2003 World Superbike season

The 2003 Superbike World Championship season was the 16th F.I.M. Superbike World Championship season. The season started on March 2 at Valencia, and finished on October 19 at Magny-Cours after 12 rounds.

Rule changes for 2003 allowed 1000cc machines (either twins, triples or four-cylinder) to race. The recent rule changes in MotoGP to allow 4-stroke engines meant that the Japanese manufacturers had focused their resources there leaving the Superbike World Championship with limited factory involvement. With only Ducati Suzuki and also new for 2003 Carl Fogarty’s Foggy Petronas as the only factory teams. As a result of most of the field being Ducati motorcycles the championship was given the derogatory title of "the Ducati Cup".

The Factory Ducati Team entered the only 2 Ducati 999s in the field, taking 20 wins from 24 races in a season where all races were won by Ducati. Neil Hodgson won the rider's championship and Ducati won the manufacturer's championship.

Season Calendar

No	Date	Round	Circuit	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Report
1	March 2	Template:Flagcountry	Valencia	Neil Hodgson	Neil Hodgson	Report
2	March 30	Template:Flagcountry	Phillip Island	Neil Hodgson	Neil Hodgson	Report
3	April 27	Template:Flagcountry	Sugo	Neil Hodgson	Neil Hodgson	Report
4	May 18	Template:Flagcountry	Monza	Neil Hodgson	Neil Hodgson	Report
5	June 1	Template:Flagcountry	Oschersleben	Neil Hodgson	James Toseland	Report
6	June 15	Template:Flagcountry	Silverstone	Neil Hodgson	Neil Hodgson	Report
7	June 22	Template:Flagcountry	Misano	Template:Country data ESP Rubén Xaus	Template:Country data ESP Rubén Xaus	Report
8	July 13	Template:Flagcountry	Laguna Seca	Template:Country data ITA Pierfrancesco Chili	Template:Country data ESP Rubén Xaus	Report
9	July 27	Template:Flagcountry	Brands Hatch	Shane Byrne	Shane Byrne	Report
10	September 07	Template:Flagcountry	Assen	Template:Country data ESP Rubén Xaus	Neil Hodgson	Report
11	September 28	Template:Flagcountry	Imola	Template:Country data ESP Rubén Xaus	Template:Country data ESP Rubén Xaus	Report
12	October 19	Template:Flagcountry	Magny-Cours	Neil Hodgson	Template:Country data ESP Rubén Xaus	Report

Season Standings

Rider Standings

Pos Rider Bike ESP Template:Country data ESP AUS Template:Country data AUS JPN Template:Country data JPN ITA Template:Country data ITA GER Template:Country data GER GBR Template:Country data GBR SMR Template:Country data SMR USA Template:Country data USA GBR Template:Country data GBR NED Template:Country data NED ITA Template:Country data ITA FRA Template:Country data 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 Template:Country data GBR Hodgson Ducati 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 5 2 1 2 4 1 489 2 Template:Country data ESP Xaus Ducati 2 2 2 2 4 4 7 5 3 3 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 2 1 386 3 Template:Country data GBR Toseland Ducati 4 3 5 3 5 4 5 3 1 2 4 2 3 6 3 4 5 2 271 4 Template:Country data FRA Laconi Ducati 5 6 4 2 7 2 4 4 4 4 6 3 4 4 4 8 4 3 2 6 267 5 Template:Country data ESP Lavilla Suzuki 7 6 3 7 5 2 3 2 2 4 5 5 7 6 3 4 3 4 4 256 6 Template:Country data GBR Walker Ducati 3 4 7 6 6 6 5 3 9 8 5 8 5 3 3 5 8 5 3 3 234 7 Template:Country data ITA Chili Ducati 3 3 5 3 2 11 7 7 3 1 9 7 3 5 5 197 8 Template:Country data AUS Martin Ducati 6 5 4 9 15 9 7 6 6 6 9 14 9 11 6 7 5 139 9 Template:Country data ITA Pedercini Ducati 8 9 10 14 7 10 10 9 10 11 11 8 6 10 12 14 6 11 112 10 Template:Country data ITA Borciani Ducati 9 10 9 10 13 13 8 8 7 9 10 13 11 14 10 9 14 13 10 11 14 111 11 Template:Country data ITA Sanchini Kawasaki 13 13 12 11 10 14 12 11 12 13 14 9 11 9 8 15 15 10 12 8 8 10 10 108 12 Template:Country data AUS Corser Petronas 7 5 8 12 13 12 14 7 10 8 6 9 7 7 8 107 13 Template:Country data ESP Borja Ducati 14 8 12 15 10 9 7 12 11 7 12 11 9 9 7 87 14 Template:Country data ITA Clementi Kawasaki 11 14 11 11 8 13 14 10 13 13 13 8 7 9 9 76 15 Template:Country data ITA Bussei Ducati 11 14 12 11 13 10 12 12 7 6 52 16 Template:Country data GBR Byrne Ducati 1 1 50 17 Template:Country data GBR Reynolds Suzuki 6 10 2 10 42 18 Template:Country data ITA Iannuzzo Suzuki 12 9 8 8 15 7 37 19 Template:Country data ITA Gramigni Yamaha 11 11 12 15 11 11 15 13 12 12 37 20 Template:Country data JPN Kagayama Suzuki 5 5 10 9 35 21 Template:Country data GBR Haslam Ducati 10 7 6 6 35 22 Template:Country data ESP García Ducati 10 12 8 12 10 28 23 Template:Country data GBR Rutter Ducati 8 9 8 23 24 Template:Country data JPN Izutsu Honda 6 6 20 25 Template:Country data AUS Mladin Suzuki 4 13 26 Template:Country data GBR Haydon Petronas 12 15 9 12 27 Template:Country data ESP Fuertes Suzuki 15 15 14 13 11 12 28 Template:Country data GBR Emmett Ducati 5 11 29 Template:Country data ITA Russo Ducati 13 15 13 13 15 11 30 Template:Country data USA Yates Suzuki 6 10 31 Template:Country data GBR Ellison Ducati 11 12 9 32 Template:Country data FRA Gimbert Suzuki 8 8 33 Template:Country data JPN Watanabe Suzuki 8 8 34 Template:Country data ITA Foti Ducati 15 14 14 15 14 8 35 Template:Country data ITA Tortoroglio Honda 15 15 12 6 36 Template:Country data FRA Stey Honda 13 13 6 37 Template:Country data AUT Saiger Yamaha 13 14 15 6 38 Template:Country data AUT Zaiser Suzuki 12 4 39 Template:Country data JPN Nakamura Honda 14 14 4 40 Template:Country data ITA Pedersoli Ducati 13 3 41 Template:Country data ITA Blora Ducati 13 3 42 Template:Country data FRA Protat Yamaha 14 15 3 43 Template:Country data ITA Liverani Yamaha 14 2 44 Template:Country data ITA Pini Suzuki 15 15 2 45 Template:Country data CZE Mrkyvka Ducati 15 15 2 Pos Rider Bike ESP Template:Country data ESP AUS Template:Country data AUS JPN Template:Country data JPN ITA Template:Country data ITA GER Template:Country data GER GBR Template:Country data GBR SMR Template:Country data SMR USA Template:Country data USA GBR Template:Country data GBR NED Template:Country data NED ITA Template:Country data ITA FRA Template:Country data FRA Pts

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate Blank Injured (INJ) Blank Excluded (EX)

Manufacturers Standings

Pos	Manufacturer	ESP Template:Country data ESP		AUS Template:Country data AUS		JPN Template:Country data JPN		ITA Template:Country data ITA		GER Template:Country data GER		GBR Template:Country data GBR		SMR Template:Country data SMR		USA Template:Country data USA		GBR Template:Country data GBR		NED Template:Country data NED		ITA Template:Country data ITA		FRA Template:Country data 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	Ducati	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	600
2	Suzuki	7	6	3	7	5	2	3	2	8	8	5	2	4	5	4	5	7	2		3	4	3	4	4	306
3	Kawasaki	11	13	11	11	11	8	14	12	11	12	13	14	9	11	9	8	13	13	8	7	8	8	10	9	130
4	Petronas	12	7	5	8	9	12	13		12	14			7	10	8				6	9	7	7	8		118
5	Yamaha		11	14		12	11	11	11	10		12	12	12	15				11	11	15	13	12	14	12	69
6	Honda					6	6		15							12								13	13	31
Pos	Manufacturer	ESP Template:Country data ESP		AUS Template:Country data AUS		JPN Template:Country data JPN		ITA Template:Country data ITA		GER Template:Country data GER		GBR Template:Country data GBR		SMR Template:Country data SMR		USA Template:Country data USA		GBR Template:Country data GBR		NED Template:Country data NED		ITA Template:Country data ITA		FRA Template:Country data FRA		Pts

Participants

No Rider Team Motorcycle Tyre 4 Template:Country data AUSTroy Corser Foggy PETRONAS Racing Petronas FP1 M 5 Template:Country data ITAIvan Clementi Kawasaki Bertocchi Kawasaki ZX-7RR D 6 Template:Country data ITAMauro Sanchini Kawasaki Bertocchi Kawasaki ZX-7RR D 7 Template:Country data ITAPierfrancesco Chili Team PSG-1 Ducati 998RS D 8 Template:Country data GBRJames Haydon Foggy PETRONAS Racing Petronas FP1 M 9 Template:Country data GBRChris Walker HM Plant Ducati Ducati 998F02 D 10 Template:Country data ESPGregorio Lavilla Alstare Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 D 11 Template:Country data ESPRuben Xaus Ducati Fila Ducati 999F03 M 16 Template:Country data ESPSergio Fuertes MIR Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 D 19 Template:Country data ITALucio Pedercini Team Pedercini Ducati 998RS D 20 Template:Country data ITAMarco Borciani D.F.X. Racing Team Ducati 998RS P 23 Template:Country data CZEJiri Mrkyvka JM SBK Team Ducati 998RS D 26 Template:Country data ITALuca Pedersoli Team Pedercini Ducati 998RS D 27 Template:Country data GBRMark Heckles Team Rumi Honda VTR1000SP2 M 28 Template:Country data ITASerafino Foti Team Pedercini Ducati 998RS D 31 Template:Country data ITAVittorio Iannuzzo Alstare Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 D 33 Template:Country data ESPJuan Bautista Borja D.F.X. Racing Team Ducati 998RS P 35 Template:Country data ITANello Russo Team Pedercini Ducati 998RS D 38 Template:Country data ITAGiancarlo De Matteis Caracchi NCR Nortel Net. Ducati 998RS D 48 Template:Country data ESPDavid Garcia Caracchi NCR Nortel Net. Ducati 998RS D 51 Template:Country data ITADavide Messori UnionBike GiMotorsport Yamaha YZF-R1 D 52 Template:Country data GBRJames Toseland HM Plant Ducati Ducati 998F02 D 55 Template:Country data FRARégis Laconi Caracchi NCR Nortel Net. Ducati 998RS D 68 Template:Country data FRABertrand Stey White Endurance Honda VTR1000SP2 D 91 Template:Country data ITAWalter Tortoroglio White Endurance Honda VTR1000SP2 D 92 Template:Country data FRAFrederic Protat UnionBike GiMotorsport Yamaha YZF-R1 D 98 Template:Country data ITAGianmaria Liverani UnionBike GiMotorsport Yamaha YZF-R1 D 99 Template:Country data AUSSteve Martin D.F.X. Racing Team Ducati 998RS P 100 Template:Country data GBRNeil Hodgson Ducati Fila Ducati 999F03 M 15 Template:Country data ITAGiovanni Bussei Ducati Austin Ducati 998RS 22 Template:Country data AUTHorst Saiger Remus Racing Austria Yamaha YZF-R1 29 Template:Country data ITAGiuseppe Zannini Team Pro.Con. Ducati 998RS 32 Template:Country data USAEric Bostrom Kawasaki Road Racing Kawasaki ZX-7RR 36 Template:Country data NORSundby Dag Steinar Komatsu Sundby Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 39 Template:Country data ITAAlessandro Gramigni Nuvolari 391 Yamaha YZF-R1 40 Template:Country data GBRNick Medd Renegade Ducati Ducati 998RS 41 Template:Country data NEDRobert Menzen Racing Team R. Menzen Suzuki GSX-R1000 42 Template:Country data NEDPaul Mooijman Kruisinga Motoren Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 44 Template:Country data GERStefan Nebel Elf Yoshimura Shafer Motorsp. Suzuki GSX-R1000 50 Template:Country data ITAMarco Masetti Caracchi NCR Nortel Net. Ducati 996RS 57 Template:Country data ITASimone Conti Scuderia HF Suzuki GSX-R1000 60 Template:Country data GBRMichael Rutter Renegade Ducati Ducati 998F02 61 Template:Country data GBRJohn Reynolds Rizla Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 62 Template:Country data GBRSean Emmett ETI Racing Ducati 998RS 64 Template:Country data JPNYukio Kagayama Rizla Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 66 Template:Country data AUSMat Mladin Suzuki Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000 67 Template:Country data GBRShane Byrne Monstermob Ducati Ducati 998F02 69 Template:Country data AUTKarl Truchsess Remus Racing Austria Yamaha YZF-R1 70 Template:Country data AUTChristian Zaiser Racing Team Zaiser Suzuki GSX-R1000 71 Template:Country data ESPMartin Benito Isaac Acumoto Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R1 73 Template:Country data AUSSteven Cutting Motorcycle Weaponry Suzuki GSX-R1000 74 Template:Country data JPNKenichiro Nakamura Blue Helmet MSC Honda VTR1000SP2 75 Template:Country data AUSAlistair Maxwell Michelin Honda Honda CBR954RR M 76 Template:Country data JPNAtsushi Watanabe Team Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 77 Template:Country data JPNHitoyasu Izutsu Team HRC Honda VTR1000SPW 78 Template:Country data AUSJay Normoyle Warren & Brown Lightpaths Suzuki GSX-R1000 79 Template:Country data JPNNoriyasu Numata Team Foundatlon Ducati 996RS 82 Template:Country data ITALorenzo Mauri Team Pedercini Ducati 998RS 89 Template:Country data GBRDean Ellison Firepower Ducati Ducati 996 90 Template:Country data GBRLeon Haslam Renegade Ducati Ducati 998RS 93 Template:Country data FRASébastien Gimbert SERT Suzuki GSX-R1000 96 Template:Country data ITALuca Pini Boselli Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 113 Template:Country data ITAPaolo Blora Lucido Corse Ducati 996RS 120 Template:Country data USAAaron Yates Suzuki Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000

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