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Three of the four regular Riders' championships that take place under the banner of World Superbike racing were not decided until the final round of the year at Portimao, but one more important title was also assigned that day.
For manufacturers, Supersport racing is an important area of competition, and Honda and Yamaha have been the long-term protagonists in this series.
At Portimao Honda (in the photo, Laverty ahead of Souoglu) ended up taking the Manufacturers' Championship for the seventh time in succession, holding off Yamaha by 13 points.
With one race win and five other podium finishes for Joan Lascorz, Kawasaki finished the season third, on 186 points, with Triumph on 114 points, after Garry McCoy had taken not one but two podiums in this intensely tough season.
Points in this championship are allocated in a similar fashion to the Riders' title. That is, 25 for a win, down to 1 for 15th, with the best single finish for a rider representing each machine type being marked in as the Manufacturer's score for that individual round.
