# 2002 Superstock European Championship

The 2002 Superstock European Championship was the fourth season of the FIM Superstock championship. The season began on 10 March at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Spain, and finished on 29 September at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Italy.
Vittorio Iannuzzo won the title after beating closest rival Walter Tortoroglio.

## Race calendar and results

2002 Calendar :
| Round | Date | Round | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Race winner | Winning team | Winning constructor |
| 1 | 10 March | Spain | Circuit Ricardo Tormo | Vittorio Iannuzzo | Vittorio Iannuzzo | Vittorio Iannuzzo | Alstare System Suzuki Italia | Suzuki |
| 2 | 12 May | Italy | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | Vittorio Iannuzzo | Vittorio Iannuzzo | Vittorio Iannuzzo | Alstare System Suzuki Italia | Suzuki |
| 3 | 26 May | United Kingdom | Silverstone Circuit | Chris Burns | Vittorio Iannuzzo | Chris Burns | Roundstone Racing | Suzuki |
| 4 | 9 June | Germany | Lausitzring | Vittorio Iannuzzo | Vittorio Iannuzzo | Vittorio Iannuzzo | Alstare System Suzuki Italia | Suzuki |
| 5 | 23 June | San Marino | Autodromo di Santamonica | Vittorio Iannuzzo | Vittorio Iannuzzo | Gianluca Vizziello | GIMotorsport | Yamaha |
| 6 | 28 July | Europe | Brands Hatch | Vittorio Iannuzzo | Chris Burns | Chris Burns | Roundstone Racing | Suzuki |
| 7 | 1 September | Germany | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | Walter Tortoroglio | Walter Tortoroglio | Walter Tortoroglio | Rumi | Honda |
| 8 | 8 September | Netherlands | TT Circuit Assen | Vittorio Iannuzzo | Michael Laverty | Michael Laverty | E.M.S. Racing | Suzuki |
| 9 | 29 September | Italy | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | Vittorio Iannuzzo | Vittorio Iannuzzo | Vittorio Iannuzzo | Alstare System Suzuki Italia | Suzuki |

## Entry list

| Team | Constructor | Motorcycle | No. | Rider | Rounds |
| Bike Service | Aprilia | Aprilia RSV 1000 | 70 | Ilario Dionisi | 5 |
| Bike Service | Aprilia | Aprilia RSV 1000 | 71 | Roberto Lunadei | 5, 9 |
| FBC Racing | Aprilia | Aprilia RSV 1000 | 76 | Enrico Pasini | 7, 9 |
| MIRacing | Aprilia | Aprilia RSV 1000 | 53 | Jose Manuel Hurtado | 1 |
| Tosi Tonini | Aprilia | Aprilia RSV 1000 | 72 | Marco Tonini | 5, 9 |
| Arancia | Ducati | Ducati 998 S | 52 | Sergio Fuertes | 1 |
| D.F.X. Racing Ducati Pirelli | Ducati | Ducati 998 S | 12 | Lorenzo Alfonsi | All |
| D.F.X. Racing Ducati Pirelli | Ducati | Ducati 998 S | 42 | Riccardo Chiarello | All |
| Flanders Motor Racing MCT-Sitra | Ducati | Ducati 998 S | 7 | Robert De Vries | All |
| Flanders Motor Racing MCT-Sitra | Ducati | Ducati 998 S | 11 | Nicolas Saelens | All |
| Flanders Motor Racing MCT-Sitra | Ducati | Ducati 998 S | 80 | Ghisbert Van Ginhoven | 8 |
| Lowlands Racing | Ducati | Ducati 998 S | 16 | John Bakker | 1–6, 8–9 |
| Rox Racing | Ducati | Ducati 998 S | 21 | Sergio Ruggiero | All |
| Spaziotel Racing | Ducati | Ducati 998 S | 22 | Christian Dal Corso | All |
| Harry Meyerink Transport | Honda | Honda CBR900RR | 79 | Lee Bootsman | 8 |
| Intermoto Progres Ecoplast | Honda | Honda CBR900RR | 45 | Marek Červený | All |
| R.M.C.E. | Honda | Honda CBR900RR | 51 | Raul Jacobo | 1 |
| Rumi | Honda | Honda CBR900RR | 2 | Walter Tortoroglio | All |
| Rumi | Honda | Honda CBR900RR | 3 | Fabrizio De Marco | All |
| Rumi | Honda | Honda CBR900RR | 44 | Alessandro Brannetti | 2–9 |
| Rumi | Honda | Honda CBR900RR | 73 | Hervé Gantner | 7 |
| UCL Racing Honda | Honda | Honda CBR900RR | 23 | Simon Andrews | 1–8 |
| UCL Racing Honda | Honda | Honda CBR900RR | 24 | Luke Quigley | 1 |
| Alstare System Suzuki Italia | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 28 | Giacomo Romanelli | All |
| Alstare System Suzuki Italia | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 31 | Vittorio Iannuzzo | All |
| Arbr 'A' Cames | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 33 | Ludovic Fourreau | 1–6 |
| Bender Four Star Racing | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 65 | Katja Poensgen | 4 |
| Bender Four Star Racing | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 66 | Benjamin Nabert | 4–5, 7 |
| Bob Racing | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 61 | Bob Withag | 8 |
| Brave | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 55 | Marco Tessarolo | 2, 5, 9 |
| Carfix Autoschade Damwoud | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 82 | Bertus Folkertsma | 8 |
| Celani | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 70 | Ilario Dionisi | 9 |
| Chrysalis Racing | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 58 | Kieran Murphy | 3, 6 |
| Circuit Comunitat Valenciana | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 53 | Jose Manuel Hurtado | 9 |
| Circuit Comunitat Valenciana | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 54 | Alex Martinez | 9 |
| Delling | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 75 | Daniel Delling | 7 |
| E.M.S. Racing | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 68 | Declan Swanton | 1–5, 7 |
| E.M.S. Racing | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 95 | Michael Laverty | 6, 8 |
| Eti | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 62 | Ross McCulloch | 6 |
| G.S. Racing | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 85 | Paul Mooijman | 8 |
| Hi-Peak Racing | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 9 | Chris Miller | 1–2 |
| Hobbs Racing | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 63 | Dennis Hobbs | 6 |
| ICSAT | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 34 | Didier Van Keymeulen | All |
| Jentin Racing | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 24 | Luke Quigley | 2, 5–8 |
| Jentin Racing | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 99 | Matt Layt | 1 |
| K.S. Racing | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 49 | Koen Vleugels | All |
| Karthin Suzuki | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 67 | Bjoern Steinmetz | 4, 7 |
| KF Racing | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 59 | Kevin Falcke | 3 |
| LiveOnScreen Racing | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 4 | Andy Notman | All |
| Lloyds Autobodies | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 57 | Steve Brogan | 3, 6, 8 |
| MRI Competicion | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 54 | Alex Martinez | 1 |
| Roundstone Racing | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 56 | Chris Burns | 3, 6 |
| Sacchi Corse Biassono R. | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 8 | Dario Tosolini | 1–7 |
| Shafer Yoshimara Suzuki | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 78 | Stefan Nebel | 7 |
| Star Moto | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 77 | Olivier Four | All |
| Suzuki Stefan Schmidt | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX 1000 R | 26 | Christian Nau | All |
| Five Racing | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF 1000 R1 | 18 | Ciro Ranieri | All |
| Folch Endurance | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF 1000 R1 | 50 | Antonio Guinovart | 1 |
| GIMotorsport | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF 1000 R1 | 6 | Gianluca Vizziello | 2–9 |
| GIMotorsport | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF 1000 R1 | 69 | Raffaello Fabbroni | 1–5 |
| GIMotorsport | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF 1000 R1 | 70 | Ilario Dionisi | 8 |
| Legs 11 | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF 1000 R1 | 60 | Kelvin Reilly | 3, 6 |
| Lorenzini by Leoni | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF 1000 R1 | 37 | William De Angelis | All |
| Lorenzini by Leoni | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF 1000 R1 | 90 | Lorenzo Mauri | 1–4, 6–9 |
| Saveko Racing Freddy Racing | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF 1000 R1 | 25 | Freddy Papunen | 1–5, 7–9 |
| Zone Rouge | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF 1000 R1 | 20 | Geoffrey Naze | 1–8 |
Key :
* Regular rider
* Wildcard rider
* Replacement rider

## Championship' standings
### Riders' standings

| Pos | Rider | Bike | VAL | MNZ | SIL | LAU | MIS | BRA | OSC | ASS | IMO | Pts |
| 1 | Vittorio Iannuzzo | Suzuki | 1$^{PF}$ | 1$^{PF}$ | 5$^F$ | 1$^{PF}$ | 2$^{PF}$ | DNS$^P$ | 5 | 6$^P$ | 1$^{PF}$ | 152 |
| 2 | Walter Tortoroglio | Honda | 5 | 2 | 4 | DNS | 6 | 5 | 1$^{PF}$ | 11 | 8 | 103 |
| 3 | Gianluca Vizziello | Yamaha | | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | EX | 4 | 5 | 100 |
| 4 | Andy Notman | Suzuki | Ret | 13 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 83 |
| 5 | Giacomo Romanelli | Suzuki | 2 | 3 | 9 | Ret | 13 | 7 | Ret | 9 | 7 | 71 |
| 6 | Lorenzo Alfonsi | Ducati | 3 | DNS | 7 | 3 | 3 | DNS | Ret | 5 | 13 | 71 |
| 7 | Koen Vleugels | Suzuki | 9 | 5 | 15 | 5 | Ret | 22 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 54 |
| 8 | Chris Burns | Suzuki | | | 1$^P$ | | | 1$^F$ | | | | 50 |
| 9 | Didier Van Keymeulen | Suzuki | 15 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 49 |
| 10 | Riccardo Chiarello | Ducati | 7 | DNQ | 30 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 8 | 6 | 42 |
| 11 | Steve Brogan | Suzuki | | | 2 | | | DNS | | 3 | | 36 |
| 12 | Kieran Murphy | Suzuki | | | 3 | | | 2 | | | | 36 |
| 13 | Lorenzo Mauri | Yamaha | 12 | DNS | 13 | 10 | | 15 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 32 |
| 14 | Ludovic Fourreau | Suzuki | 6 | Ret | 12 | 8 | Ret | 9 | | | | 29 |
| 15 | Alex Martinez | Suzuki | 8 | | | | | | | | 2 | 28 |
| 16 | Ilario Dionisi | Aprilia | | | | | 4 | | | | | 26 |
| 16 | Ilario Dionisi | Yamaha | | | | | | | | 21 | | 26 |
| 16 | Ilario Dionisi | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | 4 | 26 |
| 17 | Benjamin Nabert | Suzuki | | | | 4 | 8 | | 11 | | | 26 |
| 18 | Alessandro Brannetti | Honda | | DNS | 23 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 26 |
| 19 | Michael Laverty | Suzuki | | | | | | NC | | 1$^F$ | | 25 |
| 20 | Olivier Four | Suzuki | WD | 10 | 6 | Ret | Ret | WD | WD | WD | 9 | 23 |
| 21 | Luke Quigley | Honda | 10 | | | | | | | | | 22 |
| 21 | Luke Quigley | Suzuki | | DNS | | | WD | 8 | 8 | 16 | | 22 |
| 22 | Ross McCulloch | Suzuki | | | | | | 3 | | | | 16 |
| 23 | Marco Tessarolo | Suzuki | | 7 | | | 9 | | | | Ret | 16 |
| 24 | Simon Andrews | Honda | 18 | 9 | 11 | 17 | DNS | 14 | Ret | 14 | | 16 |
| 25 | William De Angelis | Yamaha | 19 | DNS | 28 | 21 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 12 | 10 | 14 |
| 26 | Sergio Fuertes | Ducati | 4 | | | | | | | | | 13 |
| 27 | Stefan Nebel | Suzuki | | | | | | | 4 | | | 13 |
| 28 | Bjoern Steinmetz | Suzuki | | | | 6 | | | 13 | | | 13 |
| 29 | Fabrizio De Marco | Honda | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13 |
| 30 | Dario Tosolini | Suzuki | 13 | DNS | Ret | 7 | WD | WD | WD | | | 12 |
| 31 | Freddy Papunen | Yamaha | Ret | 8 | 16 | 13 | Ret | | Ret | 19 | 16 | 11 |
| 32 | Sergio Ruggiero | Ducati | 27 | 14 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 19 | 20 | 22 | Ret | 8 |
| 33 | John Bakker | Ducati | 11 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 16 | 22 | | 15 | 23 | 6 |
| 34 | Dennis Hobbs | Suzuki | | | | | | 11 | | | | 5 |
| 35 | Raffaelo Fabbroni | Yamaha | 20 | 11 | 17 | 16 | WD | | | | | 5 |
| 36 | Ciro Ranieri | Yamaha | 23 | 16 | 26 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 15 | 23 | 19 | 5 |
| 37 | Christian Nau | Suzuki | 21 | Ret | 25 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 14 | Ret | 25 | 4 |
| 38 | Chris Miller | Suzuki | 14 | DNS | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 39 | Roberto Lunadei | Aprilia | | | | | 14 | | | | 24 | 2 |
| 40 | Robert De Vries | Ducati | 17 | 15 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 16 | DNS | 17 | 21 | 2 |
| | Antonio Guinovart | Yamaha | 16 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Daniel Delling | Suzuki | | | | | | | 16 | | | 0 |
| | Nicolas Saelens | Ducati | WD | DNQ | 24 | 22 | Ret | 17 | 19 | Ret | 17 | 0 |
| | Geoffrey Naze | Yamaha | 30 | 17 | 31 | Ret | 20 | 18 | Ret | WD | | 0 |
| | Marco Tonini | Aprilia | | | | | 17 | | | | 20 | 0 |
| | Enrico Pasini | Aprilia | | | | | | | 17 | | 22 | 0 |
| | Kelvin Reilly | Yamaha | | | 18 | | | DNS | | | | 0 |
| | Christian Dal Corso | Ducati | 25 | DNS | 29 | 23 | Ret | 21 | 18 | 26 | DNS | 0 |
| | Jose Manuel Hurtado | Aprilia | 24 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Jose Manuel Hurtado | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | 18 | 0 |
| | Kevin Falcke | Suzuki | | | 19 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Declan Swanton | Suzuki | 22 | WD | 20 | 24 | 19 | | WD | | | 0 |
| | Bob Withag | Suzuki | | | | | | | | 20 | | 0 |
| | Marek Červený | Honda | 28 | DNS | 21 | 20 | WD | Ret | Ret | DNS | 26 | 0 |
| | Hervé Gantner | Honda | | | | | | | 21 | | | 0 |
| | Bertus Folkertsma | Suzuki | | | | | | | | 24 | | 0 |
| | Lee Bootsman | Honda | | | | | | | | 25 | | 0 |
| | Matt Layt | Suzuki | 26 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Raul Jacobo | Honda | 29 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Ghisbert Van Ginhoven | Ducati | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| | Paul Mooijman | Suzuki | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| | Katja Poensgen | Suzuki | | | | DSQ | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Rider | Bike | VAL | MNZ | SIL | LAU | MIS | BRA | OSC | ASS | IMO | 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) |