2021 Supersport 300 World Championship

The 2021 Supersport 300 World Championship was the fifth season of the Supersport 300 World Championship of motorcycle racing.

The season was marred by the death of Dean Berta Viñales, who was killed in an accident at the first race of the Jerez round.[1]

Race calendar and results edit

2021 calendar[2][3][4][5][6]
Round Country Circuit Date Superpole Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team
1 R1   Spain MotorLand Aragón 22 May   Ton Kawakami   Ana Carrasco   Adrián Huertas MTM Kawasaki
R2 23 May   Meikon Kawakami   Tom Booth-Amos Fusport – RT Motorsports by SKM Kawasaki
2 R1   Italy Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli 12 June   Bahattin Sofuoğlu   Ana Carrasco   Adrián Huertas MTM Kawasaki
R2 13 June   Unai Orradre   Ana Carrasco Kawasaki Provec WorldSSP300
3 R1   Netherlands TT Circuit Assen 24 July[a]   Victor Steeman   Meikon Kawakami   Adrián Huertas MTM Kawasaki
R2 25 July[a]   Koen Meuffels   Tom Booth-Amos Fusport – RT Motorsports by SKM Kawasaki
4 R1   Czech Republic Autodrom Most 7 August[b]   Victor Steeman   Adrián Huertas   Victor Steeman Freudenberg KTM WorldSSP Team
R2 8 August[b]   Tom Booth-Amos   Jeffrey Buis MTM Kawasaki
5 R1   France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 4 September   Adrián Huertas   Tom Booth-Amos   Adrián Huertas MTM Kawasaki
R2 5 September   Jeffrey Buis   Adrián Huertas MTM Kawasaki
6 R1   Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 18 September   Iñigo Iglesias   Dean Berta Viñales   Jeffrey Buis MTM Kawasaki
R2 19 September   Álvaro Díaz   Bahattin Sofuoğlu Biblion Yamaha Motoxracing
7 R1   Spain Circuito de Jerez 25 September   Adrián Huertas   Alessandro Zanca   Jeffrey Buis MTM Kawasaki
R2 26 September   Facundo Llambías   Bahattin Sofuoğlu Biblion Yamaha Motoxracing
8 R1   Portugal Algarve International Circuit 2 October   Adrián Huertas   Dirk Geiger   Samuel Di Sora Leader Team Flembbo
R2 3 October   Ruben Bijman   Adrián Huertas MTM Kawasaki

Entry list edit

2021 entry list[7]
Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds
MTM Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja 400 1   Jeffrey Buis[8] All
17   Koen Meuffels[9] All
61   Yuta Okaya[9] All
99   Adrián Huertas[9] All
Kawasaki GP Project Kawasaki Ninja 400 2   Alejandro Carrión[10] 1–7[c]
27   Alejandro Díez[11] 1–2
59   Alessandro Zanca[12] All
65   Máté Számadó[13] 4
85   Kevin Sabatucci[14] 5–8
98   Álex Millán[15] 1[c]
Molenaar Racing Team KTM RC 390 R 4   Sven Doornenbal[16] 3
81   Thom Molenaar[16] 3
Viñales Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R3 5   Twan Smits[16] 3
25   Dean Berta Viñales[17] 1–2, 4–7
35   Yeray Saiz[14] 5–8
76   Julián Giral[18] 1
85   Kevin Sabatucci[17] 1–4
Machado Came SBK Yamaha YZF-R3 6   Sara Sánchez[19] 6
8   Bruno Ieraci[18] 1–3
19   Víctor Rodríguez[20] 7
21   Vicente Pérez[7] 1–5, 8
30   Niccolò Lisci[13] 4
77   Ruben Bijman[7] All
79   Adrien Quinet[14] 5
94   Facundo Llambías[19] 6–8
Outdo TPR Team Pedercini Racing Kawasaki Ninja 400 7   Johan Gimbert[21] All
Prodina Team WorldSSP300 Kawasaki Ninja 400 8   Bruno Ieraci[20] 7–8
41   Marc García[14] 5–8
48   Thomas Brianti[7] 1–4
64   Hugo De Cancellis[7] 1–6[d]
84   Mika Pérez[22] 6[d]
GP3 by Pa.Sa.Ma. Kawasaki Ninja 400 9   Isis Carreño[23] 2
Yamaha MS Racing Yamaha YZF-R3 10   Unai Orradre[24] 1–4
28   Yeray Ruiz[14] 5–8
70   Miguel Santiago Duarte[7] All
Kawasaki Provec WorldSSP300 Kawasaki Ninja 400 11   Ana Carrasco[25] All
Genius Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja 400 12   Filip Feigl[13] 4
Arco–Motor University Team Yamaha YZF-R3 13   Álvaro Díaz[19] 6–7
Team#109 Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja 400 14   James McManus[7] 1–4
88   Daniel Mogeda[14] 5–8
Team Trasimeno Yamaha YZF-R3 15   Alfonso Coppola[7] 2–8
16   Beatriz Neila[18] 1
SMW Racing Kawasaki Ninja 400 18   Indy Offer[7] 1–3, 5–8
22   Joel Romero[7] All
33   Óscar Núñez[13] 4
58   Iñigo Iglesias[7] All
Accolade Smrž Racing Kawasaki Ninja 400 19   Víctor Rodríguez[26] 1–6
56   Jonáš Kocourek[20] 7–8
73   José Luis Pérez González[26] All
Fusport – RT Motorsports by SKM Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja 400 20   Dorren Loureiro[27] 1–7
43   Harry Khouri[27] All
60   Dirk Geiger[28] 8
69   Tom Booth-Amos[27] 1–6, 8
Leader Team Flembbo Kawasaki Ninja 400 23   Sylvain Markarian[7] All
46   Samuel Di Sora[7] All
Team BRcorse Yamaha YZF-R3 26   Mirko Gennai[7] All
Quaresma Racing Kawasaki Ninja 400 32   Tomás Alonso[28] 8
GoEleven Kawasaki Ninja 400 36   Stefano Raineri[18] 1
2R Racing Kawasaki Ninja 400 41   Marc García[7] 1–2
44   Christian Stange[16] 3–5
45   Luca de Vleeschauwer[19] 6
98   Álex Millán[20] 7–8
AC Racing Kawasaki Ninja 400 47   Matyáš Červenka[13] 4
Movisio by MIE Kawasaki Ninja 400 52   Oliver König[7] All
WRP Wepol Racing Yamaha YZF-R3 53   Petr Svoboda[7] All
Biblion Yamaha Motoxracing Yamaha YZF-R3 54   Bahattin Sofuoğlu[29] All
93   Marco Gaggi[7] All
Chiodo Moto Racing Kawasaki Ninja 400 55   Antonio Frappola[7] All
Alexy Moto Racing Yamaha YZF-R3 62   Alexy Negrier[14] 5
PMT Evolution Kawasaki Ninja 400 63   Diego Poncet[14] 5
Speed Master Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja 400 66   Dinis Borges[28] 8
Freudenberg KTM WorldSSP Team KTM RC 390 R 72   Victor Steeman[7] All
82   Lennox Lehmann[19] 6
ProGP Racing Yamaha YZF-R3 80   Gabriele Mastroluca[7] All
97   Filippo Palazzi[18] All
AD78 Team Brasil by MS Racing Yamaha YZF-R3 83   Meikon Kawakami[7] All
87   Ton Kawakami[7] All
Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

Championship standings edit

Points
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

Riders' championship edit

Pos. Rider Bike ARA
 
MIS
 
ASS
 
MOS
 
MAG
 
BAR
 
JER
 
POR
 
Pts.
1   Adrián Huertas Kawasaki 1 3 1 10 1 5 6 5 1 1 7 4 7 Ret 2 1 255
2   Tom Booth-Amos Kawasaki 2 1 2 17 Ret 1 8 2 2 2 Ret DNS 5 2 189
3   Jeffrey Buis Kawasaki 6 12 28 7 3 4 7 1 25 3 1 7 1 4 Ret 28 174
4   Samuel Di Sora Kawasaki 5 8 Ret 3 4 3 4 Ret 3 12 Ret 3 6 Ret 1 Ret 148
5   Yuta Okaya Kawasaki 3 4 4 Ret Ret 6 11 Ret Ret 5 8 5 8 3 3 4 140
6   Bahattin Sofuoğlu Yamaha NC Ret Ret 6 5 32 5 Ret Ret Ret 2 1 3 1 4 17 131
7   Iñigo Iglesias Kawasaki 14 16 18 Ret Ret 20 29 19 6 8 6 10 2 2 7 3 101
8   Meikon Kawakami Yamaha 27 10 5 2 Ret 10 18 Ret 11 Ret 4 8 4 7 9 13 101
9   Koen Meuffels Kawasaki 8 Ret 11 12 2 9 14 8 12 Ret 13 18 14 12 8 6 85
10   Victor Steeman KTM 26 18 14 9 8 8 1 4 8 13 Ret 25 11 19 29 14 81
11   Oliver König Kawasaki 38 29 24 8 13 23 3 6 21 22 Ret 13 10 11 12 7 64
12   Hugo De Cancellis Kawasaki 12 7 3 Ret Ret 2 9 10 Ret Ret WD WD 62
13   Ton Kawakami Yamaha 7 6 12 Ret 9 14 Ret 14 9 Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret 16 19 57
14   Alejandro Carrión Kawasaki WD WD 27 Ret 11 16 2 3 Ret 20 10 9 Ret 22 54
15   Mirko Gennai Yamaha 18 21 6 24 Ret 7 10 7 17 14 Ret Ret 16 6 23 8 54
16   Ana Carrasco Kawasaki 11 5 15 1 Ret 15 24 21 13 11 Ret 29 20 18 15 21 52
17   Dorren Loureiro Kawasaki 15 11 16 5 7 11 19 17 4 9 26 17 18 16 51
18   Gabriele Mastroluca Yamaha 16 22 Ret 4 Ret 12 21 11 7 6 Ret 14 Ret DNS Ret 11 48
19   Álvaro Díaz Yamaha 5 2 5 DSQ 42
20   Unai Orradre Yamaha 4 2 Ret 22 10 25 Ret Ret 39
21   Bruno Ieraci Yamaha 10 9 8 Ret Ret DNS 39
Kawasaki 12 14 10 10
22   Daniel Mogeda Kawasaki 5 10 11 11 Ret DNS Ret DNS 27
23   Dean Berta Viñales Yamaha 29 27 25 20 20 16 15 4 14 6 Ret DNS 26
24   Marc García Kawasaki 13 15 13 Ret 20 15 18 Ret 9 5 26 29 26
25   José Luis Pérez González Kawasaki 19 13 Ret 11 Ret Ret 12 Ret 10 Ret Ret 16 Ret DNS Ret 9 25
26   Yeray Ruiz Yamaha Ret 7 9 Ret 31 10 19 15 23
27   Kevin Sabatucci Yamaha 22 Ret 21 Ret 6 19 27 Ret 22
Kawasaki 19 17 19 22 Ret 13 11 12
28   Dirk Geiger Kawasaki 6 5 21
29   Ruben Bijman Yamaha 23 17 20 15 Ret Ret 13 Ret 14 16 16 12 Ret 8 13 32 21
30   Víctor Rodríguez Kawasaki Ret Ret 10 Ret 26 17 38 9 Ret 26 23 20 15
Yamaha 15 15
31   Harry Khouri Kawasaki 9 28 DNS DNS 12 31 22 15 Ret Ret Ret 15 Ret DNS 24 18 13
32   Filippo Palazzi Yamaha 25 19 9 13 Ret 30 30 23 DNS DNS 30 27 24 DNS 27 30 10
33   Vicente Pérez Yamaha 21 Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS DNS 9
34   Petr Svoboda Yamaha 30 20 Ret 19 Ret 13 16 12 Ret 18 15 Ret 23 Ret Ret 22 8
35   Facundo Llambías Yamaha 27 19 19 9 Ret DNS 7
36   Johan Gimbert Kawasaki 28 26 23 Ret 15 18 23 22 Ret 23 12 23 21 20 17 23 5
37   Alfonso Coppola Yamaha Ret DNS 14 Ret 28 25 29 24 25 26 26 Ret 14 Ret 4
38   Alessandro Zanca Kawasaki 17 23 22 16 16 22 26 18 16 19 22 28 13 17 18 20 3
39   Óscar Núñez Kawasaki Ret 13 3
40   Thomas Brianti Kawasaki Ret 25 17 14 Ret 21 17 27 2
41   Álex Millán Kawasaki 20 14 17 23 20 16 2
42   Christian Stange Kawasaki Ret Ret 15 Ret 18 30 1
Pos. Rider Bike ARA
 
MIS
 
ASS
 
MOS
 
MAG
 
BAR
 
JER
 
POR
 
Pts.
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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)

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' championship edit

Pos. Manufacturer ARA
 
MIS
 
ASS
 
MOS
 
MAG
 
BAR
 
JER
 
POR
 
Pts.
1   Kawasaki 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 381
2   Yamaha 4 2 5 2 5 7 5 7 7 4 2 1 3 1 4 8 233
3   KTM 26 18 14 9 8 8 1 4 8 13 17 21 11 19 29 14 81
Pos. Manufacturer ARA
 
MIS
 
ASS
 
MOS
 
MAG
 
BAR
 
JER
 
POR
 
Pts.

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b The Assen round was originally due to take place on 23–25 April 2020. It was postponed to 23–25 July in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
  2. ^ a b The Most round was not originally in the 2021 calendar; it was added into the calendar on 29 April 2021.[6]
  3. ^ a b Alejandro Carrión competed in Friday practices during round 1, before being replaced by Álex Millán.
  4. ^ a b Hugo De Cancellis competed in Friday practices during round 6, before being replaced by Mika Pérez.

References edit

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