Superbike World Championship 2019

Superbike World Championship 2019

World Champion
Driver:	Jonathan Rea
Constructor:	Kawasaki
<2018 season	2020 season>

The 2019 Superbike World Championship season was the 32nd in the history of the FIM - Superbike World Championship . 37 races were held at 13 events.

Distribution of points

The world champion will be the driver or manufacturer who has accumulated the most points in the world championship by the end of the season. When distributing points, the placements are taken into account in the overall result of the respective race. The first 15 drivers get points in the two main races and the first nine drivers in the sprint race.

The world champion will be the driver or manufacturer who has accumulated the most points in the world championship by the end of the season. When distributing points, the placements are taken into account in the overall result of the respective race. The top fifteen drivers in each race receive points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
Points	25th	20th	16	13	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

Distribution of points sprint races
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9
Points	12	9	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

All results achieved are included in the evaluation.

useful information

• For the 2019 season, the "Tissot Superpole Race", a new sprint race over ten laps (on each track), was added to the race weekend. The first nine of this race will receive championship points and will start the second main race in that order.
• Ducati drives the new Ducati Panigale V4 R this season .
• Honda and BMW are committed to 2019 again at the factory in the Superbike World Championship.

Racing calendar

(As of March 3, 2019)

No.	Run	date	country	route	Track layout
1	1	February 23, 2019	Australia	Phillip Island Circuit
	2 & 3	February 24, 2019
2	1	16th March 2019	Thailand	Chang International Circuit
	2 & 3	17th March 2019
3	1	April 6, 2019	Spain	Motorland Aragón
	2 & 3	April 7, 2019
4th	1	April 13, 2019	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen
	2 & 3	April 14, 2019
5	1	May 11, 2019	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
	2 & 3	May 12, 2019
6th	1	June 8, 2019	Spain	Circuito de Jerez
	2 & 3	June 9, 2019
7th	1	June 22, 2019	Italy	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli
	2 & 3	June 23, 2019
8th	1	6th July 2019	Great Britain	Donington Park
	2 & 3	7th July 2019
9	1	13th July 2019	United States	Laguna Seca Raceway
	2 & 3	14th July 2019
10	1	7th September 2019	Portugal	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve
	2 & 3	September 8, 2019
11	1	September 28, 2019	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
	2 & 3	29th September 2019
12	1	October 12, 2019	Argentina	Autódromo de El Villicum
	2 & 3	October 13, 2019
13	1	October 25, 2019	Qatar	Losail International Circuit
	2 & 3	October 26, 2019

Teams and drivers

(As of March 1, 2019)

The list of teams and drivers corresponds to the official entry list. Substitute and wildcard drivers are marked separately in this overview.

No. driver nation team motorcycle 1 Jonathan Rea  Great Britain Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki ZX-10 RR 2 Leon Camier  Great Britain Moriwaki Althea Honda Team Honda CBR1000RR 7th Chaz Davies  Great Britain Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati Panigale V4 R 9 Dominic Schmitter  Switzerland iXS Racing powered by YART Yamaha YZF-R 1 10 Peter Hickman  Great Britain BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW S 1000 RR 11 Sandro Cortese  Germany GRT Yamaha WORLDSBK Yamaha YZF-R 1 13 Takumi Takahashi  Japan Moriwaki Althea Honda Team Honda CBR1000RR 17th Troy Herfoss  Australia Penrite Honda Honda CBR1000RR 19th Álvaro Bautista  Spain Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati Panigale V4 R 20th Sylvain Barrier  France Brixx performance Ducati Panigale V4 R 21st Michael Ruben Rinaldi  Italy Barni Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4 R 22nd Alex Lowes  Great Britain Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF-R 1 23 Ryuichi Kiyonari  Japan Moriwaki Althea Honda Team Honda CBR1000RR 28 Markus Reiterberger  Germany BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW S 1000 RR 33 Marco Melandri  Italy GRT Yamaha WORLDSBK Yamaha YZF-R 1 36 Leandro Mercado  Argentina Orelac Racing VerdNatura Kawasaki ZX-10 RR 46 Tommy Bridewell  Great Britain Team GoEleven Ducati Panigale V4 R 50 Eugene Laverty  Ireland Team GoEleven Ducati Panigale V4 R 51 Michele Pirro  Italy Barni Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4 R 52 Alessandro Delbianco  Italy Althea Mie Racing Team Honda CBR1000RR 54 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu  Turkey Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki ZX-10 RR 60 Michael van der Mark  Netherlands Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF-R 1 66 Tom Sykes  Great Britain BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW S 1000 RR 72 Yūki Takahashi  Japan Moriwaki Althea Honda Team Honda CBR1000RR 76 Loris Baz  France Ten Kate Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R 1 80 Héctor Barberá  Spain Orelac Racing VerdNatura Kawasaki ZX-10 RR 81 Jordi Torres  Spain Team Pedercini Racing Kawasaki ZX-10 RR 87 Lorenzo Zanetti  Italy Team GoEleven Ducati Panigale V4 R 91 Leon Haslam  Great Britain Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki ZX-10 RR 95 JD Beach  United States Attack Performance Estenson Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R 1 97 Samuele Cavalieri  Italy Motocorsa Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R 99 Thitipong Warokorn  Thailand Kawasaki Thailand Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10 RR

Legend Regular driver Wildcard driver Substitute driver

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Wildcard in Misano
2. ^ Replacement for Reiterberger in Donington Park
3. ↑ Replacement for Camier in Portimão
4. ↑ Wildcard in Australia
5. ↑ Wildcard in Portimão
6. ↑ Wildcard in Magny-Cours
7. ^ Substitute for Laverty in Imola and Jerez
8. ↑ Replacement for Camier in Jerez and Misano
9. ↑ Regular drivers from Jerez
10. ^ Replacement for Mercado in Assen and Imola
11. ↑ Wildcard in Imola
12. ↑ Replacement for Laverty in Misano
13. ↑ Wildcard in Laguna Seca
14. ↑ Wildcard in Thailand

Race results

#	date	run	route	Pole position 1	Run	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap	Overall leadership
										driver	constructor
1	February 23	Australia	Phillip Island Circuit	Jonathan Rea	1	Álvaro Bautista	Jonathan Rea	Marco Melandri	Álvaro Bautista	Álvaro Bautista	Ducati
	February 24th				2	Álvaro Bautista	Jonathan Rea	Leon Haslam	Jonathan Rea
					3	Álvaro Bautista	Jonathan Rea	Leon Haslam	Álvaro Bautista
2	March 16	Thailand	Chang International Circuit	Álvaro Bautista	1	Álvaro Bautista	Jonathan Rea	Alex Lowes	Álvaro Bautista
	17. March				2	Álvaro Bautista	Jonathan Rea	Alex Lowes	Jonathan Rea
					3	Álvaro Bautista	Jonathan Rea	Alex Lowes	Álvaro Bautista
3	April 6th	Spain	Motorland Aragón	Álvaro Bautista	1	Álvaro Bautista	Jonathan Rea	Chaz Davies	Álvaro Bautista
	7th of April				2	Álvaro Bautista	Jonathan Rea	Alex Lowes	Álvaro Bautista
					3	Álvaro Bautista	Jonathan Rea	Chaz Davies	Álvaro Bautista
4th	April 14th	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	Álvaro Bautista	1	Álvaro Bautista	Jonathan Rea	Michael van der Mark	Álvaro Bautista
	April 14th				2	canceled 2
					2	Álvaro Bautista	Michael van der Mark	Jonathan Rea	Álvaro Bautista
5	May 11th	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	Chaz Davies	1	Jonathan Rea	Álvaro Bautista	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Jonathan Rea
	12th of May				2	Jonathan Rea	Chaz Davies	Álvaro Bautista	Chaz Davies
					3	canceled 3
6th	8th June	Spain	Circuito de Jerez	Jonathan Rea	1	Álvaro Bautista	Michael van der Mark	Marco Melandri	Álvaro Bautista
	June 9th				2	Álvaro Bautista	Michael van der Mark	Marco Melandri	Álvaro Bautista
					3	Michael van der Mark	Jonathan Rea	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Jonathan Rea
7th	June 22	Italy	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	Jonathan Rea	1	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Álvaro Bautista	Jonathan Rea
	23rd June				2	Álvaro Bautista	Alex Lowes	Leon Haslam	Álvaro Bautista
					3	Jonathan Rea	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Leon Haslam	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu
8th	July 6th	Great Britain	Donington Park	Tom Sykes	1	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Leon Haslam	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea
	7th of July				2	Jonathan Rea	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Leon Haslam	Jonathan Rea
					3	Jonathan Rea	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Álvaro Bautista	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu
9	July 13th	United States	Laguna Seca Raceway	Jonathan Rea	1	Jonathan Rea	Chaz Davies	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Álvaro Bautista		Kawasaki
	July 14th				2	Jonathan Rea	Chaz Davies	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea
					3	Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Chaz Davies		Ducati
10	7th of September	Portugal	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	Jonathan Rea	1	Jonathan Rea	Chaz Davies	Michael van der Mark	Jonathan Rea		Kawasaki
	September 8th				2	Jonathan Rea	Álvaro Bautista	Alex Lowes	Jonathan Rea
					3	Álvaro Bautista	Jonathan Rea	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Álvaro Bautista
11	September 28th	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	Jonathan Rea	1	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea
	September 29th				2	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Jonathan Rea	Michael van der Mark	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu
					3	Jonathan Rea	Michael van der Mark	Alex Lowes	Alex Lowes
12	October 12th	Argentina	Autódromo de El Villicum	Álvaro Bautista	1	Álvaro Bautista	Jonathan Rea	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Álvaro Bautista
	October 13th				2	Jonathan Rea	Álvaro Bautista	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Jonathan Rea
					3	Jonathan Rea	Chaz Davies	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Chaz Davies
13	October 25	Qatar	Losail International Circuit	Jonathan Rea	1	Jonathan Rea	Chaz Davies	Alex Lowes	Alex Lowes
	October 26th				2	Jonathan Rea	Álvaro Bautista	Alex Lowes	Jonathan Rea
					3	Jonathan Rea	Chaz Davies	Álvaro Bautista	Chaz Davies

¹ Entitled to start position 1 only in the first race and in the Superpole race.

² Due to snowfall on Saturday, the Superpole race was canceled and two main races were held on Sunday.

³ The race was canceled due to bad weather.

Ratings

driver

Item	driver	machine	OUT			THA			ESP			NLD			ITA			ESP			ITA			GBR			United States			POR			FRA			ARG			QAT			Total points
			R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
1	J. Rea	Kawasaki	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	C.	3	1	1	C.	4th	4th	2	1	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	663
2	Á. Bautista	Ducati	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	C.	1	2	3	C.	1	1	NC	3	1	14th	DNF	4th	3	DNF	DNS	DNF	4th	2	1	5	5	DNF	1	2	5	4th	2	3	498
3	A. Lowes	Yamaha	4th	4th	5	3	3	3	4th	3	5	4th	C.	4th	7th	5	C.	16	DNF	14th	DNF	2	4th	5	6th	4th	5	6th	4th	7th	3	4th	6th	6th	3	5	5	6th	3	3	4th	341
4th	M. vd Mark	Yamaha	5	5	4th	4th	4th	4th	6th	15th	8th	3	C.	2	4th	4th	C.	2	2	1	INJ 2			8th	8th	8th	7th	10	DNF	3	6th	7th	13	3	2	4th	6th	4th	6th	6th	7th	327
5	T. Razgatlıoğlu	Kawasaki	6th	15th	DNF	10	9	9	8th	10	DNF	9	C.	9	3	7th	C.	5	7th	3	DNF	4th	2	13	2	2	3	4th	3	6th	4th	3	1	1	DNF	3	3	3	11	DNF	5	315
6th	C. Davies	Ducati	10	10	7th	15th	8th	DNF	3	4th	3	7th	C.	5	DNF	2	C.	7th	10	DNF	5	17th	7th	10	7th	9	2	2	1	2	10	16	DNF	4th	4th	DNS 3	4th	2	2	5	2	294
7th	L. Haslam	Kawasaki	15th	3	3	5	5	5	9	7th	4th	5	C.	8th	5	6th	C.	9	6th	5	DNF	3	3	3	3	5	DNF	5	6th	5	5	5	DNF	9	7th	6th	8th	10	5	4th	9	281
8th	T. Sykes	BMW	7th	11	13	9	10	DNF	5	5	12	10	C.	7th	DNF	8th	C.	6th	5	7th	2	DNF	6th	2	DNF	7th	4th	3	5	13	7th	9	3	8th	8th	7th	9	DNF	DNF	12	12	223
9	M. Melandri	Yamaha	3	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	12	11	11	12	C.	14th	6th	17th	C.	3	3	DNF	6th	6th	16	14th	10	10	9	16	9	9	13	8th	8th	12	6th	DNS 3	15th	14th	12	10	17th	177
10	L. Baz	Yamaha																12	DNF	9	4th	12	12	4th	5	6th	8th	7th	7th	16	9	6th	4th	7th	5	INJ	DNF	12	7th	7th	8th	138
11	J. Torres	Kawasaki	11	17th	14th	11	13	10	10	8th	7th	8th	C.	10	11	9	C.	DNF	8th	8th	12	11	10	DNF	9	DNF	6th	8th	8th	11	12	11	11	15th	10	8th	11	9	DNF	14th	13	135
12	S. Cortese	Yamaha	8th	7th	8th	7th	7th	7th	7th	9	10	13	C.	11	DNF	13	C.	8th	9	6th	7th	DNF	15th	DNF	DNF	13	14th	11	14th	8th	8th	10	10	11	DNF	DNS 3	7th	15th	DNF	8th	10	134
13	MR Rinaldi	Ducati	9	8th	16	8th	11	8th	13	DNF	9	DNF	C.	15th	8th	15th	C.	10	11	4th	DNF	7th	5	12	11	12	10	13	10	10	11	12	14th	10	17th	12	14th	11	13	DNF	15th	122
14th	M. Reiterberger	BMW	13	12	12	14th	14th	11	DNF	DNF	15th	6th	C.	6th	10	10	C.	11	15th	12	15th	13	11	INJ			15th	12	13	12	14th	13	16	17th	15th	11	17th	16	8th	15th	14th	83
15th	L. Mercado	Kawasaki	14th	DNF	11	12	12	DNF	DNF	INJ		INJ	C.	INJ	INJ		C.	13	13	11	10	9	DNF	6th	DNF	14th	12	9	11	14th	16	15th	12	14th	11	9	10	8th	DNF	11	11	80
16	E. Laverty	Ducati	12	9	9	DNF	DNS 1		15th	6th	6th	14th	C.	13	INJ		C.	INJ			INJ			INJ			11	14th	12	DNF	15th	14th	9	13	12	DNS 3	13	7th	9	9	6th	81
17th	L. Camier	Honda	DNF	13	10	13	DNF	INJ	11	12	13	11	C.	12	INJ		C.	INJ			INJ			INJ			INJ			INJ			7th	16	9	DNS 3	12	13	10	13	16	51
18th	A. Delbianco	Honda	17th	DNF	DNF	17th	15th	13	DNF	14th	DNF	DNF	C.	17th	15th	18th	C.	15th	16	DNF	11	DNF	DNF	9	DNF	15th	13	DNS	17th	18th	19th	20th	15th	19th	16	10	16	DNF	15th	18th	DNF	29
19th	R. Kiyonari	Honda	16	14th	15th	DNF	DNF	12	14th	13	14th	15th	C.	DNF	14th	16	C.	17th	17th	NC	14th	15th	17th	11	DNF	16	16	15th	15th	19th	20th	19th	18th	20th	14th	DNS 3	18th	17th	14th	16	18th	24
20th	L. Zanetti	Ducati													9	12	C.				9	10	9																			21st
21st	P. Hickman	BMW																						7th	DNF	11																14th
22nd	T. Bridewell	Ducati													12	11	C.	14th	12	10																						12
23	Y. Takahashi	Honda																DNF	14th	13	8th	14th	DNF																			11
24	M. Pirro	Ducati																			DNF	8th	8th																			10
25th	S. Cavalieri	Ducati																			13	DNF	13																			6th
26th	S. Barrier	Ducati																												17th	18th	18th	17th	18th	13							3
27	H. Barberá	Kawasaki										16	C.	16	13	14th	C.																									3
28	T. Takahashi	Honda																												15th	17th	17th										1
	T. Warokorn	Kawasaki				16	DNF	INJ																																		0
	T. Herfoss	Honda	DNF	16	DNF																																					0
	D. Schmitter	Yamaha																			DNF	16	DNS																16	17th	DNF	0
	JD Beach	Yamaha																									DNF	DNS	16													0

colour	meaning
gold	winner
silver	2nd place
bronze	3rd place
green	Placement in the points
blue	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	Race not finished ( DNF )
	not classified (NC)
red	not qualified (DNQ)
black	disqualified (DSQ)
White	not at the start ( DNS )
	withdrawn (WD)
	Race canceled (C)
colourless	not participated in the training (DNP)
	injured or sick (INJ)
	excluded (EX)
	did not appear (DNA)

¹ Motorcycle too badly damaged for races 2 & 3

² Injury after training fall

³ No start due to dangerous track conditions

Web links

• Official website of the Superbike World Championship

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Glossary. February 26, 2019, accessed March 3, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Calendar. March 1, 2019, accessed March 3, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Riders - WorldSBK. In: worldsbk.com. Accessed March 3, 2019 .