2016 FIM CEV Superbike European Championship

Last updated December 28, 2024

2016 FIM CEV Superbike European Championship
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Support series: FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship

The 2016 FIM CEV Superbike European Championship was the third and final season of the Superbike European Championship series. The series would be discontinued from next year onward and would be replaced by the new European Talent Cup series.^[1] Spaniard Carmelo Morales won the title back to back after beating closest rival Maximilian Scheib.^[2]

Race Calendar and Results

Round	Date	Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Rider	Winning Team	Winning Constructor
1	17 April	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	Santiago Barragán	Carmelo Morales	Maximilian Scheib	Targobank Easyrace	BMW
2	29 May	MotorLand Aragón	Carmelo Morales	Maximilian Scheib	Carmelo Morales	Yamaha Laglisse	Yamaha
2	29 May	MotorLand Aragón	Carmelo Morales	Carmelo Morales	Carmelo Morales	Yamaha Laglisse	Yamaha
3	12 June	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	Carmelo Morales	Maximilian Scheib	Carmelo Morales	Yamaha Laglisse	Yamaha
4	3 July	Circuito de Albacete	Carmelo Morales	Maximilian Scheib	Maximilian Scheib	Targobank Easyrace	BMW
4	3 July	Circuito de Albacete	Carmelo Morales	Carmelo Morales	Carmelo Morales	Yamaha Laglisse	Yamaha
5	28 August	Algarve International Circuit	Carmelo Morales	Carmelo Morales	Carmelo Morales	Yamaha Laglisse	Yamaha
5	28 August	Algarve International Circuit	Carmelo Morales	Carmelo Morales	Carmelo Morales	Yamaha Laglisse	Yamaha
6	2 October	Circuito de Jerez	Maximilian Scheib	Carmelo Morales	Carmelo Morales	Yamaha Laglisse	Yamaha
6	2 October	Circuito de Jerez	Maximilian Scheib	Maximilian Scheib	Carmelo Morales	Yamaha Laglisse	Yamaha
7	20 November	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	Maximilian Scheib	Maximilian Scheib	Maximilian Scheib	Targobank Easyrace	BMW

Entry List

Team	Constructor	No.	Rider	Rounds
Chronos Corse - TMP Racing Sport	Aprilia	58	Michael Møller Pedersen	All
Arc Competicion	BMW	25	Roberto Blazquez	All
Danny Tomlinson Racing		8	Mike Booth	7
DR7 Proelit Racing Team		23	Adrián Bonastre	1
DR7 Proelit Racing Team		99	Pedro Rodríguez	1
HM Racing Diablo 666		96	Piers Hutchins	7
Jones Dorling Racing		48	Ash Beech	7
Mcnealy Brown		30	Rob Mcnealy	7
Motomarket Racing		76	Valter Patronen	1–2
Targobank Easyrace SBK Team		7	Maximilian Scheib	All
		39	Marcos Solorza Parada	5–6
		51	Santiago Barragán	1–4
		99	Pedro Rodríguez	7
EAB Racing Team by Schacht Racing	Ducati	57	Alex Schacht	6
JEG Ducatimo		17	Thierry Mulot	2–3, 6
Plassen Roadracing Team		65	Ole Bjørn Plassen	All
Motomarket Racing	Kawasaki	5	Eeki Kuparinen	All
Kawasaki Palmeto PL Racing		18	Lucas De Ulacia	3
Kawasaki Palmeto PL Racing		47	Ángel Rodríguez	3
Oneundret Racing Team		35	Rafid Topan Sucipto	7
Oneundret Racing Team		91	Tiago Magalhães	1–6
RLPerformance 58		50	Ricardo Lopes	5
Speed Racing - Andalucia CRT		90	Javier Alviz	7
SRTeam		88	Juan Luis Ortiz	4–7
Team Speed Racing		3	Fabrizio Perotti	7
Team Tack		69	David McFadden	5
TEX Racing		46	Pierre Texier	All
JEG Racing	Suzuki	43	Chris Cotton-Russell	All
		72	Anthony Delhalle	1–2, 4, 6–7
		94	Naomichi Uramoto	7
CRT Motorsport	Yamaha	16	Oscar Climent	1–4, 6–7
G.A. Racing		19	Ryan Gibson	7
Gil Motor Sport		95	Christophe Ponsson	7
Leopard Yamaha Stratos		12	Guillermo Llano	All
		33	Niko Mäkinen	All
		55	Alejandro Medina	1, 3–7
		75	Mika Höglund	All
Quixote Yamalube /KM Xtra		84	Diego Pierluigi	1–4
RTM / Jacomoto Azmer		80	Erik Morillas	7
Team CMS		10	Benjamim Colliaux	7
		15	Mathieu Dumas	7
		89	Axel Maurin	7
Yamaha Laglisse		31	Carmelo Morales	All
Yamaha Laglisse		66	Philippe Le Gallo	All

Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

Championship' standings

Points were awarded to the top fifteen riders, provided the rider finished the race.

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

Pos.	Rider	Bike	VAL	ARA		BAR	ALB		POR		JER		VAL	Pts
1	Carmelo Morales	Yamaha	Ret^F	1^P	1^PF	1^P	2^P	1^PF	1^PF	1^PF	1^F	1	2	240
2	Maximilian Scheib	BMW	1	3^F	2	2^F	1^F	9	2	2	2^P	2^PF	1^PF	218
3	Alejandro Medina	Yamaha	2			3	4	3	3	3	4	4	9	130
4	Anthony Delhalle	Suzuki	4	4	4		3	2			3	3	7	116
5	Pierre Texier	Kawasaki	8	8	6	Ret	5	4	5	4	6	Ret	10	90
6	Niko Mäkinen	Yamaha	5	5	Ret	DNS	6	7	8	7	7	6	DNS	77
7	Eeki Kuparinen	Kawasaki	13	Ret	8	5	7	6	4	6	11	11	DNS	74
8	Oscar Climent	Yamaha	7	6	5	4	Ret	DNS			10	7	13	61
9	Tiago Magalhães	Kawasaki	14	9	11	9	10	8	7	9	15	13		55
10	Santiago Barragán	BMW	3^P	2	3	DNS	DNS	DNS						52
11	Guillermo Llano	Yamaha	9	11	9	12	Ret	10	10	8	13	10	Ret	52
12	Chris Cotton-Russell	Suzuki	11	10	12	Ret	8	11	9	Ret	12	9	Ret	46
13	Ole Bjørn Plassen	Ducati	DNS	Ret	7	7	Ret	DNS	WD	WD	8	8	6	44
14	Marcos Solorza Parada	BMW							6	5	5	5		43
15	Roberto Blazquez	BMW	15	Ret	14	10	9	12	11	10	14	12	15	38
16	Diego Pierluigi	Yamaha	12	7	Ret	6	Ret	5						34
17	Michael Møller Pedersen	Aprilia	Ret	13	13	11	Ret	13	13	12	16	14	19	23
18	Christophe Ponsson	Yamaha											3	16
19	Naomichi Uramoto	Suzuki											4	13
20	Mika Höglund	Yamaha	16	15	16	13	13	15	15	13	DNS	DNS	18	12
21	Axel Maurin	Yamaha											5	11
22	Philippe Le Gallo	Yamaha	17	16	17	14	11	NC	14	14	18	16	21	11
23	Adrián Bonastre	BMW	6											10
24	Thierry Mulot	Ducati		12	10	DNS					Ret	DNS		10
25	Ricardo Lopes	Kawasaki							12	11				9
26	Lucas De Ulacia	Kawasaki				8								8
27	Fabrizio Perotti	Kawasaki											8	8
28	Alex Schacht	Ducati									9	Ret		7
29	Juan Luis Ortiz	Kawasaki					12	14	16	Ret	17	15	20	7
30	Pedro Rodríguez	BMW	10										DNS	6
31	Ash Beech	BMW											11	5
32	Rafid Topan Sucipto	Kawasaki											12	4
33	Valter Patronen	BMW	DNS	14	15									3
34	Javier Alviz	Kawasaki											14	2
	Mathieu Dumas	Yamaha											16	0
	Piers Hutchins	BMW											17	0
	Ángel Rodríguez	Kawasaki				Ret								0
	David McFadden	Kawasaki							Ret	Ret				0
	Benjamin Colliaux	Yamaha											Ret	0
	Erik Morillas	Yamaha											Ret	0
	Mike Booth	BMW											Ret	0
	Rob McNealy	BMW											Ret	0
	Ryan Gibson	Yamaha											Ret	0
Pos.	Rider	Bike	VAL	ARA		BAR	ALB		POR		JER		VAL	Points

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:^[3]

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References

↑ "European Talent Cup: the new class of the FIM CEV Repsol". fim-europe.com. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
↑ "Carmelo Morales secures another title and Arbolino and Techer take their first victories". boxrepsol.com. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
↑ "2016 FIM CEV Superbike European Championship Standings". fimjuniorgp.com.

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[1] "European Talent Cup: the new class of the FIM CEV Repsol". fim-europe.com. Retrieved 3 January 2017.

[2] "Carmelo Morales secures another title and Arbolino and Techer take their first victories". boxrepsol.com. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.

[3] "2016 FIM CEV Superbike European Championship Standings". fimjuniorgp.com.

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