2014 Superbike World Championship

2014 Superbike World Championship
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European Superstock 600 Championship
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The 2014 Superbike World Championship was the twenty-seventh season of the Superbike World Championship.

The season saw the revision of the Superpole format: riders placed from eleventh to twentieth position in the combined classification of the first three practice sessions were admitted to Superpole 1, then the two fastest SP1 riders progressed to Superpole 2, which finally awarded the pole position, joining the ten fastest riders of practice.[1]

Sylvain Guintoli became the Superbike World Champion at the last race, prevailing over Tom Sykes by six points in the standings.[2] But both Marco Melandri and Tom Sykes won more races than Sylvain Guintoli this season. With Sykes winning 8 and Melandri 6 compared to Guintoli's 5. A portion of the riders was entered into the EVO class, featuring Superbike motorcycles with Superstock engines and electronics,[3] scoring points for the World Championship standings and competing for the class title; David Salom was the EVO entry who amassed the most points in the overall championship standings and was awarded the title.[2][4]

  1. ^ "New Tissot-Superpole format for the upcoming 2014 season". worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b "WSBK Qatar: Sylvain Guintoli clinches 2014 WSBK title". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  3. ^ "New EVO class beginning to take shape". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Losail, 31 October–1–2 November 2014 – Superbike – Championship Standings" (PDF). resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2016.