA Piergiorgio Bontempi AUS Andrew Pitt Kawasaki Racing Kawasaki 3 7 April RSA South Africa Kyalami FRA Stéphane Chambon GBR James Whitham AUS Andrew Pitt Kawasaki Racing Kawasaki 4 21 April JPN Japan Sportsland Sugo JPN Katsuaki Fujiwara FRA Fabien Foret FRA Stéphane Chambon Alstare Suzuki Corona Suzuki 5 12 May ITA Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza AUS Chris Vermeulen FRA Fabien Foret FRA Fabien Foret Ten Kate Honda Honda 6 26 May GBR Great Britain Silverstone Circuit FRA Fabien Foret GBR James Whitham GBR James Whitham Yamaha Belgarda Yamaha 7 9 June GER Germany Lausitzring FRA Fabien Foret JPN Katsuaki Fujiwara JPN Katsuaki Fujiwara Alstare Suzuki Corona Suzuki 8 23 June SMR San Marino Autodromo di Santa Monica FRA Fabien Foret FRA Stéphane Chambon FRA Fabien Foret Ten Kate Honda Honda 9 28 July EUR Europe Brands Hatch FRA Fabien Foret GBR Iain MacPherson JPN Katsuaki Fujiwara Alstare Suzuki Corona Suzuki 10 1 September GER Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben JPN Katsuaki Fujiwara GER Christian Kellner ITA Paolo Casoli Yamaha Belgarda Yamaha 11 8 September NED Netherlands TT Circuit Assen AUS Chris Vermeulen FRA Fabien Foret FRA Fabien Foret Ten Kate Honda Honda 12 29 September ITA Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari FRA Fabien Foret AUS Chris Vermeulen JPN Katsuaki Fujiwara Alstare Suzuki Corona Suzuki Entry list Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Bike number Rider Rounds Ducati NCR Nortel Net. Ducati Ducati 748 R 11 ITA Piergiorgio Bontempi All 77ITA Giovanni Bussei 11–12 Monster Mob Ducati 54GBR Stuart Easton 6, 9 Rox Racing 16 ITA Gianluca Nannelli All Shell Advance Racing 26 GER Rico Penzkofer 1, 5–7, 9–12 UUNET Ducati 35RSA Trevor Crookes 3 Alpha Technik Honda Honda Honda CBR 600F 85GER Jürgen Oelschläger 10 BKM Honda Racing 13 FRA Christophe Cogan All 18ESP José David de Gea 4–7 45FRA Brian Laurent 10–12 70AUS Nigel Arnold 8–9 81 AUT Robert Ulm 1–3 Dave Siedel Racing 55GBR Ben Wilson 6 Dynamic Exp. S. Compaq 32RSA Arushen Moodley 3 Esha-Kobutex 51NED Kyro Verstraeten 6–7 60NED Ron Van Steenbergen 7 94SWE Jan Hanson 10–11 Honda UK Race 7 AUS Karl Muggeridge All 10 GBR John McGuinness 1, 3, 5–6, 8–11 39JPN Tatsuya Yamaguchi 4 59IRL Michael Laverty 12 81AUT Robert Ulm 7 Moto 1 116 FRA Sébastien Charpentier 5–11 Norwood Adam Honda 53GBR Scott Smart 6, 9 Superbike Racing 73ITA Juri Proietto 12 Ten Kate Honda 9 GBR Iain MacPherson All 99 FRA Fabien Foret All Van-zon-Honda-T.K.R. 17 AUS Chris Vermeulen All 71 BEL Werner Daemen 1–7, 9–11 74GBR Paul Young 12 81AUT Robert Ulm 8 Weger Racing 19GER Alexander Schlaefke 1–2, 5, 7 58GBR Jon Kirkham 6 Kawasaki Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 1 AUS Andrew Pitt All 8 GBR James Ellison All Alstare Suzuki Corona Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R600 12 FRA Stéphane Chambon All 37 JPN Katsuaki Fujiwara All Cell C Suzuki 31RSA Greg Dreyer 3 34RSA Stewart MacLeod 3 Cooper Racing 30AUS Adam Fergusson 2 D.N.R. 67ITA Norino Brignola 8 Earnshaws Motorcycles 56GBR Tom Tunstall 6 Merces Cura Racing 38RSA Graeme Van Breda 3 NHR 36RSA Noel Haarhoff 3 Biomagnetic Sport Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 28AUS Daniel Stauffer 2 GIMotorsport 14 ITA Diego Giugovaz 1–8 40ITA Lorenzo Segoni 12 41ITA Giovanni Valtulini 11 64 ITA Claudio Cipriani 5–12 Imperiale 66ITA Cristian Magnani 8 Laaks CET Racing 98GER Michael Schulten 10 OPCM Racing 5 AUS Kevin Curtain All 81AUT Robert Ulm 10–12 118 AUT Christian Zaiser 5–8 Parl Moto 68ITA Camillo Mariottini 8 Podium Racing 92SWE Christer Lindholm 11 Saveko Racing 21 GBR Jim Moodie 1 22AUS Damian Cudlin 2 25AUS Mark Willis 4 33 GBR Robert Frost All 42FRA Matthieu Lagrive 5–12 Team Italia Lorenzini by Leoni 20 ITA Stefano Cruciani All 44 ITA Antonio Carlacci All Team Italia Spadaro 15 ITA Alessio Corradi All Veneman Yamaha Motor NLD 72NED Barry Veneman 11 Yamaha Belgarda 2 ITA Paolo Casoli All 24ITA Gianluigi Scalvini 10 69 GBR James Whitham All Yamaha Motor Germany 3 GER Jörg Teuchert All 91 GER Christian Kellner All Yamaha Motor NLD 65NED Harry Van Beek 11 Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider Championship' standings Riders' standings Pos Rider Bike VALESP PHIAUS KYARSA SUGJPN MNZITA SILGBR LAUGER MISSMR BRAEUR OSCGER ASSNLD IMOITA Pts 1 FRA Fabien Foret Honda 1PF 9 5 3F 1F 7p DSQP 1P 2P 6 1F 4P 186 2 JPN Katsuaki Fujiwara Suzuki 17 4 Ret 2P 3 6 1F 2 1 3P 5 1 181 3 FRA Stéphane Chambon Suzuki 2 3 3P 1 5 8 3 13F Ret 2 9 2 162 4 ITA Paolo Casoli Yamaha 8 Ret 7 4 6 2 DSQ 5 3 1 3 Ret 128 5 AUS Andrew Pitt Kawasaki 5 1P 1 7 4 Ret 2 6 18 4 Ret Ret 126 6 GER Christian Kellner Yamaha 3 6 6 5 Ret 11 4 4 6 RetF 10 DNS 94 7 AUS Chris Vermeulen Honda 4 11 9 Ret 2P 14 5 8 8 Ret RetP 3F 90 8 GER Jörg Teuchert Yamaha 16 5 4 10 9 4 6 Ret 5 Ret 8 5 90 9 GBR Iain MacPherson Honda Ret 8 8 Ret 8 5 10 Ret 4F Ret 2 7 83 10 GBR James Whitham Yamaha 6 Ret 2F Ret Ret 1F DSQ 3 Ret WD 7 DSQ 80 11 AUS Kevin Curtain Yamaha Ret 12 Ret 9 Ret Ret 7 11 9 5 4 WD 56 12 ITA Alessio Corradi Yamaha 7 10 10 11 Ret 18 11 10 7 8 14 Ret 56 13 ITA Piergiorgio Bontempi Ducati 11 2F 11 Ret 7 Ret 9 14 Ret Ret 13 Ret 51 14 AUS Karl Muggeridge Honda 14 Ret 13 6 Ret 3 14 16 Ret Ret 6 Ret 43 15 FRA Christophe Cogan Honda Ret 7 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 11 9 34 16 ITA Stefano Cruciani Yamaha Ret 17 Ret 14 Ret 12 8 12 11 DSQ 21 8 31 17 BEL Werner Daemen Honda 10 14 14 8 10 17 DNQ 12 Ret 15 29 18 AUT Robert Ulm Honda 13 13 Ret 12 9 25 Yamaha Ret 12 12 19 ITA Antonio Carlacci Yamaha 9 20 Ret 15 14 22 16 Ret DSQ Ret 23 6 20 20 GBR James Ellison Kawasaki 15 15 Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret 17 13 9 16 11 20 21 FRA Matthieu Lagrive Yamaha 11 10 Ret Ret 19 12 17 13 18 22 ITA Gianluca Nannelli Ducati 12 16 18 Ret 12 13 17 Ret Ret 15 DNS Ret 12 23 ITA Diego Giugovaz Yamaha 18 19 19 17 13 9 Ret 24 10 24 SWE Jan Hanson Honda 7 DNS 9 25 GER Jürgen Oelschläger Honda 10 6 26 GBR Robert Frost Yamaha Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS 21 Ret 19 Ret Ret 18 10 6 27 GBR Stuart Easton Ducati Ret 10 6 28 FRA Sébastien Charpentier Honda 15 16 DNQ 22 14 13 Ret 6 29 FRA Laurent Brian Honda 11 24 16 5 30 ESP José David de Gea Honda 12 18 23 15 5 31 GBR John McGuinness Honda 19 DNS 17 15 Ret 15 14 26 4 32 AUT Christian Zaiser Yamaha 16 20 13 18 3 33 GBR Paul Young Honda 14 2 34 RSA Arushen Moodley Honda 15 1 35 ITA Camillo Mariottini Yamaha 15 1 36 IRL Michael Laverty Honda 15 1 RSA Noel Haarhoff Suzuki 16 0 AUS Mark Willis Yamaha 16 0 ITA Claudio Cipriani Yamaha Ret 24 18 23 17 16 27 18 0 AUS Nigel Arnold Honda Ret 16 0 RSA Graeme Van Breda Suzuki 17 0 ITA Juri Proietto Honda 17 0 AUS Daniel Stauffer Yamaha 18 0 GER Rico Penzkofer Ducati 20 WD DNS 19 WD Ret DNS WD 0 ITA Giovanni Bussei Ducati 19 Ret 0 NED Kyro Verstraeten Honda 19 DNS 0 ITA Cristian Magnani Yamaha 20 0 NED Barry Veneman Yamaha 20 0 ITA Norino Brignola Suzuki 21 0 SWE Christer Lindholm Yamaha 22 0 GBR Jon Kirkham Honda 25 0 NED Harry Van Beek Yamaha 25 0 GBR Jim Moodie Yamaha Ret 0 AUS Adam Fergusson Suzuki Ret 0 AUS Damian Cudlin Yamaha Ret 0 RSA Greg Dreyer Suzuki Ret 0 RSA Stewart MacLeod Suzuki Ret 0 RSA Trevor Crookes Ducati Ret 0 JPN Tatsuya Yamaguchi Honda Ret 0 GBR Ben Wilson Honda Ret 0 GBR Tom Tunstall Suzuki Ret 0 NED Ron Van Steenbergen Honda Ret 0 GBR Scott Smart Honda WD Ret 0 GER Michael Schulten Yamaha Ret 0 ITA Lorenzo Segoni Yamaha Ret 0 ITA Gianluigi Scalvini Yamaha DNS GER Alexander Schlaefke Honda DNQ DNQ WD WD ITA Giovanni Valtulini Yamaha DNQ Pos Rider Bike VALESP PHIAUS KYARSA SUGJPN MNZITA SILGBR LAUGER MISSMR BRAEUR OSCGER ASSNLD IMOITA Pts P – Pole positionF – Fastest lapSource:https://resources.worldsbk.com/files/results/2002/ITA2/SSP/001/STD/ChampionshipStandings.pdf?version=f961bde10b314ce7fbebb9bcdde93683 2002 Supersport World Championship standings resources.worldsbk.com 29 September 2002 8 January 2025 References External links Official Website Supersport World Championship Category:Supersport World Championship seasons Supersport World Championship