Deroue Wins The Race And Takes Second Overall

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Scott Deroue (Kawasaki Motoport) ended his 2019 WorldSSP300 season in overall second place in the championship after taking a well-judged race win at the final round in Losail – his second race victory of the year.

After the usual heated and combative WorldSP300 contest, in the highly unusual setting of the Losail International Circuit under floodlights, Kawasaki Ninja 400 riders filled the six top places at the flag. Koen Meuffels (Kawasaki Motoport) finished second by just 0.010 of a second and Bruno Ieraci (Kawasaki GP Project) was only 0.249 seconds from the race win.
 
New World Champion Manuel Gonzalez (Kawasaki ParkinGo Team) was fourth, 2018 champion Ana Carrasco (Kawasaki Provec) fifth and Tom Edwards (Kawasaki ParkinGo Team) sixth. All top six riders finished within a second of each other, in what was a ten-lap race laden with overtakes and some elbow-to-elbow action.
 
In the first ever WorldSSP300 event at this unique venue in the deserts of Qatar, Carrasco had been the form rider in Free Practice and she went on to be the Superpole winner; her first pole position of the season.
 
Ana led for half the laps of the race, Edwards for one and Meuffels for two, but it was the last lap that mattered most and Deroue had worked himself into the slipstream of Meuffels at just the right time.
 
On the impressively long finish straight Scott waited until the perfect moment to pull out of the slipstream of his team-mate Koen and take an advantage of 0.010 seconds – so close it had to be re-confirmed by an old-school photo finish.
 
Jeffrey Buis (MTM Kawasaki) was tenth today, his team-mate Dion Otten 12^th, with two more Kawasaki riders, Samuel Di Sora (Flembbo Leader Team Kawasaki) and Nick Kalinin (Nutec – RT Motorsports by SKM), inside the points scoring positions.
 
Marc Garcia (DS Junior Team) crashed out on the final lap, while inside the leading group and just 0.6 seconds from the leader on the penultimate lap.
 
Over nine rounds of the championship, Kawasaki riders won eight races, and the top three riders in the final points table all raced on Ninja 400s. Gonzalez finished his season with 161 points, Deroue 131 and Carrasco 117.
 
Scott Deroue, stated: “I was quite nervous before the race because Ana was so fast the whole weekend long. I did not have her pace. But in warm-up we made a step forward with the front because we had struggled with chatter in some corners. When we made the step I thought, ‘OK, maybe we are ready for the race’. But still it was hard. Sometimes Ana had a gap but I just pushed, and pushed and it worked out. It was a very difficult race because there were so many overtakes and it was hard in the heat and everything to keep your concentration. But in the last lap I knew it needed to happen. Koen had a gap and Ana was in front of me. I overtook her and some others but there was still a gap to Koen. I had to push again and it worked out, because I overtook him on the finish line. Second in the championship is like a dream come true. Two times I have been third so to finish second in really good.”
 
Ana Carrasco, stated: “Overall, it has been a positive weekend, where we have been competitive since day one. It was a shame to finish off the podium because I had pace and I felt good to fight for the victory, but it was a difficult race with the group and I had several things that made it very difficult for me to get in a good position in the last turns. Even so, we have achieved third position in the championship. I think that both the Kawasaki Provec WorldSSP300 and I have improved a lot during the season and we are happy with our performance. I want to thank the team, Kawasaki and all the sponsors for supporting me in what I think has been the best season of my sports career.”
 
Koen Meuffels, stated: “I felt really great today but yesterday in qualification I felt not quite as good and had to start from P16. In the warm-up today we found the right settings and the race was great. I could gain position after position. To be second – and have my team-mate win the race and finish second in the championship – is great for my Kawasaki Motoport team.”
 
Bruno Ieraci, stated: “It was an amazing day for me. First row start yesterday and a first podium today so it was a perfect weekend for us. It is important for us and it was a great job from my Kawasaki GP Project team and this is the result. I am happy and to end the season this way is perfect.”

Mahias Secures Second Kawasaki Race Win

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At the finale of the 2019 FIM Supersport World Championship Kawasaki Puccetti Racing rider Lucas Mahias took his second race win of the 2019 season while his team-mate Hikari Okubo was eighth.

Lucas added his third career WorldSSP race victory in Losail to his first Kawasaki WorldSSP race victory at Magny Cours a month ago to finish his year on a high, before he comes back for more in the 2020 season.
 
After a sometimes challenging start to the 2019 campaign Lucas has scored six consecutive podiums in the second half of the year, including his two race wins. He has now won three Losail races in succession.
 
Fears of an impending sandstorm made the organisers swap the starting time of the WorldSSP race with the WorldSSP300 class – so Mahias and his rivals got off the line at 17.15, not the planned 18.15.
 
Mahias was part of the early leading group for all 15 rescheduled laps. The combative race was held in ambient temperatures of 32°C, despite the race being run in darkness and under floodlights.
 
Starting the race inside the leading group Hikari was in eighth place, then ninth, before losing grip from his overworked front end set-up. He overtook one final rival three laps from home to score an eighth place finish and gain more valuable championship points.
 
In the ultimate championship standings Lucas is fourth, on 168 points, Hikari fifth with 105.
 
Lucas Mahias, stated: “A very good race and I was pushing for the victory. At the beginning it was difficult and I knew I had a better rhythm compared to Jules Cluzel but Corentin Perolari was very hard to overtake. That was difficult. I lost a lot of energy for three laps, because baking hard is not my natural style. When I took first position I had one strategy and that was to push hard so that no other rider could overtake me in the slipstream. I looked back, nobody overtook me and then in the second lap in the lead I pushed very hard again and got a gap of 0.8 seconds. Then I managed the lead. I did not sleep last night because I am not in good condition. I have a stomach problem. I did not eat before the race and in the hot conditions, when I was not feeling 100%, I think I lost a lot of water from my body. But it is OK because we finished the season with a victory.”
 
Hikari Okubo, stated: “It was very difficult today. I knew that this track would be hard but I pushed. Eighth is my position in the race but I know my bike is better. The problem is my riding style which is using too much front while I am pushing hard. If the front drops, I cannot push more. In the corners with little braking it is good, so I need more training to make another step. Thank you so much for everything this season.”
 
Kyle Smith, the FIM Europe Supersport Cup (ESS) title holder, finished his season with ninth place in Losail, for 15^th overall, while Ayrton Badovini (Team Pedercini Racing Kawasaki) was tenth today, also finishing tenth overall in the points table.
 
Glenn van Straalen (EAB Racing Team Kawasaki) took a final point in the season for 15^th in the race and 19^th in the final championship reckoning.  
Rob Hartog (Team Hartog – Against Cancer Kawasaki) was 19^th and finishes his 2019 season 21^st. Nacho Calero (Orelac Racing VerdNatura Kawasaki) was 21^st today.

Rea Ends 2019 With Perfect Final Day

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Five-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea added to his Race One win on Friday with both race wins today at the Losail International Circuit, ending a remarkable season with 17 victories in all and a points total well into the 600s. His KRT team-mate Leon Haslam battled with his characteristic determination and finished the Tissot-Superpole Race in fourth place; in the final race of the year he was ninth.

In the last round of a truly memorable season Jonathan Rea took his run of career race wins to 88, by securing all three race victories under the floodlights in Qatar, even though scoring his first win of the year took until round five, at Imola.
 
In the short Tissot-Superpole sprint race Rea led every lap and beat Alvaro Bautista by 2.027 seconds. In the 17-lap season finale he had pressure from two Ducati riders behind him but used his strong overall race package to push on in the final laps and take a winning margin of almost three seconds.
 
Rea’s historic fifth successive championship win was thus ended in a perfect way, especially after Rea started from pole position each time and Kawasaki won the Manufacturers’ Championship after Race One. He ended his year – which featured three races per weekend for the first time in WorldSBK – with 663 championship points, 165 more than his closest competitor.
 
Haslam had one positive and one tough experience on his final day in the KRT set-up, riding with skill and focus to come within 0.160 of a second of a podium finish in the ten lap sprint race.
 
Race Two had Haslam in the middle of the fight for the final podium place for a time, but after half race distance his front end grip dropped and he had to settle for ninth place. He ended his season seventh overall, with 281 points.
 
Jonathan Rea, stated: “Seventeen race wins this year and two triples – Donington and here – so this is special, super-special. I am really happy and content because to be honest we never expected to get beaten so bad in the beginning. Even in the middle of the season we knew we needed to enter these last two rounds with a gap in the championship to fight for it, but what we expected we didn’t find. I am really happy with the package of our bike because in these last two races, with the longest straights in the championship, and the fastest circuits, we have proved that you need more than a fast engine to win. I am super-proud of all my team. This weekend we changed the base set-up so many times, from Race One to Superpole to Race Two; you would not believe me is I told you what we did. We turned the bike upside down and each and every time we had some positives and negatives, so it just shows our bike is working inside a good window.”
 
Leon Haslam, stated: “We struggled halfway through the final race because I lost my front traction and struggled to get it to stop and I kept losing the front, not off gas but just as I tapped the gas on. To be honest after that it felt like I was tiptoeing around the corners and when it came to a fight I had nothing to fight with, even through I was there. The season has had its ups and down and I have had a fundamental problem of trying to adapt my style to what is needed on this bike. Getting the bike stopped and battling has been one of the things I have struggled with and normally that is one of my strengths. But I have had some positive races, good battles in Australia, Misano and Aragon with Johnny. To win Suzuka this year has been fantastic. I had three good battles in the last three races of the year.”
 
Top Independent Rider in 2019, Toprak Razgatlioglu (Turkish Puccetti Racing), helped his team to the Top Independent Teams’ title today, despite a technical issue preventing him from making it to the start of the Tissot-Superpole race. He battled strongly in the final race of the year and finished up fifth in the race and the final championship standings, with 315 points.
 
Jordi Torres (Team Pedercini Racing Kawasaki) was 14^th in the Tissot-Superpole race and 13th in the final full distance race of 2019. He ended his season in 11^th place overall.
 
Leandro Mercado (Orelac Racing VerdNatura Kawasaki) finished his season with an 11th spot in the sprint race and repeated that in the in the 17-lap finale. He was beaten for 15^th place in the championship by one point on the final day.
 
2019 KRT Rider WorldSBK Statistics
 
Jonathan Rea: World Champion 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019
2019: Races 37, Wins 18, Podiums 34, Superpoles 7
Career Race Wins: 88 (73 for Kawasaki)
Career Podiums: 168 (126 for Kawasaki)
Career Poles: 23 (19 for Kawasaki)
 
Leon Haslam:
2019: Races: 37, Wins 0, Podiums 6, Superpoles 0
Career Race Wins: 5 (0 for Kawasaki)
Career Podiums: 45 (7 for Kawasaki)
Career Poles: 3 (0 for Kawasaki)
 
7 x Riders’ Championships (Scott Russell 1993, Tom Sykes 2013, Rea 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019), 1 x EVO Riders’ Championship (David Salom 2014)
5 x Manufacturers’ Championships (Ninja ZX-10R 2015 & 2016, Ninja ZX-10RR 2017, 2018 & 2019)
5 x Teams’ Championships (KRT/Provec Racing 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019)
 
Kawasaki FIM Superbike World Championship Statistics
Total Kawasaki Race Wins: 146 – second overall
Total Kawasaki Podiums: 433 – second overall
Total Kawasaki Poles: 88 – second overall

The curtain comes down on the 2019 WorldSBK Championship with the final two races of the season in Qatar

Courtesy of Honda Racing Corporation

The Moriwaki Althea Honda riders had high hopes to build on the promising results they scored on Friday, but these were unfortunately dashed by various issues they suffered with the set-up of their bikes today.

Leon Camier concluded the sprint race in thirteenth place and Race 2 in sixteenth, while Ryuichi Kiyonari crossed the line in sixteenth and eighteenth respectively.

As the riders cross the finish line in Qatar, the curtain comes down on an exciting and extremely hard-fought 2019 Superbike World Championship season.

Leon Camier  ²

Superpole Race P13  Race2 P16

“We need to double check our data to understand what kind of issue we had today because we are still not sure. We made only a tiny change to the front setting before the start of Race 2 but it did not work as we had hoped and on the grid we went back to what we had this morning. Unfortunately, something happened and it became really, really hard to ride the bike. I quickly lost many positions and it was all I could do to reach the end.”

Ryuichi Kiyonari  ²³

Superpole Race P16  Race2 P18

“We improved the front feeling today but not enough, so despite having made a good start to the race, one of the best this year for me in fact, I could not hold my position. I was slow from mid-corner to exit and several riders passed me there. I tried to stick with them but unfortunately it was not possible. I wish to apologize to my team for this result but, at the same time, say a big thank you to everybody for their hard work and support this year”.

Strong Superpole Results For Kawasaki Riders

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The 12^th and final 2019 FIM Supersport World Championship round of the season started on Thursday but in today’s Tissot-Superpole session  Kawasaki Puccetti Racing team-mates Lucas Mahias and Hikari Okubo placed themselves fifth and sixth.

Mahias, a proven winner at this floodlit venue more than once, was up to second in Superpole until he was sanctioned for – only just – exceeding the track limits on his fastest recorded lap.
 
As Lucas was still competitive with his other earlier lap times, even after having his final attempt at improving his position spoiled by finding slower riders in his path, he still qualified top Kawasaki rider, in fifth place.
 
Mahias is confident of his race pace and now goes all out to win for the second time in his ‘rookie’ Kawasaki season, having scored full points at the Magny Cours round in September.
 
Hikari recovered from a tough opening day to finish Superpole in sixth place, launching from the second row of the starting grid alongside his team-mate Mahias.
 
The main ambition on raceday for Okubo is to record his first podium finish in WorldSSP and he feels positive about his chances in what will be a 15-lap contest tomorrow, Saturday 26^th October.
 
Lucas Mahias, stated: “My tyre was on the green part of the track, just a little bit, so I could not use my best lap time. I could have been second but I am fifth, even though my wheel was not completely on the green section. OK, I took the sanction, but then I had two slow riders in front of me on my second qualifying lap, so I will start fifth. The positive is that all of the elements are in a strong position for tomorrow and I think I have a good rhythm to win. I do not play with the championship fight so I will try only to win the race.”
 
Hikari Okubo, stated: “Today in qualifying it was not bad but I am not completely happy because I aimed for a front row start. I am in sixth position so I am on the second row. It is an important grid position for the race because there is a big chance to score the first podium of my career. My feeling on the bike is good and I tried to do some race laps in yesterday’s free practice, so I know when the tyres drop and how the bike feels. I am very positive that I can do it tomorrow in the race.”
 
Ayrton Badovini (Team Pedercini Racing Kawasaki) was the next Kawasaki rider home in Superpole behind the official pairing of Mahias and Okubo, in seventh position, after a strong showing on both opening days of action.
 
FIM Europe Supersport Cup winner Kyle Smith was ninth in qualifying and in doing so proved the prowess of not only himself but the middleweight Ninja at this fast and largely flowing circuit.
 
Glenn van Straalen (EAB Racing Team Kawasaki) placed 16^th on the grid, for a sixth row start, while and Rob Hartog (Team Hartog – Against Cancer Kawasaki) was 22^nd today and Nacho Calero (Orelac Racing VerdNatura Kawasaki) 23^rd.
 

Kawasaki Wins Manufacturers’ Award After Rea Race Win

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Five-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea secured his 15^th race win of the year and in doing so Kawasaki took an unassailable lead in the Manufacturers’ Championship standings. Leon Haslam (KRT) came out on top of a tough personal battle for fifth today on his Ninja ZX-10RR, one position higher than he had qualified in Tissot-Superpole.

In the surreal night time environment of the 5.380km long Losail International Circuit Jonathan Rea enjoyed even more success in his fifth successive championship-winning season, winning Race One after taking his seventh Superpole award of the season earlier in the day.
 
Starting from pole, Rea was never headed but he had Alex Lowes for very close company in the early laps and then Chaz Davies closed in for a period during the latter stages of the 17-lap contest. The Ducati rider eventually dropping back to finish 2.732 seconds behind Jonathan at the flag.
 
Rea’s win gave Kawasaki a 42-point advantage in the Manufacturers’ Standings, with only a maximum of 37 points left to play for on Saturday, in the Tissot-Superpole Race and Race Two.
 
Haslam had an eventful opening race in his return to Losail race. He overcame a collision with another rider and also being run off track at one point, to take a truly determined fifth place. There will be two more chances for Leon to score points on Saturday, when the race meeting and the entire season wraps-up.
 
Jonathan Rea, stated: “That was a massive target met. What a year – all the big awards. The Riders’ Championship, Superpole Award, Manufacturers’ Championship… That was the target coming here. I knew I had to finish in front of the Ducatis to win the Manufacturers’ Award today. I felt good from the start with the bike. I had such a good rhythm in Race One, it felt quite automatic, but I know I need to make a step for tomorrow because the pace could be faster with more rubber down. But that might help our situation with more rubber on the track. We just need to work in some areas on the front of the bike to finish the corner a bit better.”
 
Leon Haslam, stated: “From FP1, FP2, FP3 to Superpole we got faster and faster. We were trying not to run before we could walk, learning this track again, and the way around. We knew everything was going to be difficult here and that fifth is what we could do today. We got caught up a little bit in the early laps with a few people, I got hit by Tom Sykes, got punted off once, but my battle was my battle and I managed to beat them. To make that next step, and go with Lowes and Chaz, we need to make a couple more tenths – and we also need to get away with them as well. We will see what we can do tomorrow.”
 
Ichiro Yoda, KRT Senior Engineer, stated: “When I think about the start of the season, our competitors started strongly. So we thought maybe it was going to be a quite difficult season and our issues would be different again compared to previous seasons. But we predicted that we would be stronger toward the end, after we moved to the European rounds. Our prediction worked out OK, because together with our strong riders, engines and bikes we finally met our target.”
 
Toprak Razgatlioglu (Turkish Puccetti Racing) has already reached the status of top Independent Rider in 2019 but lost out on a top five chance today after he ran wide onto the gravel and fought back to score points for 11^th place. He had qualified tenth in Superpole.
 
Jordi Torres (Team Pedercini Racing Kawasaki) crashed on lap one at Turn Two, restarted, but had to pit and then finally retired from the opening race of the weekend. In the initial inspection in pitlane the team found water on the tyres, an indicator that a stone or other object may have holed his bike’s radiator on the warm-up lap.
 
Leandro Mercado (Orelac Racing VerdNatura Kawasaki) had to retire after experiencing a technical issue on lap seven.
 
2019 KRT Rider WorldSBK Statistics
 
Jonathan Rea: World Champion 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019
2019: Races 35, Wins 15, Podiums 32, Superpoles 7
Career Race Wins: 86 (71 for Kawasaki)
Career Podiums: 166 (124 for Kawasaki)
Career Poles: 23 (19 for Kawasaki)
 
Leon Haslam:
2019: Races: 35, Wins 0, Podiums 6, Superpoles 0
Career Race Wins: 5 (0 for Kawasaki)
Career Podiums: 45 (7 for Kawasaki)
Career Poles: 3 (0 for Kawasaki)
 
7 x Riders’ Championships (Scott Russell 1993, Tom Sykes 2013, Rea 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019), 1 x EVO Riders’ Championship (David Salom 2014)
5 x Manufacturers’ Championships (Ninja ZX-10R 2015 & 2016, Ninja ZX-10RR 2017, 2018 & 2019)
5 x Teams’ Championships (KRT/Provec Racing 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019)
 
Kawasaki FIM Superbike World Championship Statistics
Total Kawasaki Race Wins: 144 – second overall
Total Kawasaki Podiums: 431 – second overall
Total Kawasaki Poles: 88 – second overall

Top ten for Leon Camier in Race 1 with Ryuichi Kiyonari also in the points

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A rather hot Friday evening with temperatures hovering around 32 degree Celsius until well after sunset, during which Leon Camier and Ryuichi Kiyonari took on the first of the weekend’s three SBK races at the Losail Circuit.

In the Superpole session that preceded Race1, Leon qualified in thirteenth place with Kiyonari in eighteenth position.

A less than brilliant start when the lights went out at 8:00 pm saw Leon drop back to seventeenth position. Not losing heart, the Brit gradually improved both his pace and position, passing several riders while others made mistakes, and ultimately crossing the finish line in tenth place.

Ryuichi Kiyonari also progressed after having made a slow start and finished inside the point-zone in fourteenth position.

Tomorrow’s warm up will commence at 2.00 pm local time, followed by the Superpole Race at 4.00 pm and Race2 at 8.00 pm.

Leon Camier  ²

10th 

“We have made good progress with the chassis over the weekend and have also figured a few things out with the setup, so that’s where we are at the moment. Today’s result was not bad in the end but of course a few people dropped out so we were also a little bit lucky for sure. I didn’t make such a good start as I ran very wide early on, through turn one or one of the first corners, and lost a lot of places which was a pity as I had got off the line well. Anyway, I did as much as I could, managing to get into the mix and pass a few people.”

Ryuichi Kiyonari  ²³

14th 

“The first part of the race was quite slow for me as I didn’t have perfect feeling with the front, and the track felt bit greasy maybe due to some moisture on the track. Rear grip was not bad though, so step by step I could improve and pass Delbianco and Schmitter. I tried to be consistent, but I realized that I was making little mistakes here and there, so tomorrow I’ll try to do better in that respect and also be faster in the first half of race”.

Second For Rea On First Floodlit Day

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Recently crowned five-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea took his KRT Ninja ZX-10RR to second place in the opening day’s free practice sessions under the floodlit conditions at Losail in Qatar. Leon Haslam (KRT) was 12^th fastest as he re-learns the circuit layout.

The 5.380km long Losail International Circuit provides a unique end to the WorldSBK season and on the first night of action Jonathan Rea scored second best time, as he works towards a final race set-up for tomorrow’s Tissot-Superpole qualifying session and Race One.
 
Rea enters the second day in Losail looking for a small improvement in his overall handling package, at what he rates as one of his favourite circuits of the year.
 
Haslam, who has not ridden the Losail circuit layout for some time, is still working on the finer parts of track knowledge. He was still only 1.3 seconds down on the fastest rider at this long and technical circuit, but expects to make up more ground on the second day of action to prepare himself fully for the opening race of the meeting.
 
Although the practice sessions are held at night time in Qatar the high humidity and air temperatures still presented a degree of challenge for riders and teams to overcome. At 20.00 in the air temperature was recorded at 30°C, although the best lap times were still more than respectable for the opening day.
 
FP3 on Friday will be followed by Tissot-Superpole qualifying and then a full distance 17-lap Race One.
 
Jonathan Rea, stated: “I had a good day and we understood the tyre options for the weekend a little bit. The track rubbered-in really quickly and FP1 was fast already. In the second session we worked on our consistency and pace. I feel quite good. The bike is working really well where I need it work. In some areas I need a little bit more turning, especially in the fast areas. I am putting too much stress on the tyre, using too much angle to get the bike to turn. But for a first day, I feel quite good. You always want to finish the season with a good feeling and that is important. Of course we have a big target to try and win the Manufacturers’ Award for Kawasaki; that is very important.”
 
Leon Haslam, stated: “It has not been coming that easy. The last time I was here was as a wild card and we missed most of the practices then, so we are still did consistent low 1’58s, so we are still playing a little bit of catch-up getting up to speed with the track. I feel we have a good direction but the short FP3 sessions are hard work. Step-by-step and we will make a few more steps for tomorrow. Hopefully we can figure out a few of our problems overnight and get a little bit closer to that fight for the top five.”
 
Toprak Razgatlioglu (Turkish Puccetti Racing) finished his first day at Losail in fourth place, finding some front tyre push on the right hand corners but still ranked the top independent rider of the day. He is in the thick of the fight for overall third place with three points scoring races to go, starting with Race One on Friday evening at 20.00 hrs, local time.
 
Leandro Mercado (Orelac Racing VerdNatura Kawasaki) began the final round of the year in 15^th place overall after FP1 and FP2. Jordi Torres (Team Pedercini Racing Kawasaki) worked his way to 16^th place at Losail on day one.
 
2019 KRT Rider WorldSBK Statistics
 
Jonathan Rea: World Champion 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019
2019: Races 34, Wins 14, Podiums 31, Superpoles 6
Career Race Wins: 85 (70 for Kawasaki)
Career Podiums: 165 (123 for Kawasaki)
Career Poles: 22 (18 for Kawasaki)
 
Leon Haslam:
2019: Races: 34, Wins 0, Podiums 6, Superpoles 0
Career Race Wins: 5 (0 for Kawasaki)
Career Podiums: 45 (7 for Kawasaki)
Career Poles: 3 (0 for Kawasaki)
 
7 x Riders’ Championships (Scott Russell 1993, Tom Sykes 2013, Rea 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019), 1 x EVO Riders’ Championship (David Salom 2014)
4 x Manufacturers’ Championships (Ninja ZX-10R 2015 & 2016, Ninja ZX-10RR 2017 & 2018)
5 x Teams’ Championships (KRT/Provec Racing 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019)
 
Kawasaki FIM Superbike World Championship Statistics
Total Kawasaki Race Wins: 143 – second overall
Total Kawasaki Podiums: 430 – second overall
Total Kawasaki Poles: 87 – second overall