Submitted by David Emmett on
The provisional entry list for the 2011 World Supersport class, as issued by the FIM:
No. | Rider | Nat | Motorcycle | Team name |
4 | Gino Rea | GBR | Honda CBR600RR | Step Racing Team |
5 | Alexander Lundh | SWE | Honda CBR600RR | Cresto Guide Racing Team |
7 | Chaz Davies | GBR | Yamaha YZF R6 | Yamaha ParkinGO Team |
8 | Bastien Chesaux | SUI | Honda CBR600RR | MACH - Moto Academy Swiss |
9 | Luca Scassa | ITA | Yamaha YZF R6 | Yamaha ParkinGO Team |
10 | Imre Toth | HUN | Honda CBR600RR | Team Hungary Toth |
11 | Sam Lowes | GBR | Honda CBR600RR | Parkalgar Honda |
19 | Mitchell Pirotta | AUS | Honda CBR600RR | KUJA Racing |
21 | Florian Marino | FRA | Honda CBR600RR | Hannspree Ten Kate Honda |
22 | Roberto Tamburini | ITA | Yamaha YZF R6 | Bike Service R.T. |
23 | Broc Parkes | AUS | Kawasaki ZX-6R | Kawasaki Motocard.com |
24 | Eduard Blokhin | RUS | Yamaha YZF R6 | RivaMoto |
25 | Marko Jerman | SLO | Triumph Daytona 675 | MD Team Jerman |
28 | Pawel Szkopek | POL | Honda CBR600RR | Bogdanka PTR Honda |
31 | Vittorio Iannuzzo | ITA | Kawasaki ZX-6R | Lorenzini by Leoni |
34 | Ronan Quarmby | RSA | Triumph Daytona 675 | Suriano Racing Team |
38 | Balazs Nemeth | HUN | Honda CBR600RR | Team Hungary Toth |
44 | David Salom | ESP | Kawasaki ZX-6R | Kawasaki Motocard.com |
52 | Michele Conti | ITA | Honda CBR600RR | KUJA Racing |
55 | Massimo Roccoli | ITA | Kawasaki ZX-6R | Lorenzini by Leoni |
60 | Vladimir Ivanov | UKR | Honda CBR600RR | Step Racing Team |
69 | Ondrej Jezek | CZE | Honda CBR600RR | SMS Racing |
73 | Oleg Pozdneev | RUS | Yamaha YZF R6 | RivaMoto |
77 | James Ellison | GBR | Honda CBR600RR | Bogdanka PTR Honda |
87 | Luca Marconi | ITA | Yamaha YZF R6 | Bike Service R.T. |
91 | Danilo Dell'Omo | ITA | Triumph Daytona 675 | Suriano Racing Team |
99 | Fabien Foret | FRA | Honda CBR600RR | Hannspree Ten Kate Honda |
117 | Miguel Praia | POR | Honda CBR600RR | Parkalgar Honda |
127 | Robbin Harms | DEN | Honda CBR600RR | Benjan Racing Team |
Comments
Grid is healthier this year
Grid is healthier this year than last. Are these teams taking part in all races and financially sound?
Yamaha's Back!
Davies and Scassa on "updated" 2009 R6's with factory support!
Less Triumphs than last year
What a shame. Not as many Triumphs as last year and looks like no official factory support for the ones there. Anyone know what's happening in that area?
Yeah
BE1 Parkingo dropped Triumph at the last minute, apparently over concerns from the unsufficient amount of support of the factory. Though today official annoucement obviously states that the separation was decided by mutual agreement, as always, it is very difficult to know what was exactly going on.
They've been Triumph "official" entry for a couple of years and reached reasonable success with a few podiums and many top 6 last year, both 2011 riders began testing with Triumphs in this off-season but in the end BE1 bought back the official Yamaha R6s from 2009 (on which Crutchlow won the world championship that year).
There is still another italian team running Triumphs this year but their entry was made official before the separation of BE1 with the brand so they were likely to be an "additional private" team rather than a replacement for the "official" outfit.
No Suzuki
I was quietly hoping there wouls be a few Suzuki's on the WSS grid this year. Obviously Suzuki are gradually giving up on racing at the moment :/
Giving up on racing Phil
It does almost seem so at world level. This will mean a gradual slide into motorcycle oblivion. They've got their cars and watersports divisions. Perhaps these are more important to Suzuki now.
Japan
I think what WSBK needs is a round in Japan. IMHO it would attract more japanese intrest and may even convince Suzuki to make more of an effort. Considering most of the grid is Japanese bikes it would make sense to hold a round over there. Obviously its a money issue :S
Another 2 riders
Another 2 riders have been announced for this category. It appears PTR Romania Honda will run an all Romanian squad with; Robert Muresan & Catalin Cazacau