The 2006 Superbike World Championship was the nineteenth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 25 February at Losail, and finished on 8 October at Magny-Cours after 12 rounds and 24 races. The original season calendar issued by the FIM included a 13th round scheduled in South Africa on 22 October but the round was cancelled at the request of the series' promoter FGSport.^[1]

2006 saw the return of Australian Troy Bayliss in Superbike World Championship after 3 years in MotoGP. The combination of Bayliss and Ducati proved unstoppable and they dominated the season winning 12 races, 8 of them consecutive. Honda's James Toseland and Yamaha's Noriyuki Haga battled for second with the British rider coming on top. Defending champion Troy Corser on a Suzuki was fourth. The manufacturers' championship was won by Ducati.

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Superpole	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	R1	Losail	25 February	Troy Bayliss	Lorenzo Lanzi	James Toseland	Winston Ten Kate Honda	Report
	R2				Noriyuki Haga	Troy Corser	Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra
2	R1	Phillip Island	5 March	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Troy Corser	Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra	Report
	R2				Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Xerox
3	R1	Valencia	23 April	Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Xerox	Report
	R2				Troy Corser	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Xerox
4	R1	Monza	7 May	Troy Corser	Alex Barros	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Xerox	Report
	R2				Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Xerox
5	R1	Silverstone	28 May	Tommy Hill	Rubén Xaus	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Xerox	Report
	R2				Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Xerox
6	R1	Misano	25 June	James Toseland	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Xerox	Report
	R2				Andrew Pitt	Andrew Pitt	Yamaha Motor Italia WSB
7	R1	Brno	23 July	Noriyuki Haga	Yukio Kagayama	Yukio Kagayama	Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra	Report
	R2				Noriyuki Haga	Yukio Kagayama	Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra
8	R1	Brands Hatch	6 August	Troy Bayliss	James Toseland	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Xerox	Report
	R2				Troy Bayliss	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha Motor Italia WSB
9	R1	Assen	3 September	Troy Corser	Rubén Xaus	Chris Walker	PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse	Report
	R2				Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Xerox
10	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	10 September	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Yukio Kagayama	Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra	Report
	R2				Yukio Kagayama	James Toseland	Winston Ten Kate Honda
11	R1	Imola	1 October	Troy Bayliss	Alex Barros	Alex Barros	Klaffi Honda	Report
	R2				Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Xerox
12	R1	Magny-Cours	8 October	Troy Corser	Noriyuki Haga	James Toseland	Winston Ten Kate Honda	Report
	R2				Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Xerox

Championship standings

Riders' standings

2006 final riders' standings[2] Pos. Rider Bike QAT AUS ESP ITA EUR SMR CZE GBR NED GER 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 Bayliss Ducati 2 2 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 Ret 8 1 2 Ret 1 7 3 5 1 4 1 431 2 Toseland Honda 1 4 3 2 9 11 Ret 5 3 3 2 8 2 5 2 5 10 9 9 1 2 5 1 3 336 3 Haga Yamaha Ret 3 4 4 5 5 4 3 2 2 5 3 4 3 3 1 Ret Ret 2 2 4 6 2 4 326 4 Corser Suzuki 4 1 1 Ret 2 2 3 2 Ret 6 Ret Ret 5 4 6 6 Ret Ret 3 14 Ret 9 3 2 254 5 Pitt Yamaha 3 5 9 5 10 9 5 6 5 4 16 1 Ret Ret 4 3 2 2 4 Ret 3 4 18 5 250 6 Barros Honda 6 7 2 3 11 14 2 4 9 5 4 2 Ret 11 8 9 Ret 7 5 Ret 1 2 7 10 246 7 Kagayama Suzuki Ret Ret 12 6 6 Ret Ret Ret 14 13 3 5 1 1 5 7 Ret 4 1 4 Ret 3 5 9 211 8 Lanzi Ducati Ret 6 11 Ret 3 3 9 11 13 16 7 7 Ret 9 12 11 7 6 8 6 6 7 8 7 169 9 Walker Kawasaki Ret 16 10 10 23 7 11 9 6 8 Ret 4 7 10 7 8 1 14 11 10 12 14 6 8 158 10 Nieto Kawasaki Ret 12 8 9 Ret 6 Ret 8 11 10 8 11 6 6 14 Ret 4 3 10 7 7 13 Ret Ret 139 11 Fabrizio Honda 5 8 15 11 13 10 Ret 14 Ret 15 Ret 6 3 2 Ret 12 3 10 Ret 8 Ret Ret 11 13 125 12 Muggeridge Honda 12 9 Ret Ret 6 7 8 9 11 14 11 7 Ret Ret 9 13 6 5 8 8 Ret 6 123 13 Abe Yamaha 11 11 17 12 4 4 Ret 16 10 11 10 13 9 12 13 13 5 Ret 16 11 9 11 13 12 112 14 Xaus Ducati 15 10 7 8 7 Ret Ret 15 4 7 9 9 Ret 14 10 10 Ret 5 15 9 Ret Ret WD WD 103 15 Laconi Kawasaki 13 Ret 13 16 8 8 7 Ret 7 14 6 19 Ret 16 9 4 Ret 8 12 19 10 10 9 18 103 16 Rolfo Ducati 7 13 5 7 Ret 16 8 10 17 19 15 15 12 17 18 18 8 12 Ret 17 14 15 14 17 69 17 Nakatomi Yamaha 16 17 Ret 19 12 12 10 12 DNS DNS Ret 18 8 13 19 17 13 Ret 17 15 11 12 10 Ret 48 18 Neukirchner Ducati 10 Ret 18 13 Ret 18 Ret Ret 16 Ret DNS DNS 28 Suzuki 6 Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret 12 14 19 Gimbert Yamaha 14 15 Ret 20 12 Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 13 15 15 14 Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret 11 23 20 Foret Suzuki Ret Ret Ret 18 15 13 13 13 Ret Ret 13 10 Ret 20 19 21 Martin Petronas 18 18 14 15 Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret 19 17 16 12 11 14 12 Ret 16 Ret Ret 19 22 Chili Honda 8 Ret 16 14 20 Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 18 Ret 15 17 23 Hill Yamaha 12 12 11 Ret 13 24 Clementi Ducati Ret 19 19 17 Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret 17 20 15 Ret 21 Ret 11 16 Ret 18 13 Ret Ret Ret 10 25 Borciani Ducati 9 14 Ret Ret 17 17 Ret 21 DNS DNS Ret Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 9 26 Iannuzzo Suzuki 17 Ret Ret Ret 16 26 Ret 17 18 Ret 14 16 14 18 16 15 15 Ret Ret 16 Ret Ret 6 Ducati 16 Ret 27 Jones Petronas Ret Ret Ret 21 22 25 Ret Ret Ret DNS 21 21 17 21 Ret Ret Ret Ret 18 13 17 Ret 17 Ret 3 28 Brookes Kawasaki Ret 18 18 Ret 18 Ret 20 Ret Ret 15 20 23 15 17 15 16 3 29 van Beek Suzuki 14 Ret 2 30 Alfonsi Yamaha Ret Ret 2 Ducati 14 19 22 Ret 31 de Gea Honda 14 19 2 32 Nannelli Honda Ret 23 Ret 25 15 17 Ret Ret 1 Pos. Rider Bike QAT AUS ESP ITA EUR SMR CZE GBR NED GER ITA FRA Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' standings

2006 final manufacturers' standings[3]
Pos.	Manufacturer	QAT		AUS		ESP		ITA		EUR		SMR		CZE		GBR		NED		GER		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	2	2	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	12	8	1	2	7	1	7	3	5	1	4	1	450
2	Honda	1	4	2	2	9	10	2	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	5	3	7	5	1	1	2	1	3	414
3	Yamaha	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	5	1	4	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	3	4	2	4	401
4	Suzuki	4	1	1	6	2	2	3	2	14	6	3	5	1	1	5	6	6	4	1	4	Ret	3	3	2	372
5	Kawasaki	13	12	8	9	8	6	7	8	6	8	6	4	6	6	7	4	1	3	10	7	7	10	6	8	229
6	Petronas	18	18	14	15	22	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	21	17	17	19	17	16	12	11	14	12	17	16	17	Ret	19
Pos.	Manufacturer	QAT		AUS		ESP		ITA		EUR		SMR		CZE		GBR		NED		GER		ITA		FRA		Pts

Entry list

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra Suzuki Suzuki GSXR1000 K6 1 Troy Corser All 71 Yukio Kagayama All Yamaha Motor France–Ipone Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 3 Norifumi Abe All 16 Sébastien Gimbert 1–2, 4–9, 11–12 61 Lorenzo Alfonsi 3 Klaffi Honda Honda Honda CBR1000RR 4 Alex Barros All D.F.X. Treme Honda Honda CBR1000RR 7 Pierfrancesco Chili 1–2, 6–12 69 Gianluca Nannelli 3–6 84 Michel Fabrizio All Team Pedercini Ducati Ducati 999 RS 8 Ivan Clementi All 19 Lucio Pedercini 1–3 76 Max Neukirchner 1–6 80 Kurtis Roberts 8–12 91 Paweł Szkopek 7 PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX10R 9 Chris Walker All 55 Régis Laconi All PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse 2 Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX10R 10 Fonsi Nieto All Sterilgarda – Berik Ducati Ducati 999 F05 11 Rubén Xaus All 13 Vittorio Iannuzzo 12 20 Marco Borciani 1–11 Emmebi Team Honda Honda CBR1000RR 12 Ivan Goi 11–12 Celani Team Suzuki Italia Suzuki Suzuki GSXR1000 K6 13 Vittorio Iannuzzo 1–11 Alstare Eng. Corona Extra Suzuki Suzuki GSXR1000 K6 15 Fabien Foret 1–7 76 Max Neukirchner 9–12 Foggy Petronas Racing Petronas Petronas FP1 18 Craig Jones All 99 Steve Martin All Ducati Xerox Ducati Ducati 999 F06 21 Troy Bayliss All 57 Lorenzo Lanzi All Prorace Suzuki Suzuki GSXR1000 K6 22 Miloš Čihák 7 SBK Team JM Ducati Ducati 999 RS 23 Jiří Mrkývka 7 Kawasaki Bertocchi Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX10R 25 Josh Brookes 5–12 116 Franco Battaini 1–4 Kawasaki Docshop Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX10R 26 Stefan Nebel 10 Coronas Suzuki Motorrad Suzuki Suzuki GSXR1000 K6 27 Anthony Gobert 3 35 Sergio Fuertes 3 Spring Ducati Ducati Ducati 999 RS 28 Lorenzo Mauri 4 Winston Ten Kate Honda Honda Honda CBR1000RR 31 Karl Muggeridge 1–2, 4–12 52 James Toseland All 200 Giovanni Bussei 3 Honda BQR Honda Honda CBR1000RR 32 Javier del Amor 3 33 José David de Gea 3 Yamaha Factory Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 34 Josep Monge 3 Pro-SBK Racing Yamaha Junior Pro-SBK Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 36 Jiří Dražďák 7, 10, 12 Jafferson Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 37 Marek Svoboda 7 Yamaha Motor France–Ipone 2 Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 38 Shinichi Nakatomi All Berten Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 39 Berto Camlek 7 Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 41 Noriyuki Haga All 88 Andrew Pitt All Ducati SC – Caracchi Ducati Ducati 999 F05 44 Roberto Rolfo All Team Guandalini Ducati Ducati 999 RS 66 Norino Brignola 3–4, 6, 11 Virgin Mobile Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 81 Tommy Hill 5, 8 MGM – TTSL Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 83 Didier Van Keymeulen 10 PN Corse Ducati Ducati 999 RS 85 Valter Bartolini 11 105 Lorenzo Alfonsi 4, 6 D'Antin MotoGP Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 95 Talal Al Naimi 1 Motoport Den Bosch – Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki GSXR1000 K2 96 Harry van Beek 9

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