2002 Supersport World Championship

The 2002 Supersport World Championship was the sixth season of the Supersport World Championship. The season was held over 12 races following the Superbike World Championship calendar except a race at Laguna Seca. Beginning on 10 March at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Spain, and finished on 29 September at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Italy.

Frenchman Fabien Foret won the title after beating the closest rival Katsuaki Fujiwara.

Race calendar and results

Round	Date	Round	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Race winner	Winning team	Winning constructor
1	10 March	Spain	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	Fabien Foret	Fabien Foret	Fabien Foret	Ten Kate Honda	Honda
2	24 March	Australia	Phillip Island Circuit	Andrew Pitt	Piergiorgio Bontempi	Andrew Pitt	Kawasaki Racing	Kawasaki
3	7 April	South Africa	Kyalami	Stéphane Chambon	James Whitham	Andrew Pitt	Kawasaki Racing	Kawasaki
4	21 April	Japan	Sportsland Sugo	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Fabien Foret	Stéphane Chambon	Alstare Suzuki Corona	Suzuki
5	12 May	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Chris Vermeulen	Fabien Foret	Fabien Foret	Ten Kate Honda	Honda
6	26 May	Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit	Fabien Foret	James Whitham	James Whitham	Yamaha Belgarda	Yamaha
7	9 June	Germany	Lausitzring	Fabien Foret	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Alstare Suzuki Corona	Suzuki
8	23 June	San Marino	Autodromo di Santa Monica	Fabien Foret	Stéphane Chambon	Fabien Foret	Ten Kate Honda	Honda
9	28 July	Europe	Brands Hatch	Fabien Foret	Iain MacPherson	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Alstare Suzuki Corona	Suzuki
10	1 September	Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Christian Kellner	Paolo Casoli	Yamaha Belgarda	Yamaha
11	8 September	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	Chris Vermeulen	Fabien Foret	Fabien Foret	Ten Kate Honda	Honda
12	29 September	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	Fabien Foret	Chris Vermeulen	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Alstare Suzuki Corona	Suzuki

Entry list

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Ducati NCR Nortel Net. Ducati Ducati 748 R 11 Piergiorgio Bontempi All 77 Giovanni Bussei 11–12 Monster Mob Ducati 54 Stuart Easton 6, 9 Rox Racing 16 Gianluca Nannelli All Shell Advance Racing 26 Rico Penzkofer 1, 5–7, 9–12 UUNET Ducati 35 Trevor Crookes 3 Alpha Technik Honda Honda Honda CBR 600F 85 Jürgen Oelschläger 10 BKM Honda Racing 13 Christophe Cogan All 18 José David de Gea 4–7 45 Brian Laurent 10–12 70 Nigel Arnold 8–9 81 Robert Ulm 1–3 Dave Siedel Racing 55 Ben Wilson 6 Dynamic Exp. S. Compaq 32 Arushen Moodley 3 Esha-Kobutex 51 Kyro Verstraeten 6–7 60 Ron Van Steenbergen 7 94 Jan Hanson 10–11 Honda UK Race 7 Karl Muggeridge All 10 John McGuinness 1, 3, 5–6, 8–11 39 Tatsuya Yamaguchi 4 59 Michael Laverty 12 81 Robert Ulm 7 Moto 1 116 Sébastien Charpentier 5–11 Norwood Adam Honda 53 Scott Smart 6, 9 Superbike Racing 73 Juri Proietto 12 Ten Kate Honda 9 Iain MacPherson All 99 Fabien Foret All Van-zon-Honda-T.K.R. 17 Chris Vermeulen All 71 Werner Daemen 1–7, 9–11 74 Paul Young 12 81 Robert Ulm 8 Weger Racing 19 Alexander Schlaefke 1–2, 5, 7 58 Jon Kirkham 6 Kawasaki Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 1 Andrew Pitt All 8 James Ellison All Alstare Suzuki Corona Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R600 12 Stéphane Chambon All 37 Katsuaki Fujiwara All Cell C Suzuki 31 Greg Dreyer 3 34 Stewart MacLeod 3 Cooper Racing 30 Adam Fergusson 2 D.N.R. 67 Norino Brignola 8 Earnshaws Motorcycles 56 Tom Tunstall 6 Merces Cura Racing 38 Graeme Van Breda 3 NHR 36 Noel Haarhoff 3 Biomagnetic Sport Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 28 Daniel Stauffer 2 GIMotorsport 14 Diego Giugovaz 1–8 40 Lorenzo Segoni 12 41 Giovanni Valtulini 11 64 Claudio Cipriani 5–12 Imperiale 66 Cristian Magnani 8 Laaks CET Racing 98 Michael Schulten 10 OPCM Racing 5 Kevin Curtain All 81 Robert Ulm 10–12 118 Christian Zaiser 5–8 Parl Moto 68 Camillo Mariottini 8 Podium Racing 92 Christer Lindholm 11 Saveko Racing 21 Jim Moodie 1 22 Damian Cudlin 2 25 Mark Willis 4 33 Robert Frost All 42 Matthieu Lagrive 5–12 Team Italia Lorenzini by Leoni 20 Stefano Cruciani All 44 Antonio Carlacci All Team Italia Spadaro 15 Alessio Corradi All Veneman Yamaha Motor NLD 72 Barry Veneman 11 Yamaha Belgarda 2 Paolo Casoli All 24 Gianluigi Scalvini 10 69 James Whitham All Yamaha Motor Germany 3 Jörg Teuchert All 91 Christian Kellner All Yamaha Motor NLD 65 Harry Van Beek 11

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Championship' standings

Riders' standings

Pos Rider Bike VAL PHI KYA SUG MNZ SIL LAU MIS BRA OSC ASS IMO Pts 1 Fabien Foret Honda 1PF 9 5 3F 1F 7p DSQP 1P 2P 6 1F 4P 186 2 Katsuaki Fujiwara Suzuki 17 4 Ret 2P 3 6 1F 2 1 3P 5 1 181 3 Stéphane Chambon Suzuki 2 3 3P 1 5 8 3 13F Ret 2 9 2 162 4 Paolo Casoli Yamaha 8 Ret 7 4 6 2 DSQ 5 3 1 3 Ret 128 5 Andrew Pitt Kawasaki 5 1P 1 7 4 Ret 2 6 18 4 Ret Ret 126 6 Christian Kellner Yamaha 3 6 6 5 Ret 11 4 4 6 RetF 10 DNS 94 7 Chris Vermeulen Honda 4 11 9 Ret 2P 14 5 8 8 Ret RetP 3F 90 8 Jörg Teuchert Yamaha 16 5 4 10 9 4 6 Ret 5 Ret 8 5 90 9 Iain MacPherson Honda Ret 8 8 Ret 8 5 10 Ret 4F Ret 2 7 83 10 James Whitham Yamaha 6 Ret 2F Ret Ret 1F DSQ 3 Ret WD 7 DSQ 80 11 Kevin Curtain Yamaha Ret 12 Ret 9 Ret Ret 7 11 9 5 4 WD 56 12 Alessio Corradi Yamaha 7 10 10 11 Ret 18 11 10 7 8 14 Ret 56 13 Piergiorgio Bontempi Ducati 11 2F 11 Ret 7 Ret 9 14 Ret Ret 13 Ret 51 14 Karl Muggeridge Honda 14 Ret 13 6 Ret 3 14 16 Ret Ret 6 Ret 43 15 Christophe Cogan Honda Ret 7 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 11 9 34 16 Stefano Cruciani Yamaha Ret 17 Ret 14 Ret 12 8 12 11 DSQ 21 8 31 17 Werner Daemen Honda 10 14 14 8 10 17 DNQ 12 Ret 15 29 18 Robert Ulm Honda 13 13 Ret 12 9 25 Yamaha Ret 12 12 19 Antonio Carlacci Yamaha 9 20 Ret 15 14 22 16 Ret DSQ Ret 23 6 20 20 James Ellison Kawasaki 15 15 Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret 17 13 9 16 11 20 21 Matthieu Lagrive Yamaha 11 10 Ret Ret 19 12 17 13 18 22 Gianluca Nannelli Ducati 12 16 18 Ret 12 13 17 Ret Ret 15 DNS Ret 12 23 Diego Giugovaz Yamaha 18 19 19 17 13 9 Ret 24 10 24 Jan Hanson Honda 7 DNS 9 25 Jürgen Oelschläger Honda 10 6 26 Robert Frost Yamaha Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS 21 Ret 19 Ret Ret 18 10 6 27 Stuart Easton Ducati Ret 10 6 28 Sébastien Charpentier Honda 15 16 DNQ 22 14 13 Ret 6 29 Laurent Brian Honda 11 24 16 5 30 José David de Gea Honda 12 18 23 15 5 31 John McGuinness Honda 19 DNS 17 15 Ret 15 14 26 4 32 Christian Zaiser Yamaha 16 20 13 18 3 33 Paul Young Honda 14 2 34 Arushen Moodley Honda 15 1 35 Camillo Mariottini Yamaha 15 1 36 Michael Laverty Honda 15 1 Noel Haarhoff Suzuki 16 0 Mark Willis Yamaha 16 0 Claudio Cipriani Yamaha Ret 24 18 23 17 16 27 18 0 Nigel Arnold Honda Ret 16 0 Graeme Van Breda Suzuki 17 0 Juri Proietto Honda 17 0 Daniel Stauffer Yamaha 18 0 Rico Penzkofer Ducati 20 WD DNS 19 WD Ret DNS WD 0 Giovanni Bussei Ducati 19 Ret 0 Kyro Verstraeten Honda 19 DNS 0 Cristian Magnani Yamaha 20 0 Barry Veneman Yamaha 20 0 Norino Brignola Suzuki 21 0 Christer Lindholm Yamaha 22 0 Jon Kirkham Honda 25 0 Harry Van Beek Yamaha 25 0 Jim Moodie Yamaha Ret 0 Adam Fergusson Suzuki Ret 0 Damian Cudlin Yamaha Ret 0 Greg Dreyer Suzuki Ret 0 Stewart MacLeod Suzuki Ret 0 Trevor Crookes Ducati Ret 0 Tatsuya Yamaguchi Honda Ret 0 Ben Wilson Honda Ret 0 Tom Tunstall Suzuki Ret 0 Ron Van Steenbergen Honda Ret 0 Scott Smart Honda WD Ret 0 Michael Schulten Yamaha Ret 0 Lorenzo Segoni Yamaha Ret 0 Gianluigi Scalvini Yamaha DNS Alexander Schlaefke Honda DNQ DNQ WD WD Giovanni Valtulini Yamaha DNQ Pos Rider Bike VAL PHI KYA SUG MNZ SIL LAU MIS BRA OSC ASS IMO Pts

Legend Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) P – Pole position F – Fastest lap Source:

External links

• Official Website