2000 Supersport World Championship

The 2000 Supersport World Championship was the fourth season of the Supersport World Championship. The season was held over 11 races following the Superbike World Championship calendar except two races at Kyalami and Laguna Seca. Beginning on 23 April at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Australia, and finished on 15 October at Brands Hatch in Great Britain.

Jörg Teuchert won the title after beating closest rival Paolo Casoli.

Race calendar and results

Round	Date	Round	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Race winner	Winning team	Winning constructor
1	23 April	Australia	Phillip Island Circuit	Ruben Xaus	James Whitham	James Whitham	Yamaha Belgarda	Yamaha
2	30 April	Japan	Sportsland Sugo	Christian Kellner	Jörg Teuchert	Jörg Teuchert	Alpha Technik Yamaha	Yamaha
3	14 May	Great Britain	Donington Park	Karl Muggeridge	Jörg Teuchert	Stéphane Chambon	Suzuki Alstare	Suzuki
4	21 May	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Ruben Xaus	Christophe Cogan	Paolo Casoli	Ducati Infostrada	Ducati
5	4 June	Germany	Hockenheimring	Paolo Casoli	Christian Kellner	Jörg Teuchert	Alpha Technik Yamaha	Yamaha
6	18 June	San Marino	Autodromo di Santa Monica	Paolo Casoli	Jörg Teuchert	Christian Kellner	Alpha Technik Yamaha	Yamaha
7	25 June	Spain	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	Jörg Teuchert	Iain MacPherson	Christian Kellner	Alpha Technik Yamaha	Yamaha
8	6 August	Europe	Brands Hatch	Karl Muggeridge	Iain MacPherson	Paolo Casoli	Ducati Infostrada	Ducati
9	3 September	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	Stéphane Chambon	James Whitham	Ruben Xaus	Ducati Infostrada	Ducati
10	10 September	Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Karl Muggeridge	Jörg Teuchert	Stéphane Chambon	Suzuki Alstare	Suzuki
11	15 October	Great Britain	Brands Hatch	Piergiorgio Bontempi	Jörg Teuchert	Karl Muggeridge	Ten Kate Honda	Honda

Entry list

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds D.C.R. Pirelli Ducati Ducati 748R 3 Piergiorgio Bontempi All 54 Stefano Cruciani 7 99 Fabien Foret 1–6, 8–11 D.F.X. Racing 19 Walter Tortoroglio 1–10 34 Yves Briguet All 89 David Muscat 11 Ducati Infostrada 5 Ruben Xaus All 15 Paolo Casoli All D&E Ducati R. UK 64 Dean Thomas 8 Foundation 52 Ichiro Asai 2 TDC Desenzano Corse 25 Igor Jerman 1–4, 6 28 Michele Malatesta 1–4 Team Rox 54 Stefano Cruciani 6 By Queroseno RT Honda Honda CBR600F 57 Eduard Ullastres 7 Castrol Honda 17 Pere Riba All 27 Chris Vermeulen 9–11 35 Shinya Takeishi 1–8 Honda France Elf 10 William Costes All 16 Sébastien Charpentier All Mobil Honda Racing 51 Adam Fergusson 1 Ten Kate Honda 31 Karl Muggeridge All 33 Greg Dreyer 1–2 39 Nigel Arnold 3–7 79 Phil Giles 11 83 James Ellison 8–10 Kawasaki Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 2 Iain MacPherson All 12 Andrew Pitt All Manson Motorsport 73 Gary Mason 11 Turnbull Kawasaki Racing 50 Chad Turnbull 1 ZM 45 Camillo Mariottini 4 Implas Motorsport Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R600 42 Jamie Morley 3 Metalsistem Endoug 8 Cristiano Migliorati All 20 Karl Harris All Monza Corse 28 Michele Malatesta 6–11 70 Phil Giles 3–4 71 Paul Free 5 77 Andrea Giachino 1–2 Schaefer Mo Devil 49 Herbert Kaufmann 5 Steinhausen Bender 48 Stefan Scheschowitsch 5 Suzuki Alstare 1 Stéphane Chambon 1–6, 8–11 7 Fabrizio Pirovano 1–2, 4–11 TDC Desenzano Corse 82 Gareth Kenward 7–11 Alpha Technik Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 4 Jörg Teuchert All 6 Christian Kellner All B&H Racing 43 Stuart Wickens 3 72 Rob Frost 11 Belart Motorsport 56 David Vazquez 7 BKM Racing 11 Julien Allemand 1 14 Christophe Cogan All 37 Paul Young 5, 9–10 40 Kevin Curtain 2–4, 6–8 74 Sébastien Scarnato 11 Dee Cee Jeans Racing 9 Wilco Zeelenberg All 29 Christer Lindholm 1–4, 8–11 38 Eric Mahe 5–6 Deroue Pevanha Pol H 62 Rudi Markink 9 Ejiyu Pro Racing 53 Noriyasu Numata 2 Folch Endurance 58 Alex Hervas 7 Fujifilm Karthin R. 66 Stefan Nebel 10 Lorenzini by Leoni Lorenzini–T.Italia 18 Vittorio Iannuzzo All 54 Stefano Cruciani 11 55 Norino Brignola 1–7 61 Fabio Capriotti 8–10 Gi Motorsport 23 Davide Bulega 1–6 24 Maurizio Prattichizzo 1–7 44 Antonio Carlacci 7–11 55 Norino Brignola 8 67 Franco Brugnara 9–11 Start Team 44 Antonio Carlacci 4, 6 V&M Racing 59 Jim Moodie 8 Yacco Mo Laaks 65 Michael Schulten 10 Yamaha Belgarda 21 Massimo Meregalli All 69 James Whitham All Yamaha Belgium 22 Werner Daemen All 26 Kyro Verstraeten 1–3, 6–11 46 Nicolas Dussauge 4–5 Yamaha Motors Ned. 63 Harry Van Beek 9

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Championship' standings

Riders' standings

Pos Rider Bike PHI SUG DON MNZ HOC MIS VAL BRA ASS OSC BRA2 Pts 1 Jörg Teuchert Yamaha 11 1F 3F 7 1 3F 2P DNS DSQ RetF 2F 136 2 Paolo Casoli Ducati 2 Ret 8 1 5P 2P Ret 1 4 Ret 5 133 3 Stéphane Chambon Suzuki 3 3 1 9 3 Ret 8 2P 1 Ret 133 4 Christian Kellner Yamaha Ret 2P 7 5 7F 1 1 6 Ret Ret 4 122 5 Karl Muggeridge Honda Ret 6 RetP 3 10 4 Ret 2P 13 2P 1 113 6 James Whitham Yamaha 1F 4 2 2 6 Ret Ret Ret RetF Ret 3 104 7 Ruben Xaus Ducati 23P 18 Ret 6P 2 Ret 18 7 1 4 Ret 77 8 Iain MacPherson Kawasaki 15 5 6 8 4 Ret 6F 3F Ret Ret 11 74 9 Fabrizio Pirovano Suzuki 9 7 Ret 8 5 4 11 Ret Ret 8 61 10 Andrew Pitt Kawasaki Ret 8 4 13 17 7 8 13 10 Ret 6 60 11 Massimo Meregalli Yamaha 8 10 11 4 11 8 Ret 14 DSQ 5 Ret 58 12 Piergiorgio Bontempi Ducati Ret 9 14 11 16 9 7 Ret 5 6 RetP 51 13 Pere Riba Honda 5 Ret 10 17 DNS DSQ 3 5 Ret Ret Ret 44 14 Christophe Cogan Yamaha 6 14 9 10F Ret Ret 9 10 Ret Ret 12 42 15 Werner Daemen Yamaha 21 16 13 18 9 14 10 12 Ret 9 7 38 16 Christer Lindholm Yamaha 13 12 5 Ret 17 3 Ret 19 34 17 Antonio Carlacci Yamaha Ret 6 5 9 Ret Ret Ret 28 18 Cristiano Migliorati Suzuki 10 Ret Ret 20 12 12 11 18 17 7 20 28 19 Fabien Foret Ducati DNS DNS Ret 12 Ret WD Ret Ret 3 13 23 20 Wilco Zeelenberg Yamaha 7 15 Ret 14 13 16 15 25 9 16 Ret 23 21 Chris Vermeulen Honda 6 Ret 10 16 22 Karl Harris Suzuki Ret Ret Ret 23 Ret 18 13 Ret DNS 12 9 14 23 Adam Fergusson Honda 4 13 24 Jim Moodie Yamaha 4 13 25 William Costes Honda Ret 17 Ret 19 Ret 13 12 Ret 12 14 21 13 26 Shinya Takeishi Honda Ret 11 17 16 Ret 11 Ret DNS 10 27 Franco Brugnara Yamaha 7 18 22 9 28 Harry Van Beek Yamaha 8 8 29 Stefan Nebel Yamaha 8 8 30 Michele Malatesta Ducati 19 Ret Ret Ret 17 8 Suzuki 14 22 Ret 10 23 31 Vittorio Iannuzzo Yamaha Ret Ret 12 Ret 14 Ret Ret 19 Ret 15 Ret 7 32 Stefano Cruciani Ducati 10 Ret 6 Yamaha 16 33 James Ellison Honda 23 15 11 6 34 Norino Brignola Yamaha 12 19 15 24 24 15 Ret 20 6 35 Yves Briguet Ducati 18 Ret Ret Ret 20 19 Ret Ret 11 17 Ret 5 36 Ichiro Asai Ducati 13 3 37 Kyro Verstreaten Yamaha 22 Ret Ret 20 Ret 24 Ret 13 Ret 3 38 Chad Turnbull Kawasaki 14 2 39 Gary Mason Kawasaki 14 2 40 Fabio Capriotti Yamaha Ret 14 19 2 41 Dean Thomas Ducati 15 1 42 David Muscat Ducati 15 1 43 Igor Jerman Ducati Ret 21 20 15 Ret 1 44 Walter Tortoroglio Ducati 20 Ret Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret 21 Ret Ret 1 Davide Bulega Yamaha 16 Ret 18 22 19 Ret 0 Kevin Curtain Yamaha DSQ Ret DNS Ret Ret 16 0 Alex Hervas Yamaha Ret 0 Greg Dreyer Honda 17 Ret 0 Phil Giles Suzuki Ret 25 0 Honda 17 Sébastien Scarnato Yamaha 18 0 Gareth Kenward Suzuki Ret 26 18 20 DNS 0 Nicolas Dussauge Yamaha 21 18 0 Stuart Wickens Yamhaa 19 0 Maurizio Prattichizzo Yamaha Ret 20 21 Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 Nigel Arnold Honda Ret Ret 21 Ret DNS 0 Paul Young Yamaha 22 Ret Ret 0 Eric Mahe Yamaha 23 Ret 0 Andrea Giachino Suzuki 24 Ret 0 Julien Allemand Yamaha Ret 0 Noriyasu Numata Yamaha Ret 0 Camillo Mariottini Kawasaki Ret 0 Herbert Kaufmann Suzuki Ret 0 Stefan Scheschowitsch Suzuki Ret 0 David Vazquez Yamaha Ret 0 Eduard Ullastres Honda Ret 0 Rudi Markink Yamaha Ret 0 Michael Schulten Yamaha Ret 0 Rob Frost Yamaha DSQ 0 Jamie Morley Suzuki DNS Paul Free Suzuki DNS Pos Rider Bike PHI SUG DON MNZ HOC MIS VAL BRA ASS OSC BRA2 Pts

Colour Result 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