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2004 Superbike World Championship

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The 2004 Superbike World Championship was the seventeenth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 29 February at Valencia and finished on 3 October at Magny-Cours after 11 rounds. The traditional Japanese round at Sugo was replaced with a new Canadian round which was scheduled for 4 July at the Mont-Tremblant, near Quebec. Though no explanation was given for the change, it was seen as some form of revenge after the refusal of the Japanese manufacturers to back the 2004 rules. The Canadian round was eventually canceled after a circuit inspection determined that the amount of work necessary to bring the venue up to WSBK standard could not be carried out in time for the proposed date.

2004 was the first season all bikes had to use control tyres, provided by Pirelli. Partly because of the control tyre rule, no factory bikes were entered by Japanese manufacturers.

James Toseland won the riders' championship and Ducati won the manufacturers' championship.

Race calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Date	Superpole	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team
ESP Valencia	29 February	FRA Régis Laconi	AUS Garry McCoy	GBR James Toseland	Ducati Fila	Report
JPN Noriyuki Haga	JPN Noriyuki Haga	Renegade Ducati
AUS Phillip Island	28 March	FRA Régis Laconi	FRA Régis Laconi	FRA Régis Laconi	Ducati Fila	Report
AUS Garry McCoy	AUS Garry McCoy	XEROX - Ducati Nortel Net.
SMR Misano	18 April	AUS Steve Martin	FRA Régis Laconi	FRA Régis Laconi	Ducati Fila	Report
ITA Pierfrancesco Chili	ITA Pierfrancesco Chili	PSG - 1 Corse
ITA Monza	16 May	FRA Régis Laconi	FRA Régis Laconi	FRA Régis Laconi	Ducati Fila	Report
FRA Régis Laconi	FRA Régis Laconi	Ducati Fila
DEU Oschersleben	30 May	AUS Troy Corser	JPN Noriyuki Haga	JPN Noriyuki Haga	Renegade Ducati	Report
JPN Noriyuki Haga	FRA Régis Laconi	Ducati Fila
GBR Silverstone	13 June	FRA Régis Laconi	FRA Régis Laconi	JPN Noriyuki Haga	Renegade Ducati	Report
AUS Chris Vermeulen	AUS Chris Vermeulen	Ten Kate Honda
USA Laguna Seca	11 July	AUS Steve Martin	AUS Chris Vermeulen	AUS Chris Vermeulen	Ten Kate Honda	Report
AUS Chris Vermeulen	AUS Chris Vermeulen	Ten Kate Honda
EU Brands Hatch	1 August	AUS Steve Martin	ITA Pierfrancesco Chili	JPN Noriyuki Haga	Renegade Ducati Koji	Report
ITA Pierfrancesco Chili	JPN Noriyuki Haga	Renegade Ducati Koji
NLD Assen	5 September	ITA Pierfrancesco Chili	JPN Noriyuki Haga	GBR James Toseland	Ducati Fila	Report
JPN Noriyuki Haga	AUS Chris Vermeulen	Ten Kate Honda
ITA Imola	26 September	FRA Régis Laconi	FRA Régis Laconi	FRA Régis Laconi	Ducati Fila	Report
JPN Noriyuki Haga	FRA Régis Laconi	Ducati Fila
FRA Magny-Cours	3 October	AUS Troy Corser	AUS Steve Martin	GBR James Toseland	Ducati Fila	Report
JPN Noriyuki Haga	JPN Noriyuki Haga	Renegade Ducati Koji

Championship standings

Riders' standings

2004 final riders' standings	Pos.	Rider	Bike	ESP
ESP	AUS
AUS	SMR
SMR	ITA
ITA	GER
DEU	GBR
GBR	USA
USA	GBR
GBR	NED
NLD	ITA
ITA	FRA
FRA	Pts	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	1	336	2	327	3	299	4	282	5	243	6	199	7	181	8	169	9	146	10	130	11	128	12	85	13	79	14	72	15	68	16	41	17	35	18	33	19	30	20	27	21	24	22	20	23	17	24	16	25	13	26	12	27	11	28	9	29	8	30	8	31	4	32	4	33	4	34	3	35	3	36	3	37	2	38	1	39	1	Pos.	Rider	Bike	ESP
ESP	AUS
AUS	SMR
SMR	ITA
ITA	GER
DEU	GBR
GBR	USA
USA	GBR
GBR	NED
NLD	ITA
ITA	FRA
FRA	Pts
GBR James Toseland	Ducati	1	2	3	Ret	10	6	2	2	2	2	Ret	5	4	2	7	Ret	1	2	3	2	1	2
FRA Régis Laconi	Ducati	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	1	2	1	1	6	1	Ret	3	5	3	2	Ret	3	5	1	1	3	3
JPN Noriyuki Haga	Ducati	Ret	1	8	6	4	4	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	1	2	6	4	1	1	4	3	4	Ret	2	1
AUS Chris Vermeulen	Honda	12	5	2	2	5	12	4	DSQ	15	8	2	1	1	1	4	3	5	1	2	6	Ret	Ret
ITA Pierfrancesco Chili	Ducati	2	4	9	3	3	1	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	3	Ret	2	5	Ret	2	2	4	7	Ret	6	5
AUS Garry McCoy	Ducati	7	6	5	1	Ret	17	3	3	9	4	4	8	7	7	Ret	7	8	Ret	5	5	9	9
AUS Steve Martin	Ducati	Ret	3	4	Ret	7	3	Ret	8	5	Ret	6	6	3	6	3	Ret	7	Ret	6	3	5	Ret
GBR Leon Haslam	Ducati	5	9	Ret	10	11	5	5	4	7	3	5	4	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	6	10	12	7	6
AUS Troy Corser	Petronas	Ret	11	13	5	2	7	9	5	4	Ret	7	9	10	Ret	5	Ret	10	7	12	10	Ret	7
ITA Marco Borciani	Ducati	4	8	7	4	21	10	7	6	Ret	Ret	8	11	11	8	11	Ret	9	8	8	8	Ret	Ret
GBR Chris Walker	Petronas	3	7	10	8	6	13	8	7	Ret	7	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	9	4	12	10	Ret	16	8	8
ITA Ivan Clementi	Kawasaki	Ret	14	11	9	12	Ret	11	10	11	9	10	10	Ret	10	14	11	Ret	9	11	9	Ret	Ret
ITA Mauro Sanchini	Kawasaki	14	10	6	7	Ret	11	Ret	9	10	6	Ret	13	8	9	Ret	10	Ret	DNS	WD	WD
ITA Gianluca Nannelli	Ducati	6	Ret	12	12	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	11	Ret	9	4	Ret	Ret
ITA Piergiorgio Bontempi	Suzuki	15	16	NC	11	9	15	10	11	14	11	9	14	13	12	15	12	13	12	13	Ret	11	Ret
ITA Lucio Pedercini	Ducati	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	12	11	13	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	7	12	DNS
ESP Sergio Fuertes	Suzuki	8	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	18	6	Ret	DNS	DNS	13	Ret			Ret	13	15	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	12
FRA Sébastien Gimbert	Yamaha															Ret	9					4	4
GBR James Ellison	Yamaha											Ret	7			6	5
AUS Warwick Nowland	Suzuki	11	17	15	14	18	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	11	Ret	Ret	13	16	Ret	14	13	17	18	16	10
ITA Giovanni Bussei	Ducati															12	6	Ret	11	Ret	11	Ret	DNS
ITA Alessio Velini	Yamaha	Ret	18	14	13	13	Ret	Ret	13	16	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	14	Ret	Ret
Ducati																			Ret	15	14	Ret
AUT Horst Saiger	Yamaha	9	15					13	14					14	14
AUS Craig Coxhell	Honda															8	8
CZE Jiří Mrkývka	Ducati	10	Ret	DNS	DNS	19	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	12	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	19	19	Ret	Ret
ITA Luca Pini	Suzuki					Ret	9													14	13
FRA Stéphane Duterne	Kawasaki																			Ret	24	10	11
AUT Andreas Meklau	Suzuki									13	10
DEU Jürgen Oelschläger	Honda									8	Ret
PRT Miguel Praia	Ducati	13	19	16	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	14	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	16	Ret	21	18	14
ITA Giancarlo De Matteis	Ducati					16	Ret	12	Ret							Ret	Ret			21	DNS
POL Paweł Szkopek	Suzuki																			Ret	23	15	13
ITA Ivan Sala	Suzuki					14	20	14	Ret
ITA Stefano Cruciani	Kawasaki																					13	Ret
ITA Doriano Romboni	Yamaha					DNS	DNS													15	14
ITA Gianmaria Liverani	Ducati					15	14
NOR Carl Berthelsen	Suzuki									18	14											19	Ret
SVN Berto Camlek	Yamaha					20	Ret															17	15
NLD Robert Menzen	Suzuki																	16	15

Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap |}

Manufacturers' standings

Pos.	Manufacturer	ESP
ESP	AUS
AUS	SMR
SMR	ITA
ITA	GER
DEU	GBR
GBR	USA
USA	GBR
GBR	NED
NLD	ITA
ITA	FRA
FRA	Pts	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	1	2	3	4	5	6	NC	Pos.	Manufacturer	ESP
ESP	AUS
AUS	SMR
SMR	ITA
ITA	GER
DEU	GBR
GBR	USA
USA	GBR
GBR	NED
NLD	ITA
ITA	FRA
FRA	Pts
ITA Ducati	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	530
JPN Honda	12	5	2	2	5	12	4	Ret	8	8	2	1	1	1	4	3	5	1	2	6	Ret	Ret	289
MYS Petronas	3	7	10	5	2	7	8	5	4	7	7	9	10	Ret	5	4	10	7	12	10	8	7	200
JPN Kawasaki	14	10	6	7	12	11	11	9	10	6	10	10	8	9	14	10	Ret	9	11	9	10	11	129
JPN Suzuki	8	12	15	11	9	9	6	11	13	10	9	14	13	12	15	12	13	12	13	13	11	10	101
JPN Yamaha	9	15	14	13	13	Ret	13	13	16	12	Ret	7	14	14	6	5	Ret	Ret	15	14	4	4	89
ITA MV Agusta																			16	17			0

Entry list

2004 entry list	Team	Constructor	Motorcycle	No.
MAS Foggy Petronas Racing	Petronas FP1	4	AUS Troy Corser	All
9	GBR Chris Walker	All
CHN Zongshen	Suzuki GSX-R1000	5	ITA Piergiorgio Bontempi	All
12	AUS Warwick Nowland	All
Kawasaki ZX 10	39	FRA Stéphane Duterne	10–11
ITA Kawasaki Bertocchi	Kawasaki ZX 10	6	ITA Mauro Sanchini	1–10
8	ITA Ivan Clementi	All
15	ITA Stefano Cruciani	11
RSM PSG - 1 Corse	Ducati 998 RS
Ducati 999 RS	7	ITA Pierfrancesco Chili	All
27	ITA Giancarlo De Matteis	8, 10
ITA Carbon Dream	Ducati 998 RS	11	ITA Gianmaria Liverani	3
MIR Racing	Suzuki GSX-R1000	16	ESP Sergio Fuertes	1–6, 8–11
NED Ten Kate Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	17	AUS Chris Vermeulen	All
ITA Pedercini	Ducati 998 RS	19	ITA Lucio Pedercini	All
25	ITA Alessio Velini	10–11
69	ITA Gianluca Nannelli	1–9
ITA D.F.Xtreme Sterilgarda	Ducati 999 RS	20	ITA Marco Borciani	All
99	AUS Steve Martin	All
AUT Life Haus RT	Yamaha YZF-R1	22	AUT Horst Saiger	1, 4, 7
CZE JM SBK	Ducati 998 RS	23	CZE Jiří Mrkývka	All
ITA XEROX – Ducati Nortel Net.	Ducati 999 RS	24	AUS Garry McCoy	All
27	ITA Giancarlo De Matteis	3–4
48	ESP David García	5–6
50	PRT Miguel Praia	All
69	ITA Gianluca Nannelli	10–11
ITA UnionBike GiMotorsport	Yamaha YZF-R1	25	ITA Alessio Velini	1–9
78	POL Teodor Myszkowski	11
113	ITA Paolo Blora	10
ITA Giesse Racing Team	Yamaha YZF-R1	28	ITA Doriano Romboni	3, 10
ITA Boselli Racing	Suzuki GSX-R1000	29	ITA Luca Pini	3, 10
ITA Penta Race	Ducati 998 RS	31	ITA Giuseppe Zannini	3, 10
FRA Yamaha France	Yamaha YZF-R1	32	FRA Sébastien Gimbert	8, 11
NED Suzuki Netthandelen
NED Suzuki Nederland	Suzuki GSX-R1000	33	NOR Carl Berthelsen	5, 11
Yoshimura Schäfer Motorsport	Suzuki GSX-R1000	34	AUT Andreas Meklau	5
UK Vitrans Honda	Honda	35	AUS Craig Coxhell	8
NED Robert Menzen Racing	Suzuki GSX-R1000	36	NLD Robert Menzen	9
CRO Pajic-Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX 10	38	NLD Arno Visscher	9
Renegade Ducati
Renegade Ducati Koji	Ducati 999 RS	41	JPN Noriyuki Haga	All
91	GBR Leon Haslam	All
Team Anyway Fidoweb	Suzuki GSX-R1000	45	ITA Ivan Sala	3–4
ITA Ducati Fila	Ducati 999 F04	52	GBR James Toseland	All
55	FRA Régis Laconi	All
GER Alpha Technik	Honda CBR1000RR	71	DEU Michael Schulten	5
72	DEU Jürgen Oelschläger	5
ITA Mazzali Racing Team	MV Agusta	74	ITA Andrea Mazzali	10
Inoterm Racing Team	Yamaha YZF-R1	77	SVN Berto Camlek	3, 11
POL Szkopek Agip RT	Suzuki GSX-R1000	94	POL Paweł Szkopek	10–11
POL Yamaha Castrol Poland	Yamaha YZF-R1	95	POL Andrzej Pawelec	11
UK Jentin Racing	Yamaha YZF-R1	100	GBR James Ellison	6, 8
ITA Guandalini	Ducati 999 RS	113	ITA Paolo Blora	4
ITA DeCecco Racing	Ducati 998 RS	200	ITA Giovanni Bussei	8–11

Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

All entries used Pirelli tyres.

References

[https://archive.today/20121220003431/http://www.crash.net/news_View~cid~5~id~79872.htm Japan out, Canada in for 2004.] crash.net retrieved on 21 September 2007
[https://archive.today/20121220055500/http://www.crash.net/news_view~cid~5~id~82115.htm Mont Tremblant axed from 2004 schedule.] crash.net retrieved on 21 September 2007
(2003-07-18). "WSC In Turmoil With New Rules Package". Motorcycle-USA.com.
(3 October 2004). "Magny Cours 1–2–3 October, 2004 – Superbike – Championship Standings & Ranking Progression". [[Dorna Sports.
(20 November 2005). "World Superbike entry list for 2004". f1network.net.

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