1990 Superbike World Championship

The 1990 Superbike World Championship was the third FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 18 March at Jerez and finished on 18 November at Manfeild Autocourse after 13 rounds.

Frenchman Raymond Roche won the riders' championship and Honda won the manufacturers' championship.

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider
1	R1	Jerez	18 March	Raymond Roche	Stéphane Mertens	Raymond Roche
	R2				Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche
2	R1	Donington	16 April	Giancarlo Falappa	Rob Phillis	Fred Merkel
	R2				Raymond Roche	Giancarlo Falappa
3	R1	Hungaroring	30 April	Malcolm Campbell	Raymond Roche	Fred Merkel
	R2				Fred Merkel	Raymond Roche
4	R1	Hockenheim	6 May	Raymond Roche	Fred Merkel	Fred Merkel
	R2				Raymond Roche	Stéphane Mertens
5	R1	Mosport	3 June	Giancarlo Falappa	Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche
	R2				Jamie James	Raymond Roche
6	R1	Brainerd	10 June	Doug Chandler	Doug Chandler	Stéphane Mertens
	R2				Fabrizio Pirovano	Doug Chandler
7	R1	Österreichring	1 July	Stéphane Mertens	Rob McElnea	Fabrizio Pirovano
	R2				Stéphane Mertens	Stéphane Mertens
8	R1	Sugo	26 August	Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche
	R2				Peter Goddard	Doug Chandler
9	R1	Le Mans	9 September	Baldassarre Monti	Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche
	R2				Jamie James	Raymond Roche
10	R1	Monza	7 October	Baldassarre Monti	Rob Phillis	Fabrizio Pirovano
	R2				Rob Phillis	Fabrizio Pirovano
11	R1	Shah Alam	4 November	Rob Phillis	Fabrizio Pirovano	Fabrizio Pirovano
	R2				Raymond Roche	Fabrizio Pirovano
12	R1	Phillip Island	11 November	Peter Goddard	Fabrizio Pirovano	Peter Goddard
	R2				Malcolm Campbell	Rob Phillis
13	R1	Manfeild	18 November	Rob Phillis	Brian Morrison	Terry Rymer
	R2				Raymond Roche	Rob Phillis

Championship standings

Riders' standings

Pos.	Rider	Bike	ESP		GBR		HUN		GER		CAN		USA		AUT		JPN		FRA		ITA		MAS		AUS		NZL		Pts
			R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Raymond Roche	Ducati	1	1	2	2	2	1	Ret	2	1	1	2	4	8	2	1	6											382
2	Fabrizio Pirovano	Yamaha	6	8	5	5	3	8	8	5	3	5	8	6	1	3	4	4											325
3	Stéphane Mertens	Honda	3	4	3	8	6	3	Ret	1	6	3	1	2	2	1	11	8											300
4	Rob Phillis	Kawasaki	4	5	4	7	10	Ret	Ret	DNS	16	8	6	Ret	3	Ret	6	5											238
5	Rob McElnea	Yamaha	8	6	Ret	Ret	5	4	2	6	11	6	5	5	6	6	12	Ret											218
6	Fred Merkel	Honda	2	3	1	3	1	6	1	3	5	10	7	10	7	4													197
7	Terry Rymer	Yamaha	7	7	Ret	DNS	8	5	Ret	7	4	7	4	3			Ret	DNS											158
8	Baldassarre Monti	Honda	Ret	11	10	11	9	11	Ret	14	7	9	11	11	9	5	2	3											149
9	Anders Andersson	Yamaha	9	12	Ret	9	7	Ret	7	12	10	11	Ret	12	4	9	Ret	Ret											120
10	Jari Suhonen	Yamaha	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	14	4	10	9	13	12	8	Ret	11	26	11											112
11	Giancarlo Falappa	Ducati	5	2	7	1	Ret	7	3	4	Ret	DNS			DNS	DNS													94
12	Jamie James	Ducati									2	2	Ret	Ret			7	7											86
13	Peter Goddard	Yamaha															5	2											85
14	Malcolm Campbell	Honda					4	2	Ret	9							Ret	15											81
15	Doug Chandler	Kawasaki											3	1			3	1											70
16	Brian Morrison	Honda	13	Ret	14	15	15	16	Ret	DNS							16	10											51
17	Udo Mark	Yamaha	Ret	15	9	10			6	11					Ret	10	15	13											39
18	Ernst Gschwender	Suzuki	10	9	15	12	13	Ret	DNQ	DNQ					5	14	Ret	17											34
19	Aaron Slight	Kawasaki																											32
20	Michael Dowson	Kawasaki																											30
21	Carl Fogarty	Honda	14	Ret	6	6																							30
22	Edwin Weibel	Kawasaki	15	Ret	16	13	Ret	10	25	13					Ret	20													30
23	Andreas Hofmann	Honda	16	13					5	8																			29
24	Daniel Amatriain	Honda	18	10	Ret	16	11	12	9	16					10	19													28
25	Jeffrey de Vries	Yamaha	Ret	14	17	14	14	13	12	15																			24
26	Davide Tardozzi	Ducati	11	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	Ret													23
27	Renè Bongers	Yamaha																											22
28	Michel Mercier	Yamaha									8	4																	21
29	Jean Michel Mattioli	Honda													11	12													21
30	Scott Doohan	Honda																											19
31	Alex Vieira	Honda													Ret	7													19
32	Jean Yves Mounier	Yamaha													14	8													19
33	Andrew Stroud	Yamaha																											17
34	Stefano Caracchi	Ducati	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	Ret	17							12	Ret													17
35	Niall Mackenzie	Yamaha			13	4																							16
36	Scott Russell	Kawasaki											10	7															15
37	Tony Rees	Yamaha																											14
38	Daryl Beattie	Honda																											13
39	Juan López Mella	Honda	12	Ret	19	Ret	12	Ret	11	Ret					Ret	16													13
40	Russel Josiah	Kawasaki																											11
41	Steve Martin	Suzuki																											11
42	Ray Stringer	Yamaha			11	17	19	22	10	17																			11
43	Mitsuo Saito	Yamaha															13	9											10
44	James Knight	Kawasaki																											10
45	Christian Lavieille	Yamaha																											9
46	Rob Lewis	Kawasaki																											9
47	Tom Kipp	Yamaha									14	14	14	13			Ret	Ret											9
48	Doug Polen	Suzuki															8	DNS											8
49	Kenji Osaka	Yamaha															9	Ret											7
50	Tom Stevens	Yamaha											Ret	9															7
51	David Sadowski	Yamaha											9	Ret															7
52	Pascal Picotte	Yamaha									13	12																	7
53	Huby Meier	Honda							13	20																			7
54	Rene Delaby	Honda	23	Ret	22	20	18	Ret	16	19	15	16	Ret	14	15	13	Ret	23											7
55	Shingo Kato	Yamaha															10	Ret											6
56	Peter Guest	Yamaha																											6
57	Simon Crafar	Yamaha																											6
58	Miguel Duhamel	Suzuki									12	15																	5
59	Brian Billet	Honda																											5
60	Adrian Bosshard	Honda																											5
61	Mike King	Ducati																											4
62	Fabio Biliotti	Kawasaki																											4
63	Shigemasa Miwa	Honda															17	12											4
64	James Whitham	Honda	20	Ret	12	Ret																							4
65	Mark Fissenden	Honda																											4
66	Michael Rudroff	Bimota							15	Ret																			4
67	Michael O'Connor	Honda																											3
68	Mauro Ricci	Kawasaki	Ret	Ret	23	Ret	21	21	DNS	DNS					13	Ret													3
69	Brent Curtis	Suzuki																											3
70	Andrew Roberts	Yamaha																											2
71	Seng Kooi Tai	Honda																											2
72	Tadaaki Hanamura	Yamaha															20	14											2
73	Koichi Kobayashi	Honda															14	19											2
74	Wolfgang Möckel	Honda	26	20	Ret	DNS			14	21					20	27													2
75	Bruno Bonhuil	Honda			24	Ret	22	24	17	Ret	17	17	15	15	18	Ret													2
76	Ian Short	Suzuki																											1
77	Saen Choeisak	Yamaha															28	28											1
78	Charo Nattavude	Kawasaki																											1
79	Christian Monsch	Honda																											1
80	Maurice Coq	Yamaha																											1
81	Christian Zwedorn	Honda					25	Ret							Ret	15	25	25											1
82	Michael Galinski	Kawasaki	19	Ret	DNS	DNS	17	15	18	Ret																			1
	Antonio Garcia	Yamaha	22	18											16	22													0
	David Kieffer	Honda									20	20	19	16															0
	Javier Arenas	Honda	Ret	16			24	19	23	Ret					24	25													0
	Masanao Aoki	Yamaha															19	16											0
	John Ashmead	Kawasaki											16	DNS															0
	Mauro Mastrelli	Ducati	21	19			20	23	DNQ	DNQ					19	17													0
	Mike Karm	Suzuki											21	17															0
	Marco Papa	Yamaha	24	17																									0
	Robert Schäfli	Honda													17	24													0
	Dale Robinson	Honda											17	Ret															0
	Peter Rubatto	Yamaha	Ret	Ret			23	20	Ret	18					Ret	18													0
	Steve Chambers	Honda			18	18																							0
	Tetsuya Shirai	Honda															18	18											0
	Aldeo Presciutti	Yamaha	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	29	18	DNQ	DNQ					21	21													0
	Tom Douglas	Yamaha									18	Ret																	0
	Linnley Clarke	Kawasaki									Ret	18																	0
	John Jacob	Yamaha											18	Ret															0
	Clyde Macdonald	Suzuki									19	19																	0
	Reuben McMurter	Honda			21	19					DNS	DNS																	0
	Bodo Schmidt	Yamaha							19	Ret																			0
	Steve Williams	Yamaha			20	21																							0
	Kosei Yamamoto	Honda															21	20											0
	Peter Willmes	Honda							20	23																			0
	Ray Yoder Jr.	Suzuki											20	DNS															0
	Oldrich Schmuttermeier Jr.	Suzuki									21	21																	0
	Toshiya Kobayashi	Honda															22	21											0
	Pentti Tolonen	Yamaha			26	23			21	Ret																			0
	Pedro Baptista	Honda	27	21	DNQ	DNQ																							0
	Lutz Fahr	Honda							24	22					25	23													0
	Toshiharu Kaneko	Yamaha															23	22											0
	Manfred Fischer	Honda			25	24			22	Ret																			0
	Peter Granath	Honda			27	Ret	Ret	DNS							22	Ret													0
	Mark Phillips	Yamaha			Ret	22																							0
	Don Vance	Suzuki									22	Ret																	0
	Anton Rechberger	Yamaha													23	28													0
	Gakushin Sato	Honda															24	24											0
	Hans-Jurgen Gross	Yamaha							Ret	24																			0
	Rene Rasmussen	Suzuki			Ret	DNS	Ret	25																					0
	Marino Fabbri	Bimota	25	Ret																									0
	Johann Parzer	Yamaha					26	26							DNQ	DNQ													0
	Gerhard Mairhofer	Kawasaki					27	Ret	DNQ	DNQ					Ret	26													0
	Simon Buckmaster	Honda															Ret	26											0
	Kit Choong Chao	Kawasaki															27	27											0
	Manuel João	Kawasaki	DNQ	DNQ			28	27																					0
	Masaru Shoyama	Honda															29	DNS											0
	Roger Burnett	Suzuki	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret																							0
	Anton Heiler	Yamaha							Ret	DNS					Ret	DNS													0
	James Adamo	Ducati									Ret	Ret																	0
	Randy Renfrow	Honda											Ret	Ret															0
	Todd Strang	Yamaha											Ret	Ret															0
	Robert Holden	Honda			Ret	DNS																							0
	Michael Lundvall	Kawasaki					Ret	DNS	DNQ	DNQ																			0
	Jacques Guenette Jr.	Yamaha									Ret	DNS																	0
	Jon Cornwell	Suzuki									Ret	DNS																	0
	Gerard Vallée	Honda													Ret	DNS													0
	Roland Busch	Kawasaki			DNQ	DNQ			DNQ	DNQ																			0
	Adriano Narducci	Yamaha	DNQ	DNQ											DNQ	DNQ													0
	Fernando Gonzalez	Yamaha	DNQ	DNQ																									0
	Henry Fath	Honda							DNQ	DNQ																			0
	Detlef Karthin	Yamaha							DNQ	DNQ																			0
	William Jung	Honda							DNQ	DNQ																			0
	Hans Gratzl	Honda							DNQ	DNQ																			0
	Frank Schuck	Yamaha							DNQ	DNQ																			0
	Harald Dieterle	Honda							DNQ	DNQ																			0
	Leonhard Schiller	Suzuki							DNQ	DNQ																			0
	Mike Walsh	Suzuki									DNQ	DNQ																	0
	Oldrich Schmuttermeier Sr.	Suzuki									DNQ	DNQ																	0
	Mark Green	Honda									DNQ	DNQ																	0
	Urs Meier	Honda													DNQ	DNQ													0
	Glenn Williams	Kawasaki													DNQ	DNQ													0
	Franz Pfefferkorn	Kawasaki													DNQ	DNQ													0
	Rudolf Zeller	Suzuki													DNQ	DNQ													0
	Hans Freilinger	Yamaha													DNQ	DNQ													0
	Franz Krenn	Suzuki													DNQ	DNQ													0
	Gerhard Triebnig	Suzuki													DNQ	DNQ													0
Pos.	Rider	Bike	ESP		GBR		HUN		GER		CAN		USA		AUT		JPN		FRA		ITA		MAS		AUS		NZL		Pts

Manufacturers' standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Pts
1	Honda	399
2	Ducati	393
3	Yamaha	378
4	Kawasaki	300
5	Suzuki	49
6	Bimota	4

Notes

• The points allocation system was: 1st=20, 2nd=17, 3rd=15, 4th=13, 5th=11, 6th=10, 7th=9, 8th=8, 9th=7, 10th=6, 11th=5, 12th=4, 13th=3, 14th=2, 15th=1