The MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship heads to the Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto for the 2024 season finale this weekend. All four titles will be decided as WorldSBK, WorldSSP, WorldSSP300 and WorldWCR are in action in the south of Spain for the Prometeon Spanish Round, where history will be made. We’ve gathered some of the key numbers to watch out for, with big milestones on the horizon…
116-118-119 – Italy has 116 wins, 2 short of the 3rd all-time place held by Australia and 3 less than the 2nd place held by the United States. Great Britain leads with 307.
88.8 – After the Estoril weekend, Razgatlioglu holds the all-time record of percentage of podium finishes (88,8%) and wins (62,9%) for any given manufacturer in history, discounting Mick Doohan and his 3 wins out of 4 races for Yamaha.
46/37/25 – Toprak Razgatlioglu has an advantage of 46 points over Nicolo Bulega in the standings. He needs to have 37 after Race 1 to claim the title or 25 after the Superpole Race, as in case of a tie after the last race his wins tally is enough to make him Champion.
31/32 – BMW needs just one win to reach Suzuki in 6th in the all-time list (32 wins).
31-13 – BMW have 31 wins, before this season they had 13.
28 – In 2019, Jerez became the 28th track that Yamaha won at. The 27th track had been Silverstone, nine years earlier, when Cal Crutchlow achieved a double. At the moment, Yamaha have won at 34 tracks.
22 – The manufacturer with most podiums at Jerez is Ducati with 22, followed by Kawasaki with 17.
18 – BMW have 18 wins this season. Only Ducati and Kawasaki have scored 19 or more. Only Ducati have scored 20 or more (record: 28 last year).
12-0 – Ducati are the most successful manufacturer with 12 wins, more than the sum of its competitors, Aprilia and Kawasaki (4 each), and Yamaha (3). BMW, the manufacturer currently leading the Riders’ World Championship with Toprak Razgatlioglu, have never won here.
11/5 – The last 11 wins here (starting from 2019) came only from the first two grid spots, the last 5 all from pole position.
9 – Only one win here didn’t come from the first six grid places: that was Jonathan Rea, winning from 9th in 2017, Race 2.
9 – Last year, Jonathan Rea claimed the record of Jerez podiums, 9, overtaking Chaz Davies’ 8.
9/10 – 9 years out of 10, we had a rider winning twice at Jerez: 1990 (Roche); 2013 (Laverty); 2014 (Melandri); 2016 (Davies); 2017 (Rea); 2019 (Bautista: Race 1 and Superpole Race); 2020 (Redding: Race 1 and 2); 2021 (Razgatlioglu); 2023 (Bautista: 3 times).
5-3 – Until last year, the record of wins here was split by Jonathan Rea and Chaz Davies, with 3 each. Bautista twelve months ago, with a triple, increased his tally from 2 to 5.
4 – The best winning streak at this track belongs to Aprilia: 4 from 2013 to 2014. Ducati stands at 3 after last year’s Bautista triple.
4-4 – Kawasaki and Ducati share the record of poles here: 4.
3x3x3 – Toprak Razgatlioglu counts 56 wins, just three short of the 3rd all-time place held by Carl Fogarty. Ahead: Jonathan Rea at 119 and Alvaro Bautista at 63. So, Razgatlioglu needs 3 race wins in the last 3 races to reach the 3rd all-time spot this year.
1 – Jerez was the scene of the first WorldSBK Superpole and win for Scott Redding, in 2020 in Race 1.
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Source: WorldSBK.com