2003 Supersport World Championship

2003 Supersport World Championship
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Support series: Superbike World Championship Superstock European Championship

The 2003 Supersport World Championship was the seventh season of the Supersport World Championship. The season was held over 11 races following the Superbike World Championship calendar except a race at Laguna Seca. Beginning on 2 March at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Spain, and finished on 19 October at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in France. Chris Vermeulen won the title after beating closest rival Stéphane Chambon.^[1]

2003 Calendar[2]
Round	Date	Round	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Race winner	Winning team	Winning constructor
1	2 March	Spain	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Alessio Corradi	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Alstare Suzuki	Suzuki
2	30 March	Australia	Phillip Island Circuit	Chris Vermeulen	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Chris Vermeulen	Ten Kate Honda	Honda
3	27 April	Japan	Sportsland Sugo	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Christian Kellner	Christian Kellner	Yamaha Deutschland	Yamaha
4	18 May	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Karl Muggeridge	Chris Vermeulen	Chris Vermeulen	Ten Kate Honda	Honda
5	1 June	Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Karl Muggeridge	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Chris Vermeulen	Ten Kate Honda	Honda
6	15 June	United Kingdom	Silverstone Circuit	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Chris Vermeulen	Chris Vermeulen	Ten Kate Honda	Honda
7	22 June	San Marino	Misano Adriatico	Simone Sanna	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Fabien Foret	Kawasaki R.T. KRT	Kawasaki
8	27 July	Europe	Brands Hatch	Stéphane Chambon	Stéphane Chambon	Stéphane Chambon	Alstare Suzuki	Suzuki
9	7 September	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	Chris Vermeulen	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Karl Muggeridge	Ten Kate Honda	Honda
10	28 September	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	Karl Muggeridge	Kevin Curtain	Karl Muggeridge	Ten Kate Honda	Honda
11	19 October	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	Chris Vermeulen	Karl Muggeridge	Karl Muggeridge	Ten Kate Honda	Honda

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Alpha Technik-Honda Honda Honda CBR600RR 81 Michael Schulten 1, 5, 7, 11 82 Tobias Kirmeier 1, 5, 7 Castrol Honda Racing 42 Shannon Johnson 2 CRS Grand Prix 63 Valter Bartolini 10 Dark Dog Honda BKM 12 Christophe Cogan 1–8 23 Broc Parkes 1–8 85 Ryuichi Kiyonari 3 Ekerold Honda Racing 76 Jonnie Ekerold 6 Esha Kobutex Honda 86 Barry Veneman 4–5, 8–9 94 Jan Hanson 4, 8–9 Moto 1 42 Shannon Johnson 9–11 52 Yoann Tiberio 11 55 Frédéric Bolley 1 116 Sébastien Charpentier 1 Piet Geluk Auto's 67 Michel Van Kleef 9 Racing Team Vriezenveen 99 René Winkel 9 Superbike Racing Team 62 Jury Proietto 10 Team Klaffi Honda 18 Robert Ulm All 24 Gianluigi Scalvini 1–2 56 Frédéric Bolley 11 116 Sébastien Charpentier 3–11 Technical Sports Racing 72 Takeshi Tsujimura 6 Ten Kate Honda 7 Chris Vermeulen All 23 Broc Parkes 11 31 Karl Muggeridge All Van Zon Honda T.K.R. 9 Iain MacPherson All 71 Werner Daemen All Vitrans Honda TKR 28 Dean Thomas 5–6, 8–9 30 Michael Laverty 5–6, 8–9 ART Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 68 Julien Da Costa 11 Kawasaki Bertocchi 22 Stefano Cruciani All Kawasaki R.T. KRT 1 Fabien Foret All 17 Pere Riba All Monaco Moto Team 60 Sebastien De Rosa 11 Saveko Racing Team 11 Arno Visscher 4–7, 9–11 20 Kai Børre Andersen 1–3 34 Didier Van Keymeulen 1–7, 9–11 66 Laurent Brian 11 Alstare Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki GSX 600R 2 Katsuaki Fujiwara All 3 Stéphane Chambon All Elf Yoshimura Schafer Motorsport 90 Herbert Kaufmann 5 Hartelman Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF R6 98 Torleif Hartelman 9 Italia Spadaro F.R. 15 Alessio Corradi 1–10 64 Denis Sacchetti 11 89 Alessandro Polita 10 JR Motorsport 75 Jamie Robinson 6, 8 Lorenzini by Leoni 69 Gianluca Nannelli All Max Moto Sport 64 Denis Sacchetti 10 78 Camillo Mariottini 7 Nikon Yamaha Racing 83 Kevin Curtain 2 Northpoint 95 Tom Sykes 8 Red Piranha Racing 73 Simon Andrews 6 Start Team 87 Antonio Carlacci 4, 10 Team ICM 33 Massimo De Silvestro 1–2 Team Tienne 88 Ivan Goi 4, 7, 10 Team Trasimeno 89 Alessandro Polita 4, 7 Yamaha Belgarda 4 Jurgen van den Goorbergh All 16 Simone Sanna All 84 Tekkyū Kayō 3, 10 Yamaha Deutschland 8 Jörg Teuchert All 80 Kenan Sofuoğlu 11 83 Kevin Curtain 10 93 Christian Kellner All Yamaha France - Ipone 12 Christophe Cogan 11 21 Matthieu Lagrive All 70 Ludovic Holon 11 77 Thierry van den Bosch All Yamaha NL/Motoport Leek 51 Harry Van Beek 9 Yamaha Voiges 80 Kenan Sofuoğlu 1, 5

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Pos Rider Bike VAL PHI SUG MNZ OSC SIL MIS BRA ASS IMO MAG Pts 1 Chris Vermeulen Honda 2 1P 5 1F 1 1F Ret 6 2P 2 2P 201 2 Stéphane Chambon Suzuki WD 4 3 4 2 Ret 4 1PF 4 4 5 137 3 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Yamaha 9 3 8 2 4 2P Ret 2 Ret 3 3 136 4 Karl Muggeridge Honda 6 7 6 RetP 15P 3 Ret 4 1 1P 1F 134 5 Katsuaki Fujiwara Suzuki 1P 2F 15P 10 3F 8 2F 9 3F Ret Ret 119 6 Christian Kellner Yamaha 8 12 1F 7 8 11 6 7 16 12 8 90 7 Sébastien Charpentier Honda WD 19 6 9 18 12 3 5 5 4 72 8 Alessio Corradi Yamaha 3F 9 10 8 Ret 5 7 10 11 DNS 68 9 Fabien Foret Kawasaki 14 11 Ret 5 Ret Ret 1 5 6 Ret Ret 64 10 Jörg Teuchert Yamaha 5 6 Ret Ret 7 Ret 5 8 7 14 WD 60 11 Pere Riba Kawasaki 11 8 9 9 6 7 Ret 13 Ret Ret 6 59 12 Christophe Cogan Honda 4 13 11 12 Ret 6 9 14 51 Yamaha 9 13 Broc Parkes Honda 7 Ret 7 15 5 Ret 3 15 Ret 47 14 Iain MacPherson Honda 18 Ret 17 3 Ret Ret 14 11 Ret 8 DNS 31 15 Gianluca Nannelli Yamaha DSQ 16 14 Ret 10 14 Ret 23 8 6 13 31 16 Mathieu Lagrive Yamaha 15 21 18 19 12 9 11 17 18 11 7 31 17 Simone Sanna Yamaha 12 15 13 14 Ret Ret 8p Ret Ret 10 11 29 18 Werner Daemen Honda 10 14 12 17 Ret 15 Ret Ret 9 Ret 10 26 19 Robert Ulm Honda Ret 10 Ret 11 11 10 Ret 18 15 13 DNS 26 20 Tekkyū Kayō Yamaha 4 7 22 21 Ryuichi Kiyonari Honda 2 20 22 Thierry van den Bosch Yamaha DNQ 18 16 Ret Ret 4 Ret 24 17 DNS Ret 13 23 Kevin Curtain Yamaha 5 RetF 11 24 Barry Veneman Honda 13 14 19 10 11 25 Dean Thomas Honda 13 13 Ret 13 9 26 Antonio Carlacci Yamaha 21 9 7 27 Stefano Cruciani Kawasaki 17 22 Ret 22 16 Ret 10 16 20 20 Ret 6 28 Michael Schulten Honda 13 WD WD 14 5 29 Takeshi Tsujimura Honda 12 4 30 Tom Sykes Yamaha 12 4 31 Julien Da Costa Kawasaki 12 4 32 Michael Laverty Honda 17 Ret 21 12 4 33 Alessandro Polita Yamaha 16 13 15 4 34 Jan Hanson Honda WD 22 14 2 35 Ludovic Holon Yamaha 15 1 36 Ivan Goi Yamaha 18 15 Ret 1 Didier Van Keymeulen Kawasaki 20 20 Ret 20 Ret 19 18 19 16 18 0 Denis Sacchetti Yamaha 18 16 0 Jamie Robinson Yamaha 16 20 0 Kenan Sofuoğlu Yamaha 16 Ret Ret 0 Shannon Johnson Honda 17 21 Ret 17 0 Simon Andrews Yamaha 16 0 Camillo Mariottini Yamaha 17 0 Valter Bartolini Honda 17 0 Herbert Kaufmann Suzuki 18 0 Kai Børre Andersen Kawasaki 19 19 Ret 0 Tobias Kirmeier Honda WD 19 WD 0 Jury Proietto Honda 19 0 Sebastien De Rosa Kawasaki 19 0 Arno Visscher Kawasaki 23 20 20 Ret 24 Ret 20 0 Torleif Hartelman Yamaha 22 0 Harry Van Beek Yamaha 23 0 René Winkel Honda 25 0 Michel Van Kleef Honda NC 0 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda Ret Ret 0 Jonnie Ekerold Honda Ret 0 Frédéric Bolley Honda WD Ret 0 Laurent Brian Kawasaki Ret 0 Yoann Tiberio Honda Ret 0 Massimo De Silvestro Yamaha WD WD Pos Rider Bike VAL PHI SUG MNZ OSC SIL MIS BRA ASS IMO MAG 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) P – Pole position F – Fastest lap Source : [3]

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