The 2011 Superbike World Championship was the twenty-fourth season of the
Superbike World Championship. It began on 27 February at
Phillip Island and finished on 16 October in
Portimão after 13 rounds.
The knockout system introduced for
Superpole in
2009
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was revised as the number of riders admitted to the first two sessions was reduced from twenty to sixteen and from sixteen to twelve respectively.
Ducati
Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. () is the motorcycle-manufacturing division of Italian company Ducati, headquartered in Bologna, Italy. The company is directly owned by Italian automotive manufacturer Lamborghini, whose German parent company is Au ...
no longer competed with a factory team in 2011, after 23 seasons which had brought the marque a total of 29 riders' and manufacturers' championship titles, instead limiting its participation to privateer teams running their works bikes.
Aprilia
Aprilia is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded immediately after World War II in Noale, Italy, by Alberto Beggio. The company started as a manufacturer of bicycles and moved on to manufacture scooters and small-capacity motorcycles. ...
's gear-driven
camshaft
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s on its
RSV4 motorcycle – which won the title in with
Max Biaggi – was banned for the 2011 season.
After a dominating since season opening,
Carlos Checa won his first championship and Ducati's 17th manufacturer title.
Race calendar and results
The provisional race schedule was publicly announced by the
FIM on 7 October 2010 with eleven confirmed rounds and two other rounds pending confirmation. Having been announced as a venue from 2011 onwards in May 2010,
Motorland Aragon replaced
Kyalami on the calendar, while Donington Park returned to the championship, hosting the European round.
Imola was confirmed in November 2010, to finalise a 13-round calendar.
All races with the exception of
Miller Motorsports Park – races held on
Memorial Day Monday – were held on Sundays.
Championship standings
Riders' standings
Manufacturers' standings
Entry list
*All entries used
Pirelli
Pirelli & C. S.p.A. is a multinational tyre manufacturer based in Milan, Italy. The company, which has been listed on the Milan Stock Exchange since 1922, is the 6th-largest tyre manufacturer and is focused on the consumer production of tyre ...
tyres.
References
External links
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