The 2012 Superbike World Championship was the twenty-fifth season of the

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. It began on 26 February at

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and ended on 7 October in

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after 14 rounds. The season saw the number of complete motorcycles in use limited to one per rider; this meant that the rules allowing bike changes during a race (''flag-to-flag'') were cancelled.

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rider

Max Biaggi Massimiliano "Max" Biaggi (; born 26 June 1971) is an Italian former professional Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who achieved six World Championships. With four 250 cc road race titles and two in Superbike Wor ...

clinched his second SBK championship, pipping Kawasaki rider

Tom Sykes Thomas Edward Sykes (born 19 August 1985 in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England) is a professional Motorcycle racing, motorcycle racer who first competed in World Superbike Championship during . For the 2022 season, Sykes rejoined his former ...

by just half a point.

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won more races than both Biaggi and Sykes this season but failing to score points in 5 of the last 6 races cost him the title.

Race calendar and results

The provisional race schedule was publicly announced by the

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on 24 September 2011 with thirteen confirmed rounds and two other rounds pending confirmation.

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appeared for the first time in the calendar with a round at the brand-new

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. The calendar was updated in October 2011 with the confirmation of the

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round, for a total fourteen rounds. All races with the exception of

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– races held on

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Monday – were held on Sundays. ;Footnotes:

Entry list

* A provisional entry list was released by the

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on 18 January 2012. *All entries used

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tyres.

Championship standings

Riders' standings

Teams' championship

Manufacturers' standings

* The second races at Monza and Silverstone were stopped early and half points were awarded.

References

External links

* {{Superbike World Championship Superbike World Championship seasons

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