2004 Superbike World Championship | |||
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The 2004 Superbike World Championship was the seventeenth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 29 February at Valencia and finished on 3 October at Magny-Cours after 11 rounds. The traditional Japanese round at Sugo was replaced with a new Canadian round which was scheduled for 4 July at the Mont-Tremblant, near Quebec. Though no explanation was given for the change, it was seen as some form of revenge after the refusal of the Japanese manufacturers to back the 2004 rules. [1] The Canadian round was eventually canceled after a circuit inspection determined that the amount of work necessary to bring the venue up to WSBK standard could not be carried out in time for the proposed date. [2]
2004 was the first season all bikes had to use control tyres, provided by Pirelli. [3] Partly because of the control tyre rule, no factory bikes were entered by Japanese manufacturers.
James Toseland won the riders' championship and Ducati won the manufacturers' championship.
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Bold – Pole position |
Pos. | Manufacturer | ESP ![]() | AUS ![]() | SMR ![]() | ITA ![]() | GER ![]() | GBR ![]() | USA ![]() | GBR ![]() | NED ![]() | ITA ![]() | FRA ![]() | Pts | |||||||||||
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R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 530 |
2 | ![]() | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 4 | Ret | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 289 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 200 |
4 | ![]() | 14 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 10 | Ret | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 129 |
5 | ![]() | 8 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 101 |
6 | ![]() | 9 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | Ret | 13 | 13 | 16 | 12 | Ret | 7 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 89 |
NC | ![]() | 16 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Pos. | Manufacturer | ESP ![]() | AUS ![]() | SMR ![]() | ITA ![]() | GER ![]() | GBR ![]() | USA ![]() | GBR ![]() | NED ![]() | ITA ![]() | FRA ![]() | Pts |