The 2003 Superbike World Championship was the sixteenth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 2 March at Valencia and finished on 19 October at Magny-Cours after 12 rounds.
Rule changes for 2003 allowed 1000cc machines (either twins, triples or four-cylinder) to race. The rule changes in MotoGP which allowed 4-stroke engines starting from 2002 meant that the Japanese manufacturers had focused their resources there; as a result the Superbike World Championship was left with limited factory involvement,[1] with Ducati, Suzuki and the new-for-2003 Carl Fogarty's Foggy Petronas as the only factory teams. As a result of most of the field being formed of Ducati motorcycles, the championship was given the derogatory label of the "Ducati Cup" in some quarters.[2]
The factory Ducati Team entered the only two 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 riders' championship and Ducati won the manufacturers' championship.
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Race calendar and results
Championship standings
Riders' standings
Manufacturers' standings
2003 final manufacturers' standings[4]
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Pos.
|
Manufacturer
|
ESP
|
AUS
|
JPN
|
ITA
|
GER
|
GBR
|
SMR
|
USA
|
GBR
|
NED
|
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
|
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
|
16
|
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
|
Ret
|
12
|
14
|
16
|
Ret
|
7
|
10
|
8
|
Ret
|
17
|
Ret
|
6
|
9
|
7
|
7
|
8
|
Ret
|
118
|
5
|
Yamaha
|
16
|
11
|
14
|
Ret
|
12
|
11
|
11
|
11
|
10
|
19
|
12
|
12
|
12
|
15
|
|
|
16
|
11
|
11
|
15
|
13
|
12
|
14
|
12
|
69
|
6
|
Honda
|
Ret
|
16
|
19
|
20
|
6
|
6
|
Ret
|
15
|
Ret
|
18
|
Ret
|
Ret
|
Ret
|
Ret
|
12
|
Ret
|
Ret
|
Ret
|
Ret
|
DNS
|
18
|
16
|
13
|
13
|
31
|
|
Aprilia
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ret
|
DNS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0
|
Pos.
|
Manufacturer
|
ESP
|
AUS
|
JPN
|
ITA
|
GER
|
GBR
|
SMR
|
USA
|
GBR
|
NED
|
ITA
|
FRA
|
Pts
|
Entry list
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Key
|
Wildcard Rider
|
D Dunlop
|
M Michelin
|
P Pirelli
|
|
References
This page was last edited on 4 August 2022, at 10:44