2010 Superbike World Championship season

The Superbike World Championship 2010 was the 23rd in the history of the FIM Superbike World Championship. In 13 Events 26 races were held.

Scoring

World Champion will be the one driver or the designer, which until the end of season the most points accumulated in the World Cup. The distribution of points, the placings in the overall result of each race are taken into account. The fifteen first-placed rider in each race will receive points according to the following scheme:

In the evaluation all obtained results came.

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  • All pilots were on Pirelli control tires.
  • The only new feature in the calendar, the race was not held in Losail (Qatar ).
  • In 2010 a number of new driver went into the World Cup at the start. The most prominent new entries were the Briton James Toseland, World Superbike Champion in 2004 and 2007 and the Australian Supersport World Champion of 2003 Chris Vermeulen, who switched from the MotoGP class. Even the Supersport World Champion of 2009, Cal Crutchlow of Great Britain, rose to the Superbike World Championship.
  • For the 2010 season also joined the Italians Davide Tardozzi, who was eleven years team leader of the Ducati factory team, as team manager in the BMW works team.
  • Originally wanted the Japanese Yoshimura Suzuki team compete in the Netherlands with wildcards for its pilots and Daisaku Sakai Yukio Kagayama. However, it was forced to cancel due to the blocking of a large part of European airspace following the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland started.

The runner-up Leon Haslam at Silverstone

Race Results

Teams and Drivers

Drivers' championship

Constructors' Championship

References

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