The 1990 Superbike World Championship was the third FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 18 March at Jerez and finished on 18 November at Manfeild Autocourse after 13 rounds.

Frenchman Raymond Roche won the riders' championship and Honda won the manufacturers' championship.

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider
1	R1	Jerez	18 March	Raymond Roche	Stéphane Mertens	Raymond Roche
	R2				Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche
2	R1	Donington	16 April	Giancarlo Falappa	Rob Phillis	Fred Merkel
	R2				Raymond Roche	Giancarlo Falappa
3	R1	Hungaroring	30 April	Malcolm Campbell	Raymond Roche	Fred Merkel
	R2				Fred Merkel	Raymond Roche
4	R1	Hockenheim	6 May	Raymond Roche	Fred Merkel	Fred Merkel
	R2				Raymond Roche	Stéphane Mertens
5	R1	Mosport	3 June	Giancarlo Falappa	Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche
	R2				Jamie James	Raymond Roche
6	R1	Brainerd	10 June	Doug Chandler	Doug Chandler	Stéphane Mertens
	R2				Fabrizio Pirovano	Doug Chandler
7	R1	Österreichring	1 July	Stéphane Mertens	Rob McElnea	Fabrizio Pirovano
	R2				Stéphane Mertens	Stéphane Mertens
8	R1	Sugo	26 August	Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche
	R2				Peter Goddard	Doug Chandler
9	R1	Le Mans	9 September	Baldassarre Monti	Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche
	R2				Jamie James	Raymond Roche
10	R1	Monza	7 October	Baldassarre Monti	Rob Phillis	Fabrizio Pirovano
	R2				Rob Phillis	Fabrizio Pirovano
11	R1	Shah Alam	4 November	Rob Phillis	Fabrizio Pirovano	Fabrizio Pirovano
	R2				Raymond Roche	Fabrizio Pirovano
12	R1	Phillip Island	11 November	Peter Goddard	Fabrizio Pirovano	Peter Goddard
	R2				Malcolm Campbell	Rob Phillis
13	R1	Manfeild	18 November	Rob Phillis	Brian Morrison	Terry Rymer
	R2				Raymond Roche	Rob Phillis

Entry list

1990 entry list
Team	Constructor	No.	Rider	Rounds
Team Rumi RCM	Honda	1	Fred Merkel	1
		8	Baldassarre Monti	1
Total Bel-Ray Mertens Racing	Honda	2	Stéphane Mertens	1
Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli	Ducati	3	Raymond Roche	1
		6	Giancarlo Falappa	1
Pirovano Racing Team	Yamaha	4	Fabrizio Pirovano	1
		59	Adriano Narducci	1
Team Yamaha Sweden	Yamaha	5	Anders Andersson	1
Team Loctite Yamaha	Yamaha	7	Terry Rymer	1
		19	Rob McElnea	1
Arwidson Yamaha Team	Yamaha	9	Jari Suhonen	1
Team Shin-Etsu Kawasaki	Kawasaki	11	Rob Phillis	1
Bike 2000 Racing Team	Ducati	17	Davide Tardozzi	1
		45	Mauro Mastrelli	1
Durex Suzuki	Suzuki	22	Roger Burnett	1
Suzuki Deutschland Racing	Suzuki	23	Ernst Gschwender	1
Eckert Motorradtechnik	Honda	25	Andreas Hofmann	1
Team Green Kawasaki Deutschland	Kawasaki	26	Michael Galinski	1
		30	Edwin Weibel	1
Hein Gericke Racing	Yamaha	27	Peter Rubatto	1
Mitsui Yamaha Racing Team	Yamaha	28	Udo Mark	1
RH-JF Team Wellbrock & Co	Honda	32	Wolfgang Möckel	1
Toni Gutierrez Arbizu	Honda	34	Juan Lopez Mella	1
Impala Honda	Honda	35	Javier Arenas	1
Honda Britain	Honda	39	Carl Fogarty	1
		41	James Whitham	1
Tilston's Honda	Honda	40	Brian Morrison	1
	Bimota	43	Marino Fabbri	1
Ianniccheri Racing	Yamaha	44	Aldeo Presciutti	1
		58	Marco Papa	1
Team RB Kawasaki Italia	Kawasaki	46	Mauro Ricci	1
Team Wanty	Honda	47	René Delaby	1
Racing Team Henk de Vries	Yamaha	49	Jeffry de Vries	1
Moto Accion	Yamaha	52	Antonio Garcia	1
	Yamaha	53	Stefano Caracchi	1
Gabi Competición	Honda	55	Daniel Amatriaín	1
Team Kawasaki Mobil 1	Kawasaki	56	Manuel João	1
Team Pepsi Portugal	Honda	57	Pedro Baptista	1
	Yamaha	60	Fernando Gonzalez	1

Championship standings

Riders' standings

Pos.	Rider	Bike	ESP		GBR		HUN		GER		CAN		USA		AUT		JPN		FRA		ITA		MAS		AUS		NZL		Pts
			R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Roche	Ducati	1	1	2	2	2	1	Ret	2	1	1	2	4	8	2	1	6	1	1	3	6	4	3	5	8	2	Ret	382
2	Pirovano	Yamaha	6	8	5	5	3	8	8	5	3	5	8	6	1	3	4	4	Ret	2	1	1	1	1	2	5	Ret	4	325
3	Mertens	Honda	3	4	3	8	6	3	Ret	1	6	3	1	2	2	1	11	8	3	3	2	Ret	3	4	Ret	9	6	Ret	300
4	Phillis	Kawasaki	4	5	4	7	10	Ret	Ret	DNS	16	8	6	Ret	3	Ret	6	5	5	6	4	4	2	2	Ret	1	5	1	238
5	McElnea	Yamaha	8	6	Ret	Ret	5	4	2	6	11	6	5	5	6	6	12	Ret	6	5	5	3	5	5	12	Ret	3	Ret	218
6	Merkel	Honda	2	3	1	3	1	6	1	3	5	10	7	10	7	4					Ret	5							197
7	Rymer	Yamaha	7	7	Ret	DNS	8	5	Ret	7	4	7	4	3			Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret			7	7	9	Ret	1	2	158
8	Monti	Honda	Ret	11	10	11	9	11	Ret	14	7	9	11	11	9	5	2	3	4	4	Ret	2							149
9	Andersson	Yamaha	9	12	Ret	9	7	Ret	7	12	10	11	Ret	12	4	9	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	9	11	12	12	Ret	15	7	6	120
10	Suhonen	Yamaha	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	14	4	10	9	13	12	8	Ret	11	26	11	10	14	6	7	9	8	10	Ret	Ret	5	112
11	Falappa	Ducati	5	2	7	1	Ret	7	3	4	Ret	DNS			DNS	DNS													94
12	James	Ducati									2	2	Ret	Ret			7	7	2	Ret	7	8							86
13	Goddard	Yamaha															5	2					6	6	1	2			85
14	Campbell	Honda					4	2	Ret	9							Ret	15					8	9	4	3	DNS	DNS	81
15	Chandler	Kawasaki											3	1			3	1											70
16	Morrison	Honda	13	Ret	14	15	15	16	Ret	DNS							16	10	Ret	15	8	9			13	11	10	8	51
17	Mark	Yamaha	Ret	15	9	10			6	11					Ret	10	15	13											39
18	Gschwender	Suzuki	10	9	15	12	13	Ret	DNQ	DNQ					5	14	Ret	17											34
19	Slight	Kawasaki																							8	7	Ret	3	32
20	Dowson	Kawasaki																					18	14	3	4			30
21	Fogarty	Honda	14	Ret	6	6													Ret	8									30
22	Weibel	Kawasaki	15	Ret	16	13	Ret	10	25	13					Ret	20			12	9	10	Ret							30
23	Hofmann	Honda	16	13					5	8									14	11									29
24	Amatriain	Honda	18	10	Ret	16	11	12	9	16					10	19													28
25	de Vries	Yamaha	Ret	14	17	14	14	13	12	15									13	17	15	10							24
26	Tardozzi	Ducati	11	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	Ret			DNS	DNS	Ret	DNS							23
27	Bongers	Yamaha																					10	10	6	Ret			22
28	Mercier	Yamaha									8	4																	21
29	Mattioli	Honda													11	12			8	12	18	Ret							21
30	Doohan	Honda																							7	6			19
31	Vieira	Honda													Ret	7			Ret	13	11	14							19
32	Mounier	Yamaha													14	8			DNS	7	DNS	DNS							19
33	Stroud	Yamaha																									8	7	17
34	Caracchi	Ducati	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	Ret	17							12	Ret			9	10	Ret	16							17
35	Mackenzie	Yamaha			13	4																							16
36	Russell	Kawasaki											10	7															15
37	Rees	Yamaha																									9	9	14
38	Beattie	Honda																							DSQ	Ret	4	Ret	13
39	Mella	Honda	12	Ret	19	Ret	12	Ret	11	Ret					Ret	16					Ret	23							13
40	Josiah	Kawasaki																									11	10	11
41	Martin	Suzuki																							11	10			11
42	Stringer	Yamaha			11	17	19	22	10	17																			11
43	Saito	Yamaha															13	9											10
44	Knight	Kawasaki																					11	11					10
45	Lavieille	Yamaha																	7	Ret									9
46	Lewis	Kawasaki																									12	11	9
47	Kipp	Yamaha									14	14	14	13			Ret	Ret											9
48	Polen	Suzuki															8	DNS											8
49	Osaka	Yamaha															9	Ret											7
50	Stevens	Yamaha											Ret	9															7
51	Sadowski	Yamaha											9	Ret															7
52	Picotte	Yamaha									13	12																	7
53	H. Meier	Honda							13	20											21	12							7
54	Delaby	Honda	23	Ret	22	20	18	Ret	16	19	15	16	Ret	14	15	13	Ret	23	20	22	Ret	20							7
55	Kato	Yamaha															10	Ret											6
56	Guest	Yamaha																							14	12			6
57	Crafar	Yamaha																					13	13					6
58	Duhamel	Suzuki									12	15																	5
59	Billet	Honda																									14	13	5
60	Bosshard	Honda																			14	13							5
61	King	Ducati																									16	12	4
62	Biliotti	Kawasaki																			12	19							4
63	Miwa	Honda															17	12											4
64	Whitham	Honda	20	Ret	12	Ret																							4
65	Fissenden	Honda																							21	22	13	15	4
66	Rudroff	Bimota							15	Ret									Ret	24	13	26							4
67	O'Connor	Honda																							16	13			3
68	Ricci	Kawasaki	Ret	Ret	23	Ret	21	21	DNS	DNS					13	Ret													3
69	Curtis	Suzuki																									15	14	3
70	Roberts	Yamaha																							Ret	14			2
71	Tai	Honda																					14	17					2
72	Hanamura	Yamaha															20	14											2
73	Kobayashi	Honda															14	19											2
74	Möckel	Honda	26	20	Ret	DNS			14	21					20	27			19	23	17	22							2
75	Bonhuil	Honda			24	Ret	22	24	17	Ret	17	17	15	15	18	Ret			Ret	19	Ret	Ret							2
76	Short	Suzuki																							15	17			1
77	Choeisak	Yamaha															28	28					Ret	15					1
78	Nattavude	Kawasaki																					15	16					1
79	Monsch	Honda																			Ret	15							1
80	Coq	Yamaha																	15	16									1
81	Zwedorn	Honda					25	Ret							Ret	15	25	25											1
82	Galinski	Kawasaki	19	Ret	DNS	DNS	17	15	18	Ret																			1
	Singer	Kawasaki																			16	17							0
	Presciutti	Yamaha	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	29	18	DNQ	DNQ					21	21			16	Ret	Ret	Ret							0
	Garcia	Yamaha	22	18											16	22													0
	Scolyer	Kawasaki																							18	16			0
	Kieffer	Honda									20	20	19	16															0
	Arenas	Honda	Ret	16			24	19	23	Ret					24	25													0
	Aoki	Yamaha															19	16											0
	Jordan	Suzuki																					16	Ret					0
	Ashmead	Kawasaki											16	DNS															0
	Mastrelli	Ducati	21	19			20	23	DNQ	DNQ					19	17			DNQ	DNQ									0
	Buckmaster	Honda															Ret	26											0
		Kawasaki																					17	19
	Kattenberg	Yamaha																							17	19			0
	Karm	Suzuki											21	17															0
	Papa	Yamaha	24	17																									0
	Schäfli	Honda													17	24													0
	Robinson	Honda											17	Ret															0
	Deletang	Suzuki																	17	Ret									0
	Grey	Suzuki																									17	Ret	0
	Rubatto	Yamaha	Ret	Ret			23	20	Ret	18					Ret	18			Ret	21	Ret	Ret							0
	Chambers	Honda			18	18																							0
	Shirai	Honda															18	18											0
	Lentaigne	Kawasaki																	18	20									0
	Douglas	Yamaha									18	Ret																	0
	Clarke	Kawasaki									Ret	18																	0
	Jacob	Yamaha											18	Ret															0
	Mouzin	Kawasaki																	Ret	18									0
	Balbi	Ducati																			Ret	18							0
	Haslam	Yamaha																					Ret	18					0
	Bubb	Honda																							Ret	18			0
	Macdonald	Suzuki									19	19																	0
	Arnold	Honda																							19	20			0
	McMurter	Honda			21	19					DNS	DNS																	0
	Dauer	Honda																			19	21							0
	Schmidt	Yamaha							19	Ret																			0
	Williams	Yamaha			20	21																							0
	Yamamoto	Honda															21	20											0
	Vanolini	Honda																							20	21			0
	Wilmes	Honda							20	23																			0
	Röhrer	Honda																			20	24							0
	Yoder Jr.	Suzuki											20	DNS															0
	Schmuttermeier Jr.	Suzuki									21	21																	0
	Kobayashi	Honda															22	21											0
	Tolonen	Yamaha			26	23			21	Ret																			0
	Baptista	Honda	27	21	DNQ	DNQ																							0
	Burnett	Suzuki	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret													21	DNS									0
	Granath	Honda			27	Ret	Ret	DNS							22	Ret			22	25									0
	Fahr	Honda							24	22					25	23			DNQ	DNQ									0
	Kaneko	Yamaha															23	22											0
	Fischer	Honda			25	24			22	Ret																			0
	Narducci	Yamaha	DNQ	DNQ											DNQ	DNQ			DNQ	DNQ	22	25							0
	Phillips	Yamaha			Ret	22																							0
	Vance	Suzuki									22	Ret																	0
	Rechberger	Yamaha													23	28					Ret	27							0
	Sato	Honda															24	24											0
	Gross	Yamaha							Ret	24																			0
	Rasmussen	Suzuki			Ret	DNS	Ret	25																					0
	Fabbri	Bimota	25	Ret																									0
	Parzer	Yamaha					26	26							DNQ	DNQ													0
	Mairhofer	Kawasaki					27	Ret	DNQ	DNQ					Ret	26													0
	Chao	Kawasaki															27	27											0
	João	Kawasaki	DNQ	DNQ			28	27																					0
	Shoyama	Honda															29	DNS											0
	Vallée	Honda													Ret	DNS			Ret	Ret									0
	Heiler	Yamaha							Ret	DNS					Ret	DNS													0
	Blair	Suzuki																					Ret	Ret					0
		Ducati																							DNS	DNS
	Adamo	Ducati									Ret	Ret																	0
	Renfrow	Honda											Ret	Ret															0
	Strang	Yamaha											Ret	Ret															0
	Scatola	Bimota																			Ret	Ret							0
	Kuan	Yamaha																					Ret	Ret					0
	Looi	Honda																					Ret	Ret					0
	Sohwa	Kawasaki																					Ret	Ret					0
	Watts	Kawasaki																							Ret	Ret			0
	Tate	Ducati																							Ret	Ret			0
	Leslie	Ducati																							Ret	Ret			0
	Bontempi	Ducati																	DNS	Ret	DNS	DNS							0
	Holden	Honda			Ret	DNS																							0
	Lundvall	Kawasaki					Ret	DNS	DNQ	DNQ																			0
	Guenette Jr.	Yamaha									Ret	DNS																	0
	Cornwell	Suzuki									Ret	DNS																	0
	Hubin	Ducati																			Ret	DNS							0
	Craggill	Suzuki																							Ret	DNS			0
	Pavletich	Ducati																									Ret	DNS	0
	Brau	Ducati																	DNS	DNS									0
	Hamdi	Yamaha																	DNS	DNS									0
	Tarrant	Honda																							DNS	DNS			0
	Hodson	Ducati																							DNS	DNS			0
	McEwen	Kawasaki																									DNS	DNS	0
	Busch	Kawasaki			DNQ	DNQ			DNQ	DNQ																			0
	Gonzalez	Yamaha	DNQ	DNQ																									0
	Fath	Honda							DNQ	DNQ																			0
	Karthin	Yamaha							DNQ	DNQ																			0
	Jung	Honda							DNQ	DNQ																			0
	Gratzl	Honda							DNQ	DNQ																			0
	Schuck	Yamaha							DNQ	DNQ																			0
	Dieterle	Honda							DNQ	DNQ																			0
	Schiller	Suzuki							DNQ	DNQ																			0
	Walsh	Suzuki									DNQ	DNQ																	0
	Schmuttermeier Sr.	Suzuki									DNQ	DNQ																	0
	Green	Honda									DNQ	DNQ																	0
	U. Meier	Honda													DNQ	DNQ													0
	Williams	Kawasaki													DNQ	DNQ													0
	Pfefferkorn	Kawasaki													DNQ	DNQ													0
	Zeller	Suzuki													DNQ	DNQ													0
	Freilinger	Yamaha													DNQ	DNQ													0
	Krenn	Suzuki													DNQ	DNQ													0
	Triebnig	Suzuki													DNQ	DNQ													0
	Péan	Honda																	DNQ	DNQ									0
	Grillet	Yamaha																	DNQ	DNQ									0
	Smolik	Suzuki																					DNQ	DNQ					0
Pos.	Rider	Bike	ESP		GBR		HUN		GER		CAN		USA		AUT		JPN		FRA		ITA		MAS		AUS		NZL		Pts

Manufacturers' standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Pts
1	Honda	399
2	Ducati	393
3	Yamaha	378
4	Kawasaki	300
5	Suzuki	49
6	Bimota	4

Notes

• The points allocation system was: 1st=20, 2nd=17, 3rd=15, 4th=13, 5th=11, 6th=10, 7th=9, 8th=8, 9th=7, 10th=6, 11th=5, 12th=4, 13th=3, 14th=2, 15th=1