2002 Superstock European Championship

Last updated January 15, 2025

2002 FIM Superstock 1000 Cup
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Support series: Superbike World Championship Supersport World Championship

The 2002 Superstock European Championship was the fourth season of the FIM Superstock championship. The season began on 10 March at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Spain, and finished on 29 September at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Italy.

Race calendar and results

2002 Calendar^[1]
Round	Date	Round	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Race winner	Winning team	Winning constructor
1	10 March	Spain	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Vittorio Iannuzzo ^[2]	Alstare System Suzuki Italia	Suzuki
2	12 May	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Alstare System Suzuki Italia	Suzuki
3	26 May	United Kingdom	Silverstone Circuit	Chris Burns	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Chris Burns	Roundstone Racing	Suzuki
4	9 June	Germany	Lausitzring	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Alstare System Suzuki Italia	Suzuki
5	23 June	San Marino	Autodromo di Santamonica	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Gianluca Vizziello	GIMotorsport	Yamaha
6	28 July	Europe	Brands Hatch	Vittorio Iannuzzo ^[3]	Chris Burns	Chris Burns ^[4]	Roundstone Racing	Suzuki
7	1 September	Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Walter Tortoroglio	Walter Tortoroglio	Walter Tortoroglio	Rumi	Honda
8	8 September	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Michael Laverty	Michael Laverty	E.M.S. Racing	Suzuki
9	29 September	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Alstare System Suzuki Italia	Suzuki

Entry list

Team	Constructor	Motorcycle	No.	Rider	Rounds
Bike Service	Aprilia	Aprilia RSV 1000	70	Ilario Dionisi	5
Bike Service			71	Roberto Lunadei	5, 9
FBC Racing			76	Enrico Pasini	7, 9
MIRacing			53	Jose Manuel Hurtado	1
Tosi Tonini			72	Marco Tonini	5, 9
Arancia	Ducati	Ducati 998 S	52	Sergio Fuertes	1
D.F.X. Racing Ducati Pirelli			12	Lorenzo Alfonsi	All
D.F.X. Racing Ducati Pirelli			42	Riccardo Chiarello	All
Flanders Motor Racing MCT-Sitra			7	Robert De Vries	All
			11	Nicolas Saelens	All
			80	Ghisbert Van Ginhoven	8
Lowlands Racing			16	John Bakker	1–6, 8–9
Rox Racing			21	Sergio Ruggiero	All
Spaziotel Racing			22	Christian Dal Corso	All
Harry Meyerink Transport	Honda	Honda CBR900RR	79	Lee Bootsman	8
Intermoto Progres Ecoplast			45	Marek Červený	All
R.M.C.E.			51	Raul Jacobo	1
Rumi			2	Walter Tortoroglio	All
			3	Fabrizio De Marco	All
			44	Alessandro Brannetti	2–9
			73	Hervé Gantner	7
UCL Racing Honda			23	Simon Andrews	1–8
UCL Racing Honda			24	Luke Quigley	1
Alstare System Suzuki Italia	Suzuki	Suzuki GSX 1000 R	28	Giacomo Romanelli	All
Alstare System Suzuki Italia			31	Vittorio Iannuzzo	All
Arbr 'A' Cames			33	Ludovic Fourreau	1–6
Bender Four Star Racing			65	Katja Poensgen	4
Bender Four Star Racing			66	Benjamin Nabert	4–5, 7
Bob Racing			61	Bob Withag	8
Brave			55	Marco Tessarolo	2, 5, 9
Carfix Autoschade Damwoud			82	Bertus Folkertsma	8
Celani			70	Ilario Dionisi	9
Chrysalis Racing			58	Kieran Murphy	3, 6
Circuit Comunitat Valenciana			53	Jose Manuel Hurtado	9
Circuit Comunitat Valenciana			54	Alex Martinez	9
Delling			75	Daniel Delling	7
E.M.S. Racing			68	Declan Swanton	1–5, 7
E.M.S. Racing			95	Michael Laverty	6, 8
Eti			62	Ross McCulloch	6
G.S. Racing			85	Paul Mooijman	8
Hi-Peak Racing			9	Chris Miller	1–2
Hobbs Racing			63	Dennis Hobbs	6
ICSAT			34	Didier Van Keymeulen	All
Jentin Racing			24	Luke Quigley	2, 5–8
Jentin Racing			99	Matt Layt	1
K.S. Racing			49	Koen Vleugels	All
Karthin Suzuki			67	Bjoern Steinmetz	4, 7
KF Racing			59	Kevin Falcke	3
LiveOnScreen Racing			4	Andy Notman	All
Lloyds Autobodies			57	Steve Brogan	3, 6, 8
MRI Competicion			54	Alex Martinez	1
Roundstone Racing			56	Chris Burns	3, 6
Sacchi Corse Biassono R.			8	Dario Tosolini	1–7
Shafer Yoshimara Suzuki			78	Stefan Nebel	7
Star Moto			77	Olivier Four	All
Suzuki Stefan Schmidt			26	Christian Nau	All
Five Racing	Yamaha	Yamaha YZF 1000 R1	18	Ciro Ranieri	All
Folch Endurance			50	Antonio Guinovart	1
GIMotorsport			6	Gianluca Vizziello	2–9
			69	Raffaello Fabbroni	1–5
			70	Ilario Dionisi	8
Legs 11			60	Kelvin Reilly	3, 6
Lorenzini by Leoni			37	William De Angelis	All
Lorenzini by Leoni			90	Lorenzo Mauri	1–4, 6–9
Saveko Racing Freddy Racing			25	Freddy Papunen	1–5, 7–9
Zone Rouge			20	Geoffrey Naze	1–8

Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

Championship' standings

Riders' standings

Pos	Rider	Bike	VAL	MNZ	SIL	LAU	MIS	BRA	OSC	ASS	IMO	Pts
1	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Suzuki	1^PF	1^PF	5^F	1^PF	2^PF	DNS^P	5	6^P	1^PF	152
2	Walter Tortoroglio	Honda	5	2	4	DNS	6	5	1^PF	11	8	103
3	Gianluca Vizziello	Yamaha		4	8	2	1	6	EX	4	5	100
4	Andy Notman	Suzuki	Ret	13	14	12	7	4	3	2	3	83
5	Giacomo Romanelli	Suzuki	2	3	9	Ret	13	7	Ret	9	7	71
6	Lorenzo Alfonsi	Ducati	3	DNS	7	3	3	DNS	Ret	5	13	71
7	Koen Vleugels	Suzuki	9	5	15	5	Ret	22	2	13	15	54
8	Chris Burns	Suzuki			1^P			1^F				50
9	Didier Van Keymeulen	Suzuki	15	12	10	9	11	10	7	7	14	49
10	Riccardo Chiarello	Ducati	7	DNQ	30	11	Ret	Ret	6	8	6	42
11	Steve Brogan	Suzuki			2			DNS		3		36
12	Kieran Murphy	Suzuki			3			2				36
13	Lorenzo Mauri	Yamaha	12	DNS	13	10		15	9	10	11	32
14	Ludovic Fourreau	Suzuki	6	Ret	12	8	Ret	9				29
15	Alex Martinez	Suzuki	8								2	28
16	Ilario Dionisi	Aprilia					4					26
		Yamaha								21
		Suzuki									4
17	Benjamin Nabert	Suzuki				4	8		11			26
18	Alessandro Brannetti	Honda		DNS	23	15	5	12	10	18	12	26
19	Michael Laverty	Suzuki						NC		1^F		25
20	Olivier Four	Suzuki	WD	10	6	Ret	Ret	WD	WD	WD	9	23
21	Luke Quigley	Honda	10									22
21	Luke Quigley	Suzuki		DNS			WD	8	8	16		22
22	Ross McCulloch	Suzuki						3				16
23	Marco Tessarolo	Suzuki		7			9				Ret	16
24	Simon Andrews	Honda	18	9	11	17	DNS	14	Ret	14		16
25	William De Angelis	Yamaha	19	DNS	28	21	Ret	Ret	12	12	10	14
26	Sergio Fuertes	Ducati	4									13
27	Stefan Nebel	Suzuki							4			13
28	Bjoern Steinmetz	Suzuki				6			13			13
29	Fabrizio De Marco	Honda	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	13
30	Dario Tosolini	Suzuki	13	DNS	Ret	7	WD	WD	WD			12
31	Freddy Papunen	Yamaha	Ret	8	16	13	Ret		Ret	19	16	11
32	Sergio Ruggiero	Ducati	27	14	27	19	10	19	20	22	Ret	8
33	John Bakker	Ducati	11	Ret	DNS	Ret	16	22		15	23	6
34	Dennis Hobbs	Suzuki						11				5
35	Raffaelo Fabbroni	Yamaha	20	11	17	16	WD					5
36	Ciro Ranieri	Yamaha	23	16	26	Ret	12	Ret	15	23	19	5
37	Christian Nau	Suzuki	21	Ret	25	14	18	20	14	Ret	25	4
38	Chris Miller	Suzuki	14	DNS								2
39	Roberto Lunadei	Aprilia					14				24	2
40	Robert De Vries	Ducati	17	15	22	18	15	16	DNS	17	21	2
	Antonio Guinovart	Yamaha	16									0
	Daniel Delling	Suzuki							16			0
	Nicolas Saelens	Ducati	WD	DNQ	24	22	Ret	17	19	Ret	17	0
	Geoffrey Naze	Yamaha	30	17	31	Ret	20	18	Ret	WD		0
	Marco Tonini	Aprilia					17				20	0
	Enrico Pasini	Aprilia							17		22	0
	Kelvin Reilly	Yamaha			18			DNS				0
	Christian Dal Corso	Ducati	25	DNS	29	23	Ret	21	18	26	DNS	0
	Jose Manuel Hurtado	Aprilia	24									0
	Jose Manuel Hurtado	Suzuki									18	0
	Kevin Falcke	Suzuki			19							0
	Declan Swanton	Suzuki	22	WD	20	24	19		WD			0
	Bob Withag	Suzuki								20		0
	Marek Červený	Honda	28	DNS	21	20	WD	Ret	Ret	DNS	26	0
	Hervé Gantner	Honda							21			0
	Bertus Folkertsma	Suzuki								24		0
	Lee Bootsman	Honda								25		0
	Matt Layt	Suzuki	26									0
	Raul Jacobo	Honda	29									0
	Ghisbert Van Ginhoven	Ducati								Ret		0
	Paul Mooijman	Suzuki								Ret		0
	Katja Poensgen	Suzuki				DSQ						0
Pos	Rider	Bike	VAL	MNZ	SIL	LAU	MIS	BRA	OSC	ASS	IMO	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)

P – Pole position
F – Fastest lap
Source : ^[5]

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References

↑ "2002 World Superbike calendar". roadracingworld.com. 23 July 2001. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
↑ "Iannuzzo Wins Euro Superstock Race At Valencia". RoadracingWorld. 10 March 2002. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
↑ "European Superstock Championship Leader Vittorio Iannuzzo Takes Pole At Brands Hatch". RoadracingWorld. 27 July 2002. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
↑ Fern, Dave (29 July 2002). "Edwards on a roll". The Daily Telegraph . p. 41. Retrieved 14 January 2025– via Newspapers.com.
↑ "2002 Superstock European Championship standings" (PDF). resources.worldsbk.com. 29 September 2002. Retrieved 4 January 2025.

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[1] "2002 World Superbike calendar". roadracingworld.com. 23 July 2001. Retrieved 4 January 2025.

[2] "Iannuzzo Wins Euro Superstock Race At Valencia". RoadracingWorld. 10 March 2002. Retrieved 14 January 2025.

[3] "European Superstock Championship Leader Vittorio Iannuzzo Takes Pole At Brands Hatch". RoadracingWorld. 27 July 2002. Retrieved 14 January 2025.

[4] Fern, Dave (29 July 2002). "Edwards on a roll". The Daily Telegraph . p. 41. Retrieved 14 January 2025– via Newspapers.com.

[5] "2002 Superstock European Championship standings" (PDF). resources.worldsbk.com. 29 September 2002. Retrieved 4 January 2025.

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