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2008 Supersport World Championship

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Superbike World Championship FIM Superstock 1000 Cup European Superstock 600 Championship

The 2008 Supersport World Championship was the tenth FIM Supersport World Championship season—the twelfth taking into account the two held under the name of Supersport World Series. The season started on 23 February at Losail and finished on 2 November at Portimão after 13 rounds. The championship supported the Superbike World Championship at every round with the exception of Salt Lake City.

The season was marred by the death of Craig Jones as a result of injuries sustained in an accident at the Brands Hatch round.

Race calendar and results

Round	Date	Round	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Race winner
23 February	QAT	Losail	FRA Fabien Foret	FRA Fabien Foret	AUS Broc Parkes	[Report](2008-losail-superbike-world-championship-round)
2 March	AUS	Phillip Island	AUS Andrew Pitt	DNK Robbin Harms	AUS Andrew Pitt	[Report](2008-phillip-island-superbike-world-championship-round)
6 April	ESP	Valencia	AUS Andrew Pitt	AUS Broc Parkes	ESP Joan Lascorz	[Report](2008-valencia-superbike-world-championship-round)
27 April	NED	Assen	AUS Broc Parkes	ITA Gianluca Vizziello	AUS Andrew Pitt	[Report](2008-assen-superbike-world-championship-round)
11 May	ITA	Monza	AUS Broc Parkes	FRA Fabien Foret	FRA Fabien Foret	[Report](2008-monza-superbike-world-championship-round)
15 June	GER	Nürburgring	AUS Broc Parkes	AUS Broc Parkes	AUS Andrew Pitt	[Report](2008-nurburgring-superbike-world-championship-round)
29 June	SMR	Misano	AUS Broc Parkes	AUS Broc Parkes	AUS Andrew Pitt	[Report](2008-misano-superbike-world-championship-round)
20 July	CZE	Brno	AUS Broc Parkes	AUS Andrew Pitt	GBR Jonathan Rea	[Report](2008-brno-superbike-world-championship-round)
3 August	GBR	Brands Hatch	FRA Matthieu Lagrive	AUS Andrew Pitt	GBR Jonathan Rea	[Report](2008-brands-hatch-superbike-world-championship-round)
7 September	EUEurope	Donington Park	FRA Matthieu Lagrive	AUS Josh Brookes	AUS Josh Brookes	[Report](2008-donington-park-superbike-world-championship-round)
21 September	ITA	Vallelunga	AUS Broc Parkes	AUS Broc Parkes	GBR Jonathan Rea	[Report](2008-vallelunga-superbike-world-championship-round)
5 October	FRA	Magny-Cours	AUS Broc Parkes	AUS Broc Parkes	AUS Andrew Pitt	[Report](2008-magny-cours-superbike-world-championship-round)
2 November	POR	Portimao	TUR Kenan Sofuoğlu	TUR Kenan Sofuoğlu	TUR Kenan Sofuoğlu	[Report](2008-portimao-superbike-world-championship-round)

Championship standings

Riders' standings

Pos.	Rider	Bike	[QAT](2008-losail-superbike-world-championship-round)
QAT	[AUS](2008-phillip-island-superbike-world-championship-round)
AUS	[ESP](2008-valencia-superbike-world-championship-round)
ESP	[NED](2008-assen-superbike-world-championship-round)
NLD	[ITA](2008-monza-superbike-world-championship-round)
ITA	[GER](2008-nurburgring-superbike-world-championship-round)
DEU	[SMR](2008-misano-superbike-world-championship-round)
SMR	[CZE](2008-brno-superbike-world-championship-round)
CZE	[GBR](2008-brands-hatch-superbike-world-championship-round)
GBR	[EUR](2008-donington-park-superbike-world-championship-round)
European Union	[ITA](2008-vallelunga-superbike-world-championship-round)
ITA	[FRA](2008-magny-cours-superbike-world-championship-round)
FRA	[POR](2008-portimao-superbike-world-championship-round)
PRT	Pts	1	214	2	164	3	162	4	150	5	121	6	111	7	100	8	92	9	71	10	70	11	60	12	58	13	56	14	47	15	39	16	36	17	28	18	26	19	25	20	23	21	20	22	18	23	17	24	14	25	14	26	13	27	11	28	9	29	9	30	8	31	7	32	5	33	5	34	4	35	4	36	3	37	2	38	1	39	1	40	1	41	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pos.	Rider	Bike	[QAT](2008-losail-superbike-world-championship-round)
QAT	[AUS](2008-phillip-island-superbike-world-championship-round)
AUS	[ESP](2008-valencia-superbike-world-championship-round)
ESP	[NED](2008-assen-superbike-world-championship-round)
NLD	[ITA](2008-monza-superbike-world-championship-round)
ITA	[GER](2008-nurburgring-superbike-world-championship-round)
DEU	[SMR](2008-misano-superbike-world-championship-round)
SMR	[CZE](2008-brno-superbike-world-championship-round)
CZE	[GBR](2008-brands-hatch-superbike-world-championship-round)
GBR	[EUR](2008-donington-park-superbike-world-championship-round)
European Union	[ITA](2008-vallelunga-superbike-world-championship-round)
ITA	[FRA](2008-magny-cours-superbike-world-championship-round)
FRA	[POR](2008-portimao-superbike-world-championship-round)
PRT	Pts
AUS Andrew Pitt	Honda	Ret	1	19	1	4	1	1	2	3	2	Ret	1	2
GBR Jonathan Rea	Honda	Ret	5	6	2	Ret	6	3	1	1	3	1	10
AUS Josh Brookes	Honda	4	2	Ret	6	2	2	14	3	5	1	12	3	11
AUS Broc Parkes	Yamaha	1	Ret	4	5	3	*3*	*10*	4	4	10	*2*	*Ret*	5
ESP Joan Lascorz	Honda	2	7	1	3	9	12	Ret	18	14	7	4	Ret	3
FRA Fabien Foret	Yamaha	*Ret*	4	2	4	1	4	4	DNS				8	10
GBR Craig Jones	Honda	3	16	3	9	6	5	2	Ret	2
NLD Barry Veneman	Suzuki	6	20	Ret	7	Ret	DNS	8	5	6	4	5	2	Ret
DNK Robbin Harms	Honda	7	3	Ret	13	5	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	6	6	15	Ret
ITA Gianluca Nannelli	Honda	Ret	10	5	Ret	13	Ret	13	6	7	16	7	7	6
ITA Gianluca Vizziello	Honda	10	8	12	8	Ret	14	11	12	12	11	15	11	8
ITA Massimo Roccoli	Yamaha	Ret	9	7	Ret	7	Ret	7	10	8	17	17	6	Ret
FRA Matthieu Lagrive	Honda	5	17	13	10	8	Ret	Ret	8	19	9	Ret	4	Ret
AUS Mark Aitchison	Triumph	Ret	12	10	11	11	Ret	6	22	Ret	13	9	DNS	9
BEL Didier van Keymeulen	Suzuki	16	DNS	20	Ret	17	7	18	14	Ret	8	8	5	15
GBR Chris Walker	Kawasaki	9	14	9	12	Ret	9	12	11
ITA Ivan Clementi	Triumph	12	11	Ret	14	21	Ret	9	13	DNS	18	11	14	21
USA Josh Hayes	Honda											10	9	4
TUR Kenan Sofuoğlu	Honda													*1*
FIN Vesa Kallio	Honda	14	15	14	18	14	10	Ret	9	13	Ret
IRL Eugene Laverty	Yamaha										12	3
JPN Katsuaki Fujiwara	Kawasaki	15	Ret	11	Ret	15	11	Ret	16	Ret	14	18	12	22
ZAF Hudson Kennaugh	Yamaha									10	5
ESP Ángel Rodríguez	Yamaha			8	Ret	10
PRT Miguel Praia	Honda	13	21	15	17	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	12
AUS Garry McCoy	Triumph	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret	DNS					13
AUS Russell Holland	Honda							Ret	7	Ret	Ret	16	16	14
ITA Simone Sanna	Honda					Ret								7
ESP David Salom	Yamaha	8	18	16	16	16		Ret	15	21	Ret	19	17	16
DEU Arne Tode	Triumph						8
Honda							Ret
GBR Rob Frost	Triumph									9	Ret
GBR Steve Plater	Triumph									11
FRA Grégory Leblanc	Honda	11	25	Ret	Ret	23	17	22	Ret
ITA Cristiano Migliorati	Kawasaki					12
GBR Graeme Gowland	Honda	Ret	13	Ret	19	Ret	19	24	Ret	15	20	21	DNS
CZE Patrik Vostárek	Honda											22	13	20
ITA Terence Toti	Suzuki											14
GBR Chris Martin	Kawasaki									Ret	15	20	16	24
ITA Danilo Marrancone	Yamaha							15
AUS Jeremy Crowe	Yamaha						15				DNQ	24
ITA Ilario Dionisi	Triumph	21	Ret	Ret	15
HUN Balázs Németh	Honda						16	26	19	23	21	25	19	19
ITA Roberto Lunadei	Honda							16
ITA Danilo Dell'Omo	Honda	23	23	Ret	22	19	20	20	17	16	19	Ret
SMR William De Angelis	Honda	17	Ret	17	27	24	18	17	Ret	25
New Zealand Midge Smart	Honda								17	23
FRA Arnaud Vincent	Kawasaki	Ret	22	18	Ret
GER Jesco Günther	Triumph						DNS
Honda							19	Ret	20	Ret	Ret	18	17
ITA Mirko Giansanti	Honda	19	28	Ret	20	18
ITA Lorenzo Alfonsi	Kawasaki	18	19
Honda			Ret	23	25	Ret	21	23	27	Ret	Ret	Ret
POL Paweł Szkopek	Triumph									18	Ret
ESP Iván Silva	Yamaha													18
ESP Santiago Barragán	Honda	20	30	Ret	25	22	Ret	27	Ret	28	24		22	23
GBR Kev Coghlan	Honda				21	20
ITA Denis Sacchetti	Honda								20	22	Ret	26	Ret	Ret
FRA David Perret	Honda											23	20
HUN Gergő Talmácsi	Honda	Ret	24	21		27
HUN Attila Magda	Honda	22	27	23		Ret	21	28
ESP Javier Hidalgo	Yamaha							25	21	24
SVN Luka Nedog	Honda	Ret	26	22	Ret	26
AUS Bryan Staring	Honda										22
ITA Alessandro Brannetti	Yamaha							23
ESP Josep Pedro Subirats	Yamaha	24	29
NED Ron van Steenbergen	Honda				24
ITA Ruggero Scambia	Triumph					Ret		Ret	24	26	DNQ
POR Tiago Dias	Yamaha													25
NED Jurjen Uitterdijk	Yamaha				26
POR Hélder Silva	Honda													26
AUS Alex Cudlin	Triumph											27
ITA Andrea Antonelli	Honda	Ret	Ret
ESP Adrián Bonastre	Honda			Ret
GBR Karl Harris	Yamaha									Ret
AUS Billy McConnell	Kawasaki									Ret
ITA Giuseppe Barone	Honda											Ret
ITA Andrea Zappa	Triumph											Ret
FRA Julien Enjolras	Yamaha												Ret
FRA Thierry Mulot	Kawasaki												Ret
ESP Arturo Tizón	Suzuki													Ret
ESP José David de Gea	Yamaha			WD			DNS
GBR Tommy Hill	Honda						DNS

Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap |}

Manufacturers' standings

Pos.	Manufacturer	[QAT](2008-losail-superbike-world-championship-round)
QAT	[AUS](2008-phillip-island-superbike-world-championship-round)
AUS	[ESP](2008-valencia-superbike-world-championship-round)
ESP	[NED](2008-assen-superbike-world-championship-round)
NLD	[ITA](2008-monza-superbike-world-championship-round)
ITA	[GER](2008-nurburgring-superbike-world-championship-round)
DEU	[SMR](2008-misano-superbike-world-championship-round)
SMR	[CZE](2008-brno-superbike-world-championship-round)
CZE	[GBR](2008-brands-hatch-superbike-world-championship-round)
GBR	[EUR](2008-donington-park-superbike-world-championship-round)
European Union	[ITA](2008-vallelunga-superbike-world-championship-round)
ITA	[FRA](2008-magny-cours-superbike-world-championship-round)
FRA	[POR](2008-portimao-superbike-world-championship-round)
PRT	Pts	1	315	2	203	3	102	4	77	5	46	Pos.	Manufacturer	[QAT](2008-losail-superbike-world-championship-round)
QAT	[AUS](2008-phillip-island-superbike-world-championship-round)
AUS	[ESP](2008-valencia-superbike-world-championship-round)
ESP	[NED](2008-assen-superbike-world-championship-round)
NLD	[ITA](2008-monza-superbike-world-championship-round)
ITA	[GER](2008-nurburgring-superbike-world-championship-round)
DEU	[SMR](2008-misano-superbike-world-championship-round)
SMR	[CZE](2008-brno-superbike-world-championship-round)
CZE	[GBR](2008-brands-hatch-superbike-world-championship-round)
GBR	[EUR](2008-donington-park-superbike-world-championship-round)
European Union	[ITA](2008-vallelunga-superbike-world-championship-round)
ITA	[FRA](2008-magny-cours-superbike-world-championship-round)
FRA	[POR](2008-portimao-superbike-world-championship-round)
PRT	Pts
JPN Honda	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
JPN Yamaha	1	4	2	4	1	3	4	4	4	5	2	6	5
JPN Suzuki	6	20	20	7	17	7	8	5	6	4	5	2	15
GBR Triumph	12	6	10	11	11	8	6	13	9	13	9	14	9
JPN Kawasaki	9	14	9	12	12	9	12	11	Ret	14	18	12	22

Entry list

2008 entry list	Team	Constructor	Motorcycle	No.
Kawasaki Gil Motor Sport	Kawasaki ZX-6R	3	AUS Billy McConnell	9
9	GBR Chris Walker	1–8
21	JPN Katsuaki Fujiwara	All
126	GBR Chris Martin	10–13
PMS	Kawasaki ZX-6R	4	ITA Lorenzo Alfonsi	1–2
Honda CBR600RR	3–6
111	DEU Arne Tode	7
CRS Grand Prix	Honda CBR600RR	4	ITA Lorenzo Alfonsi	7–12
35	ITA Giuseppe Barone	11
38	FRA Grégory Leblanc	1–8
53	NZL Midge Smart	9–10
75	SVN Luka Nedog	1–5
Yamaha World Supersport	Yamaha YZF-R6	5	GBR Karl Harris	9
23	AUS Broc Parkes	All
50	IRL Eugene Laverty	10–11
99	FRA Fabien Foret	1–8, 12–13
Triumph Italia BE1 Racing	Triumph 675	8	AUS Mark Aitchison	All
22	GBR Steve Plater	9
24	AUS Garry McCoy	13
47	ITA Ivan Clementi	1–8, 10–13
Hannspree Honda Althea	Honda CBR600RR	6	GBR Tommy Hill	6
11	AUS Russell Holland	7–13
61	ITA Andrea Antonelli	1–2
69	ITA Gianluca Nannelli	All
101	GBR Kev Coghlan	4–5
Intermoto Czech	Honda CBR600RR	7	CZE Patrik Vostárek	11–13
14	FRA Matthieu Lagrive	All
37	SMR William De Angelis	1–9
67	AUS Bryan Staring	10
Berry Racing	Honda CBR600RR	10	FRA David Perret	11–12
32	ITA Mirko Giansanti	1–5
81	GBR Graeme Gowland	6–12
105	ITA Gianluca Vizziello	1–10
Yamaha Spain	Yamaha YZF-R6	12	ESP Javier Hidalgo	7–9
44	ESP David Salom	1–5, 7–13
52	ESP José David de Gea	3, 6
122	ESP Iván Silva	13
124	AUS Jeremy Crowe	6, 10–11
147	ESP Ángel Rodríguez	4–5
888	ESP Josep Pedro Subirats	1–2
Puccetti Racing Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-6R	13	ITA Cristiano Migliorati	5
Factory Racing	Honda CBR600RR	15	HUN Gergő Talmácsi	1–3, 5
34	HUN Balázs Németh	6–13
72	HUN Attila Magda	1–3, 5–7
117	ITA Denis Sacchetti	8–13
Parkalgar Racing Team	Honda CBR600RR	17	PRT Miguel Praia	All
18	GBR Craig Jones	1–9
41	USA Josh Hayes	11–13
116	ITA Simone Sanna	5, 13
Triumph – SC	Triumph 675	19	POL Paweł Szkopek	9–10
24	AUS Garry McCoy	1–5, 7–8
28	ITA Ruggero Scambia	5, 7–10
42	AUS Alex Cudlin	11
45	ITA Andrea Zappa	11
57	ITA Ilario Dionisi	1–4
Helder Team	Honda CBR600RR	20	PRT Hélder Silva	13
Hannspree Stiggy Motors Honda	Honda CBR600RR	25	AUS Josh Brookes	All
127	DNK Robbin Harms	All
Glaner Motocard.com	Honda CBR600RR	26	ESP Joan Lascorz	All
51	ESP Santiago Barragán	1–10, 12–13
Team Buff	Triumph 675	27	GBR Robert Frost	9–10
Benjan Racing Team	Honda CBR600RR	30	DEU Jesco Günther	7–13
31	FIN Vesa Kallio	1–10
81	GBR Graeme Gowland	1–5
105	ITA Gianluca Vizziello	11–13
Raceways Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R6	33	ZAF Hudson Kennaugh	9–10
Hannspree Ten Kate Honda	Honda CBR600RR	54	TUR Kenan Sofuoğlu	13
65	GBR Jonathan Rea	1–12
88	AUS Andrew Pitt	All
Yamaha Lorenzini by Leoni	Yamaha YZF-R6	55	ITA Massimo Roccoli	All
Stichting Racen Tegen Kanker	Honda CBR600RR	63	NLD Ron van Steenbergen	4
Woudstra's Wegrace Promotie	Yamaha YZF-R6	71	NLD Jurjen Uitterdijk	4
Up Racing	Kawasaki ZX-6R	74	FRA Thierry Mulot	12
RES Software Hoegee Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R600	77	NLD Barry Veneman	All
83	BEL Didier Van Keymeulen	All
WCR Bike Service	Yamaha YZF-R6	80	ITA Alessandro Brannetti	7
125	ITA Danilo Marrancone	7
Team Honda Merson	Honda CBR600RR	82	ESP Adrián Bonastre	3
Wilbers Racing	Triumph 675	96	DEU Jesco Günther	6
G-LAB Racing Sport Evolution	Triumph 675	111	DEU Arne Tode	6
44 Racing Team	Honda CBR600RR	113	ITA Roberto Lunadei	7
Gil Motor Sport – Solution F	Kawasaki ZX-6R	121	FRA Arnaud Vincent	1–4
Celani Team Suzuki Italia	Suzuki GSX-R600	123	ITA Terence Toti	11
Gearlink Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-6R	126	GBR Chris Martin	9
L'Oreal Men Expert Laglisse	Yamaha YZF-R6	147	ESP Ángel Rodríguez	3
BPN	Yamaha YZF-R6	155	PRT Tiago Dias	13
Tati Team	Yamaha YZF-R6	169	FRA Julien Enjolras	12
HP Racing Team	Honda CBR600RR	199	ITA Danilo Dell'Omo	1–11
Suzuki Motorrad	Suzuki GSX-R600	240	ESP Arturo Tizón	13

Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

All entries used Pirelli tyres.

References

(5 August 2008). "Craig Jones: 1985-2008.". Crash Media Group.
(18 January 2010). "Superbike World Championship – Supersport World Championship – Superstock 1000cc FIM Cup – 2008 Permanent Entry Lists". [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme]].

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