Leandro Denis "Tati" Mercado (born 15 February 1992) is a motorcycle racer from Argentina who will compete in the 2026 FIM Endurance World Championship for YART Yamaha in 2026. He is best known for winning the National title of the AMA Supersport Championship in 2009, the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup in 2014, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2026.

Career

Junior career After finishing third in the Red Bull AMA Rookies Cup in 2008, Mercado achieved the same result in the East division of the AMA Supersport Championship the following year, and won the National title in the Shootout race held in Daytona. In 2010, he was seventh in the CIV Stock 600 Championship and contested three races of the European Superstock 600 Championship on a Kawasaki ZX-6R, while in 2011, he finished sixth in the CIV Stock 1000 Championship and sixteenth in the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup on a Kawasaki ZX-10R.

Superstock and Superbike World Championship In 2012 Mercado raced in the Superbike World Championship for eight rounds in the first half of the season, before moving back to the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup. He was twenty-sixth and fifteenth respectively in the standings. For the following two seasons, he continued competing in the Superstock category, finishing fourth in 2013 with Kawasaki machinery, and winning the 2014 title on a Ducati 1199.

For 2015, Mercado returned to the Superbike World Championship full time, finishing eighth in the final standings. In 2016 he once again returned to the Superstock category, where he finished as runner-up. In 2017, he would ride for IodaRacing Project on an Aprilia RSV4 in the Superbike championship, finishing 13th in the championship, with 115 points.

Mercado switched to Kawasaki for the 2018 Superbike World Championship, riding the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R, but only finished 15th at the end of the season, with 70 points. He would stay with Kawasaki for 2019, but the results would remain the same, 80 points and 16th in the standings at the end of the year.

For the 2020 Superbike World Championship, Mercado switched to a Ducati, riding for Motocorsa Racing team, on a Ducati Panigale V4. After missing the opening rounds in Australia, Mercado was also forced to miss time in the middle of the season due to injuries, missing ten races altogether, and therefore only finished 16th at the end of the year, with 24 points. In 2021, Mercado would switch teams again, this time riding a Honda CBR1000RR, for MIE Racing Honda Team. Once again, injuries plagued Mercado's season, as well as a covid-19 absence from the Czech weekend, leading to a career-low 26 points from him in the season, and 21st in the standings. Nevertheless, Honda announced that he would stay for 2022, partnered by Hafizh Syahrin.

IDM Superbike In 2023, Mercado would do multiple rounds of the IDM Superbike championship onboard a Kawasaki ZX-10RR. He would do the full season in 2024, finishing 9th in the standings. In 2025, he would join the Masteroil Alpha Van-Zon BMW team riding a BMW M1000RR. He finished fifth in the standings with 167.5 points.

FIM Endurance World Championship On the 10th of November 2025, it was announced that Mercado would join YART for 2026.

Career statistics

Career highlights 2009 - 1st, AMA Supersport Championship National, Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 2013 - 4th, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Kawasaki ZX-10R 2014 - 1st, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Ducati 1098R 2016 - 2nd, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Ducati 1199 Panigale 2026 - 1st, 24 Hours of Le Mans, Yamaha YZF-R1

European Superstock 600 Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Pts 2010 Kawasaki POR VAL ASS MNZ MIS BRN SIL NÜR IMO MAG 17th 25

Superstock 1000 Cup Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Pts 2011 Kawasaki NEDRet MNZDNS SMR15 ARA14 BRN17 SIL5 NŰR17 IMO14 MAG15 ALG13 16th 20 2012 Kawasaki IMO NED MNZ SMR ARA BRN SIL8 NŰR4 ALG8 MAGRet 15th 29 2013 Kawasaki ARA3 NED4 MNZ9 ALG4 IMO5 SIL6 SIL2 NŰR1 MAG5 JER2 4th 146 2014 Kawasaki ARA1 NED5 IMO3 MIS2 ALG9 JER1 MAG4 1st 117 2016 Ducati ARA1 NED9 IMO1 DON2 MISRet LAU1 MAG7 JERRet 2nd 111

Superbike World Championship

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos 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 R1 R2 2012 Kawasaki AUS AUS ITA ITA NED NED ITA ITA EUR EUR USA USA SMR SMR SPA SPA CZE CZE GBR GBR RUS RUS GER GER POR POR FRA FRA 26th 9 2015 Ducati AUS AUS THA THA SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR GBR POR POR SMR SMR USA USA MAL MAL SPA SPA FRA FRA QAT QAT 8th 142 2017 Aprilia AUS AUS THA THA SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR GBR ITA ITA USA USA GER GER POR POR FRA FRA SPA SPA QAT QAT 13th 115 2018 Kawasaki AUS AUS THA THA SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR GBR CZE CZE USA USA ITA ITA POR POR FRA FRA ARG ARG QAT QAT 15th 70 Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 2019 Kawasaki AUS AUS AUS THA THA THA SPA SPA SPA NED NED NED ITA ITA ITA SPA SPA SPA ITA ITA ITA GBR GBR GBR USA USA USA POR POR POR FRA FRA FRA ARG ARG ARG QAT QAT QAT 16th 80 2020 Ducati AUS AUS AUS SPA SPA SPA POR POR POR SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA FRA FRA FRA POR POR POR 16th 24 2021 Honda SPA SPA SPA POR POR POR ITA ITA ITA GBR GBR GBR NED NED NED CZE CZE CZE SPA SPA SPA FRA FRA FRA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA POR POR POR ARG ARG ARG INA INA INA 21st 33 2022 Honda SPA SPA SPA NED NED NED POR POR POR ITA ITA ITA GBR GBR GBR CZE CZE CZE FRA FRA FRA SPA SPA SPA POR POR POR ARG ARG ARG INA INA INA AUS AUS AUS 29th 3 2023 Honda AUS AUS AUS INA INA INA NED NED NED SPA SPA SPA ITA ITA ITA GBR GBR GBR ITA ITA ITA CZE CZE CZE FRA FRA FRA SPA SPA SPA POR POR POR JER JER JER NC 0 2024 Honda AUS AUS AUS SPA SPA SPA NED NED NED ITA ITA ITA GBR GBR GBR CZE CZE CZE POR POR POR FRA FRA FRA ITA ITA ITA SPA SPA SPA POR POR POR SPA SPA SPA 31st 0 Season still in progress.

FIM Endurance World Cup Year Team Bike Tyre Rider 2025 Champion-MRP-Tecmas BMW S1000RR Leandro Mercado Hannes Soomer Jan Bühn 35* 9th* Source:

24 Hours of Le Mans results YearTeamRidersBikePos2026 YART Yamaha Karel Hanika Marvin Fritz Leandro MercadoYamaha YZF-R11st

Suzuka 8 Hours results Year Class Team Co-riders Bike Pos 2025 SST TONE Team 4413 EVA 02 BMW Tomoya Hoshino Ainosuke Yoshida BMW S1000RR17th 2026 EWC YART Yamaha Karel Hanika Marvin Fritz Yamaha YZF-R1 TBD

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