2003 Superbike World Championship

none Superbike World Championship 2003 Support series:Supersport World ChampionshipSuperstock European Championship The 2003 Superbike World Championship was the sixteenth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 2 March at Valencia and finished on 19 October at Magny-Cours after 12 rounds. Rule changes for 2003 allowed 1000cc machines (either twins, triples or four-cylinder) to race. The rule changes in MotoGP which allowed 4-stroke engines starting from 2002 meant that the Japanese manufacturers had focused their resources there; as a result the Superbike World Championship was left with limited factory involvement,http://www.motorcycledaily.com/26jan011000ccsuperbikes.html 1000cc Superbikes May Save World Championship Dirck Edge https://web.archive.org/web/20080807175321/http://www.motorcycledaily.com/26jan011000ccsuperbikes.html 2008-08-07 motorcycledaily.com dead with Ducati, Suzuki and the new-for-2003 Carl Fogarty's Foggy Petronas as the only factory teams. As a result of most of the field being formed of Ducati motorcycles, the championship was given the derogatory label of the "Ducati Cup" in some quarters.History of the World Superbike Championship - Devitt https://www.devittinsurance.com/guides/motorcycle-racing/world-superbike-championship/history/ Devitt Insurance 21 June 2016 5 July 2018 The factory Ducati Team entered the only two Ducati 999s in the field, taking 20 wins from 24 races in a season where all races were won by Ducati. Neil Hodgson won the riders' championship and Ducati won the manufacturers' championship. Entry list 2003 Entry List https://www.f1network.net/main/s180/st19541.htm Motorcycle Racing Online - World Superbike entry list for 2003TeamConstructorMotorcycleTyreNo. Bike numberRiderRounds AUT RTZ powered by ROTAX Aprilia Aprilia RSV 1000 Pirelli 70AUT Christian Zaiser 7 ITA Caracchi NCR Nortel Net. Ducati Ducati 996RS Dunlop 50ITA Marco Masetti 4 GBR Firepower Ducati 89GBR Dean Ellison 9 ITA Gi.Bi. Team Pirelli 82ITA Lorenzo Mauri 4 ITA Lucido Corse Dunlop 113ITA Paolo Blora 4, 7 JPN Team Foundation Dunlop 79JPN Noriyasu Numata 3 GBR HM Plant Ducati Ducati 998F02 Dunlop 9 GBR Chris Walker All 52 GBR James Toseland All GBR Monstermob Ducati Dunlop 67GBR Shane Byrne 9 GBR Renegade Ducati Dunlop 60GBR Michael Rutter 6, 9 62GBR Sean Emmett 6 ITA Caracchi NCR Nortel Net. Ducati 998RS Dunlop 38ITA Giancarlo De Matteis 9 48 ESP David García 1–3, 5–8, 10–12 55 FRA Régis Laconi All ITA D.F.X. Racing Team Pirelli 20 ITA Marco Borciani All 33 ESP Juan Borja All 99 AUS Steve Martin All USA Ducati Austin Dunlop 15ITA Giovanni Bussei 8 GBR ETI Racing Dunlop 62GBR Sean Emmett 9 CZE JM SBK Team Dunlop 23 CZE Jiří Mrkývka 4–5, 7–12 GBR Renegade Ducati Dunlop 40GBR Nick Medd 9 90GBR Leon Haslam 9–10, 12 ITA Team Pedercini Dunlop 19 ITA Lucio Pedercini All 26ITA Luca Pedersoli 8–11 28 ITA Serafino Foti 1, 4–7 35 ITA Nello Russo 1–2, 5–7 82ITA Lorenzo Mauri 11 ITA Team Pro.Con. Dunlop 29ITA Giuseppe Zannini 7, 11 SMR Team PSG-1 Dunlop 7 ITA Pierfrancesco Chili All ITA Ducati Fila Ducati 999F03 Michelin 11 ESP Rubén Xaus All 100 GBR Neil Hodgson All AUS Michelin Honda Honda Honda CBR954RR Michelin 75AUS Alistair Maxwell 2 JPN Blue Helmet MSC Honda VTR 1000SP2 Dunlop 74JPN Kenichiro Nakamura 3 ITA White Endurance Dunlop 68FRA Bertrand Stey 12 91 ITA Walter Tortoroglio 1–11 JPN Team HRC Honda VTR 1000SPW Michelin 77JPN Hitoyasu Izutsu 3 NED Greven Mc Delar Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-7RR Pirelli 45NED Jan Greven 10 ITA Kawasaki Bertocchi Dunlop 5 ITA Ivan Clementi All 6 ITA Mauro Sanchini All USA Kawasaki Road Racing Dunlop 32USA Eric Bostrom 8 BEL Alstare Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 Dunlop 10 ESP Gregorio Lavilla All 31ITA Vittorio Iannuzzo 4–7, 10 NED Bertus Folkertsma Racing Pirelli 43NED Bertus Folkertsma 10 ITA Boselli Racing Dunlop 96ITA Luca Pini 7, 11 GER Elf Yoshimura Schäfer Motorsport Pirelli 44GER Stefan Nebel 10 NED Kruisinga Motoren Racing Pirelli 42NED Paul Mooijman 10 ESP MIR Racing Dunlop 16 ESP Sergio Fuertes 1, 4–7, 9–12 AUS Motorcycle Weaponry Dunlop 73AUS Steven Cutting 2 NED Racing Team R.Menzen 41NED Robert Menzen 10 AUT Racing Team Zaiser Pirelli 70AUT Christian Zaiser 12 GBR Rizla Suzuki Dunlop 61GBR John Reynolds 6, 9–10 64GBR Yukio Kagayama 6, 9 ITA Scuderia HF Dunlop 57ITA Simone Conti 11 FRA SERT Dunlop 93FRA Sébastien Gimbert 12 JPN Suzuki Yoshimura Dunlop 66AUS Mat Mladin 8 120USA Aaron Yates 8 JPN Team Suzuki Dunlop 76JPN Atsushi Watanabe 3 AUS Warren & Brown Lightpaths Dunlop 78AUS Jay Normoyle 2 MAS Foggy PETRONAS Racing Petronas Petronas FP1 Michelin 4 AUS Troy Corser All 8 GBR James Haydon 1–5, 8–12 82ITA Lorenzo Mauri 7 ESP Acumoto Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 Dunlop 71ESP Martin Benito Isaac 1 NOR Komatsu Sundby Racing Pirelli 36NOR Sundby Dag Steinar 5 ITA Nuvolari 391 Dunlop 39 ITA Alessandro Gramigni 4, 7, 9–12 AUT Remus Racing Austria Pirelli 22AUT Horst Saiger 10–12 69AUT Karl Truchsess 10 ITA Team X-Racing Dunlop 95ITA Redamo Assirelli 7 ITA UnionBike GIMotorsport Dunlop 15 ITA Giovanni Bussei 1–7 39 ITA Alessandro Gramigni 1 51ITA Davide Messori 2 95ITA Redamo Assirelli 9 Pirelli 92FRA Frédéric Protat 12 98ITA Gianmaria Liverani 10–11Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement riderD DunlopM MichelinP Pirelli Race calendar and results 2003 Superbike World Championship Calendar FIM Superbike World Championship Results 2003 Motorsport Stats https://motorsportstats.com/series/fim-superbike-world-championship/results/2003 https://web.archive.org/web/20260212053609/https://motorsportstats.com/series/fim-superbike-world-championship/results/2003 2026-10-06 2026-02-12 Round Circuit Date Superpole Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Report 1 R1 ESP Valencia 2 March GBR Neil Hodgson GBR Neil Hodgson GBR Neil Hodgson Fila Ducati Report R2 GBR Neil Hodgson GBR Neil Hodgson Fila Ducati 2 R1 AUS Phillip Island 30 March GBR Neil Hodgson GBR Neil Hodgson GBR Neil Hodgson Fila Ducati Report R2 ESP Rubén Xaus GBR Neil Hodgson Fila Ducati 3 R1 JPN Sugo 27 April FRA Régis Laconi GBR Neil Hodgson GBR Neil Hodgson Fila Ducati Report R2 ITA Pierfrancesco Chili GBR Neil Hodgson Fila Ducati 4 R1 ITA Monza 18 May GBR Neil Hodgson GBR Neil Hodgson GBR Neil Hodgson Fila Ducati Report R2 FRA Régis Laconi GBR Neil Hodgson Fila Ducati 5 R1 DEU Oschersleben 1 June GBR Neil Hodgson ITA Pierfrancesco Chili GBR Neil Hodgson Fila Ducati Report R2 GBR Neil Hodgson GBR James Toseland HM Plant Ducati 6 R1 GBR Silverstone 15 June GBR Neil Hodgson ESP Gregorio Lavilla GBR Neil Hodgson Fila Ducati Report R2 ESP Gregorio Lavilla GBR Neil Hodgson Fila Ducati 7 R1 SMR Misano 22 June GBR Neil Hodgson ESP Rubén Xaus ESP Rubén Xaus Fila Ducati Report R2 ESP Rubén Xaus ESP Rubén Xaus Fila Ducati 8 R1 USA Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca 13 July AUS Mat Mladin FRA Régis Laconi ITA Pierfrancesco Chili Team PSG-1 Report R2 ESP Rubén Xaus ESP Rubén Xaus Fila Ducati 9 R1 EUR Brands Hatch 27 July GBR John Reynolds GBR Shane Byrne GBR Shane Byrne Monstermob Ducati Report R2 GBR John Reynolds GBR Shane Byrne Monstermob Ducati 10 R1 NLD Assen 7 September ITA Pierfrancesco Chili ESP Gregorio Lavilla ESP Rubén Xaus Fila Ducati Report R2 GBR Neil Hodgson GBR Neil Hodgson Fila Ducati 11 R1 ITA Imola 28 September ESP Rubén Xaus GBR Neil Hodgson ESP Rubén Xaus Fila Ducati Report R2 ESP Rubén Xaus ESP Rubén Xaus Fila Ducati 12 R1 FRA Magny-Cours 19 October GBR James Toseland GBR Neil Hodgson GBR Neil Hodgson Fila Ducati Report R2 GBR Neil Hodgson ESP Rubén Xaus Fila Ducati Championship standings Riders' standings 2003 final riders' standingshttp://sbk.perugiatiming.com/pdf_results/pdf_frame.asp?p_Round=ROUND&p_Anno=2003&p_Manifestazione=12&p_Gara=01&p_Sessione=002&p_Stampa=STD Magny Cours 17–18–19 October, 2003 – Superbike – Championship Standing & Ranking Progression sbk.perugiatiming.com Perugia Timing 19 October 2003 21 December 2014 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Rider Bike ESPESP AUSAUS JPNJPN ITAITA GERDEU GBRGBR SMRSMR USAUSA EUREUR NEDNLD ITAITA FRAFRA 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 GBR Neil Hodgson Ducati 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 Ret 2 2 2 2 5 2 1 2 4 1 Ret 489 2 ESP Rubén Xaus Ducati 2 2 2 2 4 4 7 Ret Ret 5 3 3 1 1 Ret 1 Ret 4 1 2 1 1 2 1 386 3 GBR James Toseland Ducati 4 3 DSQ 5 3 5 4 5 3 1 2 4 2 Ret 3 Ret 6 3 4 Ret Ret Ret 5 2 271 4 FRA Régis Laconi Ducati 5 Ret 6 4 2 7 2 4 4 4 4 6 3 4 Ret 4 4 8 Ret 4 3 2 6 16 267 5 ESP Gregorio Lavilla Suzuki 7 6 3 7 5 2 3 2 Ret Ret Ret 2 4 5 Ret 5 7 6 Ret 3 4 3 4 4 256 6 GBR Chris Walker Ducati 3 4 7 6 Ret Ret 6 6 5 3 9 8 5 8 5 3 3 Ret 5 8 Ret 5 3 3 234 7 ITA Pierfrancesco Chili Ducati Ret Ret Ret 3 Ret 3 5 3 2 11 7 7 Ret 3 1 Ret 9 7 3 5 5 Ret Ret Ret 197 8 AUS Steve Martin Ducati 6 5 4 9 15 Ret 9 7 6 6 Ret Ret 6 9 Ret Ret 14 Ret 9 11 6 Ret 7 5 139 9 ITA Lucio Pedercini Ducati 8 9 10 14 7 Ret 10 10 9 10 11 11 8 6 Ret 10 Ret 16 12 14 Ret 6 Ret 11 112 10 ITA Marco Borciani Ducati 9 10 9 10 13 13 8 8 7 9 10 13 11 14 10 9 Ret 14 Ret 13 10 11 Ret 14 111 11 ITA Mauro Sanchini Kawasaki Ret 13 13 12 11 10 14 12 11 12 13 14 9 11 9 8 15 15 10 12 8 8 10 10 108 12 AUS Troy Corser Petronas Ret 7 5 8 Ret 12 13 Ret 12 14 16 Ret 7 10 8 Ret Ret Ret 6 9 7 7 8 Ret 107 13 ESP Juan Borja Ducati 14 8 12 15 10 9 DNS DNS Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret 12 11 7 12 Ret Ret 16 11 9 9 7 87 14 ITA Ivan Clementi Kawasaki 11 14 11 11 Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 13 14 16 10 13 Ret Ret 13 13 8 7 9 Ret Ret 9 76 15 ITA Giovanni Bussei Yamaha Ret 11 14 Ret 12 11 Ret 13 10 Ret 12 12 16 16 52 Ducati 7 6 16 GBR Shane Byrne Ducati 1 1 50 17 GBR John Reynolds Suzuki 6 10 Ret 2 Ret 10 42 18 ITA Vittorio Iannuzzo Suzuki 12 9 8 8 Ret 15 Ret 7 DNS DNS 37 19 ITA Alessandro Gramigni Yamaha Ret DNS 11 11 12 15 16 11 11 15 13 12 Ret 12 37 20 JPN Yukio Kagayama Suzuki 5 5 10 9 35 21 GBR Leon Haslam Ducati Ret 10 7 6 Ret 6 35 22 ESP David García Ducati 10 12 8 Ret DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS Ret Ret DNS DNS 12 10 Ret Ret 28 23 GBR Michael Rutter Ducati 8 9 8 Ret 23 24 JPN Hitoyasu Izutsu Honda 6 6 20 25 AUS Mat Mladin Suzuki 4 DNS 13 26 GBR James Haydon Petronas 12 Ret 15 16 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 17 Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 27 ESP Sergio Fuertes Suzuki 15 Ret 16 Ret 17 17 15 16 Ret 17 Ret Ret 14 13 11 Ret 12 28 GBR Sean Emmett Ducati 5 Ret 11 29 ITA Nello Russo Ducati 13 15 16 13 13 Ret 15 18 Ret Ret 11 30 USA Aaron Yates Suzuki 6 Ret 10 31 GBR Dean Ellison Ducati 11 12 9 32 FRA Sébastien Gimbert Suzuki Ret 8 8 33 JPN Atsushi Watanabe Suzuki 8 Ret 8 34 ITA Serafino Foti Ducati Ret Ret 15 14 14 15 Ret Ret 14 Ret 8 35 ITA Walter Tortoroglio Honda Ret 16 Ret 17 Ret 15 Ret 15 Ret 18 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS 18 16 6 36 FRA Bertrand Stey Honda 13 13 6 37 AUT Horst Saiger Yamaha 13 Ret 17 14 15 17 6 38 AUT Christian Zaiser Aprilia Ret DNS 4 Suzuki 12 Ret 39 JPN Kenichiro Nakamura Honda 14 14 4 40 ITA Luca Pedersoli Ducati 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret 3 41 ITA Paolo Blora Ducati 13 17 3 42 FRA Frédéric Protat Yamaha 14 15 3 43 ITA Gianmaria Liverani Yamaha 14 19 20 Ret 2 44 ITA Luca Pini Suzuki 17 19 15 15 2 45 CZE Jiří Mrkývka Ducati DNQ DNQ 15 17 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret DNQ DNQ 2 Pos. Rider Bike ESPESP AUSAUS JPNJPN ITAITA GERDEU GBRGBR SMRSMR USAUSA EUREUR NEDNLD ITAITA FRAFRA PtsBold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap Manufacturers' standings 2003 final manufacturers' standingshttp://sbk.perugiatiming.com/pdf_results/pdf_frame.asp?p_Round=ROUND&p_Anno=2003&p_Manifestazione=12&p_Gara=01&p_Sessione=002&p_Stampa=MAK Magny Cours 17–18–19 October, 2003 – Superbike – Manufacturers Standings & Ranking Progression sbk.perugiatiming.com Perugia Timing 19 October 2003 21 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141221120409/http://sbk.perugiatiming.com/pdf_results/pdf_frame.asp?p_Round=ROUND&p_Anno=2003&p_Manifestazione=12&p_Gara=01&p_Sessione=002&p_Stampa=MAK 21 December 2014 dead dmy-all Pos. Manufacturer ESPESP AUSAUS JPNJPN ITAITA GERDEU GBRGBR SMRSMR USAUSA EUREUR NEDNLD ITAITA FRAFRA 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 ITA Ducati 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 600 2 JPN Suzuki 7 6 3 7 5 2 3 2 8 8 5 2 4 5 4 5 7 2 16 3 4 3 4 4 306 3 JPN Kawasaki 11 13 11 11 11 8 14 12 11 12 13 14 9 11 9 8 13 13 8 7 8 8 10 9 130 4 MYS Petronas 12 7 5 8 9 12 13 Ret 12 14 16 Ret 7 10 8 Ret 17 Ret 6 9 7 7 8 Ret 118 5 JPN Yamaha 16 11 14 Ret 12 11 11 11 10 19 12 12 12 15 16 11 11 15 13 12 14 12 69 6 JPN Honda Ret 16 19 20 6 6 Ret 15 Ret 18 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS 18 16 13 13 31 ITA Aprilia Ret DNS 0 Pos. Manufacturer ESPESP AUSAUS JPNJPN ITAITA GERDEU GBRGBR SMRSMR USAUSA EUREUR NEDNLD ITAITA FRAFRA Pts References Michael Scott (2003) Motocourse 2003-2004: The World's Leading Grand Prix and Superbike Annual Hazelton Publishing 978-1903135303 Category:Superbike World Championship seasons World