The 2002 Superbike World Championship season was the 15th F.I.M. Superbike World Championship season. The season started on March 2 at Valencia, and finished on September 29 at Imola after 13 rounds.

Colin Edwards won his 2nd championsip in what was arguably the most impressive comeback in the history of motorcycle racing. The season started with Troy Bayliss winning the first 6 races and by the end of race 1 at Laguna Seca he had 14 wins and was leading the championship by 58 points. Race 2 at Laguna Seca was the start of Colin Edwards' comeback, he went on to win all 9 remaining races and combined with a race 2 crash for Bayliss at Assen Edwards won the championship at the final race of the season at Imola

The final race of the season saw both riders fighting wheel to wheel for the entire race. the race is know to fans as the "Showdown at Imola".

The manufacturer's championship was won by Ducati

Season Calendar

No	Date	Round	Circuit	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Report
1	March 10	Spain	Valencia	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Report
2	March 24	Australia	Phillip Island	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Report
3	April 7	South Africa	Kyalami	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Report
4	April 21	Japan	Sugo	Colin Edwards	Makoto Tamada	Report
5	May 12	Italy	Monza	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Report
6	May 26	Great Britain	Silverstone	Colin Edwards	Troy Bayliss	Report
7	June 9	Germany	Lausitz	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Report
8	June 23	San Marino	Misano	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Report
9	July 14	United States	Laguna Seca	Troy Bayliss	Colin Edwards	Report
10	July 28	Great Britain	Brands Hatch	Colin Edwards	Colin Edwards	Report
11	September 1	Germany	Oschersleben	Colin Edwards	Colin Edwards	Report
12	September 8	Netherlands	Assen	Colin Edwards	Colin Edwards	Report
13	September 29	Italy	Imola	Colin Edwards	Colin Edwards	Report

Season Standings

Rider Standings

Pos Rider Bike ESP AUS RSA JPN ITA GBR GER SMR USA GBR GER NED ITA 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 Edwards Honda 4 3 2 2 2 3 1 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 552 2 Bayliss Ducati 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 4 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 541 3 Hodgson Ducati 6 5 5 4 5 4 4 3 2 4 3 6 8 3 4 5 3 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 326 4 Haga Aprilia 2 2 6 6 3 5 3 2 10 4 5 4 3 4 5 7 4 3 6 5 4 278 5 Bostrom Ducati 3 4 4 5 4 5 7 7 9 7 8 5 4 5 5 8 5 7 4 4 6 8 5 10 9 261 6 Xaus Ducati 5 3 3 3 2 9 6 8 3 3 3 2 5 6 5 4 3 3 249 7 Toseland Ducati 12 10 8 7 6 8 9 11 5 10 9 7 7 8 9 6 9 6 8 6 3 6 6 195 8 Chili Ducati 9 4 4 11 6 6 6 7 12 7 8 7 5 7 5 2 7 167 9 Walker Kawasaki 10 7 9 9 8 9 11 13 10 14 4 9 7 8 11 10 6 8 9 15 7 11 12 152 10 Lavilla Suzuki 8 7 8 11 12 12 7 5 14 8 10 6 15 12 8 9 7 8 7 130 11 Parkes Ducati 15 13 11 14 8 12 11 14 15 12 10 10 9 8 9 8 77 12 Borja Ducati 11 8 12 10 9 10 14 15 11 7 11 11 10 11 74 13 Pedercini Ducati 14 11 10 12 6 10 10 9 9 13 12 10 14 13 71 14 Izutsu Kawasaki 7 6 6 7 7 13 11 15 10 62 15 Borciani Ducati 12 11 10 13 12 12 11 10 15 11 11 9 55 16 Martin Ducati 9 13 10 11 9 11 13 12 14 11 13 14 52 17 Bostrom Kawasaki 13 14 9 7 11 6 4 49 18 Tamada Honda 2 1 45 19 Sanchini Kawasaki 15 15 12 13 12 13 15 14 14 12 11 15 14 13 12 15 41 20 Antonello Ducati 13 14 11 8 13 13 12 13 13 12 38 21 Byrne Ducati 9 5 10 10 30 22 Goddard Benelli 14 13 15 15 15 14 12 12 11 23 23 Yanagawa Kawasaki 6 6 20 24 Yates Suzuki 7 8 17 25 Foti Ducati 14 12 15 12 14 14 14 17 26 Hayden Honda 4 13 16 27 Yoshikawa Yamaha 8 8 16 28 Heckles Honda 14 15 6 15 15 15 29 Tsujimura Yamaha 10 10 12 30 Rutter Ducati 12 9 11 31 Clementi Kawasaki 13 15 14 13 14 11 32 Chandler Ducati 13 9 10 33 Mladin Suzuki 10 6 34 Hofmann Kawasaki 15 13 4 35 Valia Ducati 13 15 4 36 Malatesta Ducati 13 3 37 Stey Honda 14 15 3 38 Richards Kawasaki 14 2 39 Ellison Ducati 14 2 40 Vidal Honda 15 1 41 Takeda Honda 15 1 Pos Rider Bike ESP AUS RSA JPN ITA GBR GER SMR USA GBR GER NED ITA Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Not classified (NC) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Injured (INJ) Excluded (EX)

Manufacturers Standings

Pos	Manufacturer	ESP		AUS		RSA		JPN		ITA		GBR		GER		SMR		USA		GBR		GER		NED		ITA		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	1	1	4	3	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	575
2	Honda	4	3	2	2	2	3	1	1	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	557
3	Aprilia	2	2		6		6	3	5		3	2	10	4	5	4	3			4	5	7	4	3	6	5	4	278
4	Kawasaki	7	6	6	9	7	7	6	6	9	7	11	4	14	9	7	8	6	4	6	8	9	13	13	7	11	10	208
5	Suzuki	8		7	8		11	12	12	7	5		14	8		10	6	7	8	15	12	8	9	7		8	7	147
6	Benelli									14		13	15		15	15			14			12		12	11			23
7	Yamaha							8	8																			16
Pos	Manufacturer	ESP		AUS		RSA		JPN		ITA		GBR		GER		SMR		USA		GBR		GER		NED		ITA		Pts

Participants

No	Rider	Team	Motorcycle	Tyre
1	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Infostrada	Ducati 998 F02
2	Colin Edwards	Castrol Honda	Honda VTR1000SP2
5	Mark Heckles	Castrol Honda Rumi	Honda VTR1000SP2
6	Peter Goddard	Benelli Sport	Benelli Tornado 900
7	Pierfrancesco Chili	Ducati NCR Axo	Ducati 998 RS
9	Chris Walker	Kawasaki Racing	Kawasaki ZX-7RR
10	Gregorio Lavilla	Alstare Suzuki Corona	Suzuki GSX-R750 Y
11	Ruben Xaus	Ducati Infostrada	Ducati 998 F02
12	Broc Parkes	Ducati NCR Parmalat	Ducati 998 RS
14	Hitoyasu Izutsu	Kawasaki Racing	Kawasaki ZX-7RR
17	Alistair Maxwell	Alistair Maxwell	Kawasaki ZX-7RR
19	Lucio Pedercini	Pedercini	Ducati 998 RS
20	Marco Borciani	Pedercini	Ducati 998 RS
23	Jiri Mrkyvka	JM Racing	Ducati 996 RS
28	Serafino Foti	Pedercini	Ducati 996 RS
30	Alessandro Antonello	DFX Racing Ducati Pirelli	Ducati 998 RS
32	Eric Bostrom	Kawasaki Racing	Kawasaki ZX-7RR
33	Juan Bautista Borja	Spaziotel Racing	Ducati 998 RS
36	Ivan Clementi	Kawasaki Bertocchi	Kawasaki ZX-7RR
40	Giuliano Sartoni	Vemar Giesse	Ducati 996 RS
41	Noriyuki Haga	Playstation2-FGF Aprilia	Aprilia RSV 1000
42	Makoto Tamada	Cabin Honda	Honda VTR1000SP2
43	Wataru Yoshikawa	YSP Racing & PRESTO	Yamaha YZF-R7
45	Takeshi Tsujimura	YSP Racing & PRESTO	Yamaha YZF-R7
46	Mauro Sanchini	Kawasaki Bertocchi	Kawasaki ZX-7RR
47	Kenichiro Nakamura	Blue Helmet MSC	Honda VTR1000SP2
48	Yuichi Takeda	Sakurai Honda	Honda VTR1000SP2
49	Akira Yanagawa	Kawasaki Racing	Kawasaki ZX-7RR
50	Alessandro Valia	Ass. Sportiva Bassani	Ducati 996 RS
52	James Toseland	HM Plant Ducati	Ducati 998 F 01
53	Steve Hislop	Monster Mob Ducati	Ducati 998 RS
54	Michael Rutter	Renegade Ducati	Ducati 998 RS
55	Shane Byrne	Renegade Ducati	Ducati 998 RS
56	Dean Ellison	D & B Racing	Ducati 996 RS
57	Glen Richards	Hawk Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-7RR
60	Jeronimo Vidal	White Endurance	Honda VTR1000SP1
61	Marjan Malec	Magnat Auto	Ducati 996 RS
66	Alexander Hofmann	Kawasaki Racing	Kawasaki ZX-7RR
68	Bertrand Stey	White Endurance	Honda VTR1000SP1
69	Nicky Hayden	American