The 2020 Supersport World Championship was the twenty-fourth season of the Supersport World Championship, the twenty-second held under this name.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Qatar round was postponed to an unannounced date[1] and the Jerez,[2] Assen,[3] Aragon and Misano rounds were rescheduled to a later date, while the Imola[4] and Oschersleben[5] rounds were cancelled. As a result of updates made to the MotoGP calendar for the same reason, the French round date was also affected.[2] Despite having already been rescheduled, the Assen round was later postponed to a to-be-determined date, along with the Donington round.[6]
On 19 June, an updated calendar was published; for the restart, Jerez and Portimão were brought forward from their respective dates and a second round at Aragon was added to the schedule. Other five rounds—the first at Aragon, as well as Barcelona, Magny-Cours, San Juan and Misano—either kept their original or revised dates, although the latter two events were labelled as 'to be confirmed'. Three rounds—Losail, Donington and Assen—were included without a confirmed date[7][8] and were subsequently cancelled on 24 July.[9] The San Juan round was cancelled on the 13 August[10] whilst the Misano round was cancelled and replaced by a round in Estoril on 18 August.[11][12]
Along with the calendar, the event timetable was also revised, as an additional race to be held on Saturday was added to each remaining weekend.[13]
2020 calendar[14] | ||||||||
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Rnd | Country | Circuit | Date | Superpole | Fastest lap | Winning rider | Winning team | Winning constructor |
1 | Australia | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | 1 March | Andrea Locatelli | Andrea Locatelli | Andrea Locatelli | BARDAHL Evan Bros. WorldSSP Team | Yamaha |
2 | Spain | Circuito de Jerez | 1 August[a] | Andrea Locatelli | Andrea Locatelli | Andrea Locatelli | BARDAHL Evan Bros. WorldSSP Team | Yamaha |
2 August[a] | Andrea Locatelli | Andrea Locatelli | BARDAHL Evan Bros. WorldSSP Team | Yamaha | ||||
3 | Portugal | Algarve International Circuit | 8 August[b] | Andrea Locatelli | Andrea Locatelli | Andrea Locatelli | BARDAHL Evan Bros. WorldSSP Team | Yamaha |
9 August[b] | Andrea Locatelli | Andrea Locatelli | BARDAHL Evan Bros. WorldSSP Team | Yamaha | ||||
4 | Spain | MotorLand Aragón | 29 August[c] | Andrea Locatelli | Andrea Locatelli | Andrea Locatelli | BARDAHL Evan Bros. WorldSSP Team | Yamaha |
30 August[c] | Andrea Locatelli | Andrea Locatelli | BARDAHL Evan Bros. WorldSSP Team | Yamaha | ||||
5 | 5 September[d] | Andrea Locatelli | Andrea Locatelli | Andrea Locatelli | BARDAHL Evan Bros. WorldSSP Team | Yamaha | ||
6 September[d] | Andrea Locatelli | Andrea Locatelli | BARDAHL Evan Bros. WorldSSP Team | Yamaha | ||||
6 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 19 September | Andrea Locatelli | Andrea Locatelli | Andy Verdoïa | bLU cRU WorldSSP by MS Racing | Yamaha | |
20 September | Isaac Viñales | Andrea Locatelli | BARDAHL Evan Bros. WorldSSP Team | Yamaha | ||||
7 | France | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 3 October[e] | Kyle Smith | Andrea Locatelli | Andrea Locatelli | BARDAHL Evan Bros. WorldSSP Team | Yamaha |
4 October[e] | Hannes Soomer | Lucas Mahias | Kawasaki Puccetti Racing | Kawasaki | ||||
8 | Portugal | Circuito do Estoril | 17 October[f] | Andrea Locatelli | Isaac Viñales | Andrea Locatelli | BARDAHL Evan Bros. WorldSSP Team | Yamaha |
18 October[f] | Isaac Viñales | Lucas Mahias | Kawasaki Puccetti Racing | Kawasaki | ||||
Races under contract to run in 2020, but cancelled: | ||||||||
— | Qatar | Losail International Circuit | N/A[g] | — | ||||
— | Netherlands | TT Circuit Assen | N/A[h] | — | ||||
— | Italy | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | N/A[i] | — | ||||
— | United Kingdom | Donington Park | N/A[j] | — | ||||
— | Germany | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | N/A[k] | — | ||||
— | Argentina | Circuito San Juan Villicum | N/A[l] | — | ||||
— | Italy | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli | N/A[m] | — |
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Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole position |
Pos. | Manufacturer | PHI |
JER |
POR |
ARA |
ARA |
CAT |
MAG |
EST |
Pts. | |||||||
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1 | Yamaha | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 365 |
2 | Kawasaki | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 268 |
3 | MV Agusta | DSQ | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 13 | 3 | 140 |
4 | Honda | 11 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | Ret | 19 | 9 | 17 | Ret | 9 | 12 | 20 | 25 |
Pos. | Manufacturer | PHI |
JER |
POR |
ARA |
ARA |
CAT |
MAG |
EST |
Pts. |