The 2006 Superbike World Championship season was the 19th F.I.M. Superbike World Championship season. The season started on February 25 at Losail, and finished on October 8 at Magny-Cours after 12 races. The original season calendar issued by the FIM included a 13th round scheduled in South Africa on October 22 but the round was cancelled at the request of the Series' promoter FGSport^[1]

2006 saw the return of Australian Troy Bayliss in Superbike World Championship after 3 years in MotoGP. The combination of Bayliss and Ducati proved unstoppable and they dominated the season winning 12 races, 8 of them consecutive. Honda's James Toseland and Yamaha's Noriyuki Haga battled for second with the British rider coming on top. Defending champion Troy Corser on a Suzuki was 4th. The Manufacturers' championship was won by Ducati.

Season Calendar

No	Date	Round	Circuit	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Report
1	February 25	Qatar	Losail	James Toseland	Troy Corser	Report
2	March 5	Australia	Phillip Island	Troy Corser	Troy Bayliss	Report
3	April 23	Spain	Valencia	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Report
4	May 7	Italy	Monza	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Report
5	May 28	Europe	Silverstone	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Report
6	June 25	San Marino	Misano	Troy Bayliss	Andrew Pitt	Report
7	July 23	Czech Republic	Brno	Yukio Kagayama	Yukio Kagayama	Report
8	August 6	Great Britain	Brands Hatch	Troy Bayliss	Noriyuki Haga	Report
9	September 3	Netherlands	Assen	Chris Walker	Troy Bayliss	Report
10	September 10	Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	Yukio Kagayama	James Toseland	Report
11	October 1	Italy	Imola	Alex Barros	Troy Bayliss	Report
12	October 8	France	Magny-Cours	James Toseland	Troy Bayliss	Report

Season Standings

Rider Standings

Pos Rider Bike QAT AUS ESP ITA EUR SMR CZE GBR NED GER ITA FRA 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 Bayliss Ducati 2 2 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 Ret 8 1 2 Ret 1 7 3 5 1 4 1 431 2 Toseland Honda 1 4 3 2 9 11 Ret 5 3 3 2 8 2 5 2 5 10 9 9 1 2 5 1 3 336 3 Haga Yamaha Ret 3 4 4 5 5 4 3 2 2 5 3 4 3 3 1 Ret Ret 2 2 4 6 2 4 326 4 Corser Suzuki 4 1 1 Ret 2 2 3 2 Ret 6 Ret Ret 5 4 6 6 Ret Ret 3 14 Ret 9 3 2 254 5 Pitt Yamaha 3 5 9 5 10 9 5 6 5 4 1 4 3 2 2 4 3 4 5 250 6 Barros Honda 6 7 2 3 11 14 2 4 9 5 4 2 11 8 9 7 5 1 2 7 10 246 7 Kagayama Suzuki Ret Ret 12 6 6 14 13 3 5 1 1 5 7 4 1 4 3 5 9 211 8 Lanzi Ducati Ret 6 11 3 3 9 11 13 7 7 9 12 11 7 6 8 6 6 7 8 7 169 9 Walker Kawasaki Ret 16 10 10 7 11 9 6 8 4 7 10 7 8 1 14 11 10 12 14 6 8 158 10 Nieto Kawasaki Ret 12 8 9 6 8 11 10 8 11 6 6 14 4 3 10 7 7 13 139 11 Fabrizio Honda 5 8 15 11 13 10 14 15 6 3 2 12 3 10 8 11 13 125 12 Muggeridge Honda 12 9 6 7 8 9 11 14 11 7 9 13 6 5 8 8 6 123 13 Abe Yamaha 11 11 12 4 4 10 11 10 13 9 12 13 13 5 11 9 11 13 12 112 14 Xaus Ducati 15 10 7 8 7 15 4 7 9 9 14 10 10 5 15 9 103 15 Laconi Kawasaki 13 Ret 13 8 8 7 7 14 6 9 4 8 12 10 10 9 103 16 Rolfo Ducati 7 13 5 7 8 10 15 15 12 8 12 14 15 14 69 17 Nakatomi Yamaha 16 17 12 12 10 12 8 13 13 15 11 12 10 48 18 Neukirchner Suzuki 10 Ret 13 6 13 12 14 28 19 Gimbert Yamaha 14 15 12 12 13 15 15 14 11 23 20 Foret Suzuki Ret Ret 15 13 13 13 13 10 19 21 Martin Petronas 18 18 14 15 15 12 11 14 12 19 22 Chili Honda 8 Ret 14 10 15 17 23 Hill Yamaha 12 12 11 13 24 Clementi Ducati Ret DNS 15 15 11 13 10 25 Borciani Ducati 9 14 9 26 Iannuzzo Ducati 17 Ret 14 14 15 15 6 27 Jones Petronas Ret Ret 13 3 28 Brookes Kawasaki 15 15 15 3 29 Van Beek Suzuki 14 2 30 Alfonsi Ducati 14 2 31 De Gea Honda 14 2 32 Nannelli Honda 15 1 Pos Rider Bike QAT AUS ESP ITA EUR SMR CZE GBR NED GER ITA FRA 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) Blank Did not participate Withdrawn due to injury (INJ) Excluded (EX)

Manufacturers Standings

Pos	Manufacturer	QAT		AUS		ESP		ITA		EUR		SMR		CZE		GBR		NED		GER		ITA		FRA		Pts
		Race 1	Race 2	Race 1	Race 2	Race 1	Race 2	Race 1	Race 2	Race 1	Race 2	Race 1	Race 2	Race 1	Race 2	Race 1	Race 2	Race 1	Race 2	Race 1	Race 2	Race 1	Race 2	Race 1	Race 2
1	Ducati	2	2	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	12	8	1	2	7	1	7	3	5	1	4	1	450
2	Honda	1	4	2	2	9	10	2	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	5	3	7	5	1	1	2	1	3	414
3	Yamaha	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	5	1	4	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	3	4	2	4	401
4	Suzuki	4	1	1	6	2	2	3	2	14	6	3	5	1	1	5	6	6	4	1	4		3	3	2	372
5	Kawasaki	13	12	8	9	8	6	7	8	6	8	6	4	6	6	7	4	1	3	10	7	7	10	6	8	229
6	Petronas			14	15		15											12	11	14	12					19
Pos	Manufacturer	QAT		AUS		ESP		ITA		EUR		SMR		CZE		GBR		NED		GER		ITA		FRA		Pts

Participants

No Rider Team Motorcycle Tyre 1 Troy Corser Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 P 3 Norick Abe Yamaha Motor France-Ipone Yamaha YZF-R1 P 4 Alex Barros Klaffi Honda Honda CBR1000RR P 7 Pierfrancesco Chili D.F.X. Treme Honda CBR1000RR P 8 Ivan Clementi Team Pedercini Ducati 999 RS P 9 Chris Walker PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse Kawasaki ZX-10R P 10 Fonsi Nieto PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse 2 Kawasaki ZX-10R P 11 Ruben Xaus Sterilgarda - Berik Ducati 999 F05 P 12 Ivan Goi Emmebi Team Honda CBR1000RR P 13 Vittorio Iannuzzo Sterilgarda - Berik Ducati 999 F05 P 15 Fabien Foret Alstare Eng. Corona Extra Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 P 16 Sébastien Gimbert Yamaha Motor France-Ipone Yamaha YZF-R1 P 18 Craig Jones Foggy Petronas Racing Petronas FP1 P 19 Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini Ducati 999 RS P 20 Marco Borciani Sterilgarda - Berik Ducati 999 F05 P 21 Troy Bayliss Ducati Xerox Ducati 999 F06 P 22 Milos Cihak Prorace Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 P 23 Jiri Mrkyvka SBK Team JM Ducati 999 RS P 25 Joshua Brookes Kawasaki Bertocchi Kawasaki ZX-10R P 26 Stefan Nebel Kawasaki Docshop Racing Kawasaki ZX-10R P 27 Anthony Gobert Coronas Suzuki Motorrad Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 P 28 Lorenzo Mauri Spring Ducati Ducati 999 RS P 31 Karl Muggeridge Winston Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR P 32 Javier Del Amor Honda BQR Honda CBR1000RR P 33 Jose David De Gea Honda BQR Honda CBR1000RR P 34 Josep Monge Yamaha Factory Yamaha YZF-R1 P 35 Sergio Fuertes Coronas Suzuki Motorrad Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 P 36 Jiri Drazdak Yamaha Junior Pro-SBK Rac. Yamaha YZF-R1 P 38 Shinichi Nakatomi Yamaha Motor France-Ipone 2 Yamaha YZF-R1 P 39 Berto Camlek Berten Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 P 41 Noriyuki Haga Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Yamaha YZF-R1 P 44 Roberto Rolfo Ducati SC - Caracchi Ducati 999 F05 P 52 James Toseland Winston Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR P 55 Régis Laconi PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse Kawasaki ZX-10R P 57 Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati Xerox Ducati 999 F06 P 61 Lorenzo Alfonsi Yamaha Motor France-Ipone Yamaha YZF-R1 P 66 Norino Brignola Team Guandalini Ducati 999 RS P 69 Gianluca Nannelli D.F.X. Treme Honda CBR1000RR P 71 Yukio Kagayama Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 P 76 Max Neukirchner Alstare Eng. Corona Extra Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 P 80 Kurtis Roberts Team Pedercini Ducati 999 RS P 81 Tommy Hill Virgin Mobile Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 P 83 Didier Van Keymeulen MGM - TTSL Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 P 84 Michel Fabrizio D.F.X. Treme Honda CBR1000RR P 85 Walter Bartolini PN Corse Ducati 999 RS P 88 Andrew Pitt Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Yamaha YZF-R1 P 91 Pawel Szkopek Team Pedercini Ducati 999 RS P 95 Talal Al Naimi D'Antin MotoGP Yamaha YZF-R1 P 96 Harry Van Beek Motoport Den Bosch - Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 K2 P