2001 Supersport World Championship

The 2001 Supersport World Championship was the fifth 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 11 March at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Spain, and finished on 30 September at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Italy.

Andrew Pitt 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	11 March	Spain	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	Fabien Foret	Pere Riba	Pere Riba	Ten Kate Honda	Honda
2	22 April	Australia	Phillip Island Circuit	Paolo Casoli	Iain MacPherson	Kevin Curtain	BKM Honda	Honda
3	29 April	Japan	Sportsland Sugo	Paolo Casoli	James Whitham	Paolo Casoli	Yamaha Belgarda	Yamaha
4	13 May	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Vittoriano Guareschi	Andrew Pitt	James Whitham	Yamaha Belgarda	Yamaha
5	27 May	Great Britain	Donington Park	Vittoriano Guareschi	Paolo Casoli	Paolo Casoli	Yamaha Belgarda	Yamaha
6	10 June	Germany	Lausitzring	Fabien Foret	Fabien Foret	Kevin Curtain	BKM Honda	Honda
7	24 June	San Marino	Autodromo Di Santa Monica	Iain MacPherson	Iain MacPherson	Jörg Teuchert	Wilbers Suspension	Yamaha
8	29 July	Europe	Brands Hatch	James Whitham	Karl Muggeridge	Jörg Teuchert	Wilbers Suspension	Yamaha
9	2 September	Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Fabien Foret	James Whitham	Fabien Foret	Ten Kate Honda	Honda
10	9 September	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Kevin Curtain	Paolo Casoli	Yamaha Belgarda	Yamaha
11	30 September	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	Karl Muggeridge	Fabien Foret	Fabien Foret	Ten Kate Honda	Honda

Entry list

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Deutsche Shell AG Shell Advance Racing Ducati Ducati 748 49 Rico Penzkofer 6, 9 DFX Ducati 44 Antonio Carlacci 1–4, 8–11 52 David Muscat 6 56 Roberto Antonello 7 Dienza Ducati Racing 22 Vittoriano Guareschi All 23 Dean Thomas All Ducati NCR 25 Markus Barth 11 36 Ivan Mengozzi 1 53 Camillo Mariottini 6–7 63 Brad Anassis 2 Toshiyuki Hamaguchi 3–4 Foundation 39 Takashi Toda 3 Lucky Ducati 18 Cristiano Migliorati 1 86 Matteo Campana 1 Alpha Technick Castrol Honda Honda CBR600RR 24 Adam Fergusson 2–11 25 Markus Barth 1–7 32 Alex Gobert 1 68 Steve Plater 8–11 BKM Honda 11 Kevin Curtain All 18 Cristiano Migliorati 4–11 26 Ivan Goi 1–3 Castrol Honda 21 Chris Vermeulen All Moto 1 Honda Elf Dho 28 Sébastien Le Grelle 1–8 40 Shannon Johnson 4–11 59 Kyro Verstraeten 9–11 Ten Kate Honda 7 Pere Riba All 99 Fabien Foret All Van der Velde-Kobute 75 Wim Theunissen 10 Kawasaki Racing Fuchs Kawasaki Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 6 Iain MacPherson All 8 Andrew Pitt All 2000 Racing Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R600 43 Gianfranco Guareschi 4 Crescent Suzuki 49 Karl Harris 5, 8 DMR Suzuki Italia 9 Fabrizio Pirovano All 31 Vittorio Iannuzzo All Karthin Altzschner S 50 Stefan Nebel 6 Scott Smart Racing 88 Scott Smart 5 Steinhausen Racing 51 Jürgen Oelschläger 6 Suzuki Alstare Corona 5 Karl Muggeridge All 37 Katsuaki Fujiwara All Yoshimura Suzuki GP1 38 Osamu Deguchi 3 Belart Motorsport Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 29 Eduard Ullastres 1 Folch Endurance 30 Alex Hervas 1 GimMotor Sport 17 Ivan Clementi All 19 Augustin Escobar 1–5, 7 54 Alessandro Polita 6 54 Alessandro Polita 7 55 Nello Russo 9–10 67 Franco Brugnara 8, 11 Italia Alpha Centaur 42 Alessio Corradi 4, 7 Lightspeed/Ducci Pro 57 Arnaud Van Den Bossche 7–8 71 Davide Bulega 3–8, 11 72 Dennis Hobbs 5 73 Alessandro Pizzagalli 3–4 Parimotor 53 Camillo Mariottini 11 55 Nello Russo 7 RadarsTeam Yamaha 33 Robbie Baird 2 34 Jamie Stauffer 2 Saveko Dee Cee Jeans 14 Christophe Cogan 1–10 65 Jan Hanson All 77 Rob Frost 11 T.Italia Lorenzini 12 Piergiorgio Bontempi All 35 Stefano Cruciani All V&M Yamaha 45 Matt Llewellyn 5, 8 Wilbers Suspension 1 Jörg Teuchert All 4 Christian Kellner All Yamaha Belgarda 2 Paolo Casoli All 69 James Whitham All Yamaha Belgium 15 Werner Daemen All 16 Christer Lindholm All Yamaha d'Antin 19 Augustin Escobar 8, 10–11 79 Oriol Fernandez 11 Yamaha Laaks Racing 58 Michael Schulten 9 Yamaha Motors Nederland 74 Harry Van Beek 10

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Championship' standings

Riders' standings

Pos Rider Bike VAL PHI SUG MNZ DON LAU MIS BRA OSC ASS IMO Pts 1 Andrew Pitt Kawasaki 11 3 3 4F 10 3 8 2 3 2 4 149 2 Paolo Casoli Yamaha 12 7P 1P 2 1F 15 3 7 4 1 Ret 147 3 Jörg Teuchert Yamaha Ret 8 2 6 3 7 1 1 Ret 4 7 135 4 James Whitham Yamaha Ret Ret RetF 1 4 Ret 7 3P 5F 3 3 106 5 Kevin Curtain Honda 5 1 6 14 8 1 Ret 11 12 6F 14 102 6 Pere Riba Honda 1F 5 4 Ret 12 Ret Ret 6 2 Ret 5 94 7 Karl Muggeridge Suzuki 6 Ret 5 3 2 Ret 9 RetF 8 Ret 2P 92 8 Fabien Foret Honda 15P 19 8 Ret 11 RetPF 4 9 1P 10 1F 90 9 Iain MacPherson Kawasaki 20 RetF 10 5 14 6 2PF Ret Ret 8 6 67 10 Fabrizio Pirovano Suzuki 9 Ret 7 8 9 Ret Ret 5 7 5 11 67 11 Piergiorgio Bontempi Yamaha 2 14 Ret 9 6 Ret 10 Ret 14 12 9 58 12 Katsuaki Fujiwara Suzuki 4 Ret Ret 13 5 Ret 6 4 Ret RetP 8 58 13 Christophe Cogan Yamaha 7 10 13 12 13 5 12 Ret 9 9 54 14 Christian Kellner Yamaha 3 16 9 Ret Ret 9 Ret 10 6 11 17 51 15 Adam Fergusson Honda 2 Ret 19 20 2 Ret 15 10 14 16 49 16 Vittoriano Guareschi Ducati 8 4 Ret 7P RetP 4 Ret Ret Ret 20 Ret 43 17 Chris Vermeulen Honda Ret Ret 14 NC Ret 8 5 16 Ret 16 10 27 18 Vittorio Iannuzzo Suzuki 19 15 12 16 18 Ret Ret 14 Ret 7 12 20 19 Werner Daemen Yamaha 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 15 13 Ret 13 Ret 19 20 Cristiano Migliorati Ducati 17 18 Honda 11 16 11 Ret 12 Ret 15 13 21 Karl Harris Suzuki 7 8 17 22 Dean Thomas Ducati Ret 6 Ret Ret 17 Ret 17 17 11 17 Ret 15 23 Christer Lindholm Yamaha 13 11 17 18 Ret 12 18 24 Ret 18 18 12 24 Alessio Corradi Yamaha 10 13 9 25 Ivan Goi Honda 23 9 20 7 26 Jan Hanson Yamaha 14 Ret 11 DNS 25 Ret 19 21 16 19 Ret 7 27 Nello Russo Yamaha 11 19 23 5 28 Markus Barth Honda 16 13 Ret Ret 23 14 Ret 5 Ducati Ret 29 Robbie Baird Yamaha 12 4 30 Jürgen Oelschläger Suzuki 13 3 31 Michael Schulten Yamaha 13 3 32 Camillo Mariottini Ducati 17 14 2 Yamaha Ret 33 Sébastien Le Grelle Honda 24 17 15 15 22 16 Ret 23 2 34 Scott Smart Suzuki 15 1 35 Rob Frost Yamaha 15 1 36 Stefano Cruciani Yamaha 22 21 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 18 15 Ret Ret 1 Osamu Deguchi Suzuki 16 0 Shannon Johnson Honda 22 24 Ret 16 19 17 21 19 0 Ivan Clementi Yamaha 21 18 18 17 21 Ret Ret 20 DNS 22 20 0 Rico Penzkofer Ducati 18 18 0 Augustin Escobar Yamaha 18 22 19 23 Ret Ret 26 Ret Ret 0 Alessandro Polita Yamaha 19 22 0 Matt Llewellyn Yamaha 19 Ret 0 Brad Anassis Ducati 20 0 Toshiyuki Hamaguchi Ducati Ret 20 0 Kyro Verstraten Honda 20 Ret DNS 0 Davide Bulega Yamaha 21 Ret Ret Ret 20 25 Ret 0 Roberto Antonello Ducati 21 0 Franco Brugnara Yamaha 22 21 0 Alessandro Pizzagalli Yamaha Ret 21 0 Steve Plater Honda Ret Ret Ret 22 0 Jamie Stauffer Yamaha 23 0 Wim Theunissen Honda 24 0 Alex Gobert Honda 25 0 Antonio Carlacci Ducati Ret Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret 25 Ret 0 Alex Hervas Yamaha Ret 0 Eduard Ullastres Yamaha Ret 0 Takashi Toda Ducati Ret 0 Gianfranco Guareschi Suzuki Ret 0 David Muscat Ducati Ret 0 Arnaud Van den Bossche Yamaha Ret DNS 0 Harry Van Beek Yamaha Ret 0 Oriol Fernandez Yamaha Ret 0 Ivan Mengozzi Ducati DNS Matteo Campana Ducati DNS Stefan Nebel Suzuki DNQ Dennis Hobbs Yamaha WD Pos Rider Bike VAL PHI SUG MNZ DON LAU MIS BRA OSC ASS IMO 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