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.[1] 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.[2]
2004 was the first season all bikes had to use control tyres, provided by Pirelli.[3] 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.
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Bold – Pole position |
Pos. | Manufacturer | ESP |
AUS |
SMR |
ITA |
GER |
GBR |
USA |
GBR |
NED |
ITA |
FRA |
Pts | |||||||||||
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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 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 530 |
2 | Honda | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 4 | Ret | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 289 |
3 | Petronas | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 200 |
4 | Kawasaki | 14 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 10 | Ret | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 129 |
5 | Suzuki | 8 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 101 |
6 | Yamaha | 9 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | Ret | 13 | 13 | 16 | 12 | Ret | 7 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 89 |
NC | MV Agusta | 16 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Pos. | Manufacturer | ESP |
AUS |
SMR |
ITA |
GER |
GBR |
USA |
GBR |
NED |
ITA |
FRA |
Pts |
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