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The 2005 Superbike World Championship season was the 18th F.I.M. Superbike World Championship season. The season started on February 26 at Losail, and finished on October 9 at Magny-Cours after 12 races. 2005 saw the return of the Japanese manufacturers with major teams from all four Japanese manufacturers ran through European importer’s teams.¹

Troy Corser won his 2nd rider's championship giving Suzuki its first World Superbike manufacturer's championship.

Season Calendar

No	Date	Round	Circuit	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Report
1	February 26	Qatar	Losail	Troy Corser	Yukio Kagayama	Report
2	April 3	Australia	Phillip Island	Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Report
3	April 24	Spain	Valencia	Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Report
4	May 8	Italy	Monza	Troy Corser	Chris Vermeulen	Report
5	May 29	Europe	Silverstone	Régis Laconi	James Toseland	Report
6	June 26	San Marino	Misano	Régis Laconi	Régis Laconi	Report
7	July 17	Czech Republic	Brno	Troy Corser	Noriyuki Haga	Report
8	August 7	Great Britain	Brands Hatch	Troy Corser	Noriyuki Haga	Report
9	September 4	Netherlands	Assen	Chris Vermeulen	Chris Vermeulen	Report
10	September 11	Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	Chris Vermeulen	Lorenzo Lanzi	Report
11	October 2	Italy	Imola	Chris Vermeulen	Cancelled Due to Rain	Report
12	October 9	France	Magny-Cours	Chris Vermeulen	Lorenzo Lanzi	Report

Season Standings

Rider Standings

Pos Rider Bike QAT AUS ESP ITA EUR SMR CZE GBR NED GER ITA FRA Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Corser Suzuki 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 3 3 1 2 1 2 4 4 3 13 2 5 4 433 2 Vermeulen Honda 8 4 3 4 2 2 1 4 4 2 2 8 3 4 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 379 3 Haga Yamaha 5 11 5 4 11 9 3 6 6 7 1 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 3 271 4 Toseland Ducati 6 6 14 8 3 5 3 1 4 4 2 8 7 2 3 4 11 4 3 6 254 5 Kagayama Suzuki 2 1 2 2 3 7 2 11 7 12 11 11 9 9 6 11 5 4 15 2 2 252 6 Laconi Ducati 3 2 7 7 4 2 1 1 1 3 7 3 5 9 221 7 Walker Kawasaki 14 9 4 3 8 8 6 6 8 11 4 10 5 4 6 7 5 160 8 Pitt Yamaha 4 9 5 8 5 6 13 9 10 7 6 5 5 6 6 6 7 156 9 Lanzi Ducati 12 13 11 5 9 6 6 8 8 7 6 8 1 9 1 150 10 Chili Honda 5 7 10 7 7 5 5 7 5 5 5 13 10 14 10 10 131 11 Muggeridge Honda 9 8 6 4 10 10 10 7 13 9 6 9 8 5 4 124 12 Neukirchner Honda 8 4 3 12 7 14 10 11 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 123 13 Abe Yamaha 10 7 6 8 5 10 12 8 15 9 4 11 9 9 8 10 9 123 14 Bussei Kawasaki 11 14 10 9 13 13 11 8 10 15 15 15 12 12 11 13 64 15 Bostrom Honda 11 12 6 14 14 12 10 10 10 15 13 12 11 58 16 Gimbert Yamaha 10 11 6 11 14 12 13 14 8 15 46 17 Nieto Kawasaki 13 13 5 9 12 12 14 13 37 18 Martin Petronas 15 11 8 15 14 9 5 35 19 Sanchini Kawasaki 15 12 10 14 13 12 12 13 12 31 20 Clementi Ducati 13 11 13 15 15 12 15 13 11 26 21 Checa Yamaha 10 9 15 14 11 12 25 22 McCoy Petronas 13 13 12 11 15 23 Nannelli Ducati 9 10 13 24 Cardoso Yamaha 9 13 13 13 25 Corradi Ducati 6 10 26 Silva Yamaha 7 15 10 27 Borciani Ducati 12 12 14 10 28 Vizziello Yamaha 14 10 15 9 29 Fuertes Suzuki 9 7 30 Riba Kawasaki 14 12 6 31 Stroud Suzuki 15 12 5 32 Alfonsi Yamaha 14 15 14 5 33 Hobbs Yamaha 13 15 4 34 Praia Yamaha 14 15 3 35 Da Costa Yamaha 14 2 36 Brignola Ducati 14 2 37 Velini Ducati 14 2 38 Conforti Ducati 14 2 39 Cruciani Kawasaki 15 1 40 Roccoli Yamaha 15 1 Pos Rider Bike QAT AUS ESP ITA EUR SMR CZE GBR NED GER ITA FRA Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Not classified (NC) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate Withdrawn due to injury (INJ) Excluded (EX) Race cancelled (C)

Manufacturers Standings

Pos	Manufacturer	QAT		AUS		ESP		ITA		EUR		SMR		CZE		GBR		NED		GER		ITA		FRA		Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Suzuki	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	3	3	1	2	1	2	4	4	3	4	2		2	2	468
2	Honda	8	4	3	3	2	2	6	1	4	4	2	2	5	3	4	3	1	1	1	2	1		1	8	403
3	Ducati	3	2	7	5	8		3	2	1	1	1	1	2	6	3	5	2	3	4	1	4		3	1	385
4	Yamaha	4	7	5	8	5	4	5	6	9	3	6	6	7	1	2	1	3	2	2	3	3		6	3	322
5	Kawasaki	11	14	9	9	4	3	8	8	6	6	8	10	4	10	5	4	15	15	12	12	6		7	5	183
6	Petronas	15									13	11	8			15		13	12	11	9	5				48
Pos	Manufacturer	QAT		AUS		ESP		ITA		EUR		SMR		CZE		GBR		NED		GER		ITA		FRA		Pts

Participants

No Rider Team Motorcycle Tyre 1 James Toseland Ducati Xerox Ducati 999F05 P 3 Norick Abe Yamaha Motor France-Ipone Yamaha YZF-R1 P 6 Mauro Sanchini PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse Kawasaki ZX-10R P 7 Pierfrancesco Chili Klaffi Honda Honda CBR1000RR P 8 Ivan Clementi Team Pedercini Ducati 999RS P 9 Chris Walker PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse Kawasaki ZX-10R P 10 Fonsi Nieto Ducati SC Caracchi Ducati 999RS P 11 Troy Corser Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5 P 12 Lorenzo Alfonsi D.F.X. Treme Yamaha YZF-R1 P 17 Miguel Praia DFXtreme Sterilgarda Yamaha YZF-R1 P 19 Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini Ducati 999RS P 20 Marco Borciani DFXtreme Sterilgarda Ducati 999RS P 21 Michel Nickmans Zone Rouge Yamaha YZF-R1 P 22 Ivan Silva D.F.X. Treme Yamaha YZF-R1 P 23 Jiri Mrkyvka SBK Team JM Ducati 999RS P 24 Garry McCoy Foggy Petronas Racing Petronas FP1 P 25 Alessio Velini Team Pedercini Ducati 999RS P 27 Alessio Corradi Team Pedercini Ducati 999RS P 30 José Luis Cardoso D.F.X. Treme Yamaha YZF-R1 P 31 Karl Muggeridge Winston Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR P 32 Sébastien Gimbert Yamaha Motor France-Ipone Yamaha YZF-R1 P 37 Mauro Lucchiari D.F.X. Treme Yamaha YZF-R1 P 38 Andy Notman Foggy Petronas Racing Petronas FP1 P 40 Julien Da Costa DFXtreme Sterilgarda Yamaha YZF-R1 P 41 Noriyuki Haga Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Yamaha YZF-R1 P 45 Gianluca Vizziello Italia Lorenzini by Leoni Yamaha YZF-R1 P 52 Massimo Roccoli Italia Lorenzini by Leoni Yamaha YZF-R1 P 55 Régis Laconi Ducati Xerox Ducati 999F05 P 57 Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati SC Caracchi Ducati 999F05 P 68 Stefano Cruciani PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse Kawasaki ZX-10R P 69 Gianluca Nannelli Ducati SC Caracchi Ducati 999RS P 71 Yukio Kagayama Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5 P 73 Giuseppe Zannini Ducati SC Caracchi Ducati 999RS P 75 Norino Brignola Ducati SC Caracchi Ducati 999RS P 76 Max Neukirchner Klaffi Honda Honda CBR1000RR P 77 Chris Vermeulen Winston Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR P 88 Andrew Pitt Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Yamaha YZF-R1 P 96 Pere Riba PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse Kawasaki ZX-10R P 99 Steve Martin Foggy Petronas Racing Petronas FP1 P 155 Ben Bostrom Renegade Koji Honda CBR1000RR P 200 Giovanni Bussei Kawasaki Bertocchi Kawasaki ZX-10R P 14 Ralf Waldmann Alpha Technik Van Zon Honda Honda CBR1000RR P 15 Michael Schulten Alpha Technik Van Zon Honda Honda CBR1000RR