# Wereldserie Supersport 1998

De FIM Wereldserie Supersport 1998 was het tweede en laatste seizoen van dit kampioenschap en telde tien wedstrijden. De eerste wedstrijd werd op 13 april verreden op het Donington Park in het Verenigd Koninkrijk. De laatste wedstrijd werd op 6 september op het TT-Circuit Assen in Nederland verreden. De Italiaan Fabrizio Pirovano wist het kampioenschap te winnen met 171 punten.
Na dit seizoen werd de klasse vervange ndoor het wereldkampioenschap Supersport.

## Kalender

| Ronde | Datum | Race | Circuit | Poleposition | Snelste ronde | Winnaar | Verslag |
| 1 | 13 april | Verenigd Koninkrijk | Donington | Paolo Casoli | Yves Briguet | Paolo Casoli | Verslag |
| 2 | 10 mei | Italië | Monza | Cristiano Migliorati | Fabrizio Pirovano | Fabrizio Pirovano | Verslag |
| 3 | 24 mei | Spanje | Albacete | Fabrizio Pirovano | Fabrizio Pirovano | Fabrizio Pirovano | Verslag |
| 4 | 7 juni | Duitsland | Nürburgring | Vittoriano Guareschi | Pere Riba | Sébastien Charpentier | Verslag |
| 5 | 21 juni | San Marino | Misano | Vittoriano Guareschi | Vittoriano Guareschi | Fabrizio Pirovano | Verslag |
| 6 | 5 juli | Zuid-Afrika | Kyalami | Pere Riba | Cristiano Migliorati | Stéphane Chambon | Verslag |
| 7 | 12 juli | Verenigde Staten | Laguna Seca | Stéphane Chambon | Pere Riba | Paolo Casoli | Verslag |
| 8 | 2 augustus | Europa | Brands Hatch | Paolo Casoli | Stéphane Chambon | Fabrizio Pirovano | Verslag |
| 9 | 30 augustus | Oostenrijk | Spielberg | Pere Riba | Cristiano Migliorati | Fabrizio Pirovano | Verslag |
| 10 | 6 september | Nederland | Assen | Vittoriano Guareschi | Fabrizio Pirovano | Vittoriano Guareschi | Verslag |

## WK-stand
### Coureurs

| Pos | Coureur | Motor | DON | MON | ALB | NUR | MIS | KYA | LAG | BRH | SPI | ASS | Ptn |
| 1 | Fabrizio Pirovano | Suzuki | 6 | 1 | 1 | DNF | 1 | 3 | DNF | 1 | 1 | 2 | 171 |
| 2 | Vittoriano Guareschi | Yamaha | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | DNF | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 149 |
| 3 | Stéphane Chambon | Suzuki | 8 | DNF | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 137 |
| 4 | Paolo Casoli | Ducati | 1 | 6 | 8 | DNF | DNF | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | DNF | 92 |
| 5 | Massimo Meregalli | Yamaha | 3 | 4 | 4 | DNF | 2 | 11 | DNF | 21 | 4 | 6 | 90 |
| 6 | Cristiano Migliorati | Ducati | 21 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | DNF | 4 | 84 |
| 7 | Pere Riba | Ducati | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | DNF | DNF | 5 | DNF | 5 | 78 |
| 8 | Wilco Zeelenberg | Yamaha | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | DNF | 13 | 7 | 18 | 5 | DNF | 64 |
| 9 | Giovanni Bussei | Suzuki | 11 | DNF | DNF | 9 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 46 |
| 10 | Robert Ulm | Yamaha | 20 | 15 | 12 | 4 | DNF | DNF | 8 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 43 |
| 11 | Mauro Lucchiari | Ducati | DNF | 16 | DNF | 7 | DNF | 12 | 6 | 6 | 7 | DNF | 42 |
| 12 | Yves Briguet | Ducati | 2 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 3 | DNF | | 36 |
| 13 | Sébastien Charpentier | Honda | 19 | DNS | DNF | 1 | DNF | DNF | 16 | 14 | DNF | DNF | 27 |
| 14 | Giuseppe Fiorillo | Suzuki | DNF | 9 | 7 | DNF | 13 | | | 17 | 17 | 12 | 23 |
| 15 | Marco Risitano | Kawasaki | DNQ | DNF | 16 | 8 | 6 | 14 | DNS | | | | 20 |
| 16 | Roberto Teneggi | Ducati | 12 | DNF | 24 | DNF | DNF | 7 | DNF | DNF | 15 | 10 | 20 |
| 17 | Jörg Teuchert | Yamaha | 14 | | | 5 | 10 | | | | | | 19 |
| 18 | Camillo Mariottini | Bimota | DNQ | 11 | 14 | 14 | DNF | | | | | | 18 |
| 18 | Camillo Mariottini | Kawasaki | | | | | | | | | DNF | 7 | 18 |
| 19 | James Toseland | Honda | DNF | DNS | | | DNQ | 10 | DNF | 8 | 12 | DNF | 18 |
| 20 | Jason Pridmore | Suzuki | | | | | | | 3 | | | | 16 |
| 21 | Angelo Conti | Suzuki | | DNF | | | 8 | | | 10 | 14 | DNF | 16 |
| 22 | Christian Kellner | Suzuki | | | | 11 | 15 | | | | 8 | | 14 |
| 23 | Walter Tortoroglio | Suzuki | DNS | DNF | 15 | 19 | 19 | 15 | DNF | 9 | 11 | | 14 |
| 24 | Francesco Monaco | Ducati | | 13 | | | 7 | | | | 16 | | 12 |
| 25 | Mile Pajic | Kawasaki | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 11 |
| 26 | Brett MacLeod | Suzuki | | | | | | 5 | | | | | 11 |
| 27 | Thomas Körner | Kawasaki | 13 | 17 | | 12 | | | | | 13 | | 10 |
| 28 | Russell Wood | Honda | | | | | | 8 | | | | | 8 |
| 29 | Eric Gomez | Suzuki | | 8 | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 30 | Werner Daemen | Kawasaki | DNQ | DNF | DNF | 21 | DNQ | 16 | 9 | DNF | 20 | DNF | 7 |
| 31 | Torleif Hartelman | Honda | | | | | 20 | | | DNQ | | 9 | 7 |
| 32 | Serafino Foti | Bimota | DNF | DNS | 9 | DNF | DNF | | | DNF | DNF | DNF | 7 |
| 33 | Michele Gallina | Ducati | | DNF | | | 9 | | | | | | 7 |
| 34 | Howard Whitby | Honda | 9 | | | | | | | | | | 7 |
| 35 | Christophe Cogan | Ducati | DNS | 14 | 11 | DNF | DNF | | | | | | 7 |
| 36 | Jean-Philippe Ruggia | Bimota | DNF | 10 | DNF | DNF | | | | | | | 6 |
| 37 | Bernard Garcia | Ducati | 10 | DNF | DNF | | | | | | | | 6 |
| 38 | Francisco Riquelme | Ducati | | | 10 | | | | | | | | 6 |
| 39 | Stefan Nebel | Kawasaki | DNQ | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNQ | 18 | 11 | DNQ | 19 | 21 | 5 |
| 40 | Karl Muggeridge | Honda | 23 | | | | 11 | | | 19 | | | 5 |
| 41 | Javier Rodríguez | Yamaha | | | 19 | | DNQ | DNS | 12 | 23 | DNF | 15 | 5 |
| 42 | Phil Borley | Honda | 22 | | | | | | | 12 | | | 4 |
| 43 | Harald Steinbauer | Kawasaki | | 12 | | 22 | 16 | | | | | | 4 |
| 44 | Jan Hanson | Honda | 14 | | | | | | | 25 | | 14 | 4 |
| 45 | Albert Aerts | Yamaha | DNQ | DNQ | DNF | DNF | DNQ | 19 | 13 | DNQ | DNF | | 3 |
| 46 | Kirk McCarthy | Honda | | | | | | DNF | DNF | 22 | 21 | 13 | 3 |
| 47 | Marc Garcia | Ducati | DNF | DNS | 13 | | | | | | | | 3 |
| 48 | Herbert Kaufmann | Yamaha | | | | 13 | | | | | | | 3 |
| 49 | Erik Schnackenberg | Suzuki | | | | | | | 14 | | | | 2 |
| 50 | Vittorio Iannuzzo | Yamaha | | | | | 14 | | | | | | 2 |
| 51 | Mario Innamorati | Kawasaki | 15 | DNF | DNF | DNS | | 17 | DNF | DNF | | | 1 |
| 52 | John Jacobi | Yamaha | | | | | | | 15 | | | | 1 |
| | Thomas Hinterreiter | Kawasaki | DNQ | DNQ | DNF | | | | | 16 | 18 | | 0 |
| | Harry van Beek | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | 16 | 0 |
| | Dominik Heydt | Kawasaki | | | | 16 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Steve Plater | Honda | 16 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Matteo Colombo | Ducati | | 19 | | | 17 | | | | | | 0 |
| | Ferdinando Di Maso | Ducati | DNF | DNQ | 17 | DNS | | | | | | DNF | 0 |
| | Wim Theunissen | Kawasaki | | | | | | | | | | 17 | 0 |
| | Alfonso Ferrel | Suzuki | | | | | | | 17 | | | | 0 |
| | Andre Friedrich | Suzuki | | | | 17 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Philip McCallam | Honda | 17 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Marc Fissette | Yamaha | | 18 | 21 | DNF | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| | Dean Thomas | Suzuki | 18 | | | | | | | 24 | | | 0 |
| | Gerhard Lindner | Kawasaki | | | 18 | DNF | | | | | | | 0 |
| | John Tuuli | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | 18 | 0 |
| | Norino Brignola | Bimota | | | | | 18 | | | | | | 0 |
| | Markus Barth | Suzuki | | | | 18 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Paul Hoogenboom | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | 19 | 0 |
| | Andrea Mazzali | Ducati | | | | | DNF | | | | DNF | 20 | 0 |
| | Stuart Wickens | Honda | | | | | | | | 20 | | | 0 |
| | Stewart MacLeod | Suzuki | | | | | | 20 | | | | | 0 |
| | Katja Poensgen | Suzuki | | | | 20 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | José Mariano Rosales | Honda | | | 20 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Mike Dikinson | Yamaha | | | | | | 21 | | | | | 0 |
| | Claude-Alain Jäggi | Ducati | DNQ | DNQ | 22 | | DNQ | DNF | DNF | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 |
| | Emiel Bosma | Honda | | | | | | | | | | 22 | 0 |
| | Franz Haslinger | Honda | | | | | | | | | 22 | | 0 |
| | Klaus Grammer | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | 23 | | 0 |
| | David Muscat | Ducati | | | | | | | | DNF | DNF | | 0 |
| | Roberto Panichi | Honda | | DNF | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Roberto Panichi | Bimota | | | | | DNF | | | DNF | DNS | DNS | 0 |
| | Glen Richards | Honda | DNF | | | | | | | DNF | | | 0 |
| | Andy Pallot | Honda | DNF | | | | | | | DNF | | | 0 |
| | Michaël Paquay | Honda | DNF | DNS | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Alain Kempener | Yamaha | | | | | | | | DNQ | DNF | | 0 |
| | Jarno Boesveld | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | DNF | 0 |
| | Stéphane Mertens | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | DNF | 0 |
| | Micha van Deelen | Honda | | | | | | | | | | DNF | 0 |
| | Jürgen Oelschläger | Honda | | | | | | | | | DNF | | 0 |
| | Horst Saiger | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | DNF | | 0 |
| | Dave Rathbone | Honda | | | | | | | | DNF | | | 0 |
| | Karl Harris | Honda | | | | | | | | DNF | | | 0 |
| | Shane Byrne | Yamaha | | | | | | | | DNF | | | 0 |
| | Roman Frias | Honda | | | | | | | DNF | | | | 0 |
| | Nicky Hayden | Suzuki | | | | | | | DNF | | | | 0 |
| | Graeme van Breda | Suzuki | | | | | | DNF | | | | | 0 |
| | Greg Dreyer | Honda | | | | | | DNF | | | | | 0 |
| | Brad Anassis | Suzuki | | | | | | DNF | | | | | 0 |
| | Nello Russo | Honda | | | | | DNF | | | | | | 0 |
| | Michele Malatesta | Honda | | | | | DNF | | | | | | 0 |
| | Luca Pasini | Ducati | | | | | DNF | | | | | | 0 |
| | Peter Preussler | Kawasaki | | | | DNF | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Gilson Scudeler | Ducati | | | DNF | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Franco Brugnara | Suzuki | | DNF | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Antonio Calasso | Honda | | DNF | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Paul Brown | Honda | DNF | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | John Crawford | Suzuki | DNF | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Peter Jennings | Honda | DNS | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Henk Riezebos | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| | Panu Hänninen | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| | Martin Johansson | Honda | | | | | | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| | Peter Schneider | Kawasaki | | | | | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| | Sebastien Scarnato | Kawasaki | | | | | | | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| | Luca Pini | Suzuki | | | | | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| | Marco Brugnera | Kawasaki | | | | | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| | Ralf Petrovskis | Kawasaki | | | | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Jean-Claude Hambuckers | Yamaha | | | DNQ | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Stéphane Coutelle | Suzuki | | DNQ | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Coureur | Motor | DON | MON | ALB | NUR | MIS | KYA | LAG | BRH | SPI | ASS | Ptn |
| Kleur | Resultaat |
| Goud | Winnaar |
| Zilver | 2$^e$ plaats |
| Brons | 3$^e$ plaats |
| Groen | Gefinisht, in de punten |
| Blauw | Gefinisht, geen punten |
| Blauw | Niet geclassificeerd (NC) |
| Paars | Niet gefinisht (DNF) |
| Rood | Niet gekwalificeerd (DNQ) |
| Rood | Niet voorgekwalificeerd (DNPQ) |
| Zwart | Gediskwalificeerd (DSQ) |
| Wit | Niet gestart (DNS) |
| Wit | Teruggetrokken (WD) |
| Wit | Race geannuleerd (C) |
| Leeg | Niet deelgenomen |
| Leeg | Uitgesloten (EX) |

### Fabrikanten

| Pos | Fabrikant | DON | MON | ALB | NUR | MIS | KYA | LAG | BRH | SPI | ASS | Ptn |
| 1 | Suzuki | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 207 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 175 |
| 3 | Ducati | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 174 |
| 4 | Honda | 9 | DNF | 20 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 65 |
| 5 | Kawasaki | 13 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 48 |
| 6 | Bimota | DNF | 10 | 9 | 14 | 18 | | | DNF | DNF | DNF | 15 |
| Pos | Fabrikant | DON | MON | ALB | NUR | MIS | KYA | LAG | BRH | SPI | ASS | Ptn |