The 2016 Superbike World Championship was the 29th season of the Superbike World Championship. Jonathan Rea won his second consecutive Superbike World Championship title at the first race of the last round at Losail,^[1] while Kawasaki had secured the manufacturers' title at the previous event at Jerez.^[2] Chaz Davies won the most races this season with Davies winning 11 races to Rea's 9.

Race calendar and results

In comparison with the previous season, the calendar saw the discontinuation of the Algarve round and the return of Lausitzring; Autodromo Nazionale Monza, which was also due to reappear on 23–24 July as the tenth round—subject to track homologation—was removed from the calendar on 1 April 2016;^[3] the round was definitively cancelled the following 29 April, as no replacement venue had ultimately been found.^[4]

After changes in the standard weekend timetable, the first race, which was previously run on Sunday along with the second one, was scheduled to be held on Saturday.^[5]

2016 calendar[4][6]
Round			Circuit	Date	Superpole	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team
1	R1	Australian	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	27 February	Tom Sykes	Davide Giugliano	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2			28 February		Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
2	R1	Thai	Chang International Circuit	12 March	Michael van der Mark	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2			13 March		Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki Racing Team
3	R1	Aragón	Motorland Aragón	2 April	Tom Sykes	Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
	R2			3 April		Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
4	R1	Dutch	TT Circuit Assen	16 April	Tom Sykes	Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2			17 April		Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
5	R1	Italian	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	30 April	Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
	R2			1 May		Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
6	R1	Malaysian	Sepang International Circuit	14 May	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2			15 May		Davide Giugliano	Nicky Hayden	Honda World Superbike Team
7	R1	UK	Donington Park	28 May	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2			29 May		Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki Racing Team
8	R1	Riviera di Rimini	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	18 June	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2			19 June		Alex Lowes	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
9	R1	US	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	9 July	Tom Sykes	Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2			10 July		Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki Racing Team
10	R1	German	Lausitzring	17 September	Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
	R2			18 September		Javier Forés	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
11	R1	French	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	1 October	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
	R2			2 October		Tom Sykes	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
12	R1	Spanish	Circuito de Jerez	15 October	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
	R2			16 October		Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
13	R1	Qatar	Losail International Circuit	29 October	Jonathan Rea	Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
	R2			30 October		Jonathan Rea	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati

Entry list

2016 entry list[7] Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 1 Jonathan Rea[8] All 66 Tom Sykes[9] All MV Agusta Reparto Corse MV Agusta MV Agusta 1000 F4 2 Leon Camier[8] All Team GoEleven Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 4 Gianluca Vizziello[10] 5–6 40 Román Ramos[11] 1–4, 7–13[N 1] Grillini Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 4 Gianluca Vizziello[12] 8–13 9 Dominic Schmitter[13] All 16 Josh Hook[14] 3–6 19 Sahustchai Kaewjaturaporn[15] 2 54 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu[16] 1 86 Sheridan Morais[17] 7 Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 6 Cameron Beaubier[17] 7 22 Alex Lowes[8] All 50 Sylvain Guintoli[8] 1–5, 10–13 59 Niccolò Canepa[18] 8–9 Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati Ducati 1199 Panigale R 7 Chaz Davies[19] All 34 Davide Giugliano[19] All Team Tóth Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 10 Imre Tóth[7] 1–3, 6–7, 11 56 Péter Sebestyén[7] 1–5, 8–13 82 Karel Pešek[20] 12 119 Paweł Szkopek[21] 4–10, 13 Pedercini Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 11 Saeed Al Sulaiti[22] All 13 Anthony West[23] 6–10, 12 20 Sylvain Barrier[24] 1–3 44 Lucas Mahias[21] 4–5 76 Matthieu Lagrive[25] 11 91 Leon Haslam[26] 13 Barni Racing Team Ducati Ducati 1199 Panigale R 12 Javier Forés[27] All Yamaha Thailand Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 14 Anucha Nakcharoensri[15] 2 IodaRacing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 RF 15 Alex de Angelis[7] All 32 Lorenzo Savadori[7] All Milwaukee BMW BMW BMW S1000RR 17 Karel Abraham[28] 1–11, 13 25 Josh Brookes[28] All Althea BMW Racing Team BMW BMW S1000RR 21 Markus Reiterberger[29] 1–8, 10–13 35 Raffaele De Rosa[30] 9 35 Raffaele De Rosa[26] 13 81 Jordi Torres[29] All Desmo Sport Ducati Ducati Ducati 1199 Panigale R 46 Mike Jones[16] 1 3ART Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 57 Alex Plancassagne[25] 11 Honda World Superbike Team Honda Honda CBR1000RR SP 60 Michael van der Mark[31] All 69 Nicky Hayden[32] All VFT Racing Ducati Ducati 1199 Panigale R 61 Fabio Menghi[33] 8–9 99 Luca Scassa[23] 6–7, 10–13 151 Matteo Baiocco[15] 2–5 Team ASPI BMW BMW S1000RR 94 Matthieu Lussiana[34] 3–4, 7, 11–12

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

• All entries used Pirelli tyres.

Championship standings

Riders' championship

Pos. Rider Bike PHI CHA ARA ASS IMO SEP DON MIS LAG LAU MAG JER LOS 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 Rea Kawasaki 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 Ret Ret 1 4 2 3 2 2 3 498 2 Sykes Kawasaki 5 6 2 1 3 2 Ret 2 3 3 1 8 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 12 3 3 2 3 4 2 447 3 Davies Ducati 2 10 4 3 1 1 2 5 1 1 3 4 Ret 3 4 Ret Ret 3 1 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 445 4 van der Mark Honda 3 2 3 4 Ret 7 Ret 3 7 9 7 6 8 8 3 10 4 7 6 8 2 5 5 6 9 11 267 5 Hayden Honda 9 4 Ret 5 6 Ret 3 6 9 8 8 1 5 6 Ret 6 3 5 3 10 Ret 9 4 4 5 7 248 6 Torres BMW 8 7 8 8 7 5 5 15 4 7 4 13 7 11 5 7 8 6 4 Ret 14 7 8 8 8 6 213 7 Giugliano Ducati 4 3 18 10 5 6 Ret 8 5 4 6 2 2 7 14 3 Ret 2 7 Ret DNS DNS Ret 13 Ret DNS 197 8 Camier MV Agusta 7 Ret 11 11 Ret 16 4 9 6 5 10 9 4 5 8 Ret 11 Ret 5 4 7 4 7 Ret 18 13 168 9 Forés Ducati Ret DNS 14 Ret 4 4 13 10 10 10 14 11 12 14 Ret 4 7 4 10 3 8 10 Ret Ret 6 8 151 10 Savadori Aprilia 12 Ret 10 9 10 11 6 4 8 11 Ret 14 6 4 Ret 5 6 Ret Ret Ret 5 6 13 10 10 12 150 11 Guintoli Yamaha 6 5 7 6 9 10 Ret 11 DNS DNS 9 5 9 8 6 5 3 4 141 12 Lowes Yamaha Ret 14 6 Ret 8 9 8 7 11 6 5 Ret DNS DNS 13 8 5 14 8 Ret 11 19 Ret 7 7 10 131 13 de Angelis Aprilia Ret 13 9 14 11 8 12 DNS 15 14 Ret 7 Ret 15 12 13 9 Ret 12 2 10 14 11 Ret 13 Ret 96 14 Brookes BMW 10 9 15 16 13 13 11 Ret 14 13 11 12 14 9 11 14 13 Ret 14 7 12 11 10 12 15 Ret 89 15 Ramos Kawasaki 11 12 12 12 12 12 9 12 WD WD 13 13 9 12 15 10 13 9 13 13 12 11 14 14 89 16 Reiterberger BMW Ret 8 5 7 14 15 7 16 13 12 Ret 10 11 16 6 Ret Ret Ret 17 12 9 14 Ret 15 82 17 West Kawasaki 9 5 10 12 10 11 12 9 11 Ret 14 9 64 18 Abraham BMW 13 11 Ret 15 15 14 Ret 14 16 Ret 12 Ret 9 Ret Ret 15 14 12 Ret 15 16 16 Ret Ret 33 19 Canepa Yamaha 7 9 10 8 30 20 Haslam Kawasaki 11 5 16 21 De Rosa BMW Ret 11 12 9 16 22 Baiocco Ducati 13 13 Ret 17 14 Ret 12 Ret 12 23 Lagrive Kawasaki 6 15 11 24 Scassa Ducati 13 17 Ret 17 15 11 15 Ret Ret 16 16 16 10 25 Mahias Kawasaki 10 13 DNS DNS 9 26 Beaubier Yamaha Ret 10 6 27 Schmitter Kawasaki 16 16 19 19 18 19 DNQ 20 Ret 15 16 19 15 18 17 16 16 13 16 Ret Ret DNS 17 18 19 18 5 28 Vizziello Kawasaki DNQ Ret 18 16 20 Ret NC 17 19 13 21 17 16 15 21 17 4 29 Szkopek Yamaha 17 18 18 17 Ret 18 16 19 15 20 18 Ret 17 14 DNS 20 3 30 Jones Ducati 14 Ret 2 31 Hook Kawasaki Ret Ret 16 DNS 17 Ret 15 15 2 32 Barrier Kawasaki 15 15 16 17 16 Ret 2 33 Sebestyén Yamaha 18 18 20 20 19 20 DNQ 19 Ret DNS 16 18 17 16 18 16 19 18 15 Ret 20 19 1 34 Al Sulaiti Kawasaki 17 17 17 Ret Ret 21 DNQ DNQ Ret 16 17 20 17 Ret 19 19 Ret 15 Ret Ret 18 Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret 1 35 Lussiana BMW 17 18 15 17 Ret Ret 20 Ret Ret 17 1 Menghi Ducati 18 17 DNS DNS 0 Tóth Yamaha 19 19 22 21 20 22 19 21 18 Ret Ret 21 0 Pešek Yamaha 18 19 0 Nakcharoensri Yamaha 23 18 0 Plancassagne Yamaha 22 20 0 Kaewjaturaporn Kawasaki 21 22 0 Morais Kawasaki DNS DNS 0 Razgatlıoğlu Kawasaki DNS DNS 0 Pos. Rider Bike PHI CHA ARA ASS IMO SEP DON MIS LAG LAU MAG JER LOS 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' championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	PHI		CHA		ARA		ASS		IMO		SEP		DON		MIS		LAG		LAU		MAG		JER		LOS		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	Kawasaki	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	582
2	Ducati	2	3	4	3	1	1	2	5	1	1	3	2	2	3	4	3	7	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	517
3	Honda	3	2	3	4	6	7	3	3	7	8	7	1	5	6	3	6	3	5	3	8	2	5	4	4	5	7	342
4	BMW	8	7	5	7	7	5	5	14	4	7	4	10	7	9	5	7	8	6	4	7	12	7	8	8	8	6	234
5	Yamaha	6	5	6	6	8	9	8	7	11	6	5	18	16	10	7	8	5	8	8	5	9	8	6	5	3	4	225
6	Aprilia	12	13	9	9	10	8	6	4	8	11	Ret	7	6	4	12	5	6	Ret	12	2	5	6	11	10	10	12	194
7	MV Agusta	7	Ret	11	11	Ret	16	4	9	6	5	10	9	4	5	8	Ret	11	Ret	5	4	7	4	7	Ret	18	13	168
Pos.	Manufacturer	PHI		CHA		ARA		ASS		IMO		SEP		DON		MIS		LAG		LAU		MAG		JER		LOS		Pts