# 2018 European Superstock 1000 Championship

The 2018 European Superstock 1000 Championship was the twentieth season of the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, the fourteenth held under this name. The championship, a support class to the Superbike World Championship at its European rounds, used 1000 cc motorcycles and was reserved for riders between 16 and 28 years of age. The season was contested over eight races, beginning at Motorland Aragón on 15 April and ending at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours on 30 September.This was the final year of the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup was held as Dorna WSBK discontinued the series for the following year.

## Race calendar and results

2018 calendar :
| Round | Country | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning rider | Winning team |
| 1 | Spain | Motorland Aragón | 15 April | Markus Reiterberger | Markus Reiterberger | Markus Reiterberger | alpha Racing Van Zon-BMW |
| 2 | Netherlands | TT Circuit Assen | 22 April | Markus Reiterberger | Markus Reiterberger | Markus Reiterberger | alpha Racing Van Zon-BMW |
| 3 | Italy | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 13 May | Maximilian Scheib | Roberto Tamburini | Matteo Ferrari | Barni Racing Team |
| 4 | United Kingdom | Donington Park | 27 May | Markus Reiterberger | Markus Reiterberger | Markus Reiterberger | alpha Racing Van Zon-BMW |
| 5 | Czech Republic | Brno Circuit | 10 June | Markus Reiterberger | Alessandro Delbianco | Maximilian Scheib | Aprilia Racing Team |
| 6 | Italy | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli | 8 July | Markus Reiterberger | Markus Reiterberger | Markus Reiterberger | alpha Racing Van Zon-BMW |
| 7 | Portugal | Autódromo Internacional do Algarve | 16 September | Federico Sandi | Roberto Tamburini | Roberto Tamburini | Berclaz Racing Team |
| 8 | France | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 30 September | Federico Sandi | Roberto Tamburini | Federico Sandi | MOTOCORSA Racing |

## Entry list

2018 entry list :
| Team | Constructor | Motorcycle | No. | Rider | Rounds |
| Nuova M2 Racing | Aprilia | Aprilia RSV4 RF | 9 | Andrea Mantovani | 3, 5–6 |
| Aprilia Racing Team | Aprilia | Aprilia RSV4 RF | 7 | Maximilian Scheib | All |
| Aprilia Racing Team | Aprilia | Aprilia RSV4 RF | 70 | Luca Vitali | All |
| alpha Racing Van Zon-BMW | BMW | BMW S1000R | 28 | Markus Reiterberger | All |
| alpha Racing Van Zon-BMW | BMW | BMW S1000R | 45 | Jan Bühn | All |
| Berclaz Racing Team SA | BMW | BMW S1000R | 2 | Roberto Tamburini | All |
| Berclaz Racing Team SA | BMW | BMW S1000R | 23 | Luca Salvadori | All |
| D.K. Racing | BMW | BMW S1000R | 6 | Emanuele Pusceddu | 1–3, 5–8 |
| DMR Racing | BMW | BMW S1000R | 47 | Axel Bassani | 6 |
| DMR Racing | BMW | BMW S1000R | 81 | Alex Bernardi | 6 |
| GULF Althea BMW Racing Team | BMW | BMW S1000R | 52 | Alessandro Delbianco | All |
| Motos Vionnet | BMW | BMW S1000R | 51 | Eric Vionnet | 1–6, 8 |
| TME Racing | BMW | BMW S1000R | 69 | Dominik Juda | 5 |
| Barni Racing Team | Ducati | Ducati 1199 Panigale R | 11 | Matteo Ferrari | 3, 6 |
| Barni Racing Team | Ducati | Ducati 1199 Panigale R | 76 | Samuele Cavalieri | 3, 6 |
| EAB Schacht Racing Team | Ducati | Ducati 1199 Panigale R | 59 | Alex Schacht | All |
| MOTOCORSA Racing | Ducati | Ducati 1199 Panigale R | 15 | Federico Sandi | All |
| MOTOCORSA Racing | Ducati | Ducati 1199 Panigale R | 77 | TJ Alberto | All |
| MOTOCORSA Racing | Ducati | Ducati 1199 Panigale R | 84 | Riccardo Russo | 6 |
| C.M. Racing A.S.D. | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 33 | Ahmad Yudhistira | 7 |
| C.M. Racing A.S.D. | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 41 | Federico D'Annunzio | 6 |
| C.M. Racing A.S.D. | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 73 | Jacopo Cretaro | 8 |
| C.M. Racing A.S.D. | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 84 | Riccardo Russo | 1–5 |
| ETG Racing | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 34 | Xavier Pinsach | 1–2 |
| Flembbo Leader Team | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 31 | Valentin Suchet | All |
| Flembbo Leader Team | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 46 | Maxime Cudeville | All |
| Kawasaki PALMETO Pl Racing | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 17 | Lucas De Ulacia | 7 |
| Moto 82 | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 82 | Karel Pesek | 2 |
| Nutec - Benjan - Kawasaki | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 10 | Ali Efe Yeğin | 1–5 |
| Nutec - Benjan - Kawasaki | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 89 | Fraser Rogers | 2 |
| Team Pedercini Racing | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 16 | Gabriele Ruiu | All |
| Unisery | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 82 | Karel Pesek | 5 |
| FM Motoracing | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 22 | Stefano Fugardi | 6 |
| FM Motoracing | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 80 | Armando Pontone | 3, 6 |
| Riding Sensation | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 14 | Johan Nigon | 8 |
| SPEED ACTION | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 12 | Alessandro Andreozzi | 1 |
| SPEED ACTION | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 55 | Fabio Marchionni | 1–3, 6 |
| Team OGP | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 39 | Randy Pagaud | 8 |
| Team SWPN | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 4 | Ricardo Brink | 2 |
| URBIS Yamaha Motoxracing STK Team | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 18 | Agostino Santoro | 6 |
| URBIS Yamaha Motoxracing STK Team | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 21 | Florian Marino | All |
| Yamaha Team MGM | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 44 | Danny De Boer | 2 |
Key :
* Regular rider
* Wildcard rider
* Replacement rider
* All entries used Pirelli tyres.

## Championship standings
### Riders' championship

| 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 |
| Pos. | Rider | Bike | ARA | ASS | IMO | DON | BRN | MIS | ALG | MAG | Pts |
| 1 | Markus Reiterberger | BMW | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 156 |
| 2 | Roberto Tamburini | BMW | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 142 |
| 3 | Maximilian Scheib | Aprilia | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 123 |
| 4 | Federico Sandi | Ducati | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 117 |
| 5 | Florian Marino | Yamaha | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 93 |
| 6 | Luca Vitali | Aprilia | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 5 | 70 |
| 7 | Alessandro Delbianco | BMW | Ret | 8 | 9 | Ret | 2 | DNS | 6 | 6 | 55 |
| 8 | Gabriele Ruiu | Kawasaki | 12 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 47 |
| 9 | Riccardo Russo | Kawasaki | 9 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 9 | | | | 46 |
| 9 | Riccardo Russo | Ducati | | | | | | 3 | | | 46 |
| 10 | Luca Salvadori | BMW | 8 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 11 | 7 | 9 | 41 |
| 11 | Jan Bühn | BMW | Ret | 10 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 36 |
| 12 | Matteo Ferrari | Ducati | | | 1 | | | Ret | | | 25 |
| 13 | Alex Schacht | Ducati | 11 | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | 15 | 10 | 11 | 24 |
| 14 | Andrea Mantovani | Aprilia | | | 8 | | 5 | Ret | | | 19 |
| 15 | Eric Vionnet | BMW | DSQ | DSQ | 13 | 10 | 16 | 18 | | 7 | 18 |
| 16 | TJ Alberto | Ducati | 13 | 19 | Ret | 12 | 11 | 16 | 11 | Ret | 17 |
| 17 | Samuele Cavalieri | Ducati | | | 10 | | | 8 | | | 14 |
| 18 | Emanuele Pusceddu | BMW | Ret | Ret | 15 | | 10 | DNS | 12 | WD | 11 |
| 19 | Alessandro Andreozzi | Yamaha | 6 | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 20 | Axel Bassani | BMW | | | | | | 6 | | | 10 |
| 21 | Xavier Pinsach | Kawasaki | 10 | 13 | | | | | | | 9 |
| 22 | Maxime Cudeville | Kawasaki | 15 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 6 |
| 23 | Valentin Suchet | Kawasaki | 14 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 17 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 |
| 24 | Ricardo Brink | Yamaha | | 12 | | | | | | | 4 |
| 25 | Agostino Santoro | Yamaha | | | | | | 12 | | | 4 |
| 26 | Johan Nigon | Yamaha | | | | | | | | 12 | 4 |
| 27 | Ali Efe Yeğin | Kawasaki | 16 | WD | DNQ | DNQ | 13 | | | | 3 |
| 28 | Jacopo Cretaro | Yamaha | | | | | | | | 13 | 3 |
| 29 | Fraser Rogers | Kawasaki | | 14 | | | | | | | 2 |
| 30 | Alex Bernardi | BMW | | | | | | 14 | | | 2 |
| 31 | Ahmad Yudhistira | Kawasaki | | | | | | | 14 | | 2 |
| 32 | Lucas De Ulacia | Kawasaki | | | | | | | 15 | | 1 |
| 33 | Randy Pagaud | Yamaha | | | | | | | | 15 | 1 |
| | Fabio Marchionni | Yamaha | Ret | 16 | 16 | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| | Karel Pesek | Kawasaki | | 17 | | | 19 | | | | 0 |
| | Armando Pontone | Yamaha | | | 17 | | | 19 | | | 0 |
| | Federico D'Annunzio | Kawasaki | | | | | | 17 | | | 0 |
| | Dominik Juda | BMW | | | | | 18 | | | | 0 |
| | Stefano Fugardi | Yamaha | | | | | | 21 | | | 0 |
| | Danny De Boer | Yamaha | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos. | Rider | Bike | ARA | ASS | IMO | DON | BRN | MIS | ALG | MAG | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |