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WorldSBK.com takes a look at the numbers of the FIM Superbike World Championship, which gets underway at Phillip Island (Australia) on February 26.


1 - the most successful number: 80 races have been won by the bike carrying the number 1 plate


2 - the manufacturers present in every race run so far: Ducati and Kawasaki


11 - the bike manufacturers with at least one race started in the Superbike World Championship


11 - the race number most used, present in 514 races


14 World Champions


18 years old: the youngest winner, Yuichi Takeda in Japan, 1996


25th championship, starting in Phillip Island this year


25 hosting countries so far. Russia will be the 26th


40 - the only rider able to win at 40 years old so far has is Max Biaggi (Brno 2011)


41 - the races run in Phillip Island, the most visited track


41 - the highest number of race finishers (Zeltweg 1989, race 1)


44 - the tracks visited by the Superbike World Championship


59 - Carl Fogarty's wins, the most successful rider


67 different winners, from Davide Tardozzi (Donington 1988) to Tom Sykes (Nurburgring 2011)


118 - the wins by Australia and United States, the two most successful countries


204 - the highest speed ever reached for pole position (Max Biaggi, Monza 2011, 204.405 km/h)


306 wins by Ducati, 51% of the total


377 races run by Troy Corser, accounting for more than 60% of the total


590 races run so far


940 riders with at least one race start, 1150 in total, from 42 different countries


1,356,498 kilometers raced so far by all the riders in all the races run


Statistics compiled by Michele Merlino



Source: World Superbike

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