1991 Superbike World Championship

1991 Superbike World Championship
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The 1991 Superbike World Championship was the fourth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 1 April at Donington Park and finished on 19 October at Phillip Island after 13 rounds.

Doug Polen won the riders' championship with 17 victories and Ducati won the manufacturers' championship.

The third round of the championship at Mosport was boycotted by the regular riders on safety grounds.[1]

1991 calendar[2]
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team
1 R1 United Kingdom Donington 1 April United States Doug Polen Belgium Stéphane Mertens United States Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci
R2 United States Doug Polen Belgium Stéphane Mertens Total Wanty Mertens Racing
2 R1 Spain Jarama 28 April United States Doug Polen United States Doug Polen United States Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci
R2 United States Doug Polen United States Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci
3 R1 Canada Mosport 2 June United States Tom Kipp Canada Pascal Picotte Canada Pascal Picotte Fast Yamaha/Sunoco
R2 Canada Rueben McMurter United States Tom Kipp Wiseco Piston
4 R1 United States Brainerd 9 June Belgium Stéphane Mertens United States Doug Polen United States Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci
R2 Belgium Stéphane Mertens United States Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci
5 R1 Austria Österreichring 30 June United States Doug Polen United States Doug Polen Belgium Stéphane Mertens Total Wanty Mertens Racing
R2 United States Doug Polen United States Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci
6 R1 San Marino Misano 4 August United States Doug Polen Australia Rob Phillis United States Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci
R2 France Raymond Roche United States Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci
7 R1 Sweden Anderstorp 11 August United States Doug Polen Belgium Stéphane Mertens United States Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci
R2 France Raymond Roche United States Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci
8 R1 Japan Sugo 25 August United States Doug Polen United States Doug Polen United States Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci
R2 United States Doug Polen United States Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci
9 R1 Malaysia Shah Alam 1 September United States Doug Polen United States Doug Polen France Raymond Roche Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli
R2 France Raymond Roche France Raymond Roche Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli
10 R1 Germany Hockenheim 15 September United States Doug Polen France Raymond Roche United States Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci
R2 United States Doug Polen France Raymond Roche Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli
11 R1 France Magny-Cours 29 September Australia Rob Phillis United States Doug Polen United States Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci
R2 United States Doug Polen United States Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci
12 R1 Italy Mugello 6 October United States Doug Polen United States Doug Polen United States Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci
R2 Italy Giancarlo Falappa France Raymond Roche Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli
13 R1 Australia Phillip Island 19 October United States Doug Polen New Zealand Aaron Slight Australia Kevin Magee Peter Jackson Yamaha Racing
R2 New Zealand Aaron Slight United States Doug Polen Team Fast by Ferracci

Championship standings

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In each race, points were awarded as follows:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Riders' standings

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1991 final riders' standings[3]
Pos. Rider Bike GBR
 
SPA
 
CAN
 
USA
 
AUT
 
SMR
 
SWE
 
JPN
 
MAL
 
GER
 
FRA
 
ITA
 
AUS
 
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   Doug Polen Ducati 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 5 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 432
2   Raymond Roche Ducati Ret 2 Ret 3 DNS DNS 3 3 4 2 Ret 3 6 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 282
3   Rob Phillis Kawasaki 4 3 2 Ret 4 5 4 4 2 3 2 2 2 Ret 5 Ret 4 4 4 5 DNS DNS 4 3 267
4   Stéphane Mertens Ducati Ret 1 Ret 2 3 3 1 2 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 2 5 6 7 3 4 Ret 5 6 217
5   Fabrizio Pirovano Yamaha 3 8 5 5 5 6 Ret 5 5 4 3 Ret 7 7 2 3 Ret 7 Ret 6 Ret 6 195
6   Terry Rymer Yamaha 2 4 7 Ret DNS DNS 6 9 8 9 7 12 Ret 14 10 Ret 7 9 5 4 3 3 162
7   Carl Fogarty Honda Ret 9 9 8 11 11 7 8 4 4 11 8 8 7 9 10 6 7 7 Ret 146
8   Fred Merkel Honda Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 4 8 8 9 7 8 6 12 9 12 9 Ret Ret 3 10 8 Ret 124
9   Giancarlo Falappa Ducati 14 Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 7 10 6 6 13 10 11 6 Ret 6 3 Ret 8 6 Ret 113
10   Davide Tardozzi Ducati 5 6 3 5 9 10 3 6 3 8 DNS DNS 108
11   Udo Mark Yamaha 8 7 7 10 11 Ret 10 10 18 Ret 8 5 68
12   Jeffrey de Vries Yamaha 9 10 15 Ret 10 10 11 12 16 16 12 Ret Ret 24 13 13 13 Ret 12 14 15 5 Ret Ret 66
13   Aaron Slight Kawasaki 3 4 7 4 3 Ret 65
14   Kevin Magee Yamaha 5 3 1 2 63
15   Jari Suhonen Yamaha DNS DNS Ret 9 9 11 Ret 15 5 7 Ret 17 14 12 9 12 17 12 61
16   Juan López Mella Honda 11 11 3 4 14 DNS 17 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 17 18 14 10 DNQ DNQ 16 18 13 15 57
17   Scott Russell Kawasaki 2 2 8 5 53
18   Daniel Amatriain Honda Ret 13 4 6 12 17 13 13 14 11 DNS DNS 15 21 20 13 47
19   Edwin Weibel Honda 13 14 Ret Ret 41
Ducati 18 Ret 10 11 14 9 9 7
20   Jean-Yves Mounier Yamaha DNS DNS 13 9 10 14 20 17 9 9 21 20 18 12 11 Ret DNS DNS 41
21   Rob McElnea Yamaha 5 5 11 8 Ret 16 35
22   Brian Morrison Yamaha 6 6 8 11 18 Ret 33
23   Niall Mackenzie Honda 7 7 Ret DNS 15 12 33
Yamaha Ret 6
24   Linnley Clarke Yamaha 4 2 30
25   Yves Brisson Honda 2 4 30
26   Baldassarre Monti Honda Ret Ret 6 Ret 8 7 DNS DNS DNS DNS 27
27   Steve Crevier Kawasaki 3 5 26
28   Malcolm Campbell Honda 19 21 6 4 23
29   Rueben McMurter Honda Ret 3 12 13 22
30   Scott Doohan Yamaha 17 14 7 5 22
31   Massimo Broccoli Kawasaki 21 14 DNQ DNQ 12 12 22 Ret 10 11 21
32   Tom Kipp Yamaha Ret 1 Ret Ret 22 22 20
33   Pascal Picotte Yamaha 1 Ret 20
34   Benoît Pilon Yamaha 6 6 20
35   Piergiorgio Bontempi Kawasaki NC Ret 16 Ret DNQ DNQ 11 DNS Ret 4 18
36   Steve Martin Suzuki 8 7 17
37   John Hopperstad Yamaha 8 7 18 DNS 17
38   Peter Rubatto Yamaha Ret 16 12 Ret 15 13 13 DNS Ret 13 23 DNS Ret 13 17
39   Jacques Guenette Kawasaki 9 8 15
40   Michael O'Connor Honda 10 8 14
Pos. Rider Bike GBR
 
SPA
 
CAN
 
USA
 
AUT
 
SMR
 
SWE
 
JPN
 
MAL
 
GER
 
FRA
 
ITA
 
AUS
 
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

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1991 final manufacturers' standings[4]
Pos. Manufacturer GBR
 
SPA
 
CAN
 
USA
 
AUT
 
SMR
 
SWE
 
JPN
 
MAL
 
GER
 
FRA
 
ITA
 
AUS
 
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   Ducati 1 1 1 1 7 13 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 489
2   Yamaha 2 4 5 5 1 1 5 6 6 5 5 4 3 5 4 3 2 3 7 5 5 4 3 3 1 2 355
3   Kawasaki 3 4 2 14 3 5 2 2 4 4 2 3 2 2 2 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 11 4 3 3 351
4   Honda 7 7 3 4 2 3 6 4 8 8 7 7 4 4 11 8 8 7 9 10 3 7 7 11 6 4 265
5   Suzuki 11 11 20 15 Ret Ret 21 Ret 15 15 21 Ret DNQ DNQ 8 7 30
6   Bimota 15 20 Ret 13 Ret 15 14 10 DNS DNS 13
Pos. Manufacturer GBR
 
SPA
 
CAN
 
USA
 
AUT
 
SMR
 
SWE
 
JPN
 
MAL
 
GER
 
FRA
 
ITA
 
AUS
 
Pts
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  • "1991 FIM Diesel Jeans Superbike World Championship". superbike-archives.net.

References

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  1. ^ "Kipp, Picotte win boycotted Mosport". cyclenews.uberflip.com. Cycle News. 12 June 1991. p. 2. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  2. ^ "1991 FIM Diesel Jeans Superbike World Championship". superbike-archives.net.
  3. ^ "1991 World Superbike - Riders Championship - Points Standings". superbike-archives.net. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  4. ^ "1991 World Superbike - Manufacturers Championship - Points Standings". superbike-archives.net. Retrieved 25 February 2023.