The 2000 Superbike World Championship was the thirteenth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 2 April at Kyalami and finished on 15 October at Brands Hatch after 13 rounds.
Colin Edwards won the riders' championship on a Honda RC51 (also known as VTR1000) in its first production year with 8 victories and Ducati won the manufacturers' championship.
Race calendar and results[edit]
Championship standings[edit]
Riders' standings[edit]
| 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[edit]
Pos. | Manufacturer | RSA | AUS | JPN | GBR | ITA | GER | SMR | ESP | USA | GBR | NED | GER | GBR | 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 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 439 | 2 | Honda | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 415 | 3 | Yamaha | 2 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 368 | 4 | Suzuki | 5 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 342 | 5 | Kawasaki | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 334 | 6 | Aprilia | 4 | 3 | Ret | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | Ret | 4 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 7 | 3 | 315 | 7 | Bimota | Ret | 11 | 1 | 9 | Ret | Ret | | | 22 | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 37 | Pos. | Manufacturer | RSA | AUS | JPN | GBR | ITA | GER | SMR | ESP | USA | GBR | NED | GER | GBR | Pts | |
Entry list[edit]
2000 entry list | Team | Constructor | Motorcycle | | Rider | Rounds | Ducati Infostrada | Ducati | Ducati 996 | 1 | Carl Fogarty | 1–2 | 19 | Juan Borja | 6–13 | 21 | Troy Bayliss | 3, 5–13 | 22 | Luca Cadalora | 4 | 155 | Ben Bostrom | 1–5 | Castrol Honda | Honda | Honda VTR1000 | 2 | Colin Edwards | All | 5 | Simon Crafar | 1–2 | 36 | Manabu Kamada | 3 | 111 | Aaron Slight | 4–13 | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | Aprilia RSV 1000 | 3 | Troy Corser | All | 30 | Alessandro Antonello | 1, 4–8, 10–13 | Kawasaki Racing | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 4 | Akira Yanagawa | All | 5 | Simon Crafar | 6 | 6 | Gregorio Lavilla | 1–5, 10–13 | 14 | Peter Goddard | 7–9 | 14 | Peter Goddard | 12 | 62 | Tamaki Serizawa | 3 | 64 | Hitoyasu Izutsu | 3 | Suzuki Alstare | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 7 | Pierfrancesco Chili | All | 9 | Katsuaki Fujiwara | All | Yamaha WSBK | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R7 | 10 | Vittoriano Guareschi | All | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | 1–12 | 57 | Wataru Yoshikawa | 3, 12 | Pedercini | Ducati | Ducati RS 996 | 11 | Lucio Pedercini | 2–13 | 20 | Marco Borciani | 1–7, 9–13 | 31 | Marco Gerbaudo | 8 | 46 | Mauro Sanchini | All | R & D Bieffe | Ducati | Ducati RS 996 | 12 | Haruchika Aoki | 1–5, 7–10 | 82 | Doriano Romboni | 11–12 | Gerin WSBK | Ducati | Ducati 996 RS2000 | 13 | Andy Meklau | All | 33 | Robert Ulm | All | Kawasaki Bertocchi | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 15 | Igor Antonelli | 1–8 | 32 | Massimo De Silvestro | 1, 4–8, 10–13 | 35 | Giovanni Bussei | All | 76 | Igor Jerman | 9–13 | Alpha Technik Yamaha | Yamaha | Yamaha R7 | 18 | Markus Barth | 4–8, 10–13 | 28 | Jürgen Oelschläger | 4–8, 10–13 | Ducati NCR | Ducati | Ducati RS 996 | 19 | Juan Borja | 1–5 | 38 | Lance Isaacs | All | 155 | Ben Bostrom | 6–13 | JM SBK | Ducati | Ducati 996R | 23 | Jiří Mrkývka | 1–3, 5–8, 10–13 | Karban Racing | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 24 | Vladimír Karban | 1–2, 4–6 | FP Racing | Ducati | Ducati | 27 | Frédéric Protat | 5, 7–8, 10 | 68 | Thierry Mulot | 7–8 | Valli Racing 391 | Yamaha | Yamaha R7 | 39 | Alessandro Gramigni | 1, 4–8, 10–13 | Kawasaki UK | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 40 | Steve Plater | 6, 13 | National Tyres Clar. | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 42 | John Crawford | 4 | 49 | Chris Walker | 4, 10, 13 | Virgin Mobile Yamaha | Yamaha | Yamaha | 43 | Steve Hislop | 4, 10 | 501 | Anthony Gobert | 13 | Philippe Coulon | Honda | Honda VTR1000 | 44 | Claude-Alain Jaggi | 2–6, 8, 10 | 83 | Gerald Muteau | 11–13 | Reve Red Bull | Ducati | Ducati RS 996 | 45 | James Haydon | 4, 6, 10, 13 | 47 | John Reynolds | 4, 6, 10, 13 | INS - GSE Racing | Ducati | Ducati | 48 | Neil Hodgson | 4, 10, 13 | SRT Shell Kawasaki | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 50 | Alistair Maxwell | 2 | Stevens Motorcycles | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 51 | David Simpson | 2 | Sean McKay Racing | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 53 | Sean McKay | 2 | Steven R. Monza Imp. | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 54 | Greg Smith | 2 | Ferrari Dental Cl. | Ducati | Ducati | 55 | Mark Ferrari | 2 | Webster | Honda | Honda VTR1000 | 56 | Scott Webster | 2 | Suzuki | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 58 | Akira Ryō | 3 | 59 | Keiichi Kitagawa | 3 | Cabin Honda | Honda | Honda VTR1000 | 60 | Shinichi Ito | 3 | Kotake RSC | Honda | Honda RC45 | 61 | Makoto Tamada | 3 | Sakurai Honda | Honda | Honda VTR1000 | 63 | Yuichi Takeda | 3 | Pacific | Ducati | Ducati 996 RS2000 | 65 | Giuliano Sartoni | 7–8, 12 | 91 | Daniele Morigi | 10–12 | 113 | Paolo Blora | 4–9 | Kawasaki France | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 67 | Ludovic Holon | 7 | White Endurance | Honda | Honda VTR1000 | 69 | Jonnie Ekerold | 1–7 | 78 | Bertrand Stey | 10–13 | 80 | Oriol Fernández | 8 | Ghelfi Art Racing | Honda | Honda VTR1000 | 70 | Javier Rodríguez | 8, 11–13 | Procurde RPM Expert | Ducati | Ducati 996 SPS | 71 | Guim Roda | 8 | Pirelli Moto 2000 | Yamaha | Yamaha | 72 | Redamo Assirelli | 7 | Comp. Acc. Ducati | Ducati | Ducati | 73 | Larry Pegram | 9 | Pro Honda Oils Chem. | Honda | Honda | 74 | Brian Parriott | 9 | Duyzers | Suzuki | Suzuki | 77 | Maarten Duyzers | 11 | Image Trading S100 | Suzuki | Suzuki | 79 | Robert van der Molen | 11 | Hans v Wijk Motoren | Suzuki | Suzuki | 81 | Andre Coers | 11 | Yamaha Denmark | Yamaha | Yamaha | 84 | Rene Prang | 12 | Yamaha Norway | Yamaha | Yamaha | 85 | Oddgeir Havnen | 12 | MVR Bimota Exp. | Bimota | Bimota SB8R | 501 | Anthony Gobert | 1–3, 5–6 | | Key | Regular rider | Wildcard rider | Replacement rider | |