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 prior to 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 Country Circuit Date Superpole Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team
1 R1 Australia 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 Thailand 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 Spain 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 Netherlands 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 Italy 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 Spain 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 Italy 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 United Kingdom 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 United States 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 Portugal 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 France 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 Argentina 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]

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

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 cancelled. 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.

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