2019 Laguna Seca World Superbike Results: Rea Strengthens Lead

2019 Laguna Seca World Superbike Results

A week ago during the Donington World Superbike, Kawasaki Racing Team’s Jonathan Rea doubled and took the points lead after eight of 13 rounds.

The ZX-10RR Ninja pilot’s biggest competitor, Aruba.it Racing Ducati’s Alvaro Bautista, crashed out of race one and finished third in race two.

Rea was hungry for additional points as the 2019 World Superbike Championship headed to the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca this past weekend. And though he didn’t complete a double win as he did in Donington and Misano, he did achieve the race-one victory and second in race two.

And Bautista was nowhere to be found. The Spaniard crashed out of both races aboard his Ducati Panigale V4 R, leaving with zero points garnered at the American round.

Ahead of the two-month summer break, Rea now has 433 points as he chases his fifth-straight title – 81 ahead of Bautista with four rounds remaining. The next closest rider is Pata Yamaha’s Alex Lowes, who is 213 points behind Rea.

During GEICO US round of 2019 WorldSBK, Rea first claimed the pole, followed by the race-one win ahead of Aruba.it Racing Ducati’s Chaz Davies and Turkish Puccetti Kawasaki’s Toprak Razgatlioglu.

Rea followed this performance by winning the Superpole Race, setting a new race lap record of 1:22.700 at the track known for its Corkscrew. Sunday Rea was fierce but lost the 25-lap race to Davies by 3.333 seconds. Davies became just the fourth victor so far this season alongside Bautista (nine wins), Rea (six wins), and Pata Yamaha’s Michael van der Mark (one win). Finishing third once again on Sunday was Razgatlioglu.

Rea now has a total of 156 podiums, including 80 race wins, and 20 pole positions. The 2019 WorldSBK series continues September 6-8 in Portimao, Portugal. The break doesn’t mean complete downtime for Rea, who will compete at the Suzuka 8 Hours alongside Leon Haslam and Razgatlioglu. There will also be an official WorldSBK test in late August at Portimao.

“I would never have believed you if you told me I would come here and set a new lap record, win two races and take the overall, so it has been a great weekend,” Jonathan Rea said following 2019 Laguna Seca World Superbike.

“We made a very small change to the bike between the Superpole race and Race Two. My feeling was completely different, which we did not expect. There was a lot of front movement, whereas all weekend before that we had been strong with the front. I had a few small warnings, just enough for me to roll it back a bit, think about finishing and we got it done. I am just super-satisfied with this weekend and I did the best I could in race two. I am looking forward to the summer break now.”

2019 Laguna Seca World Superbike Results, Race 1

Pos.	Rider	Manufacturer	Nationality	Time
1	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki	GBR	35’06.671
2	Chaz Davies	Ducati	GBR	00’05.693
3	Toprak Razgatlioglu	Kawasaki	TUR	00’12.721
4	Tom Sykes	BMW	GBR	00’14.957
5	Alex Lowes	Yamaha	GBR	00’20.621
6	Jordi Torres	Kawasaki	ESP	00’23.087
7	Michael van der Mark	Yamaha	NLD	00’26.491
8	Loris Baz	Yamaha	FRA	00’30.605
9	Marco Melandri	Yamaha	ITA	00’32.566
10	Michael Ruben Rinaldi	Ducati	ITA	00’44.432
11	Eugene Laverty	Ducati	GBR	00’46.792
12	Leandro Mercado	Kawasaki	ARG	00’47.091
13	Alessandro Delbianco	Honda	ITA	00’51.830
14	Sandro Cortese	Yamaha	DEU	00’53.681
15	Markus Reiterberger	BMW	DEU	01’00.235

 

2019 Laguna Seca World Superbike Results, Race 2

Pos.	Rider	Manufacturer	Nationality	Time
1	Chaz Davies	Ducati	GBR	35’05.513
2	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki	GBR	00’03.333
3	Toprak Razgatlioglu	Kawasaki	TUR	00’11.658
4	Alex Lowes	Yamaha	GBR	00’16.259
5	Tom Sykes	BMW	GBR	00’18.323
6	Leon Haslam	Kawasaki	GBR	00’18.449
7	Loris Baz	Yamaha	FRA	00’23.637
8	Jordi Torres	Kawasaki	ESP	00’24.572
9	Marco Melandri	Yamaha	ITA	00’25.919
10	Michael Ruben Rinaldi	Ducati	ITA	00’30.742
11	Leandro Mercado	Kawasaki	ARG	00’32.177
12	Eugene Laverty	Ducati	GBR	00’38.508
13	Markus Reiterberger	BMW	DEU	00’41.862
14	Sandro Cortese	Yamaha	DEU	00’41.989
15	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Honda	JPN	00’55.483

 

2019 World Superbike Point Standings (after nine of 13 rounds)

Pos.	Rider	Manufacturer	Nationality	Points
1	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki	GBR	404
2	Alvaro Bautista	Ducati	ESP	334
3	Michael van der Mark	Yamaha	NLD	205
4	Alex Lowes	Yamaha	GBR	203
5	Leon Haslam	Kawasaki	GBR	183
6	Toprak Razgatlioglu	Kawasaki	TUR	167
7	Chaz Davies	Ducati	GBR	166
8	Tom Sykes	BMW	GBR	163
9	Marco Melandri	Yamaha	ITA	132
10	Sandro Cortese	Yamaha	DEU	97
11	Jordi Torres	Kawasaki	ESP	93
12	Michael Ruben Rinaldi	Ducati	ITA	86
13	Loris Baz	Yamaha	FRA	68
14	Markus Reiterberger	BMW	DEU	60
15	Leandro Mercado	Kawasaki	ARG	44
16	Eugene Laverty	Ducati	GBR	41
17	Leon Camier	Honda	GBR	26
18	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Honda	JPN	15
19	Lorenzo Z Zanetti	Ducati	ITA	14
20	Alessandro Delbianco	Honda	ITA	13
21	Thomas Bridewell	Ducati	GBR	12
22	Michele Pirro	Ducati	ITA	8
23	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	JPN	8
24	Samuele Cavalieri	Ducati	ITA	6