The 2016 Supersport World Championship was the eighteenth season of the Supersport World Championship—the twentieth taking into account the two held under the name of Supersport World Series, a racing competition on production-based motorcycles of 600 to 750 cm³ displacement.

Kenan Sofuoğlu claimed the title for the fifth time in the championship's history with one race to spare.^[1] A portion of the full-time riders contested the European rounds only, scoring points for the World Championship standings and competing for the FIM Europe Supersport Cup; Axel Bassani was the Cup entry who amassed the most points in the overall championship standings and was awarded the European title.^[2][3]

Race calendar and results

2016 calendar[4][5][6]
Round	Country	Circuit	Date	Superpole	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team
1	Australia	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	28 February	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Lorenzo Zanetti	Randy Krummenacher	Kawasaki Puccetti Racing
2	Thailand	Chang International Circuit	13 March	Jules Cluzel	Kyle Smith	Jules Cluzel	MV Agusta Reparto Corse
3	Spain	MotorLand Aragón	3 April	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kawasaki Puccetti Racing
4	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	17 April	Randy Krummenacher	Kyle Smith	Kyle Smith	CIA Landlord Insurance Honda
5	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	1 May	Jules Cluzel	Jules Cluzel	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kawasaki Puccetti Racing
6	Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit	15 May	Kenan Sofuoğlu	P. J. Jacobsen	Ayrton Badovini	Gemar Balloons – Team Lorini
7	United Kingdom	Donington Park	29 May	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kyle Smith	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kawasaki Puccetti Racing
8	Italy	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	19 June	Federico Caricasulo	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kawasaki Puccetti Racing
9	Germany	Lausitzring	18 September	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Niki Tuuli	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kawasaki Puccetti Racing
10	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	2 October	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Niki Tuuli	Jules Cluzel	MV Agusta Reparto Corse
11	Spain	Circuito de Jerez	16 October	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Niki Tuuli	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kawasaki Puccetti Racing
12	Qatar	Losail International Circuit	30 October	Luke Stapleford	Kyle Smith	Kyle Smith	CIA Landlord Insurance Honda

Entry list

2016 entry list[7] Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 1 Kenan Sofuoğlu[8] All 17 Hiromichi Kunikawa[9] 3 21 Randy Krummenacher[8] All Honda World Supersport Team Honda Honda CBR600RR 2 P. J. Jacobsen[7] All GRT Racing Team MV Agusta MV Agusta F3 675 4 Gino Rea[10] 1–10[N 1] 41 Aiden Wagner[10] 1–8 65 Michael Canducci[12] 9–12 87 Lorenzo Zanetti[11] 11–12[N 1] Landbridge Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 5 Mitch Levy[13] 1 Orelac Racing VerdNatura Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 10 Nacho Calero[7] All 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin[14] All Team GoEleven Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 11 Christian Gamarino[15] All 69 Ondřej Ježek[15] 1–7, 9–12 99 Luigi Morciano[16] 8 Tribeca Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 13 Anthony West[13] 1 West EAB Yamaha 4 MV Agusta Reparto Corse MV Agusta MV Agusta F3 675 16 Jules Cluzel[17] All 52 Massimo Roccoli[18] 12 87 Lorenzo Zanetti[17] 1–10[N 1] Gemar Balloons – Team Lorini Honda Honda CBR600RR 19 Kevin Wahr[7] 1–6, 8–9 68 Glenn Scott[19] 1–3, 7 80 Xavier Pinsach[20] 10–12 86 Ayrton Badovini[21] 4–12 Team Suzuki Stoneline-Mayer Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R600 22 Eemeli Lahti[12] 9 Yamaha Thailand Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 24 Decha Kraisart[22] 2 Race Department ATK#25 MV Agusta MV Agusta F3 675 25 Alex Baldolini[7] 1–10, 12 Burns Racing Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R600 30 Kane Burns[13] 1 Phoenix Racing Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R600 34 Kevin Manfredi[16] 8 CIA Landlord Insurance Honda CIA Landlord Insurance Profile Honda Honda Honda CBR600RR 35 Stefan Hill[23] All 71 Christoffer Bergman[21] 4–12 78 Hikari Okubo[23] All 81 Luke Stapleford[23] 1–2 111 Kyle Smith[23] All Kallio Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 38 Hannes Soomer[12] 9–11 66 Niki Tuuli[12] 9–11 Team CMS Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 42 Stéphane Frossard[20] 10 Team Factory Vamag MV Agusta MV Agusta F3 675 44 Roberto Rolfo[24] All AARK Racing Honda Honda CBR600RR 48 Alex Phillis[13] 1 MVR-Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 51 Bryan Schouten[21] 4 Team Rosso e Nero Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 53 Nicola Jr. Morrentino[25] 5 Ellan Vannin Motorsport MV Agusta MV Agusta F3 675 57 Ilario Dionisi[16] 8 CS Race Team Triumph Triumph Daytona 675 58 Clément Stoll[20] 10 A.P.Honda Racing Thailand Honda Honda CBR600RR 59 Ratthapong Wilairot[22] 2 Bardahl Evan Bros. Honda Racing Honda Honda CBR600RR 64 Federico Caricasulo[26] All Green Speed Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 65 Michael Canducci[25] 5 Start Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 74 Jaimie van Sikkelerus[21] 4 Ranieri Med – SC Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 77 Kyle Ryde[7] 1–5 Schmidt Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 77 Kyle Ryde[27] 9–12 MV Agusta MV Agusta F3 675 7–8 88 Nicolás Terol[28] 1–8 Profile Racing Triumph Triumph Daytona 675 81 Luke Stapleford[29] 4–12 Team Vueffe Corse Honda Honda CBR600RR 82 Lorenzo Cipiciani[16] 8 Response RE Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 83 Lachlan Epis[7] All RPM84 Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 84 Loris Cresson[18] 12 Appleyard Macadam Racing, with Integro Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 89 Andrew Irwin[27] 7 Team 23 FELIX LE Pi-LOT by ASPI Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 123 Felix Peron[20] 10 Broncos Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 127 Luigi Brignoli[16] 8 DMC Panavto–Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 161 Alexey Ivanov[9] 3 TCP Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 183 Peter Polesso[20] 10 FIM Europe Supersport Cup entries Scuderia Maranga Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 6 Davide Stirpe[7] 3–5, 7–11 R2 MotorRacing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 7 Angelo Licciardi[7] 3–5, 7–10 WILSport Racedays Honda Honda Honda CBR600RR 9 Jed Metcher[25] 5 20 Dorren Loureiro[20] 10–11 50 Braeden Ortt[7] 3–5, 7–11 96 Javier Orellana[7] 3–4, 7–8 VFT Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 12 Christopher Gobbi[7] 3–5, 7–11 Team Yohann Moto Sport Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R600 23 Cédric Tangre[7] 3–5, 7–11 MTM / HS Kawasaki MTM Team Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 26 Guillaume Antiga[20] 10 49 Casey Tobolewski[12] 9 84 Loris Cresson[7] 3–5 Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 74 Jaimie van Sikkelerus[27] 7 San Carlo Team Italia Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 47 Axel Bassani[7] 3–5, 7–11 61 Alessandro Zaccone[7] 3–5, 7–11 DS Junior Team Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 55 Ilya Mikhalchik[7] 3–5, 7–11 Schmidt Racing MV Agusta MV Agusta F3 675 119 János Chrobák[7] 3–5

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 LAU MAG JER LOS Pts 1 Kenan Sofuoğlu Kawasaki Ret 2 1 3 1 6 1 1 1 Ret 1 2 216 2 Jules Cluzel MV Agusta 17 1 4 18 2 7 8 Ret 3 1 6 3 142 3 Randy Krummenacher Kawasaki 1 4 2 4 Ret 8 3 4 6 5 Ret 5 140 4 P. J. Jacobsen Honda 5 3 Ret Ret 3 4 2 2 4 Ret 4 4 135 5 Kyle Smith Honda Ret 5 11 1 10 5 6 Ret 9 7 3 1 125 6 Ayrton Badovini Honda 7 8 1 9 Ret 13 3 8 6 86 7 Gino Rea MV Agusta 7 9 Ret 2 Ret 3 4 3 Ret Ret WD 81 8 Alex Baldolini MV Agusta 6 6 Ret 5 4 9 7 6 12 DNS 10 80 9 Federico Caricasulo Honda 2 17 7 11 7 10 11 DSQ 5 6 Ret Ret 75 10 Niki Tuuli Yamaha 2 2 2 60 11 Zulfahmi Khairuddin Kawasaki 13 7 8 20 25 2 20 Ret 22 10 15 7 56 12 Axel Bassani Kawasaki 6 8 13 17 7 15 4 5 55 13 Lorenzo Zanetti MV Agusta Ret 8 Ret 29 DSQ 13 10 5 7 9 10 Ret 50 14 Ondřej Ježek Kawasaki 8 10 14 9 6 17 Ret Ret 13 18 11 41 15 Ilya Mikhalchik Kawasaki 13 6 12 13 16 14 8 7 39 16 Luke Stapleford Honda 16 14 35 Triumph 12 18 14 5 8 11 15 14 Ret 17 Nicolás Terol MV Agusta 11 Ret 3 13 9 Ret Ret 18 31 18 Alessandro Zaccone Kawasaki 5 19 5 12 Ret Ret Ret 11 31 19 Christian Gamarino Kawasaki 4 16 10 10 16 11 Ret Ret 19 Ret 16 Ret 30 20 Christoffer Bergman Honda 25 24 18 16 9 8 Ret 9 8 30 21 Hikari Okubo Honda Ret 20 16 24 19 15 15 11 10 27 13 13 19 22 Kevin Wahr Honda DNS 12 9 16 11 Ret 15 16 17 23 Anthony West Yamaha 3 DNS 16 24 Roberto Rolfo MV Agusta 9 18 Ret 22 14 12 14 Ret 18 16 Ret Ret 15 25 Kyle Ryde Yamaha 19 Ret 12 14 15 14 MV Agusta 21 22 Kawasaki 17 11 DNS 14 26 Aiden Wagner MV Agusta 10 15 Ret DNQ 17 16 19 14 9 27 Massimo Roccoli MV Agusta 9 7 28 Glenn Scott Honda 12 13 DNS DNS 7 29 Davide Stirpe Kawasaki 19 23 21 27 10 26 26 20 6 30 Xavier Pinsach Honda 14 12 Ret 6 31 Decha Kraisart Yamaha 11 5 32 Loris Cresson Kawasaki 18 27 27 4 Yamaha 12 33 Hannes Soomer Yamaha 21 12 19 4 34 Kevin Manfredi Suzuki 12 4 35 Luigi Morciano Kawasaki 13 3 36 Alex Phillis Honda 14 2 37 Lachlan Epis Kawasaki 21 22 21 DNQ 29 19 28 24 Ret 20 23 15 1 38 Cédric Tangre Suzuki Ret 15 26 26 21 25 18 22 1 39 Nacho Calero Kawasaki 18 19 15 26 22 21 24 Ret 24 17 Ret Ret 1 40 Mitch Levy Yamaha 15 1 Stefan Hill Honda 20 21 Ret 30 Ret 20 25 Ret Ret 24 Ret 16 0 Michael Canducci Kawasaki Ret 0 MV Agusta 23 Ret 17 Ret Ilario Dionisi MV Agusta 17 0 Bryan Schouten Yamaha 17 0 János Chrobák MV Agusta 17 21 Ret 0 Andrew Irwin Yamaha 18 0 Guillaume Antiga Kawasaki 19 0 Christopher Gobbi Yamaha 20 28 28 29 19 27 25 21 0 Eemeli Lahti Suzuki 20 0 Luigi Brignoli Kawasaki 20 0 Nicola Jr. Morrentino Yamaha 20 0 Stéphane Frossard Yamaha 21 0 Clément Stoll Triumph 22 0 Javier Orellana Honda Ret DNS 22 25 0 Braeden Ortt Honda 22 DNQ 30 Ret 23 28 28 24 0 Peter Polesso Yamaha 23 0 Jaimie van Sikkelerus Yamaha Ret 23 0 Jed Metcher Honda 23 0 Dorren Loureiro Honda 29 25 0 Felix Peron Yamaha 30 0 Angelo Licciardi Kawasaki Ret DNQ Ret 30 Ret DNQ DNQ 0 Lorenzo Cipiciani Honda Ret 0 Hiromichi Kunikawa Kawasaki Ret 0 Alexey Ivanov Yamaha Ret 0 Ratthapong Wilairot Honda Ret 0 Kane Burns Suzuki Ret 0 Casey Tobolewski Kawasaki DNQ 0 Pos. Rider Bike PHI CHA ARA ASS IMO SEP DON MIS 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	LAU	MAG	JER	LOS	Pts
1	Kawasaki	1	2	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	4	1	2	264
2	Honda	2	3	7	1	3	1	2	2	4	3	3	1	221
3	MV Agusta	6	1	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	1	6	3	203
4	Yamaha	3	11	12	14	15		18	19	2	2	2	12	92
5	Triumph				12	18	14	5	8	11	15	14	Ret	33
6	Suzuki	Ret		Ret	15	26		26	12	20	18	22		5
Pos.	Manufacturer	PHI	CHA	ARA	ASS	IMO	SEP	DON	MIS	LAU	MAG	JER	LOS	Pts