2018 Supersport 300 World Championship
# 2018 Supersport 300 World Championship

The 2018 Supersport 300 World Championship was the second season of the Supersport 300 World Championship of motorcycle racing.

The season was won by Ana Carrasco who became the first female rider in history to win a World Championship in solo motorcycle road racing.

## Race calendar and results

2018 calendar :

| Rnd | Country | Circuit | Date | Superpole | Fastest lap | Winning rider | Winning team |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Spain | MotorLand Aragón | 15 April | Mika Pérez | Koen Meuffels | Koen Meuffels | KTM Fortron Junior Team |
| 2 | Netherlands | TT Circuit Assen | 22 April | Mika Pérez | Ana Carrasco | Luca Grünwald | Freudenberg KTM WorldSSP Team |
| 3 | Italy | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 13 May | Ana Carrasco | María Herrera | Ana Carrasco | DS Junior Team |
| 4 | United Kingdom | Donington Park | 27 May | Ana Carrasco | Ana Carrasco | Ana Carrasco | DS Junior Team |
| 5 | Czech Republic | Automotodrom Brno | 10 June | Galang Hendra Pratama | Imanuel Putra Pratna | Galang Hendra Pratama | BIBLION YAMAHA MOTOXRACING |
| 6 | Italy | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli | 8 July | Galang Hendra Pratama | Ana Carrasco | Manuel Bastianelli | PRODINA IRCOS Team |
| 7 | Portugal | Algarve International Circuit | 16 September | Tom Edwards | Ana Carrasco | Scott Deroue | Motoport Kawasaki |
| 8 | France | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 30 September | Scott Deroue | Mika Pérez | Daniel Valle | BCD Yamaha MS Racing |

## Entry list

2018 entry list :

| Team | Constructor | Motorcycle | No. | Rider | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DS Junior Team | Kawasaki | Kawasaki Ninja 400 | 2 | Ana Carrasco | All |
| DS Junior Team | Kawasaki | Kawasaki Ninja 400 | 20 | Dorren Loureiro | All |
| Motoport Kawasaki | Kawasaki | Kawasaki Ninja 400 | 3 | Tom Toparis | 5–6 |
| Motoport Kawasaki | Kawasaki | Kawasaki Ninja 400 | 6 | Robert Schotman | 1–3, 7–8 |
| Motoport Kawasaki | Kawasaki | Kawasaki Ninja 400 | 83 | Lachlan Epis | 4 |
| Motoport Kawasaki | Kawasaki | Kawasaki Ninja 400 | 95 | Scott Deroue | All |
| Benro Racing | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 4 | Milan Merckelbagh | 2 |
| KTM Fortron Racing Team | KTM | KTM RC 390 R | 5 | Ryan Vos | All |
| KTM Fortron Racing Team | KTM | KTM RC 390 R | 15 | Glenn van Straalen | All |
| Scuderia Maranga Racing | Honda | Honda CBR500R | 7 | Nicola Settimo | All |
| Scuderia Maranga Racing | Honda | Honda CBR500R | 58 | Trystan Finocchiaro | All |
| Kawasaki ParkinGO Team | Kawasaki | Kawasaki Ninja 400 | 8 | Mika Pérez | All |
| Kawasaki ParkinGO Team | Kawasaki | Kawasaki Ninja 400 | 27 | Filippo Rovelli | All |
| Moto Team | Kawasaki | Kawasaki Ninja 400 | 9 | Steffie Naud | 8 |
| Miguel Oliveira Racing Team | KTM | KTM RC 390 R | 10 | Pedro Fragoso | 7 |
| MMR | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 11 | Kevin Arduini | 3 |
| Pertamina Almería BCD by MS Racing | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 12 | Ali Adriansyah Rusmiputro | All |
| Racedays | Honda | Honda CBR500R | 13 | Dino Iozzo | All |
| GP Project Team | Kawasaki | Kawasaki Ninja 400 | 14 | Enzo de la Vega | All |
| GP Project Team | Kawasaki | Kawasaki Ninja 400 | 22 | Nick Kalinin | 1–3, 5–8 |
| C.M. Racing A.S.D. | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 16 | Marc Luna | 1–2 |
| KTM Fortron Junior Team | KTM | KTM RC 390 R | 17 | Koen Meuffels | 1–6 |
| KTM Fortron Junior Team | KTM | KTM RC 390 R | 72 | Victor Steeman | 7–8 |
| Team Tóth – YART | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 18 | Alex Murley | 1–4 |
| Team Tóth – YART | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 30 | Daniel Blin | 5–8 |
| Team Tóth – YART | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 64 | Hugo de Cancellis | All |
| Team Trasimeno | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 19 | Luca Bernardi | All |
| Team Trasimeno | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 39 | Omar Bonoli | 6 |
| Team Trasimeno | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 61 | Bahattin Sofuoğlu | 7–8 |
| Team Trasimeno | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 62 | Jared Schultz | 6 |
| Team Trasimeno | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 84 | Joep Overbeeke | 1–5 |
| ETG Racing | Kawasaki | Kawasaki Ninja 400 | 21 | Borja Sánchez | All |
| ETG Racing | Kawasaki | Kawasaki Ninja 400 | 78 | Joseph Foray | All |
| KTM Orange Brigade/JP43 Training | KTM | KTM RC 390 R | 23 | Alex Dumas | 8 |
| Samurai–YART Racing Samurai Racing | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 25 | Andy Verdoïa | 4–5, 8 |
| Samurai–YART Racing Samurai Racing | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 44 | Samuel Lochoff | All |
| Samurai–YART Racing Samurai Racing | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 79 | Tomás Alonso | All |
| GRT Yamaha WorldSSP300 Team | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 28 | Dennis Koopman | All |
| GRT Yamaha WorldSSP300 Team | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 54 | Filippo Fuligni | All |
| Polish Talent Team | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 30 | Daniel Blin | 1–2 |
| JRT Brno Circuit | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 32 | Alexandra Pelikánová | 5 |
| BCD Yamaha MS Racing | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 33 | Daniel Valle | All |
| BCD Yamaha MS Racing | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 36 | Beatriz Neila | 1 |
| BCD Yamaha MS Racing | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 69 | María Herrera | All |
| TERRA E MOTO | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 34 | Jack Mahaffy | 7 |
| TERRA E MOTO | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 91 | Giacomo Mora | 8 |
| TERRA E MOTO | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 96 | Imanuel Putra Pratna | 1–6 |
| Symcirrus Motorsport | Kawasaki | Kawasaki Ninja 400 | 35 | Edmund Best | 4 |
| Motoclub Baláž/KPA | Kawasaki | Kawasaki Ninja 400 | 37 | Roman Kučera | 5 |
| Freudenberg KTM Junior Team | KTM | KTM RC 390 R | 41 | Jan-Ole Jähnig | All |
| Freudenberg KTM WorldSSP Team | KTM | KTM RC 390 R | 43 | Luca Grünwald | All |
| Freudenberg KTM WorldSSP Team | KTM | KTM RC 390 R | 97 | Maximilian Kappler | All |
| Kawasaki PALMETO PL Racing | Kawasaki | Kawasaki Ninja 400 | 47 | Ferran Hernández | 7 |
| Team Runner Bike | KTM | KTM RC 390 R | 48 | Thomas Brianti | 6 |
| PRODINA IRCOS Team | Kawasaki | Kawasaki Ninja 400 | 51 | Manuel Bastianelli | 3, 6 |
| DEZA-Córdoba-Patrimonio de la Humanidad | Kawasaki | Kawasaki Ninja 400 | 52 | Guillem Erill | 7 |
| DEZA-Córdoba-Patrimonio de la Humanidad | Kawasaki | Kawasaki Ninja 400 | 87 | Alex Börner | 7 |
| BIBLION YAMAHA MOTOXRACING | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 55 | Galang Hendra Pratama | All |
| BIBLION YAMAHA MOTOXRACING | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 65 | Jacopo Facco | 6 |
| BIBLION YAMAHA MOTOXRACING | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 99 | Paolo Grassia | 1–5, 7–8 |
| Team B2G | Kawasaki | Kawasaki Ninja 400 | 70 | Hugo Girardet | 8 |
| Nutec – Benjan – Kawasaki | Kawasaki | Kawasaki Ninja 400 | 71 | Tom Edwards | All |
| Nutec – Benjan – Kawasaki | Kawasaki | Kawasaki Ninja 400 | 93 | Walid Khan | All |
| Motosport Schwarz Racing Team | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 73 | Vojtěch Schwarz | 5 |
| Team GoEleven Kawasaki | Kawasaki | Kawasaki Ninja 400 | 75 | Manuel Rocca | 8 |
| Team XG Racing | Kawasaki | Kawasaki Ninja 400 | 76 | Luke Verwey | 4 |
| Team XG Racing | Kawasaki | Kawasaki Ninja 400 | 77 | Kade Verwey | 4 |
| Pertamina Almería BCD Junior Team by MS BCD Pertamina Junior Team by MS Racing | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 81 | Manuel González | All |
| PROGP Racing | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 85 | Kevin Sabatucci | 3, 6 |
| Bibi's Racing Team | KTM | KTM RC 390 R | 88 | Bibi Damen | 2 |
| ARCO–MotoR UPV University Team | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 89 | Adrián Carrasco | 1 |

* Key
* Regular rider
* Wildcard rider
* Replacement rider
* All entries used Pirelli tyres.

## Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

| 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 |

### Riders' championship

| Pos. | Rider | Bike | ARA | ASS | IMO | DON | BRN | MIS | POR | MAG | Pts. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ana Carrasco | Kawasaki | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 93 |
| 2 | Mika Pérez | Kawasaki | 3 | Ret | 8 | 8 | DNS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 92 |
| 3 | Scott Deroue | Kawasaki | 2 | 3 | Ret | 6 | 7 | Ret | 1 | Ret | 80 |
| 4 | Luca Grünwald | KTM | 9 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 6 | 78 |
| 5 | Dorren Loureiro | Kawasaki | 8 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 66 |
| 6 | Manuel González | Yamaha | Ret | 9 | Ret | 12 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 59 |
| 7 | Borja Sánchez | Kawasaki | 10 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 16 | 16 | 58 |
| 8 | Daniel Valle | Yamaha | 13 | 11 | Ret | 11 | 8 | Ret | 7 | 1 | 55 |
| 9 | Glenn van Straalen | KTM | 7 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 55 |
| 10 | Galang Hendra Pratama | Yamaha | 16 | Ret | 5 | 9 | 1 | 7 | Ret | 15 | 53 |
| 11 | Koen Meuffels | KTM | 1 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 4 | Ret | | | 49 |
| 12 | Walid Khan | Kawasaki | 11 | 5 | 10 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 21 | 11 | 47 |
| 13 | María Herrera | Yamaha | 17 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 6 | Ret | 4 | 45 |
| 14 | Nick Kalinin | Kawasaki | 4 | 6 | Ret | | 6 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 42 |
| 15 | Enzo de la Vega | Kawasaki | 12 | 18 | Ret | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 41 |
| 16 | Jan-Ole Jähnig | KTM | Ret | 8 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 40 |
| 17 | Luca Bernardi | Yamaha | DSQ | DSQ | 12 | 14 | 21 | 4 | Ret | 5 | 30 |
| 18 | Manuel Bastianelli | Kawasaki | | | Ret | | | 1 | | | 25 |
| 19 | Robert Schotman | Kawasaki | 5 | Ret | Ret | | | | 4 | Ret | 24 |
| 20 | Kevin Sabatucci | Yamaha | | | 3 | | | Ret | | | 16 |
| 21 | Tom Edwards | Kawasaki | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | 26 | 6 | Ret | 11 |
| 22 | Ferran Hernández | Kawasaki | | | | | | | 8 | | 8 |
| 23 | Ali Adriansyah Rusmiputro | Yamaha | Ret | 13 | 26 | 13 | NC | Ret | 18 | 20 | 6 |
| 24 | Alex Börner | Kawasaki | | | | | | | 11 | | 5 |
| 25 | Imanuel Putra Pratna | Yamaha | Ret | 19 | 17 | 17 | Ret | 11 | | | 5 |
| 26 | Andy Verdoïa | Yamaha | | | | Ret | 15 | | | 12 | 5 |
| 27 | Maximilian Kappler | KTM | 15 | 12 | Ret | 16 | NC | 22 | 27 | 30 | 5 |
| 28 | Guillem Erill | Kawasaki | | | | | | | 12 | | 4 |
| 29 | Paolo Grassia | Yamaha | 14 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 25 | | 28 | 14 | 4 |
| 30 | Jack Mahaffy | Yamaha | | | | | | | 13 | | 3 |
| 31 | Omar Bonoli | Yamaha | | | | | | 13 | | | 3 |
| 32 | Filippo Rovelli | Kawasaki | Ret | Ret | 13 | Ret | 20 | Ret | 20 | 18 | 3 |
| 33 | Dennis Koopman | Yamaha | 20 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 33 | 27 | 3 |
| 34 | Hugo de Cancellis | Yamaha | DNS | 16 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 22 | 19 | 2 |
| 35 | Marc Luna | Yamaha | 18 | 14 | | | | | | | 2 |
| 36 | Victor Steeman | KTM | | | | | | | 15 | Ret | 1 |
| 37 | Jacopo Facco | Yamaha | | | | | | 15 | | | 1 |
| 38 | Dino Iozzo | Honda | 21 | 21 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 1 |
| | Tomás Alonso | Yamaha | 27 | 23 | Ret | 26 | Ret | 16 | 25 | 26 | 0 |
| | Kevin Arduini | Yamaha | | | 16 | | | | | | 0 |
| | Bahattin Sofuoğlu | Yamaha | | | | | | | 17 | DNS | 0 |
| | Filippo Fuligni | Yamaha | NC | 28 | 19 | Ret | 22 | 17 | 19 | Ret | 0 |
| | Alex Murley | Yamaha | 23 | 17 | Ret | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| | Samuel Lochoff | Yamaha | 28 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 27 | 18 | 24 | Ret | 0 |
| | Daniel Blin | Yamaha | 25 | Ret | | | 18 | Ret | 26 | Ret | 0 |
| | Tom Toparis | Kawasaki | | | | | 19 | 19 | | | 0 |
| | Joseph Foray | Kawasaki | 19 | 26 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 31 | 23 | 0 |
| | Joep Overbeeke | Yamaha | 24 | 20 | 22 | Ret | WD | | | | 0 |
| | Giacomo Mora | Yamaha | | | | | | | | 21 | 0 |
| | Ryan Vos | KTM | Ret | Ret | 21 | Ret | 24 | 23 | 34 | 29 | 0 |
| | Manuel Rocca | Kawasaki | | | | | | | | 22 | 0 |
| | Milan Merckelbagh | Yamaha | | 22 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Beatriz Neila | Yamaha | 22 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Nicola Settimo | Honda | 29 | 27 | 23 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 30 | 28 | 0 |
| | Trystan Finocchiaro | Honda | Ret | 25 | 24 | 27 | 29 | 27 | 32 | 32 | 0 |
| | Alex Dumas | KTM | | | | | | | | 25 | 0 |
| | Adrián Carrasco | Yamaha | 26 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Jared Schultz | Yamaha | | | | | | 28 | | | 0 |
| | Roman Kučera | Kawasaki | | | | | 28 | | | | 0 |
| | Lachlan Epis | Kawasaki | | | | 28 | | | | | 0 |
| | Thomas Brianti | KTM | | | | | | 29 | | | 0 |
| | Luke Verwey | Kawasaki | | | | 29 | | | | | 0 |
| | Bibi Damen | KTM | | 29 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Steffie Naud | Kawasaki | | | | | | | | 31 | 0 |
| | Vojtěch Schwarz | Yamaha | | | | | 31 | | | | 0 |
| | Alexandra Pelikánová | Yamaha | | | | | 32 | | | | 0 |
| | Pedro Fragoso | KTM | | | | | | | 35 | | 0 |
| | Kade Verwey | Kawasaki | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| | Edmund Best | Kawasaki | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| | Hugo Girardet | Kawasaki | | | | | | | | DNS | 0 |
| Pos. | Rider | Bike | ARA | ASS | IMO | DON | BRN | MIS | POR | 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) |

### Manufacturers' championship

| Pos. | Manufacturer | ARA | ASS | IMO | DON | BRN | MIS | POR | MAG | Pts. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kawasaki | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 176 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 13 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 115 |
| 3 | KTM | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 110 |
| 4 | Honda | 21 | 21 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 1 |
| Pos. | Manufacturer | ARA | ASS | IMO | DON | BRN | MIS | POR | MAG | Pts. |
