2011 Superbike World Championship

2011 Superbike World Championship
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Carlos Checa was the 2011 Superbike Champion.

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 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.[1][2]

Ducati 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.[3] Aprilia's gear-driven camshafts on its RSV4 motorcycle – which won the title in 2010 with Max Biaggi – was banned for the 2011 season.[4]

After a dominating since season opening, Carlos Checa won his first championship and Ducati's 17th manufacturer title.

  1. ^ "The new rule changes for MotoGP and World Superbike". sportrider.com. Bonnier Motorcycle Group. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Road Racing FIM Superbike & Supersport World Championships & FIM Superstock Cup regulations 2011" (PDF). arhiiv.msport.ee. Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Ducati to pull factory team from 2011 World Superbike". Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 27 August 2010. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
  4. ^ Emmett, David (31 July 2010). "WSBK 2011 Rule Changes Include An End To Aprilia's Gear-Driven Cams". motomatters.com. MotoMatters. Retrieved 28 September 2010.

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