The 2023 Supersport World Championship was the twenty-seventh season of the

Supersport World Championship The Supersport World Championship, abbreviated to WorldSSP, is a motorcycle racing competition on hard-surfaced circuits, based on mid-sized sports motorcycles. Competition machines were originally based on production-based motorcycles with 600 ...

, the twenty-fifth held under this name. The championship was won by

Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Jarod Bulega (born 16 October 1999) is an Italian motorcycle racer, set to compete in the 2022 Supersport World Championship with Aruba.it Racing Ducati Team. He has also been a competitor in the CEV Moto3 Championship in 2014 and 2015, ...

at the Portuguese round.

Race calendar and results

The provisional 2023 season calendar was announced on 8 November 2022. It was then updated on 28 February 2023 to announce the seventh round at

Imola Circuit The Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, better known as Imola, is a motor racing circuit in the town of Imola, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, east of Bologna. It is one of the few major international circuits to run in an an ...

on 14–16 July. It was updated again on 24 July, the Argentinian round at

Circuito San Juan Villicum The Circuito San Juan Villicum is a motor sports racing circuit located in the San Juan Province of Argentina close to National Route 40. The circuit is anti-clockwise with a length of . There are seven turns to the right and ten left.

was cancelled due to the political reasons. On 2 August, it was announced that

Circuito de Jerez Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto (formerly known as Circuit of Jerez and Circuito Permanente de Jerez), is a racing circuit located close to the city of Jerez de la Frontera, south of Seville and deep within the sherry-producing region in th ...

will be the Argentina Round's replacement, making it the track's return to the championship with the last one being held in 2021.

Entry list

Rider changes

* Dynavolt Triumph will have a new line-up, the riders of the team are Harry Truelove and

Niki Tuuli Niki Rikhard Tuuli (born 26 October 1995) is a Finnish motorcycle rider. Career Between 2013 and 2015 he competed in the Superstock 600 series before moving up to the Supersport World Championship as a full-time rider in 2017. He competed as a ...

. *

Jorge Navarro Jorge Navarro Sanchez (born 3 February 1996) is a Spanish motorcycle racer. He raced in the Moto2 and Moto3 classes during his Grand Prix motorcycle racing career. His best finishes were third in the 2016 Moto3 World Championship and fourth in th ...

joined Ten Kate Racing Yamaha. *

Marcel Schrötter Marcel Schrötter (born 2 January 1993) is a German motorcycle racer. Born in Vilgertshofen, Schrötter started out in the German 125cc National Championship in 2007 and finished fifth in his debut campaign, before he took back-to-back titles in ...

joined

MV Agusta Reparto Corse MV Agusta Reparto Corse is MV Agusta's factory motorbike racing team, currently competing in the Superbike World Championship, Supersport World Championship and Moto2 (in collaboration with Forward Racing). History Giovanni Castiglioni, Chai ...

, replacing

. * Valentin Debise joined GMT94 Yamaha, replacing

Jules Cluzel Jules Cluzel (born 12 October 1988 in Montluçon, Allier) is a French motorcycle racer. In 2019 he competes in the Supersport World Championship riding a Yamaha YZF-R6. He scored his first ever Grand Prix victory at Silverstone in Moto2 in 2010. ...

who retired from racing. *

Luke Power Luke Power (born 8 January 1980) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions and Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). A member of the Brisbane Lions's 2001, 2002, and 2003 premiers ...

joined Motozoo Racing by Puccetti. * Yuta Okaya joined Prodina Racing WorldSSP. *

Yari Montella Yari Montella (born 5 January 2000) is an Italian Motorcycle racing, motorcycle racer, currently contracted to Barni Spark Racing Team, in the 2023 Supersport World Championship. Career FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship 2016 Montella made ...

joined Barni Spark Racing Team, replacing Oli Bayliss. * 2021 British Superbike Champion

Tarran Mackenzie Tarran Mackenzie (born 29 October 1995, often known as Taz) is a professional road racer of solo motorcycles, based in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England. For 2023, he will contest the World Supersport Championship for Japan-based MIE ...

and

Adam Norrodin Muhamad Adam bin Mohd Norrodin (born 13 June 1998) is a Malaysian Grand Prix motorcycle racer. Career Early career Adam raced in the Asia Talent Cup in 2014 and 2015, and the 2015 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship. He became the first rid ...

include the line-up of the MIE MS Honda team. *

John McPhee John Angus McPhee (born March 8, 1931) is an American writer. He is considered one of the pioneers of creative nonfiction. He is a four-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the category General Nonfiction, and he won that award on the fourth ...

switches from

Moto3 Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier class of motorcycle road racing events held on road circuits sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Independent motorcycle racing events have been held since the start of ...

World Supersport Championship The Supersport World Championship, abbreviated to WorldSSP, is a motorcycle racing competition on hard-surfaced circuits, based on mid-sized sports motorcycles. Competition machines were originally based on production-based motorcycles with 60 ...

. * Andrea Mantovani joined Evan Bros. WorldSSP Yamaha Team. * The son of late former 500cc/MotoGP and World Superbike rider

Norifumi Abe , or was a Japanese professional motorcycle road racer who was previously a 500 cc/MotoGP rider. He died in a road traffic crash in October 2007. Career Abe was born to , a paved flat track rider, in Tokyo. When he was eleven, Abe began raci ...

, Maiki Abe joins VFT Racing. * Long-time

Asia Road Racing Championship The FIM Asia Road Racing Championship (known as Idemitsu FIM Asia Road Racing Championship for sponsorship reason) is the regional motorcycle road racing championship for Asia, held since 1996. This championship is part of the production-based ca ...

stalwart, Yamaha Thailand Racing Team joined

full-time with Thai duo, Anupab Sarmoon and Apiwat Wongthananon. * 2022 Supersport 300 World Champion

Álvaro Díaz Álvaro (, , ) is a Spanish, Galician and Portuguese male given name and surname (see Spanish naming customs) of Visigothic origin. Some claim it may be related to the Old Norse name Alfarr, formed of the elements ''alf'' "elf" and ''arr'' "warrior ...

step up to

with Arco YART Yamaha WorldSSP.

Championship standings

;Points

Riders' championship

Teams' championship

Manufacturers' championship

Notes

References

External links

* {{World championships in 2023 Supersport World Championship seasons

World Supersport