2019 Superbike World Championship

The 2019 Superbike World Championship (known as 2019 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 32nd season of the Superbike World Championship.

Competition format A new race format was introduced for the 2019 season. As in 2018, two normal length races (Race 1 and Race 2) were held – one each on Saturday and Sunday (Friday and Saturday in Qatar). A third race, a ten lap sprint named the Superpole Race, was held on the final morning of the weekend before Race 2. The starting grids for Race 1 and the Superpole Race were determined by a single 25-minute Superpole Qualifying session. The grid for Race 2 featured the top nine riders in the Superpole Race in the order in which they finished followed by the remaining riders sorted by their Superpole Qualifying times.

Race calendar and results A provisional 13-event calendar (of which one race was unconfirmed) was announced on 13 November 2018, with one round change from 2018 as the Czech round at Brno was replaced by a round at Jerez, to be held in June. As well as this, the round at Donington Park was moved from May to July, with the Misano round moving forward into June to accommodate this. On 19 December 2018, the thirteenth round was confirmed at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, having initially been dropped for 2019.

2019 Superbike World Championship Calendar Round Circuit Date Superpole Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team 1 R1 Australian Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 23 February Jonathan Rea Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati 24 February Jonathan Rea Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati R2 Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati 2 R1 Thai Chang International Circuit 16 March Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati SR 17 March Jonathan Rea Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati R2 Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati 3 R1 Aragón Motorland Aragón 6 April Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati SR 7 April Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati R2 Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati 4 R1 Dutch TT Circuit Assen 14 April Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati SR Race cancelled R2 Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati 5 R1 Italian Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 11 May Chaz Davies Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK SR 12 May Chaz Davies Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK R2 Race cancelled 6 R1 Spanish Circuito de Jerez 8 June Jonathan Rea Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati SR 9 June Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati R2 Jonathan Rea Michael van der Mark Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Team 7 R1 Riviera di Rimini Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli 22 June Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK SR 23 June Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati R2 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK 8 R1 UK Donington Park 6 July Tom Sykes Tom Sykes Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK SR 7 July Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK R2 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK 9 R1 US WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca 13 July Jonathan Rea Álvaro Bautista Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK SR 14 July Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK R2 Chaz Davies Chaz Davies Aruba.it Racing – Ducati 10 R1 Portuguese Algarve International Circuit 7 September Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK SR 8 September Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK R2 Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati 11 R1 French Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 28 September Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Turkish Puccetti Racing SR 29 September Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Turkish Puccetti Racing R2 Alex Lowes Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK 12 R1 Argentinean Circuito San Juan Villicum 12 October Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati SR 13 October Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK R2 Chaz Davies Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK 13 R1 Qatar Losail International Circuit 25 October Jonathan Rea Alex Lowes Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK SR 26 October Jonathan Rea Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK R2 Chaz Davies Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK

Entry list An 18-rider provisional permanent entry list was released by Dorna Sports on 11 January 2019.

2019 entry listTeamConstructorMotorcycleRiderRounds Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 1 Jonathan Rea All 91 Leon Haslam All Moriwaki Althea Honda Team Honda Honda CBR1000RR 2 Leon Camier 1–5, 11–13 13 Takumi Takahashi 10 23 Ryuichi Kiyonari All 72 Yuki Takahashi 6–7 ARUBA.IT Racing - Ducati Ducati Ducati Panigale V4 R 7 Chaz Davies All 19 Álvaro Bautista All iXS Racing powered by YART Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 9 Dominic Schmitter 7, 13 BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW BMW S1000RR 10 Peter Hickman 8 28 Markus Reiterberger 1–7, 9–13 66 Tom Sykes All GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 11 Sandro Cortese All 33 Marco Melandri All Penrite Honda Racing Honda Honda CBR1000RR 17 Troy Herfoss 1 Brixx Performance Ducati Ducati Panigale V4 R 20 Sylvain Barrier 10–11 BARNI Racing Team Ducati Ducati Panigale V4 R 21 Michael Ruben Rinaldi All 51 Michele Pirro 7 Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 22 Alex Lowes All 60 Michael van der Mark All Orelac Racing VerdNatura Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 36 Leandro Mercado 1–3, 6–13 80 Héctor Barberá 4–5 Team GoEleven Ducati Ducati Panigale V4 R 46 Tommy Bridewell 5–6 50 Eugene Laverty 1–5, 8–13 87 Lorenzo Zanetti 7 Althea MIE Racing Team Honda Honda CBR1000RR 52 Alessandro Delbianco All Turkish Puccetti Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 54 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu All Ten Kate Racing – Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 76 Loris Baz 6–13 Team Pedercini Racing by Global Service Solutions Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 81 Jordi Torres All Motocorsa Racing Ducati Ducati Panigale V4 R 87 Lorenzo Zanetti 5 97 Samuele Cavalieri 7 Attack Performance Estenson Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 95 J. D. Beach 9 Kawasaki Thailand Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 99 Thitipong Warokorn 2

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

All entries used Pirelli tyres.

Championship standings Points were awarded as follows: Race 1 and Race 2 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

Superpole Race Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th  Points 12 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Riders' championship

Pos. Rider Bike PHI CHA ARA ASS IMO JER MIS DON LAG POR MAG VIL LOS 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 1 Jonathan Rea Kawasaki 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 C 3 1 1 C 4 4 2 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 663 2 Álvaro Bautista Ducati 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 C 1 2 3 C 1 1 NC 3 1 14 Ret 4 3 17 DNS Ret 4 2 1 5 5 Ret 1 2 5 4 2 3 498 3 Alex Lowes Yamaha 4 4 5 3 3 3 4 3 5 4 C 4 7 5 C 16 Ret 14 Ret 2 4 5 6 4 5 6 4 7 3 4 6 6 3 5 5 6 3 3 4 341 4 Yamaha 5 5 4 4 4 4 6 15 8 3 C 2 4 4 C 2 2 1 DNS DNS DNS 8 8 8 7 10 Ret 3 6 7 13 3 2 4 6 4 6 6 7 327 5 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Kawasaki 6 15 Ret 10 9 9 8 10 Ret 9 C 9 3 7 C 5 7 3 Ret 4 2 13 2 2 3 4 3 6 4 3 1 1 Ret 3 3 3 11 Ret 5 315 6 Chaz Davies Ducati 10 10 7 15 8 Ret 3 4 3 7 C 5 Ret 2 C 7 10 Ret 5 17 7 10 7 9 2 2 1 2 10 16 Ret 4 4 DNS 4 2 2 5 2 294 7 Leon Haslam Kawasaki 15 3 3 5 5 5 9 7 4 5 C 8 5 6 C 9 6 5 Ret 3 3 3 3 5 Ret 5 6 5 5 5 Ret 9 7 6 8 10 5 4 9 281 8 Tom Sykes BMW 7 11 13 9 10 Ret 5 5 12 10 C 7 Ret 8 C 6 5 7 2 Ret 6 2 Ret 7 4 3 5 13 7 9 3 8 8 7 9 Ret Ret 12 12 223 9 Marco Melandri Yamaha 3 6 6 6 6 6 12 11 11 12 C 14 6 17 C 3 3 Ret 6 6 16 14 10 10 9 16 9 9 13 8 8 12 6 DNS 15 14 12 10 17 177 10 Loris Baz Yamaha 12 Ret 9 4 12 12 4 5 6 8 7 7 16 9 6 4 7 5 DNS Ret 12 7 7 8 138 11 Jordi Torres Kawasaki 11 17 14 11 13 10 10 8 7 8 C 10 11 9 C Ret 8 8 12 11 10 Ret 9 Ret 6 8 8 11 12 11 11 15 10 8 11 9 Ret 14 13 135 12 Sandro Cortese Yamaha 8 7 8 7 7 7 7 9 10 13 C 11 Ret 13 C 8 9 6 7 Ret 15 Ret Ret 13 14 11 14 8 8 10 10 11 Ret DNS 7 15 Ret 8 10 134 13 Michael Ruben Rinaldi Ducati 9 8 16 8 11 8 13 Ret 9 Ret C 15 8 15 C 10 11 4 Ret 7 5 12 11 12 10 13 10 10 11 12 14 10 17 12 14 11 13 Ret 15 122 14 Markus Reiterberger BMW 13 12 12 14 14 11 Ret Ret 15 6 C 6 10 10 C 11 15 12 15 13 11 15 12 13 12 14 13 16 17 15 11 17 16 8 15 14 83 15 Eugene Laverty Ducati 12 9 9 Ret DNS Ret 15 6 6 14 C 13 WD WD WD DNS DNS DNS 11 14 12 Ret 15 14 9 13 12 DNS 13 7 9 9 6 81 16 Leandro Mercado Kawasaki 14 Ret 11 12 12 Ret Ret DNS DNS 13 13 11 10 9 Ret 6 Ret 14 12 9 11 14 16 15 12 14 11 9 10 8 Ret 11 11 80 17 Leon Camier Honda Ret 13 10 13 NC DNS 11 12 13 11 C 12 DNS DNS C 7 16 9 DNS 12 13 10 13 16 51 18 Alessandro Delbianco Honda 17 Ret Ret 17 15 13 Ret 14 Ret Ret C 17 15 18 C 15 16 Ret 11 Ret Ret 9 Ret 15 13 DNS 17 18 19 20 15 19 16 10 16 Ret 15 18 Ret 29 19 Ryuichi Kiyonari Honda 16 14 15 Ret Ret 12 14 13 14 15 C Ret 14 16 C 17 17 NC 14 15 17 11 Ret 16 16 15 15 19 20 19 18 20 14 DNS 18 17 14 16 18 24 20 Lorenzo Zanetti Ducati 9 12 C 9 10 9 21 21 Peter Hickman BMW 7 Ret 11 14 22 Tommy Bridewell Ducati 12 11 C 14 12 10 12 23 Yuki Takahashi Honda Ret 14 13 8 14 Ret 11 24 Michele Pirro Ducati Ret 8 8 10 25 Samuele Cavalieri Ducati 13 Ret 13 6 26 Sylvain Barrier Ducati 17 18 18 17 18 13 3 27 Héctor Barberá Kawasaki 16 C 16 13 14 C 3 28 Takumi Takahashi Honda 15 17 17 1 Dominic Schmitter Yamaha Ret 16 DNS 16 17 Ret 0 J. D. Beach Yamaha Ret DNS 16 0 Thitipong Warokorn Kawasaki 16 NC DNS 0 Troy Herfoss Honda Ret 16 Ret 0 Pos. Rider Bike PHI CHA ARA ASS IMO JER MIS DON LAG POR MAG VIL LOS Pts

Bold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' championship Pos. Manufacturer PHI CHA ARA ASS IMO JER MIS DON LAG POR MAG VIL LOS 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 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 C 3 1 1 C 4 4 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 673 2 Ducati 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 C 1 2 2 C 1 1 4 3 1 5 10 4 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 5 4 4 1 2 2 2 2 2 623 3 Yamaha 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 C 2 4 4 C 2 2 1 4 2 4 4 5 4 5 6 4 3 3 4 4 3 2 4 5 4 3 3 4 451 4 BMW 7 11 12 9 10 11 5 5 12 6 C 6 10 8 C 6 5 7 2 13 6 2 Ret 7 4 3 5 12 7 9 3 7 8 7 9 16 8 12 12 249 5 Honda 16 13 10 13 15 12 11 12 13 11 C 12 14 16 C 15 14 13 8 14 17 9 Ret 15 13 15 15 15 17 17 7 16 9 10 12 13 10 13 16 88 Pos. Manufacturer PHI CHA ARA ASS IMO JER MIS DON LAG POR MAG VIL LOS Pts

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