RESULTS
FIM SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPION-
SHIP RACE ONE (All on Pirelli Tires)
(July 13): 1. Jonathan Rea, Great Brit-
ain (Kaw ZX-10RR), 25 laps, 35:06.671,
97.157 mph; 2. Chaz Davies, Great
Britain (Duc Panigale V4 R), -5.693
seconds; 3. Toprak Razgatioglu, Tur-
key (Kaw ZX-10RR), -12.721; 4. Tom
Sykes, Great Britain (BMW S1000RR),
-14.957; 5. Alex Lowes, Great Britain
(Yam YZF-R1), -14.957; 6. Jordi Torres,
Spain (Kaw ZX-10RR), -23.087; 7. Mi-
chael van der Mark, Netherlands (Yam
YZF-R1), -26.491; 8. Loris Baz, France
(Yam YZF-R1), -20.605; 9. Marco Melan-
dri, Italy (Yam YZF-R1), -32.556; 10.
Michael Rinaldi, Italy (Duc Panigale V4
R), -44.432; 11. Eugene Laverty, Ire-
land (Duc Panigale V4 R), -46.792; 12.
Leandro Mercado, Argentina (Kaw ZX-
10RR), -47.091; 13. Alessandro Del-
bianco, Italy (Hon CBR1000RR SP2),
-51.830; 14. Sandro Cortese, Germany
(Yam YZF-R1), -53.661; 15. Markus Re-
iterberger, Germany (BMW S1000RR),-60.235; 16. Ryuichi Kiyonari, Japan
(Hon CBR1000RR), -70.076; 17. Alvaro
Bautista, Spain (Duc Panigale V4 R), -1
lap; 18. JD Beach, USA (Yam YZF-R1),
-13 laps, DNF, retired; 19. Leon Haslam,
Great Britain (Kaw ZX-10RR), -22 laps,
DNF, crash. Race Distance, 25 laps,
56.855 miles; Race Time, 35 minutes,
6.671 seconds; Race Average Speed,
97.157 mph; Victory Margin, 5.693 sec-
onds; Fastest Lap, Bautista, 1:22.945,
98.705 mph, Lap 3, New Record.
FIM SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPI-
ONSHIP TISSOT SUPERPOLE RACE
(All on Pirelli Tires) (July 14): 1. Rea,
8 laps, 11:09.272, 97.864 mph; 2. Da-
vies, -2.533 seconds; 3. Sykes, -3.641;- Razgatlioglu, -4.901; 5. Haslam,
-5.995; 6. Lowes, -6.207; 7. Baz, -9.597; - Torres, -9.711; 9. Mercado, -13.441;
- Van der Mark, -13.633; 11. Cortese,
-14.658; 12. Reiterberger, -14.865; 13.
Rinaldi, -17.991; 14. Laverty, -18.917; - Kiyonari, -19.253; 16. Melandri,
-40.443. Race Distance, 8 laps, 18.1974
miles; Race Time, 11 minutes, 9.272
seconds; Race Average Speed, 97.864
mph; Victory Margin, 2.533 seconds;
Fastest Lap, Rea, 1:22.700, 98.997
mph, Lap 2, New Record.
FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE
TWO (All on Pirelli Tires) (July 14): 1.
Davies, 25 laps, 35:05.513, 97.211 mph;- Rea, -3.333 seconds; 3. Razgatlioglu,
-11.658; 4. Lowes, -16.259; 5. Sykes,
-16.823; 6. Haslam, -19.449; 7. Baz,
-23.637; 8. Torres, -24.572; 9. Melandri,
-25.919; 10. Rinaldi, -30.742; 11. Merca-
do, -32.177; 12. Laverty, -38.508; 13. Re-
iterberger, -41.862; 14. Cortese, -41.989; - Kiyonari, -55.483; 16. Beach,
-60.385; 17. Delbianco, -72.973; 18. Van
der Mark, -22 laps, DNF, mechanical; 19.
Bautista, -24 laps, DNF, retired. Race
Distance, 25 laps, 56.855 miles; Race
Time, 35 minutes, 5.513 seconds; Race
Average Speed, 97.211 mph; Victory
Margin, 3.333 seconds; Fastest Lap, Da-
vies, 1:22.976, 98.667 mph, Lap 3.
SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
QUALIFYING: 1. Rea, 1:21.876, 99.995
mph; 2. Davies, 1:21.885; 3. Bautista,
1:22.048; 4. Sykes, 1:22.444; 5. Haslam,
1:22.449; 6. Torres, 1:22.743; 7. Razgat-
lioglu, 1:22.875; 8. Lowes, 1:23.076; 9.
Baz, 1:23.185; 10. Laverty, 1:23.232;- Reiterberger, 1:23.454; 12. Merca-
do, 1:23.519; 13. Cortese, 1:23.562; - Rinaldi, 1:23.740; 15. Van der
Mark, 1:23.904; 16. Beach, 1:24.152; - Melandri, 1:24.478; 18. Delbianco,
1:24.479; 19. Kiyonari, 1:24.701.
FIM SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPION-
SHIP POINT STANDINGS (After 24 of
37 races): 1. Rea, 433 points; 2. Bau-
tista, 352 points; 3. Lowes, 220 points; - Van der Mark, 215 points; 5. Haslam,
202 points; 6. Razgatlioglu, 191 points; - Davies, 184 points; 8. Sykes, 170
points; 9. Melandri, 138 points; 10. Cor-
tese, 100 points.
The offi cial three-day specta-
tor attendance for the event was
67,685, which was up over the
three-day attendance for the 2018
event (64,425) and the best atten-
dance fi gure since the Superbike
World Championship returned
to Laguna Seca in 2014. The at-
tendance at the event at Laguna
Seca was the third-highest fi gure,
YTD, in the 2019 FIM Superbike
Championship, behind only the
events at Imola (72,113) and Mi-
sano (70,447). More fans attend-
ed the event at Laguna Seca than
the 2019 World Superbike events
at Phillip Island (53,633), Chang
International Circuit (54,889),
Motorland Aragon (23,325), TT
Circuit Assen (42,196), Jerez
(27,572), and Donington Park
(38,394).World Superbike Laguna Seca CONTINUED FROM PAGE 38
RW(Left) Alvaro Bautista (19) crashed out of the World Superbike Superpole
race when Toprak Razgatioglu clipped his front wheel. (Above) Jona-
than Rea (1) won Race One at Laguna Seca. Photos by Brian J. Nelson.Chaz Davies (7) steadily pulled away from Jonathan Rea (1) and Toprak Razgatlioglu in World Superbike
Race Two, held on Sunday afternoon at Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.40—Roadracing World, August 2019