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Supersport World Championship is a motorcycle racing competition using on recent or current production motorcycles. The Championship is organized and promoted by FGSport and is sanctioned by the FIM

Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme is the governing body of motorcycle racing. It represents 103 national motorcycle federations that are divided into six regional continental unions....

Overview

Supersport was introduced as a support class to the Superbike World Championship

Superbike World Championship

Superbike World Championship is the worldwide Superbike racing Championship. The championship was founded in . The Superbike World Championship season consists of a series of rounds held on permanent racing facilities...

in 1990 as a European Championship. The series allowed four-cylinder machines up to 600 cc and twin-cylinder bikes up to 750 cc. In 1997 the championship became a "World Series" and the European title was given to the European Motorcycle Union

Union Européenne de Motocyclisme

The Union Européenne de Motocyclisme or European Motorcycle Union is the FIM affiliated federation responsible for Motorcycle sport within Europe.-History:...

's European Road Racing Championship. The full title Supersport World Championship was introduced in 1999. Supersport racing has also been one of the most popular classes of national racing for many years.

To be eligible for Supersport World Championship, a motorcycle must have a four-stroke engine of between 400 cc for four-cylinder

Straight-4

The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....

machines, and between 600 cc for twins

V-twin

A V-twin engine is a two-cylinder internal combustion engine where the cylinders are arranged in a V configuration.- Crankshaft configuration :Most V-twin engines have a single crankpin, which is shared by both connecting rods...

, and must satisfy the FIM homologation

Homologation

Homologation is a technical term, derived from the Greek homologeo for "to agree", which is generally used in English to signify the granting of approval by an official authority...

requirements.

Supersport regulations are much tighter than in Superbikes. The chassis of a supersport machine must remain largely as standard, while engine tuning is possible but tightly regulated. As in World Superbike, a control tyre is used, although World Supersport regulations dictate that the tyres must be road legal and therefore slicks are not allowed.

A Supersport World Championship race takes place at every Superbike World Championship round. Starting positions are decided by the riders’ fastest laps from two 45-minute qualifying sessions. Each race is approximately 100 kilometres (62.1 mi) long.

Supersport World Champions

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! Rider champion
! Motorcycle
! Manufacturer champion
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Howard Selby
| colspan="2" | Yamaha

Yamaha

Yamaha may refer to:* Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese company with a wide range of products and services** Yamaha Motor Company, a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company...

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Luis D'Antin

Luis d'Antin

Luis d'Antin is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He had his best year in 1996 when he finished sixth in the 250cc world championship....

| colspan="2" | Honda

Honda

is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...

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Stefan Scheshowitsch
| colspan="2" | Honda

Honda

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Michael Paquay
| colspan="2" | Honda

Honda

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Yves Briguet
| colspan="2" | Honda

Honda

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Michael Paquay
| colspan="2" | Ducati
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Fabrizio Pirovano

Fabrizio Pirovano is a former motorcycle road racer from Biassono.When the Superbike World Championship began in , he was one of its first entrants, finishing as championship runner-up in and , and in the top five four other times. He won 10 races and took 37 further podium finishes. He is in the...

Paolo Casoli

Paolo Casoli was an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year in Grands Prix was in 1987, when he won the 125cc Portuguese Grand Prix and finished in third place in the 125cc world championship...

| colspan="2" | Ducati
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Fabrizio Pirovano

| Suzuki GSX-R600

Suzuki GSX-R600

The GSX-R600 is a 600 class sport bike in Suzuki's GSX-R series of motorcycles.- History :1992–1993Launched with a water-cooled 599cc inline-4 engine. The first model had the same body specifications as the 1992 GSX-R750, with the smaller engine and carried over through to the 1993 model year with...

| Suzuki

Suzuki

is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

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Stéphane Chambon
| Suzuki GSX-R600

Suzuki GSX-R600

| Yamaha

Yamaha

Yamaha may refer to:* Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese company with a wide range of products and services** Yamaha Motor Company, a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company...

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Jörg Teuchert
| Yamaha YZF-R6

Yamaha YZF-R6

Yamaha's YZF-R6 is a 600 class sport bike motorcycle, first introduced in 1998, updated in 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008 and revised in the years in between.-History:...

| Yamaha

Yamaha

Yamaha may refer to:* Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese company with a wide range of products and services** Yamaha Motor Company, a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company...

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Andrew Pitt

Andrew Pitt (motorcycle racer)

Andrew Pitt is a professional motorcycle racer. He is a double World Supersport Champion, and has also won a World Superbike race and competed in MotoGP. He lives in Peel on the Isle of Man.-Early days:...

| Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R

Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R

The Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R is a Kawasaki 600 class sport motorcycle.It was introduced in 1995, and has been constantly updated throughout the years in response to new products from Honda, Suzuki, and Yamaha...

| Yamaha

Yamaha

Yamaha may refer to:* Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese company with a wide range of products and services** Yamaha Motor Company, a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company...

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Fabien Foret

Fabien Foret born in Angoulême, France, is a professional motorcycle racer currently competing in the Supersport World Championship. As of the end of 2008, he has had 24 podium finishes including 11 wins, and 12 pole positions...

| Honda CBR600FS
| Honda

Honda

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Chris Vermeulen

Chris Vermeulen is a motorcycle racer, currently competing in the World Superbike Championship for the works Kawasaki team. He originally raced in this class in 2004 and 2005 for the Ten Kate Honda team, finishing as series runner-up in 2005...

| Honda CBR600RR (PC37)

Honda CBR600RR

The Honda CBR600RR is a sport motorcycle that was introduced by Honda in 2003 as a race replica version of Honda's CBRFx series motorcycles. It won every Supersport World Championship title from 2002 to 2008.- Racing roots :...

| Honda

Honda

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Karl Muggeridge

Karl Muggeridge born 20 April 1974 in Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia is a professional motorcycle racer. He is married to Isobel, and has one son, Ryan Luca...

| Honda CBR600RR (PC37)

Honda CBR600RR

| Honda

Honda

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Sébastien Charpentier

Sébastien Charpentier (motorcycle racer)

Sébastien Charpentier is a French motorcycle road racer. He is the only man to have won the Supersport World Championship in successive years, and ....

| Honda CBR600RR (PC37)

Honda CBR600RR

| Honda

Honda

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Sébastien Charpentier

Sébastien Charpentier (motorcycle racer)

Sébastien Charpentier is a French motorcycle road racer. He is the only man to have won the Supersport World Championship in successive years, and ....

| Honda CBR600RR (PC37)

Honda CBR600RR

| Honda

Honda

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Kenan Sofuoğlu

Kenan Sofuoglu

Kenan Sofuoğlu is a Turkish professional motorcycle racer. He currently competes in Moto2 for the Technomag-CIP team, having made his debut at the end of and will remain with the team for the season...

| Honda CBR600RR (PC40)

Honda CBR600RR

| Honda

Honda

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Andrew Pitt
| Honda CBR600RR (PC40)

Honda CBR600RR

| Honda

Honda

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Cal Crutchlow

Cal Crutchlow is a professional motorcycle road racer. He is a former British Supersport champion and British Superbike race winner, and the 2009 Supersport World Champion.-Early years:...

| Yamaha YZF-R6

Yamaha YZF-R6

Yamaha's YZF-R6 is a 600 class sport bike motorcycle, first introduced in 1998, updated in 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008 and revised in the years in between.-History:...

| Honda

Honda

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Kenan Sofuoğlu

Kenan Sofuoglu

| Honda CBR600RR (PC40)

Honda CBR600RR

| Honda

Honda

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Chaz Davies

Chaz Davies , is a Welsh motorcycle racer. He is the 2011 World Supersport champion.-Early years:...

| Yamaha YZF-R6

Yamaha YZF-R6

Yamaha's YZF-R6 is a 600 class sport bike motorcycle, first introduced in 1998, updated in 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008 and revised in the years in between.-History:...

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Scoring system

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The points system is the same for the Riders' Championship and the Manufacturers' Championship, but only the highest-finishing motorcycle by a particular manufacturer is awarded the points for the latter championship.

Homologated motorcycles for 2007

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! Production period as from
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| Ducati 748R (H3)

Ducati 748

The Ducati 748 was the smaller version of the Ducati 916, an Italian sports motorcycle manufactured by Ducati from 1994 to 2002. It was succeeded by the Ducati 749.-Design:The Ducati 748 is identical in almost every way to the 916...

| January 2002 - end
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| Ducati 749R (H5)

Ducati 749

The Ducati 749 is a 90-degree L Twin Desmodromic valve actuated engine sport bike built by Ducati Motor Holding between 2003 and 2006. Designed by Pierre Terblanche, the 749 was available as the 749, 749 Dark, 749S, and 749R...

Honda CBR600F4i

The Honda CBR600F4i was a sport bike produced by Honda from 2001 to 2006.-History:For the 2001 model year Honda released an upgraded version of the popular CBR600F4 with intentions of becoming more competitive in the middleweight sport bike class...

| January 2001 - end
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| Honda CBR600RR (PC37)

Honda CBR600RR

| January 2003 - end
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| Honda CBR600RR (PC37)

Honda CBR600RR

| January 2005 - end
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| Honda CBR600RR (PC40)

Honda CBR600RR

| January 2007 - present
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| Kawasaki ZX 600 K (ZX-6RR)

Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R

| January 2003 - end
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| Kawasaki ZX 600 M (ZX-6RR)

Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R

| January 2004 - end
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| Kawasaki ZX 600 N (ZX-6RR)

Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R

| January 2005 - end
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| Kawasaki ZX 600 P (ZX-6RR)

Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R

| January 2007 - present
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| Suzuki GSX 600 R (K4)

Suzuki GSX-R600

| January 2004 - end
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| Suzuki GSX 600 R (K6)

Suzuki GSX-R600

| January 2006 - present
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| Triumph Daytona 600

Triumph Daytona 600

The Triumph Daytona 600 is a name given to two very different motorcycles.The first model was a sport bike manufactured in 1983 by Triumph Motorcycles out of their Meriden factory...

| January 2003 - end
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| Triumph Daytona 675

Triumph Daytona 675

Introduced in 2006, the Triumph Daytona 675 is a 600 class sport bike motorcycle built by Triumph Motorcycles to replace the Daytona 650.The 2008 model has a tested dry weight of and wet weight of...

| January 2006 – present
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| Yamaha YZF-R6

Yamaha YZF-R6

Yamaha's YZF-R6 is a 600 class sport bike motorcycle, first introduced in 1998, updated in 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008 and revised in the years in between.-History:...

| January 2003 - end
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| Yamaha YZF-R6

Yamaha YZF-R6

Yamaha's YZF-R6 is a 600 class sport bike motorcycle, first introduced in 1998, updated in 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008 and revised in the years in between.-History:...

| January 2005 - end
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| Yamaha YZF-R6

Yamaha YZF-R6

Yamaha's YZF-R6 is a 600 class sport bike motorcycle, first introduced in 1998, updated in 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008 and revised in the years in between.-History:...

| January 2006 - present
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