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1991 Superbike World Championship

Sports event

The 1991 Superbike World Championship was the fourth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 1 April at Donington Park and finished on 19 October at Phillip Island after 13 rounds.

Doug Polen won the riders' championship with 17 victories and Ducati won the manufacturers' championship.

The third round of the championship at Mosport was boycotted by the regular riders on safety grounds.

1991 calendar	Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap
GBR Donington	1 April	USA Doug Polen	BEL Stéphane Mertens	USA Doug Polen	Team Fast by Ferracci
USA Doug Polen	BEL Stéphane Mertens	Total Wanty Mertens Racing
ESP Jarama	28 April	USA Doug Polen	USA Doug Polen	USA Doug Polen	Team Fast by Ferracci
USA Doug Polen	USA Doug Polen	Team Fast by Ferracci
CAN Mosport	2 June	USA Tom Kipp	CAN Pascal Picotte	CAN Pascal Picotte	Fast Yamaha/Sunoco
CAN Rueben McMurter	USA Tom Kipp	Wiseco Piston
USA Brainerd	9 June	BEL Stéphane Mertens	USA Doug Polen	USA Doug Polen	Team Fast by Ferracci
BEL Stéphane Mertens	USA Doug Polen	Team Fast by Ferracci
AUT Österreichring	30 June	USA Doug Polen	USA Doug Polen	BEL Stéphane Mertens	Total Wanty Mertens Racing
USA Doug Polen	USA Doug Polen	Team Fast by Ferracci
SMR Misano	4 August	USA Doug Polen	AUS Rob Phillis	USA Doug Polen	Team Fast by Ferracci
FRA Raymond Roche	USA Doug Polen	Team Fast by Ferracci
SWE Anderstorp	11 August	USA Doug Polen	BEL Stéphane Mertens	USA Doug Polen	Team Fast by Ferracci
FRA Raymond Roche	USA Doug Polen	Team Fast by Ferracci
JPN Sugo	25 August	USA Doug Polen	USA Doug Polen	USA Doug Polen	Team Fast by Ferracci
USA Doug Polen	USA Doug Polen	Team Fast by Ferracci
MYS Shah Alam	1 September	USA Doug Polen	USA Doug Polen	FRA Raymond Roche	Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli
FRA Raymond Roche	FRA Raymond Roche	Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli
DEU Hockenheim	15 September	USA Doug Polen	FRA Raymond Roche	USA Doug Polen	Team Fast by Ferracci
USA Doug Polen	FRA Raymond Roche	Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli
FRA Magny-Cours	29 September	AUS Rob Phillis	USA Doug Polen	USA Doug Polen	Team Fast by Ferracci
USA Doug Polen	USA Doug Polen	Team Fast by Ferracci
ITA Mugello	6 October	USA Doug Polen	USA Doug Polen	USA Doug Polen	Team Fast by Ferracci
ITA Giancarlo Falappa	FRA Raymond Roche	Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli
AUS Phillip Island	19 October	USA Doug Polen	NZL Aaron Slight	AUS Kevin Magee	Peter Jackson Yamaha Racing
NZL Aaron Slight	USA Doug Polen	Team Fast by Ferracci

Championship standings

In each race, points were awarded as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	Points
20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Riders' standings

1991 final riders' standings	Pos.	Rider	Bike	GBR
GBR	SPA
ESP	CAN
CAN	USA
USA	AUT
AUT	SMR
SMR	SWE
SWE	JPN
JPN	MAL
MYS	GER
DEU	FRA
FRA	ITA
ITA	AUS
AUS	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	R1	R2	1	432	2	282	3	267	4	217	5	195	6	162	7	146	8	124	9	113	10	108	11	68	12	66	13	65	14	63	15	61	16	57	17	53	18	47	19	41	20	41	21	35	22	33	23	33	24	30	25	30	26	27	27	26	28	23	29	22	30	22	31	21	32	20	33	20	34	20	35	18	36	17	37	17	38	17	39	15	40	14	Pos.	Rider	Bike	GBR
GBR	SPA
ESP	CAN
CAN	USA
USA	AUT
AUT	SMR
SMR	SWE
SWE	JPN
JPN	MAL
MYS	GER
DEU	FRA
FRA	ITA
ITA	AUS
AUS	Pts
USA Doug Polen	Ducati	1	Ret	1	1			1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	5	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	1
FRA Raymond Roche	Ducati	Ret	2	Ret	3			DNS	DNS	3	3	4	2	Ret	3	6	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	1
AUS Rob Phillis	Kawasaki	4	3	2	Ret			4	5	4	4	2	3	2	2	2	Ret	5	Ret	4	4	4	5	DNS	DNS	4	3
BEL Stéphane Mertens	Ducati	Ret	1	Ret	2			3	3	1	2	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	2	5	6	7	3	4	Ret	5	6
ITA Fabrizio Pirovano	Yamaha	3	8	5	5			5	6	Ret	5	5	4	3	Ret	7	7	2	3	Ret	7	Ret	6	Ret	6
GBR Terry Rymer	Yamaha	2	4	7	Ret			DNS	DNS	6	9	8	9	7	12	Ret	14	10	Ret	7	9	5	4	3	3
GBR Carl Fogarty	Honda	Ret	9	9	8			11	11			7	8	4	4	11	8	8	7	9	10	6	7	7	Ret
USA Fred Merkel	Honda	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret			6	4	8	8	9	7	8	6	12	9	12	9	Ret	Ret	3	10	8	Ret
ITA Giancarlo Falappa	Ducati	14	Ret	Ret	Ret			7	Ret	Ret	7	10	6	6	13	10	11	6	Ret	6	3	Ret	8	6	Ret
ITA Davide Tardozzi	Ducati									5	6	3	5			9	10	3	6	3	8			DNS	DNS
DEU Udo Mark	Yamaha			8	7					7	10	11	Ret	10	10	18	Ret			8	5
NLD Jeffrey de Vries	Yamaha	9	10	15	Ret			10	10	11	12	16	16	12	Ret	Ret	24	13	13	13	Ret	12	14	15	5	Ret	Ret
NZL Aaron Slight	Kawasaki															3	4	7	4							3	Ret
AUS Kevin Magee	Yamaha															5	3									1	2
FIN Jari Suhonen	Yamaha	DNS	DNS	Ret	9					9	11	Ret	15	5	7	Ret	17			14	12	9	12	17	12
ESP Juan López Mella	Honda	11	11	3	4			14	DNS	17	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	17	18	14	10	DNQ	DNQ	16	18	13	15
USA Scott Russell	Kawasaki							2	2							8	5
ESP Daniel Amatriain	Honda	Ret	13	4	6					12	17	13	13	14	11	DNS	DNS			15	21	20	13
CHE Edwin Weibel	Honda	13	14	Ret	Ret
Ducati											18	Ret							10	11	14	9	9	7
FRA Jean-Yves Mounier	Yamaha	DNS	DNS					13	9	10	14	20	17	9	9	21	20	18	12	11	Ret	DNS	DNS
GBR Rob McElnea	Yamaha	5	5											11	8					Ret	16
GBR Brian Morrison	Yamaha	6	6																			8	11	18	Ret
GBR Niall Mackenzie	Honda	7	7	Ret	DNS			15	12
Yamaha															Ret	6
CAN Linnley Clarke	Yamaha					4	2
CAN Yves Brisson	Honda					2	4
ITA Baldassarre Monti	Honda	Ret	Ret	6	Ret			8	7	DNS	DNS													DNS	DNS
CAN Steve Crevier	Kawasaki					3	5
AUS Malcolm Campbell	Honda															19	21									6	4
CAN Rueben McMurter	Honda					Ret	3	12	13
AUS Scott Doohan	Yamaha																	17	14							7	5
ITA Massimo Broccoli	Kawasaki			21	14					DNQ	DNQ	12	12							22	Ret			10	11
USA Tom Kipp	Yamaha					Ret	1	Ret	Ret							22	22
CAN Pascal Picotte	Yamaha					1	Ret
CAN Benoît Pilon	Yamaha					6	6
ITA Piergiorgio Bontempi	Kawasaki											NC	Ret	16	Ret					DNQ	DNQ	11	DNS	Ret	4
AUS Steve Martin	Suzuki																									8	7
USA John Hopperstad	Yamaha					8	7	18	DNS
DEU Peter Rubatto	Yamaha	Ret	16	12	Ret					15	13			13	DNS					Ret	13	23	DNS	Ret	13
CAN Jacques Guenette	Kawasaki							9	8
AUS Michael O'Connor	Honda																									10	8

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Manufacturers' standings

1991 final manufacturers' standings	Pos.	Manufacturer	GBR
GBR	SPA
ESP	CAN
CAN	USA
USA	AUT
AUT	SMR
SMR	SWE
SWE	JPN
JPN	MAL
MYS	GER
DEU	FRA
FRA	ITA
ITA	AUS
AUS	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	R1	R2	1	489	2	355	3	351	4	265	5	30	6	13	Pos.	Manufacturer	GBR
GBR	SPA
ESP	CAN
CAN	USA
USA	AUT
AUT	SMR
SMR	SWE
SWE	JPN
JPN	MAL
MYS	GER
DEU	FRA
FRA	ITA
ITA	AUS
AUS	Pts
ITA Ducati	1	1	1	1	7	13	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
JPN Yamaha	2	4	5	5	1	1	5	6	6	5	5	4	3	5	4	3	2	3	7	5	5	4	3	3	1	2
JPN Kawasaki	3	4	2	14	3	5	2	2	4	4	2	3	2	2	2	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	11	4	3	3
JPN Honda	7	7	3	4	2	3	6	4	8	8	7	7	4	4	11	8	8	7	9	10	3	7	7	11	6	4
JPN Suzuki					11	11	20	15	Ret	Ret			21	Ret	15	15	21	Ret	DNQ	DNQ					8	7
ITA Bimota	15	20	Ret	13					Ret	15	14	10							DNS	DNS

References

(12 June 1991). "Kipp, Picotte win boycotted Mosport". [[Cycle News]].
"1991 FIM Diesel Jeans Superbike World Championship". superbike-archives.net.
"1991 World Superbike - Riders Championship - Points Standings". superbike-archives.net.
"1991 World Superbike - Manufacturers Championship - Points Standings". superbike-archives.net.

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