The 2016 Superbike World Championship was the 29th season of the Superbike World Championship. Jonathan Rea won his second consecutive Superbike World Championship title at the first race of the last round at Losail,^[1] while Kawasaki had secured the manufacturers' title at the previous event at Jerez.^[2] Chaz Davies won the most races this season with Davies winning 11 races to Rea's 9.

In comparison with the previous season, the calendar saw the discontinuation of the Algarve round and the return of Lausitzring; Autodromo Nazionale Monza, which was also due to reappear on 23–24 July as the tenth round—subject to track homologation—was removed from the calendar on 1 April 2016;^[3] the round was definitively cancelled the following 29 April, as no replacement venue had ultimately been found.^[4]

After changes in the standard weekend timetable, the first race, which was previously run on Sunday along with the second one, was scheduled to be held on Saturday.^[5]

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2016 calendar[4][6]
Round			Circuit	Date	Superpole	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team
1	R1	Australian	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	27 February	Tom Sykes	Davide Giugliano	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2			28 February		Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
2	R1	Thai	Chang International Circuit	12 March	Michael van der Mark	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2			13 March		Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki Racing Team
3	R1	Aragón	Motorland Aragón	2 April	Tom Sykes	Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
	R2			3 April		Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
4	R1	Dutch	TT Circuit Assen	16 April	Tom Sykes	Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2			17 April		Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
5	R1	Italian	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	30 April	Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
	R2			1 May		Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
6	R1	Malaysian	Sepang International Circuit	14 May	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2			15 May		Davide Giugliano	Nicky Hayden	Honda World Superbike Team
7	R1	UK	Donington Park	28 May	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2			29 May		Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki Racing Team
8	R1	Riviera di Rimini	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	18 June	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2			19 June		Alex Lowes	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
9	R1	US	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	9 July	Tom Sykes	Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
	R2			10 July		Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki Racing Team
10	R1	German	Lausitzring	17 September	Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
	R2			18 September		Javier Forés	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki Racing Team
11	R1	French	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	1 October	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
	R2			2 October		Tom Sykes	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
12	R1	Spanish	Circuito de Jerez	15 October	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
	R2			16 October		Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
13	R1	Qatar	Losail International Circuit	29 October	Jonathan Rea	Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
	R2			30 October		Jonathan Rea	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati

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2016 entry list[7] Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 1 Jonathan Rea[8] All 66 Tom Sykes[9] All MV Agusta Reparto Corse MV Agusta MV Agusta 1000 F4 2 Leon Camier[8] All Team GoEleven Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 4 Gianluca Vizziello[10] 5–6 40 Román Ramos[11] 1–4, 7–13[N 1] Grillini Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 4 Gianluca Vizziello[12] 8–13 9 Dominic Schmitter[13] All 16 Josh Hook[14] 3–6 19 Sahustchai Kaewjaturaporn[15] 2 54 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu[16] 1 86 Sheridan Morais[17] 7 Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 6 Cameron Beaubier[17] 7 22 Alex Lowes[8] All 50 Sylvain Guintoli[8] 1–5, 10–13 59 Niccolò Canepa[18] 8–9 Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati Ducati 1199 Panigale R 7 Chaz Davies[19] All 34 Davide Giugliano[19] All Team Tóth Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 10 Imre Tóth[7] 1–3, 6–7, 11 56 Péter Sebestyén[7] 1–5, 8–13 82 Karel Pešek[20] 12 119 Paweł Szkopek[21] 4–10, 13 Pedercini Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 11 Saeed Al Sulaiti[22] All 13 Anthony West[23] 6–10, 12 20 Sylvain Barrier[24] 1–3 44 Lucas Mahias[21] 4–5 76 Matthieu Lagrive[25] 11 91 Leon Haslam[26] 13 Barni Racing Team Ducati Ducati 1199 Panigale R 12 Javier Forés[27] All Yamaha Thailand Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 14 Anucha Nakcharoensri[15] 2 IodaRacing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 RF 15 Alex de Angelis[7] All 32 Lorenzo Savadori[7] All Milwaukee BMW BMW BMW S1000RR 17 Karel Abraham[28] 1–11, 13 25 Josh Brookes[28] All Althea BMW Racing Team BMW BMW S1000RR 21 Markus Reiterberger[29] 1–8, 10–13 35 Raffaele De Rosa[30] 9 35 Raffaele De Rosa[26] 13 81 Jordi Torres[29] All Desmo Sport Ducati Ducati Ducati 1199 Panigale R 46 Mike Jones[16] 1 3ART Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 57 Alex Plancassagne[25] 11 Honda World Superbike Team Honda Honda CBR1000RR SP 60 Michael van der Mark[31] All 69 Nicky Hayden[32] All VFT Racing Ducati Ducati 1199 Panigale R 61 Fabio Menghi[33] 8–9 99 Luca Scassa[23] 6–7, 10–13 151 Matteo Baiocco[15] 2–5 Team ASPI BMW BMW S1000RR 94 Matthieu Lussiana[34] 3–4, 7, 11–12

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• All entries used Pirelli tyres.