Supersport: 16 Nations, No Americans

World Supersport

The 2011 World Supersport grid will feature riders from 16 different nationalities, but no Americans. There has always been a high-level of global interest in the series, and this year 29 World Supersport riders from various countries will compete at 12 rounds (WSS will not run at the US round of World Superbike at Miller Motorsports Park).

Italy has the highest number of World Supersport competitors with seven, and the UK has four. Two riders each will represent France (Florian Marino and Fabien Foret), Australia (Broc Parkes and Mitchell Pirotta), Hungary (Balasz Nemeth and Imre Toth) and there is even a pair from Russia, thanks to Eduard Blokhin and Oleg Pozdneev, from the RivaMoto team.

WSBK says Spain has a high level representative in David Salom, and other countries with one World Supersport rider on the grid include Portugal (Miguel Praia), Denmark (Robbin Harms), the Czech Republic (Ondrej Jezek), South Africa (Ronan Quarmby), Switzerland (Bastien Chesaux) and Sweden (Alexander Lundh).

A high level of interest in World Supersport from Eastern Europe means that there will be riders from Poland (Pawel Szkopek), Slovenia (Marko Jerman) and Ukraine, with Vladimir Ivanov flying his national flag on a Honda in the Step Racing Team.

2011 World Supersport Entry List

(4) Gino Rea GBR (Honda CBR600RR) Step Racing Team
(5) Alexander Lundh SWE (Honda CBR600RR) Cresto Guide Racing Team
(7) Chaz Davies GBR (Yamaha YZF R6) Yamaha ParkinGO Team
(8) Bastien Chesaux SUI (Honda CBR600RR) MACH – Moto Academy Swiss
(9) Luca Scassa ITA (Yamaha YZF R6) Yamaha ParkinGO Team
(10) Imre Toth HUN (Honda CBR600RR) Team Hungary Toth
(11) Sam Lowes GBR (Honda CBR600RR) Parkalgar Honda
(19) Mitchell Pirotta AUS (Honda CBR600RR) KUJA Racing
(21) Florian Marino FRA (Honda CBR600RR) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda
(22) Roberto Tamburini ITA (Yamaha YZF R6) Bike Service R.T.
(23) Broc Parkes AUS (Kawasaki ZX-6R) Kawasaki Motocard.com
(24) Eduard Blokhin RUS (Yamaha YZF R6) RivaMoto
(25) Marko Jerman SLO (Triumph Daytona 675) MD Team Jerman
(28) Pawel Szkopek POL (Honda CBR600RR) Bogdanka PTR Honda
(31) Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA (Kawasaki ZX-6R) Lorenzini by Leoni
(34) Ronan Quarmby RSA (Triumph Daytona 675) Suriano Racing Team
(38) Balazs Nemeth HUN (Honda CBR600RR) Team Hungary Toth
(44) David Salom ESP (Kawasaki ZX-6R) Kawasaki Motocard.com
(52) Michele Conti ITA (Honda CBR600RR) KUJA Racing
(55) Massimo Roccoli ITA (Kawasaki ZX-6R) Lorenzini by Leoni
(60) Vladimir Ivanov UKR (Honda CBR600RR) Step Racing Team
(69) Ondrej Jezek CZE (Honda CBR600RR) SMS Racing
(73) Oleg Pozdneev RUS (Yamaha YZF R6) RivaMoto
(77) James Ellison GBR (Honda CBR600RR) Bogdanka PTR Honda
(87) Luca Marconi ITA (Yamaha YZF R6) Bike Service R.T.
(91) Danilo Dell’Omo ITA (Triumph Daytona 675) Suriano Racing Team
(99) Fabien Foret FRA (Honda CBR600RR) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda
(117) Miguel Praia POR (Honda CBR600RR) Parkalgar Honda
(127) Robbin Harms DEN (Honda CBR600RR ) Benjan Racing Team