2018 Supersport 300 World Championship Explained

The 2018 Supersport 300 World Championship was the second season of the Supersport 300 World Championship of motorcycle racing.

The season was won by Ana Carrasco who became the first female rider in history to win a World Championship in solo motorcycle road racing.

Race calendar and results

2018 calendar
	Country	Circuit	Date	Superpole	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team
1	Spain	MotorLand Aragón	15 April	Mika Pérez	Koen Meuffels	Koen Meuffels	KTM Fortron Junior Team
2	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	22 April	Mika Pérez	Ana Carrasco	Luca Grünwald	Freudenberg KTM WorldSSP Team
3	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	13 May	Ana Carrasco	María Herrera	Ana Carrasco	DS Junior Team
4	United Kingdom	Donington Park	27 May	Ana Carrasco	Ana Carrasco	Ana Carrasco	DS Junior Team
5	Czech Republic	Automotodrom Brno	10 June	Galang Hendra Pratama	Imanuel Putra Pratna	Galang Hendra Pratama	BIBLION YAMAHA MOTOXRACING
6	Italy	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	8 July	Galang Hendra Pratama	Ana Carrasco	Manuel Bastianelli	PRODINA IRCOS Team
7	Portugal	Algarve International Circuit	16 September	Tom Edwards	Ana Carrasco	Scott Deroue	Motoport Kawasaki
8	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	30 September	Scott Deroue	Mika Pérez	Daniel Valle	BCD Yamaha MS Racing

Entry list

2018 entry list[1] Team Constructor Motorcycle Rider Rounds DS Junior Team Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja 400 2 Ana Carrasco[2] All 20 Dorren Loureiro All Motoport Kawasaki Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja 400 3 Tom Toparis[3] 5–6 6 Robert Schotman[4] 1–3, 7–8 83 Lachlan Epis[5] 4 95 Scott Deroue All Benro Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R3 4 Milan Merckelbagh[6] 2 KTM Fortron Racing Team KTM KTM RC 390 R 5 Ryan Vos All 15 Glenn van Straalen All Scuderia Maranga Racing Honda Honda CBR500R 7 Nicola Settimo All 58 Trystan Finocchiaro[7] All Kawasaki ParkinGO Team Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja 400 8 Mika Pérez All 27 Filippo Rovelli All Moto Team Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja 400 9 Steffie Naud[8] 8 Miguel Oliveira Racing Team KTM KTM RC 390 R align=right style="background:#ccffcc;" 10 Pedro Fragoso[9] 7 MMR Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R3 align=right style="background:#ccffcc;" 11 Kevin Arduini[10] 3 Pertamina Almería BCD by MS Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R3 12 Ali Adriansyah Rusmiputro All Racedays Honda Honda CBR500R 13 Dino Iozzo All GP Project Team Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja 400 14 Enzo de la Vega[11] All 22 Nick Kalinin 1–3, 5–8 C.M. Racing A.S.D. Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R3 align=right style="background:#ccffcc;" 16 Marc Luna 1–2 KTM Fortron Junior Team KTM KTM RC 390 R 17 Koen Meuffels 1–6 align=right style="background:#ffcccc;" 72 Victor Steeman 7–8 Team Tóth – YART Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R3 18 Alex Murley 1–4 align=right style="background:#ffcccc;" 30 Daniel Blin 5–8 64 Hugo de Cancellis All Team Trasimeno Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R3 19 Luca Bernardi[12] All 39 Omar Bonoli[13] 6 align=right style="background:#ffcccc;" 61 Bahattin Sofuoğlu 7–8 62 Jared Schultz 6 84 Joep Overbeeke[14] 1–5 ETG Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja 400 21 Borja Sánchez All 78 Joseph Foray All KTM Orange Brigade/JP43 Training KTM KTM RC 390 R 23 Alex Dumas 8 Samurai–YART Racing Samurai Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R3 align=right style="background:#ccffcc;" 25 Andy Verdoïa 4–5, 8 44 Samuel Lochoff[15] All 79 Tomás Alonso All GRT Yamaha WorldSSP300 Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R3 28 Dennis Koopman All 54 Filippo Fuligni All Polish Talent Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R3 align=right style="background:#ccffcc;" 30 Daniel Blin 1–2 JRT Brno Circuit Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R3 32 Alexandra Pelikánová 5 BCD Yamaha MS Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R3 33 Daniel Valle[16] All 36 Beatriz Neila 1 69 María Herrera[17] All TERRA E MOTO Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R3 34 Jack Mahaffy 7 91 Giacomo Mora 8 96 Imanuel Putra Pratna 1–6 Symcirrus Motorsport Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja 400 35 Edmund Best 4 Motoclub Baláž/KPA Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja 400 37 Roman Kučera 5 Freudenberg KTM Junior Team KTM KTM RC 390 R 41 Jan-Ole Jähnig All Freudenberg KTM WorldSSP Team KTM KTM RC 390 R 43 Luca Grünwald[18] All 97 Maximilian Kappler All Kawasaki PALMETO PL Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja 400 align=right style="background:#ccffcc;" 47 Ferran Hernández 7 Team Runner Bike KTM KTM RC 390 R 48 Thomas Brianti 6 PRODINA IRCOS Team Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja 400 51 Manuel Bastianelli 3, 6 DEZA-Córdoba-Patrimonio de la Humanidad Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja 400 align=right style="background:#ccffcc;" 52 Guillem Erill 7 align=right style="background:#ccffcc;" 87 Alex Börner 7 BIBLION YAMAHA MOTOXRACING Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R3 55 Galang Hendra Pratama All 65 Jacopo Facco 6 99 Paolo Grassia 1–5, 7–8 Team B2G Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja 400 70 Hugo Girardet 8 Nutec – Benjan – Kawasaki Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja 400 71 Tom Edwards[19] All 93 Walid Khan All Motosport Schwarz Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R3 73 Vojtěch Schwarz 5 Team GoEleven Kawasaki Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja 400 75 Manuel Rocca 8 Team XG Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja 400 76 Luke Verwey 4 77 Kade Verwey 4 Pertamina Almería BCD Junior Team by MS BCD Pertamina Junior Team by MS Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R3 81 Manuel González All PROGP Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R3 85 Kevin Sabatucci 3, 6 Bibi's Racing Team KTM KTM RC 390 R 88 Bibi Damen 2 ARCO–MotoR UPV University Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R3 89 Adrián Carrasco 1

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

• All entries used Pirelli tyres.

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Riders' championship

	Rider	Bike	ARA	ASS	IMO	DON	BRN	MIS	POR	MAG
1	Ana Carrasco	Kawasaki	6	4	1	1	11	10	10	13	93
2	Mika Pérez	Kawasaki	3	Ret	8	8	DNS	2	2	2	92
3	Scott Deroue	Kawasaki	2	3	Ret	6	7	Ret	1	Ret	80
4	Luca Grünwald	KTM	9	1	4	10	10	5	29	6	78
5	Dorren Loureiro	Kawasaki	8	7	11	2	12	9	9	10	66
6	Manuel González	Yamaha	Ret	9	Ret	12	33	3	3	3	59
7	Borja Sánchez	Kawasaki	10	Ret	2	3	3	Ret	16	16	58
8	Daniel Valle	Yamaha	13	11	Ret	11	8	Ret	7	1	55
9	Glenn van Straalen	KTM	7	2	9	23	5	Ret	Ret	8	55
10	Galang Hendra Pratama	Yamaha	16	Ret	5	9	1	7	Ret	15	53
11	Koen Meuffels	KTM	1	Ret	Ret	5	4	Ret			49
12	Walid Khan	Kawasaki	11	5	10	Ret	2	Ret	21	11	47
13	María Herrera	Yamaha	17	10	7	18	9	6	Ret	4	45
14	Nick Kalinin	Kawasaki	4	6	Ret		6	Ret	Ret	7	42
15	Enzo de la Vega	Kawasaki	12	18	Ret	4	14	12	5	9	41
16	Jan-Ole Jähnig	KTM	Ret	8	6	7	13	8	14	17	40
17	Luca Bernardi	Yamaha	DSQ	DSQ	12	14	21	4	Ret	5	30
18	Manuel Bastianelli	Kawasaki			Ret			1			25
19	Robert Schotman	Kawasaki	5	Ret	Ret				4	Ret	24
20	Kevin Sabatucci	Yamaha			3			Ret			16
21	Tom Edwards	Kawasaki	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	26	6	Ret	11
22	Ferran Hernández	Kawasaki							8		8
23	Ali Adriansyah Rusmiputro	Yamaha	Ret	13	26	13	NC	Ret	18	20	6
24	Alex Börner	Kawasaki							11		5
25	Imanuel Putra Pratna	Yamaha	Ret	19	17	17	Ret	11			5
26	Andy Verdoïa	Yamaha				Ret	15			12	5
27	Maximilian Kappler	KTM	15	12	Ret	16	NC	22	27	30	5
28	Guillem Erill	Kawasaki							12		4
29	Paolo Grassia	Yamaha	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	25		28	14	4
30	Jack Mahaffy	Yamaha							13		3
31	Omar Bonoli	Yamaha						13			3
32	Filippo Rovelli	Kawasaki	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	20	Ret	20	18	3
33	Dennis Koopman	Yamaha	20	15	14	19	23	21	33	27	3
34	Hugo de Cancellis	Yamaha	DNS	16	18	21	16	14	22	19	2
35	Marc Luna	Yamaha	18	14							2
36	Victor Steeman	KTM							15	Ret	1
37	Jacopo Facco	Yamaha						15			1
38	Dino Iozzo	Honda	21	21	15	20	17	20	23	24	1
	Tomás Alonso	Yamaha	27	23	Ret	26	Ret	16	25	26	0
	Kevin Arduini	Yamaha			16						0
	Bahattin Sofuoğlu	Yamaha							17	DNS	0
	Filippo Fuligni	Yamaha	NC	28	19	Ret	22	17	19	Ret	0
	Alex Murley	Yamaha	23	17	Ret	Ret					0
	Samuel Lochoff	Yamaha	28	24	25	22	27	18	24	Ret	0
	Daniel Blin	Yamaha	25	Ret			18	Ret	26	Ret	0
	Tom Toparis	Kawasaki					19	19			0
	Joseph Foray	Kawasaki	19	26	20	24	26	24	31	23	0
	Joep Overbeeke	Yamaha	24	20	22	Ret	WD				0
	Giacomo Mora	Yamaha								21	0
	Ryan Vos	KTM	Ret	Ret	21	Ret	24	23	34	29	0
	Manuel Rocca	Kawasaki								22	0
	Milan Merckelbagh	Yamaha		22							0
	Beatriz Neila	Yamaha	22								0
	Nicola Settimo	Honda	29	27	23	25	30	25	30	28	0
	Trystan Finocchiaro	Honda	Ret	25	24	27	29	27	32	32	0
	Alex Dumas	KTM								25	0
	Adrián Carrasco	Yamaha	26								0
	Jared Schultz	Yamaha						28			0
	Roman Kučera	Kawasaki					28				0
	Lachlan Epis	Kawasaki				28					0
	Thomas Brianti	KTM						29			0
	Luke Verwey	Kawasaki				29					0
	Bibi Damen	KTM		29							0
	Steffie Naud	Kawasaki								31	0
	Vojtěch Schwarz	Yamaha					31				0
	Alexandra Pelikánová	Yamaha					32				0
	Pedro Fragoso	KTM							35		0
	Kade Verwey	Kawasaki				Ret					0
	Edmund Best	Kawasaki				Ret					0
	Hugo Girardet	Kawasaki								DNS	0
	Rider	Bike	ARA	ASS	IMO	DON	BRN	MIS	POR	MAG

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

Teams' championship

	Team	Bike No.	ARA	ASS	IMO	DON	BRN	MIS	POR	MAG
1	DS Junior Team	2	6	4	1	1	11	10	10	13	159
		20	8	7	11	2	12	9	9	10
2	Motoport Kawasaki	95	2	3	Ret	6	7	Ret	1	Ret	104
		6	5	Ret	Ret				4	Ret
		3					19	19
		83				28
3	BCD Yamaha MS Racing	33	13	11	Ret	11	8	Ret	7	1	100
		69	17	10	7	18	9	6	Ret	4
		36	22
4	Kawasaki ParkinGO Team	8	3	Ret	8	8	DNS	2	2	2	95
		27	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	20	Ret	20	18
5	Freudenberg KTM WorldSSP Team	43	9	1	4	10	10	5	29	6	83
		97	15	12	Ret	16	NC	22	27	30
6	GP Project Team	22	4	6	Ret		6	Ret	Ret	7	83
		14	12	18	Ret	4	14	12	5	9
7	Pertamina Almería BCD Junior Team by MS BCD Pertamina Junior Team by MS Racing	81	Ret	9	Ret	12	33	3	3	3	59
8	Nutec – Benjan – Kawasaki	93	11	5	10	Ret	2	Ret	21	11	58
		71	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	26	6	Ret
9	BIBLION YAMAHA MOTOXRACING	55	16	Ret	5	9	1	7	Ret	15	58
		99	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	25		28	14
		65						15
10	ETG Racing	21	10	Ret	2	3	3	Ret	16	16	58
		78	19	26	20	24	26	24	31	23
11	KTM Forton Racing Team	15	7	2	9	23	5	Ret	Ret	8	55
		5	Ret	Ret	21	Ret	24	23	34	29
12	KTM Forton Junior Team	17	1	Ret	Ret	5	4	Ret			50
		72							15	Ret
13	Freudenberg KTM Junior Team	41	Ret	8	6	7	13	8	14	17	40
14	Team Trasimeno	19	DSQ	DSQ	12	14	21	4	Ret	5	33
		39						13
		61							17	DNS
		84	24	20	22	Ret	WD
		62						28
15	PRODINA IRCOS Team	51			Ret			1			25
16	PROGP Racing	85			3			Ret			16
17	DEZA-Córdoba-Patrimonio de la Humanidad	87							11		9
		52							12
18	Kawasaki PALMETO PL Racing	47							8		8
19	TERRA E MOTO	96	Ret	19	17	17	Ret	11			8
		34							13
		91								21
20	Pertamina Almería BCD by MS Racing	12	Ret	13	26	13	NC	Ret	18	20	6
21	Samurai–YART Racing Samurai Racing	25				Ret	15			12	5
		79	27	23	Ret	26	Ret	16	25	26
		44	28	24	25	22	27	18	24	Ret
22	GRT Yamaha WorldSSP300 Team	28	20	15	14	19	23	21	33	27	3
		54	NC	28	19	Ret	22	17	19	Ret
23	C.M. Racing A.S.D.	16	18	14							2
24	Team Tóth – YART	64	DNS	16	18	21	16	14	22	19	2
		18	23	17	Ret	Ret
		30					18	Ret	26	Ret
25	Racedays	13	21	21	15	20	17	20	23	24	1
	MMR	11			16						0
	Benro Racing	4		22							0
	Team GoEleven Kawasaki	75								22	0
	Scuderia Maranga Racing	7	29	27	23	25	30	25	30	28	0
		58	Ret	25	24	27	29	27	32	32
	Polish Talent Team	30	25	Ret							0
	KTM Orange Brigade/JP43 Training	23								25	0
	ARCO–MotoR UPV University Team	89	26								0
	Motoclub Baláž/KPA	37					28				0
	Bibi's Racing Team	88		29							0
	Team XG Racing	76				29					0
		77				Ret
	Team Runner Bike	48						29			0
	Motosport Schwarz Racing Team	73					31				0
	Moto Team	9								31	0
	JRT Brno Circuit	32					32				0
	Miguel Oliveira Racing Team	10							35		0
	Symcirrus Motorsport	35				Ret
	Team B2G	70								DNS
	Team	Bike No.	ARA	ASS	IMO	DON	BRN	MIS	POR	MAG	Pts.

Manufacturers' championship

	Manufacturer	ARA	ASS	IMO	DON	BRN	MIS	POR	MAG
1	Kawasaki	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	2	176
2	Yamaha	13	9	3	9	1	3	3	1	115
3	KTM	1	1	4	5	4	5	14	6	110
4	Honda	21	21	15	20	17	20	23	24	1
	Manufacturer	ARA	ASS	IMO	DON	BRN	MIS	POR	MAG

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Supersport 300 World Championship 2018 Provisional Permanent Entry List. 12 December 2017. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 4 July 2019.
2. Web site: Spanish Round, 13–14–15 April 2018 – World Supersport 300 – Biographical Entry List. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 13 April 2018. 13 July 2019.
3. Web site: Acerbis Czech Round, 8 –10 June 2018 – World Supersport 300 – Biographical Entry List. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 8 June 2018. 13 July 2019.
4. Web site: Schotman joins MTM HS Kawasaki in 2018. 13 November 2017. Dorna WSBK. 12 July 2019.
5. Web site: Prosecco DOC UK Round, 25–27 May 2018 – World Supersport 300 – Biographical Entry List. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 25 May 2018. 13 July 2019.
6. Web site: Dutch Round, 20–21–22 April 2018 – World Supersport 300 – Biographical Entry List. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 20 April 2018. 13 July 2019.
7. News: Trystan Finocchiaro joins Scuderia Maranga Racing Team. 8 January 2018. Dorna WSBK. 12 July 2019.
8. Web site: Acerbis French Round, 28 – 30 September 2018 – World Supersport 300 – Biographical Entry List. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 28 September 2018. 13 July 2019.
9. Web site: Nolan Portuguese Round, 14 – 16 September 2018 – World Supersport 300 – Biographical Entry List. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 14 September 2018. 13 July 2019.
10. Web site: Pata Italian Round, 11–12–13 May 2018 – World Supersport 300 – Biographical Entry List. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 11 May 2018. 13 July 2019.
11. Web site: GP Project Team announces 2018 line up. 8 December 2017. Dorna WSBK. 12 July 2019.
12. Web site: 2018 bLU cRU line up announced. 10 November 2017. Dorna WSBK. 12 July 2019.
13. Web site: Pirelli Riviera di Rimini Round, 6 – 8 July 2018 – World Supersport 300 – Biographical Entry List. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 6 July 2018. 13 July 2019.
14. Web site: Overbeeke added to 2018 bLU cRU team. 28 November 2017. Dorna WSBK. 12 July 2019.
15. News: Samurai Racing announce dynamic duo Alonso and Lochoff for WSS 300. 15 December 2017. Dorna WSBK. 12 July 2019.
16. Web site: Valle remains with Halcourier Racing in 2018. 11 December 2017. Dorna WSBK. 12 July 2019.
17. News: Maria Herrera: "I'll fight to the end to win". 21 December 2017. Dorna WSBK. 12 July 2019.
18. Web site: Grünwald joins Freudenberg Racing for their WorldSSP300 debut. 12 December 2017. Dorna WSBK. 12 July 2019.
19. Web site: Soppe and Edwards to ride the 2018 WorldSSP 300 campaign. 15 December 2017. Dorna WSBK. 12 July 2019.