2022 Supersport 300 World Championship Explained

The 2022 Supersport 300 World Championship was the sixth season of the Supersport 300 World Championship. It started on April 8 at the MotorLand Aragón, and ended on October 9 at the Algarve International Circuit.

The championship was marred by the death of championship runner-up Victor Steeman, who suffered fatal injuries in an accident at the penultimate race of the season at the Algarve International Circuit.^[1]

Race calendar and results

2022 calendar[2]
Round		Country	Circuit	Date	Superpole	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team
1	R1	Spain	MotorLand Aragón	9 April	Marc García	Marc García	Marc García	Yamaha MS Racing
	R2			10 April		Matteo Vannucci	Álvaro Díaz	Arco Motor University Team
2	R1	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	23 April	Victor Steeman	Samuel di Sora	Victor Steeman	MTM Kawasaki
	R2			24 April		Yuta Okaya	nowrap	Hugo de Cancellis	Prodina Racing WorldSSP300
3	R1	Portugal	Circuito do Estoril	21 May	Yuta Okaya	Samuel di Sora	Marc García	Yamaha MS Racing
	R2			22 May		Petr Svoboda	Samuel di Sora	Leader Team Flembbo
4	R1	Italy	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	11 June	Matteo Vannucci	Victor Steeman	Matteo Vannucci	AG Motorsport Italia Yamaha
	R2			12 June		nowrap	Lennox Lehmann	Álvaro Díaz	Arco Motor University Team
5	R1	Czech Republic	Autodrom Most	30 July	Kevin Sabatucci	Marc García	Marc García	Yamaha MS Racing
	R2			31 July		Victor Steeman	Victor Steeman	MTM Kawasaki
6	R1	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	10 September	Victor Steeman	Matteo Vannucci	nowrap	Matteo Vannucci	AG Motorsport Italia Yamaha
	R2			11 September		Matteo Vannucci	Victor Steeman	MTM Kawasaki
7	R1	Spain	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	24 September	Victor Steeman	Mirko Gennai	Yuta Okaya	MTM Kawasaki
	R2			nowrap		25 September	Victor Steeman	Victor Steeman	MTM Kawasaki
8	R1	Portugal	Algarve International Circuit	8 October	Dirk Geiger	Samuel di Sora	Dirk Geiger	nowrap	Fusport-RT Motorsports by SKM-Kawasaki
	R2			9 October		Mirko Gennai	Mirko Gennai	Team BRcorse

Entry list

2022 entry list[3] Team Constructor Motorcycle Rider class=unsortable Rounds MTM Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja 400 72 Victor Steeman All 61 Yuta Okaya All 77 Ruben Bijman 1-5, 7-8 7 Máté Számadó 6 Kawasaki GP Project 59 Alessandro Zanca All 85 Kevin Sabatucci All Molenaar Racing Team 78 Thom Molenaar 2 4 Sven Doornenbal 2 Prodina Racing WorldSSP300 8 Bruno Ieraci All 64 Hugo de Cancellis All 25 Mattia Martella 4 Team#109 Kawasaki 88 Daniel Mogeda All 43 Harry Khouri All SMW Racing 58 Iñigo Iglesias All 14 Álex Millán 1, 3-8 10 Davide Conte 2 Accolade Smrž Racing 73 nowrap José Luis Pérez González 5-8 53 Petr Svoboda 1-6 35 Yeray Saiz Marquez All Fusport-RT Motorsports by SKM-Kawasaki 60 Dirk Geiger 1-6, 8 7 Máté Számadó 7 69 Troy Alberto All Leader Team Flembbo 46 Samuel di Sora All 23 Sylvain Markarian All 94 Loris Chaidron 6 2R Racing 19 Victor Rodriguez 1 Rame Moto Racing 16 Dinis Borges 3, 8 Quaresma Racing Team 79 Tomás Alonso 3, 8 Genius Racing Team 92 Filip Feigl 5 ESP Solutions Motap Racing Team 48 Julio Garcia Gonzalez 7 Freudenberg KTM-Paligo Racing KTM RC 390 R 28 Lennox Lehmann All Viñales Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R3 93 Marco Gaggi 1-6, 8 95 Adolfo Delgado 7 47 Fenton Seabright All Yamaha MS Racing 41 Marc García All 2 Iker García Abella All Arco Motor University Team 27 Álvaro Díaz All 55 Unai Calatayud 7 Team Trasimeno 34 Gasper Hudovernik 1 Team BRcorse 26 Mirko Gennai All 18 Indy Offer 1-5 21 Filippo Rovelli 6 57 Aldi Satya Mahendra 7 89 Wahyu Nugroho 8 ProGP Racing 80 Gabriele Mastroluca 1-7 13 Devis Bergamini 8 81 Ioannis Peristeras 2-8 AD78 Team Brasil by MS Racing 12 Humberto Maier All 87 Ton Kawakami 1-2, 4-6 39 Enzo Valentim Garcia 3, 7-8 AG Motorsport Italia Yamaha 91 Matteo Vannucci All VM Racing Team 15 Alfonso Coppola 4

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider

Championship standings

Points

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 EST MIS MOS MAG CAT POR 1 Álvaro Díaz Yamaha 2 1 11 2 6 26 2 1 3 2 3 2 2 4 7 2 259 2 Victor Steeman† Kawasaki 4 21 1 8 4 6 5 3 15 1 NC 1 8 1 Ret DNS 180 3 Hugo de Cancellis Kawasaki 12 12 5 1 27 7 9 4 2 15 Ret 4 4 2 2 5 171 4 Marc García Yamaha 1 2 6 8 1 5 12 13 1 9 2 20 18 21 10 15 164 5 Samuel di Sora Kawasaki 14 7 2 7 2 1 3 Ret 13 4 6 13 14 22 9 9 146 6 Mirko Gennai Yamaha 8 6 3 6 25 3 Ret 7 14 Ret Ret 5 10 3 5 1 140 7 Yuta Okaya Kawasaki 5 Ret 4 3 3 8 8 2 20 7 DNS DNS 1 13 DNS DNS 129 8 Matteo Vannucci Yamaha 7 Ret 7 12 8 14 1 DNS 5 12 1 16 16 16 6 3 123 9 Lennox Lehmann KTM 3 3 8 10 7 12 Ret 6 11 3 4 14 12 17 15 7 119 10 Iñigo Iglesias Kawasaki 6 5 Ret 16 Ret 2 6 12 DNS DNS 5 10 Ret 10 4 Ret 91 11 Dirk Geiger Kawasaki 17 13 Ret Ret 10 10 7 5 Ret 6 16 3 1 18 86 12 Bruno Ieraci Kawasaki 8 4 9 4 5 Ret Ret 14 Ret 18 Ret 8 9 7 Ret 10 82 13 Humberto Maier Yamaha 18 Ret Ret 15 20 11 17 18 6 14 9 9 5 6 3 Ret 69 14 Kevin Sabatucci Kawasaki 15 9 12 14 12 4 24 8 Ret 8 Ret 6 13 11 Ret 13 68 15 Ruben Bijman Kawasaki Ret Ret 10 Ret 9 9 10 9 19 Ret 11 12 Ret DNS 42 16 align=left nowrap José Luis Pérez González Kawasaki 10 5 8 12 Ret 5 Ret DNS 40 17 Gabriele Mastroluca Yamaha Ret 15 Ret 5 22 16 16 11 Ret 20 10 11 6 14 40 18 Petr Svoboda Kawasaki 19 11 Ret 17 26 17 11 Ret 24 11 11 7 29 19 Daniel Mogeda Kawasaki 21 17 19 20 17 22 20 20 4 13 13 18 Ret 15 13 11 28 20 Ton Kawakami Yamaha 13 8 Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret 10 7 26 26 21 Marco Gaggi Yamaha 9 10 14 19 14 24 15 Ret 16 21 DNS DNS 17 8 26 22 Álex Millán Kawasaki 16 DNS 11 15 14 17 Ret Ret 20 17 17 19 12 4 25 23 Julio Garcia Gonzalez Kawasaki 3 9 23 24 Alfonso Coppola Yamaha 4 10 19 25 Enzo Valentim Garcia Yamaha 18 Ret 21 24 8 6 18 26 Aldi Satya Mahendra Yamaha 7 8 17 27 Iker Garcia Abella Yamaha 11 Ret 15 13 21 19 Ret Ret 8 19 21 Ret 26 18 21 21 17 28 Troy Alberto Kawasaki Ret 20 21 25 23 18 18 15 9 24 12 15 19 23 Ret Ret 13 29 Yeray Saiz Marquez Kawasaki 22 19 16 18 29 23 21 22 12 17 18 22 22 29 11 12 13 30 Harry Khouri Kawasaki Ret 18 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 19 Ret 25 DNS DNS 12 31 Alessandro Zanca Kawasaki Ret 16 18 Ret 13 13 13 Ret 21 Ret 15 23 15 30 24 20 11 32 Sylvain Markarian Kawasaki Ret Ret 17 11 19 Ret 19 Ret DNS DNS 17 Ret 20 Ret 20 14 7 33 Wahyu Nugroho Yamaha 14 DNS 2 34 Máté Számadó Kawasaki 14 27 23 27 2 35 Fenton Seabright Yamaha 20 14 25 Ret 16 Ret Ret 19 17 22 19 21 25 20 16 19 2 36 Dinis Borges Kawasaki 15 21 19 17 1 Ioannis Peristeras Yamaha 24 21 24 25 23 16 18 23 22 25 24 26 23 16 0 Filip Feigl Kawasaki 23 16 0 Devis Bergamini Yamaha 18 Ret 0 Sven Doornenbal Kawasaki 20 22 0 Tomás Alonso Kawasaki Ret 20 22 Ret 0 Indy Offer Yamaha 24 22 26 26 28 27 22 21 22 Ret 0 Thom Molenaar Kawasaki 22 23 0 Davide Conte Kawasaki 23 24 0 Gašper Hudovernik Yamaha 23 Ret 0 Filippo Rovelli Yamaha Ret 24 0 Adolfo Delgado Yamaha 27 28 0 Unai Calatayud Yamaha 28 31 0 Víctor Rodriguez Kawasaki Ret Ret 0 Mattia Martella Kawasaki Ret Ret 0 Loris Chaidron Yamaha DNS DNS 0 Rider Bike ARA ASS EST MIS MOS MAG CAT POR

Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap † – Rider deceased

Teams' championship

Pos.	Team	Bike No.	ARA		ASS		EST		MIS		MOS		MAG		CAT		POR		Pts.
			R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	MTM Kawasaki	72	4	21	1	8	4	6	5	3	15	1	NC	1	8	1	Ret	DNS	312
		61	5	Ret	4	3	3	8	8	2	20	7	DNS	DNS	1	13	DNS	DNS
		77	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	9	9	10	9	19	Ret			11	12	Ret	DNS
		7											14	27
2	Arco Motor University Team	27	2	1	11	2	6	26	2	1	3	2	3	2	2	4	7	2	259
		55													28	31
3	Prodina Racing WorldSSP300	64	12	12	5	1	27	7	9	4	2	15	Ret	4	4	2	2	5	253
		8	8	4	9	4	5	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	18	Ret	8	9	7	Ret	10
		25							Ret	Ret
4	MS Racing	41	1	2	6	8	1	5	12	13	1	9	2	20	18	21	10	15	181
		2	11	Ret	15	13	21	19	Ret	Ret	8	19	21	Ret	26	18	21	21
5	Team BrCorse	26	8	6	3	6	25	3	Ret	7	14	Ret	Ret	5	10	3	5	1	159
		57													7	8
		89															14	DNS
		18	24	22	26	26	28	27	22	21	22	Ret
		21											Ret	24
6	Leader Team Flembbo	46	14	7	2	7	2	1	3	Ret	13	4	6	13	14	22	9	9	153
		23	Ret	Ret	17	11	19	Ret	19	Ret	DNS	DNS	17	Ret	20	Ret	20	14
		94											DNS	DNS
7	AG Motorsport Italia Yamaha	91	7	Ret	7	12	8	14	1	DNS	5	12	1	16	16	16	6	3	123
8	Freudenberg KTM-Paligo Racing	28	3	3	8	10	7	12	Ret	6	11	3	4	14	12	17	15	7	119
9	SMW Racing	58	6	5	Ret	16	Ret	2	6	12	DNS	DNS	5	10	Ret	10	4	Ret	116
		14	16	DNS			11	15	14	17	Ret	Ret	20	17	17	19	12	4
		10			23	24
10	AD78 Team Brasil by MS Racing	12	18	Ret	Ret	15	20	11	17	18	6	14	9	9	5	6	3	Ret	113
		87	13	8	Ret	DNS			Ret	Ret	Ret	10	7	26
		39					18	Ret							21	24	8	6
11	Fusport-RT Motorsports bu SKM-Kawasaki	60	17	13	Ret	Ret	10	10	7	5	Ret	6	16	3			1	18	99
		69	Ret	20	21	25	23	18	18	15	9	24	12	15	19	23	Ret	Ret
		7													23	27
12	Accolade Smrž Racing	73									10	5	8	12	Ret	5	Ret	DNS	82
		53	19	11	Ret	17	26	17	11	Ret	24	11	11	7
		35	22	19	16	18	29	23	21	22	12	17	18	22	22	29	11	12
13	Kawasaki GP Project	85	15	9	12	14	12	4	24	8	Ret	8	Ret	6	13	11	Ret	13	79
		59	Ret	16	18	Ret	13	13	13	Ret	21	Ret	15	23	15	30	24	20
14	ProGP Racing	80	Ret	15	Ret	5	22	16	16	11	Ret	20	10	11	6	14			40
		81			24	21	24	25	23	16	18	23	22	25	24	26	23	16
		13															18	Ret
15	Team#109 Kawasaki	88	21	17	19	20	17	22	20	20	4	13	13	18	Ret	15	13	11	40
		43	Ret	18	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	19	Ret	25	DNS	DNS
16	Viñales Racing Team	93	9	10	14	19	14	24	15	Ret	16	21	DNS	DNS			17	8	28
		47	20	14	25	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	19	17	22	19	21	25	20	16	19
		95													27	28
17	ESP Solutions Motap Racing Team	48													3	9			23
18	VM Racing Team	15							4	10									19
19	Rame Moto Racing	16					15	21									19	17	1
	Genius Racing Team	92									23	16							0
	Molenaar Racing Team	4			20	22													0
		78			22	23
	Quaresma Racing Team	79					Ret	20									22	Ret	0
	Team Trasemino	34	23	Ret															0
	2R Racing	19	Ret	Ret															0
Pos.	Team	Bike No.	ASS		BAR		MIS		IMO		MOS		MAG		ARA		POR		Pts.

Manufacturers' championship

	Manufacturer	ARA		ASS		EST		MIS		MOS		MAG		CAT		POR
1	Yamaha	1	1	3	2	1	3	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	3	3	1	344
2	align=left nowrap	Kawasaki	4	4	1	1	2	1	3	2	2	1	5	1	1	1	1	4	326
3	KTM	3	3	8	10	7	12	Ret	6	10	3	4	14	12	17	15	6	119
	Manufacturer	ARA		ASS		EST		MIS		MOS		MAG		CAT		POR

Notes and References

1. Web site: Victor Steeman passes away. October 11, 2022. October 11, 2022. worldsbk.com. Dorna WorldSBK.
2. Web site: WorldSBK .
3. Web site: WorldSBK .