1995 Superbike World Championship

1995 Superbike World Championship
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The 1995 Superbike World Championship was the eighth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 7 May at Hockenheim and finished on 29 October at Phillip Island after 12 rounds.

Carl Fogarty won the riders' championship with 13 victories and Ducati won the manufacturers' championship. The season was marred by the death of Yasutomo Nagai as a result of injuries sustained in an accident during the Assen round.[1]

Race calendar and results

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Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Report
1 R1   Hockenheim 7 May   Troy Corser   Carl Fogarty   Carl Fogarty Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari Report
R2   Carl Fogarty   Carl Fogarty Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari
2 R1   Misano 21 May   Carl Fogarty   Mauro Lucchiari   Mauro Lucchiari Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari Report
R2   Mauro Lucchiari   Mauro Lucchiari Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari
3 R1   Donington 28 May   Carl Fogarty   Carl Fogarty   Carl Fogarty Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari Report
R2   Carl Fogarty   Carl Fogarty Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari
4 R1   Monza 18 June   Aaron Slight   Carl Fogarty   Carl Fogarty Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari Report
R2   Pierfrancesco Chili   Pierfrancesco Chili Team Gattolone
5 R1   Albacete 25 June   Troy Corser   Pierfrancesco Chili   Aaron Slight Castrol Honda Report
R2   Pierfrancesco Chili   Carl Fogarty Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari
6 R1   Salzburgring 9 July   Yasutomo Nagai   Carl Fogarty   Carl Fogarty Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari Report
R2   Yasutomo Nagai   Troy Corser Promotor Racing
7 R1   Laguna Seca 23 July   Troy Corser   Troy Corser   Anthony Gobert Team Kawasaki Muzzy Report
R2   Troy Corser   Troy Corser Promotor Racing
8 R1   Brands Hatch 6 August   Carl Fogarty   Colin Edwards   Carl Fogarty Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari Report
R2   Carl Fogarty   Carl Fogarty Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari
9 R1   Sugo 27 August   Carl Fogarty   Takuma Aoki   Troy Corser Promotor Racing Report
R2   Carl Fogarty   Carl Fogarty Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari
10 R1   Assen 10 September   Troy Corser   Pierfrancesco Chili   Carl Fogarty Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari Report
R2   Carl Fogarty   Carl Fogarty Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari
11 R1   Sentul 15 October   Aaron Slight   Troy Corser   Carl Fogarty Ducati Corse Virginio Ferrari Report
R2   Aaron Slight   Aaron Slight Castrol Honda
12 R1   Phillip Island 29 October   Anthony Gobert   Aaron Slight   Troy Corser Promotor Racing Report
R2   Troy Corser   Anthony Gobert Team Kawasaki Muzzy

Championship standings

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Riders' standings

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1995 final riders' standings[2]
Pos. Rider Bike GER
 
ITA
 
GBR
 
SMR
 
ESP
 
AUT
 
USA
 
EUR
 
JPN
 
NED
 
INA
 
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
1   Fogarty Ducati 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 5 7 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 Ret 4 2 478
2   Corser Ducati 10 8 3 3 2 Ret Ret Ret 3 5 3 1 2 1 2 6 1 8 3 Ret 2 2 1 3 339
3   Slight Honda 6 3 16 13 4 3 2 3 1 3 4 4 9 Ret 9 8 2 4 4 2 3 1 2 4 323
4   Gobert Kawasaki 16 Ret 6 16 10 Ret Ret 12 7 DNS 2 3 1 2 3 5 5 9 9 7 4 4 Ret 1 222
5   Nagai Yamaha 4 4 13 18 14 7 5 4 9 6 5 6 10 5 Ret 4 3 2 7 5 188
6   Crafar Honda 9 6 9 10 8 6 4 7 11 10 14 9 6 6 10 10 10 15 2 Ret 22 6 3 5 187
7   Pirovano Ducati 2 13 5 6 11 5 8 8 6 4 8 5 Ret 8 7 7 13 Ret 10 Ret 5 6 Ret 12 178
8   Chili Ducati 15 9 4 4 Ret 2 Ret 1 4 2 11 Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret 15 Ret Ret DNS Ret 3 6 10 160
9   Lucchiari Ducati Ret 7 1 1 9 10 6 6 Ret Ret 13 7 14 14 11 11 20 Ret 5 4 7 11 Ret Ret 156
10   Reynolds Kawasaki 17 Ret 7 9 7 11 9 10 12 8 Ret Ret 16 Ret 4 3 9 12 6 3 9 9 5 7 155
11   Edwards Yamaha 7 5 Ret Ret 18 12 3 5 10 11 9 Ret 8 9 5 2 6 10 Ret 6 141
12   Bontempi Kawasaki 11 14 8 5 5 4 7 Ret 5 Ret 10 8 13 11 13 14 14 13 12 9 11 8 12 8 138
13   Meklau Ducati Ret 11 11 7 Ret 14 Ret 9 8 7 6 Ret 18 Ret Ret 17 16 18 13 Ret 8 10 18 18 72
14   Schmid Kawasaki 3 2 15 12 13 17 7 Ret Ret Ret 14 8 13 12 17 15 71
15   Hale Honda 4 3 60
Ducati 6 7 14 6
16   Casoli Yamaha Ret 15 Ret 19 15 13 Ret 13 13 9 12 10 Ret 15 12 13 8 10 50
17   Kitagawa Kawasaki 5 12 4 6 38
18   Russell Kawasaki 8 10 14 8 6 DNS 34
19   Duhamel Honda 3 4 29
20   Morillas Ducati 13 Ret 12 14 12 9 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret 14 Ret DNS Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 28
21   Liverani Ducati Ret 18 10 11 17 16 10 Ret 15 14 15 Ret Ret Ret 15 19 Ret 24 DNS 14 18 15 25
22   Whitham Ducati 3 8 24
23   Hislop Ducati Ret 15 Ret Ret 8 9 11 Ret 21
24   Yoshikawa Yamaha 7 5 20
25   Spencer Ducati 7 Ret 14 Ret 7 Ret 20
26   Morrison Ducati 21 22 NC 20 15 11 10 Ret Ret 11 17
27   K. Fujiwara Kawasaki 17 3 16
28   Meregalli Yamaha 12 16 Ret Ret 20 Ret Ret 11 Ret 12 20 15 18 21 18 Ret 14
29   Giles Ducati 10 9 13
30   N. Fujiwara Yamaha 8 14 10
31   Aoki Honda Ret 7 9
32   Jefferies Kawasaki 25 22 20 26 19 19 13 Ret 16 13 Ret 18 Ret 16 14 15 19 20 DNS DNS 9
33   McCarthy Honda 8 Ret 8
34   Tsujimoto Honda 11 14 18 15 8
35   Mladin Kawasaki Ret Ret 9 Ret 7
36   Picotte Kawasaki 15 10 7
37   Goddard Suzuki 12 13 7
38   Kipp Yamaha 12 13 7
39   Mounier Ducati Ret Ret Ret 23 14 17 17 Ret 18 Ret 17 12 6
40   Craggill Kawasaki 13 13 6
41   McEwen Ducati 11 Ret 5
42   Takeishi Honda Ret 11 5
43   Ryō Kawasaki 11 17 5
44   Smith Ducati 11 Ret 5
45   Bradl Kawasaki 16 11 5
46   Nukumi Ducati 12 16 4
47   Crevier Kawasaki 17 12 4
48   Liedl Kawasaki 21 19 17 12 4
49   Gallina Ducati 18 20 Ret 25 12 Ret 4
50   Pajic Kawasaki Ret 13 3
51   Rudroff Ducati 19 13 3
52   Baird Honda 15 14 3
53   Briguet Honda 19 Ret 15 14 Ret Ret 3
54   Weibel Ducati 14 Ret 2
55   Di Maso Ducati Ret DNS 23 21 15 15 21 Ret 20 16 2
56   Kaufmann Yamaha 16 15 1
57   Llewellyn Ducati 16 15 Ret 16 1
Bimota DNQ DNQ
Pos. Rider Bike GER
 
ITA
 
GBR
 
SMR
 
ESP
 
AUT
 
USA
 
EUR
 
JPN
 
NED
 
INA
 
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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1995 final manufacturers' standings[3]
Pos. Manufacturer GER
 
ITA
 
GBR
 
SMR
 
ESP
 
AUT
 
USA
 
EUR
 
JPN
 
NED
 
INA
 
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
1   Ducati 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 580
2   Honda 6 3 9 10 4 3 2 3 1 3 4 4 3 3 9 8 2 4 2 2 3 1 2 4 365
3   Kawasaki 3 2 6 5 5 4 7 10 5 8 2 3 1 2 3 3 4 3 6 3 4 4 5 1 345
4   Yamaha 4 4 13 18 14 7 3 4 6 9 5 6 8 5 5 2 3 2 7 5 DNQ DNQ 24 22 213
5   Suzuki Ret 24 DNS 23 18 16 DNS DNS 23 26 12 13 16 16 7
  Bimota DNQ DNQ 26 Ret 17 Ret Ret DNS 23 Ret Ret Ret DNQ DNQ 0
Pos. Manufacturer GER
 
ITA
 
GBR
 
SMR
 
ESP
 
AUT
 
USA
 
EUR
 
JPN
 
NED
 
INA
 
AUS
 
Pts
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  • "1995 FIM Superbike World Championship". superbike-archives.net.

References

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  1. ^ "Yamaha's withdrawal". The Independent. 14 September 1995. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  2. ^ "1995 World Superbike - Riders Championship - Points Standings". superbike-archives.net. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  3. ^ "1995 World Superbike - Manufacturers Championship - Points Standings". superbike-archives.net. Retrieved 2 February 2023.