The Autodrom Most hosts Round 6 of the 2024 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship and while the on-track action will be as fierce as ever, there are some big milestones that could be reached at the Czech Round. From special numbers for podiums and wins, to potentially equalling a best season and much more, have a look at the key stats heading into this weekend below.
100 – Alvaro Bautista is only one podium short of reaching 100: he would be the 7th rider in history at this milestone after Jonathan Rea (264 podiums), Troy Corser (130), Toprak Razgatlioglu (127), Noriyuki Haga (116), Tom Sykes (114), Carl Fogarty (109). As the list above implies, with three podiums Razgatlioglu will equal Corser at the 2nd all-time spot.
96-100 – Only one podium in Donington for Bautista, making the goal of equalling Carl Fogarty for podiums for Ducati (100) out of reach in the Most weekend: Bautista is at 96.
48/50 – Toprak Razgatlioglu has his first shot to reach the milestone of 50 WorldSBK wins, as he is currently at 48. He is 5th in the all-time list behind: Jonathan Rea (119), Alvaro Bautista (61), Carl Fogarty (59), Troy Bayliss (52). In this list, only Rea and Razgatlioglu haven’t won for Ducati.
18/2 – Last year in Most, Alvaro Bautista set the new record of season wins with 18, ending the Championship at 27. This year he has won twice (Barcelona/2, Assen/SPR).
10-9 – Ducati leads Yamaha for podiums here: 10-9. Only one Yamaha podium didn’t come from Toprak Razgatlioglu: a third place by Andrea Locatelli in Race 1, 2021.
9/13 – BMW, in the hands of Razgatlioglu, have won 9 races this year: with four more they will equal their tally of the 2009-2023 period, all their previous seasons combined.
8/20 – Nicolo Bulega has posted 9 podiums so far, eight of them are second places. The record of second places in a single season was set last year by Toprak Razgatlioglu: 20. In the current run of Razgatlioglu’s seven wins, he was second five times.
7/10 – BMW is on a run of seven wins. In WorldSBK history only Ducati (six times) and Kawasaki (two times) have recorded two-figure winning streaks.
7/8/10 – Razgatlioglu is on a streak of seven consecutive wins, the eighth longest in WorldSBK history. He has a chance to make it ten in a row, which would be the fourth time in WorldSBK history this has happened – Alvaro Bautista (2019, 2023) and Jonathan Rea (2019) are the previous occasions, who hit 11.
6/9 – Alex Lowes is just three podiums short of his best season, 2019 (9 podiums): he has already scored more points than the entire last season.
5/8 – Razgatlioglu is the man to beat at Most as he is the record holder for wins, 5, and podiums, 8.
5-3 – Thanks to Razgatlioglu, Yamaha are the most successful manufacturer in Most, with 5 wins to Ducati’s 3 (Redding, Bautista 2).
2 – Only two polesitters so far at Most: Rea in 2021 and 2022; Razgatlioglu last year.
0.040 – The closest finish at Most is 0.040s, from Race 1 in 2021 when Razgatlioglu and Scott Redding battled on the last lap at the penultimate corner for victory.
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Source: WorldSBK.com