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.

2019 Superbike World Championship
Previous:	2018	Next:	2020
Support series: Supersport World Championship Supersport 300 World Championship

Competition format

A new race format was introduced for the 2019 season.^[1] 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,^[2] 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.^[3]

Race calendar and results

A provisional 13-event calendar (of which one race was unconfirmed) was announced on 13 November 2018,^[4] 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.^[5]

2019 calendar[4][5]
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
	SR			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[N 1]
	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[N 2]
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.^[8]

2019 entry list Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 1 Jonathan Rea[9] All 91 Leon Haslam[10] All Moriwaki Althea Honda Team Honda Honda CBR1000RR 2 Leon Camier[11] 1–5, 11–13 13 Takumi Takahashi[12] 10 23 Ryuichi Kiyonari[11] All 72 Yuki Takahashi[13] 6–7 ARUBA.IT Racing - Ducati Ducati Ducati Panigale V4 R 7 Chaz Davies[14] All 19 Álvaro Bautista[15] All iXS Racing powered by YART Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 9 Dominic Schmitter[16] 7, 13 BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW BMW S1000RR 10 Peter Hickman[17] 8 28 Markus Reiterberger[18] 1–7, 9–13 66 Tom Sykes[18] All GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 11 Sandro Cortese[19] All 33 Marco Melandri[19] All Penrite Honda Racing Honda Honda CBR1000RR 17 Troy Herfoss[20] 1 Brixx Performance Ducati Ducati Panigale V4 R 20 Sylvain Barrier[12] 10–11 BARNI Racing Team Ducati Ducati Panigale V4 R 21 Michael Ruben Rinaldi[21] All 51 Michele Pirro[16] 7 Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 22 Alex Lowes[22] All 60 Michael van der Mark[22] All Orelac Racing VerdNatura[8] Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 36 Leandro Mercado[8] 1–3, 6–13 80 Héctor Barberá[23] 4–5 Team GoEleven Ducati Ducati Panigale V4 R 46 Tommy Bridewell[24] 5–6[N 3] 50 Eugene Laverty[25] 1–5, 8–13[N 3] 87 Lorenzo Zanetti[16] 7 Althea MIE Racing Team Honda Honda CBR1000RR 52 Alessandro Delbianco[26] All Turkish Puccetti Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 54 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu[27] All Ten Kate Racing – Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 76 Loris Baz[28] 6–13 Team Pedercini Racing by Global Service Solutions[29] Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 81 Jordi Torres[29] All Motocorsa Racing Ducati Ducati Panigale V4 R 87 Lorenzo Zanetti[30] 5 97 Samuele Cavalieri[16] 7 Attack Performance Estenson Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 95 J. D. Beach[31] 9 Kawasaki Thailand Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 99 Thitipong Warokorn[32] 2

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

• All entries used Pirelli tyres.

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:^[3]

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 Michael van der Mark 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

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – 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	Kawasaki	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

Notes

1. Race 1 was scheduled to be run on Saturday 13 April but was postponed to the following day due to snow. As a result, the Superpole Race, to be held on Sunday 14 April, was canceled. The Superpole qualifying session set the grid for both races.^[6]
2. Race 2 session was cancelled due to torrential rain.^[7]
3. Eugene Laverty competed in the first Friday practice session during round 5, before being replaced by Tommy Bridewell.