Superbike World Championship is a silhouette road racing series based on heavily modified production sports motorcycles.
The 2008 Superbike World Championship was the twenty-first season of the Superbike World Championship. Corona Extra ceased to be the championship's title sponsor, as it had been since 1998. The electronics manufacturer HANNspree took over as the title sponsor in 2008 and this arrangement remained in place until 2010, with the championship officially known as the "HANNspree SBK Superbike World Championship".
Niccolò Canepa is a former Italian professional motorcycle road racer contracted from 2022 to RNF Racing in the MotoE World Cup aboard an Energica Ego Corsa. Canepa won the 2007 European Superstock 1000 Championship on a Ducati, and spent 2008 as a tester of their MotoGP and World Superbike machines.
The European Superstock 1000 Championship, formerly FIM Superstock 1000 Cup or Superstock 1000 FIM Cup, was a supporting class to the Superbike World Championship.
Vittorio Iannuzzo is an Italian motorcycle racer. He currently competes in the IDM Superbike Championship aboard a Suzuki GSX-R1000.
Lorenzo Savadori is a motorcycle racer from Italy, He was the 2015 FIM Superstock 1000 Cup winner and the Italia 2020 CIV Superbike Champion, acting as test rider for Aprilia with occasional wild card race entries. For the 2021 season, he competed in the MotoGP class of racing for Aprilia Racing as team-mate to Aleix Espargaró.
Santiago Barragán Portilla is a Spanish motorcycle racer. He currently rides a BMW S1000RR in the FIM CEV Superbike European Championship. He has competed in the 250cc World Championship, the Superbike World Championship, the Supersport World Championship, the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup and the European Superstock 600 Championship; in 2010 he won the European Superstock 1000 Championship and the privateers' class of the CEV Stock Extreme Championship.
The 2012 FIM Superstock 1000 Cup was the fourteenth season of the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, the eighth held under this name. The FIM Superstock 1000 championship followed the same calendar as the Superbike World Championship, with the exception that it did not venture outside of Europe, leaving the schedule at ten rounds.
The 2013 Superbike World Championship was the twenty-sixth season of the Superbike World Championship. It began on 24 February at Phillip Island and finished on 20 October at the Circuito de Jerez after 14 rounds.
Loris Baz is a French motorcycle racer. He is competing for the War Horse Ducati team in the 2024 Steel Commander MotoAmerica Superbike Championship.
Davide Giugliano is a motorcycle racer from Italy, winner of the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup in 2011.
Ayrton Badovini is an Italian motorcycle racer. He has competed in the Italian Superbike Championship, the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, where he was champion in 2010, the Superbike World Championship and the Supersport World Championship.
Luca Scassa is an Italian motorcycle racer who is a Ducati Corse test rider. He previously competed in the MotoGP World Championship, the Superbike World Championship the Supersport World Championship, the AMA Superbike Championship and the British Superbike Championship. He was the Italian Superbike champion in 2008 riding a MV Agusta. In 2022 FIM Endurance World Championship he rides for Italian based No Limits Motor Team in superstock category.
Alexander Thomas Lowes is an English motorcycle racer. He signed in October 2019 for the Kawasaki Racing Team in Superbike World Championship as team-mate to multi-world champion Jonathan Rea.
Florian Marino is a French motorcycle racer. In 2018, he replaced PJ Jacobsen on the Triple M Honda Fireblade for two races of the Superbike World Championship in Argentina, becoming injured during the second leg and was unable to compete in the final event at Qatar. He currently competes in the Spanish Superbike Championship, aboard a BMW S1000RR. In May 2023 he was also the test rider for Kawasaki at Misano.
Sylvain Barrier is a French motorcycle racer. He has won the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup twice, winning the title in 2012, and again in 2013.
Alessandro Polita is an Italian motorcycle racer, winner of the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup in 2006. His sister, Alessia Polita, also ran as a professional rider, until an accident caused paralysis of the lower limbs.
The 2005 European Superstock 600 Championship was the inaugural season of the European Superstock 600 Championship. The European Superstock 600 Championship was a support class to the Superbike World Championship at the European rounds. The championship used 600 cc production motorcycles and was reserved for riders between 15 and 24 years of age. Same rules as FIM Superstock 1000 Cup applied, but the series was organized by FIM Europe. The season was contested over ten races, beginning at Circuit Ricardo Tormo on 23 April and ending at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours on 8 October. Claudio Corti clinched the title becoming the first ever European Superstock 600 Championship champion after beating closest rival Yoann Tiberio.
The 2005 FIM Superstock 1000 Cup was the seventh season of the FIM Superstock 1000 championship, the first held under this name. The FIM Superstock 1000 championship followed the same calendar as the Superbike World Championship, missing out the none European rounds of the championship. Starting on 24 April in Circuit Ricardo Tormo and ending on 9 October in Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours.
The 2003 Superstock European Championship was the fifth season of the FIM Superstock championship. The FIM Superstock European Championship followed the same calendar as the Superbike World Championship, missing out the none European rounds of the championship. Starting on 2 March in Circuit Ricardo Tormo and ending on 19 October in Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours.
