One round remains in the 2023 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship after a rollercoaster of emotions swept through the paddock at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve in southern Portugal. As always, stats were everywhere you looked and stories were written with each passing number. We’ve put them all in one place for you to enjoy, with some heavy hitters throughout.
262/220 – 262 career podiums for Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) in Race 1, his 220th for Kawasaki.
56 – 56 wins for Ducati means Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) is now the rider with the most wins for Ducati in WorldSBK, surpassing Carl Fogarty who is on 55.
43 – 43 poles for Rea in WorldSBK, level with Troy Corser.
31 – The 31st podium of 2023 for Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK) in Race 2 at Portimao, the most he’s had in a single season.
25 – 25 wins for Ducati in 2023, the most wins they’ve enjoyed in a single WorldSBK season.
23 – With 23 fastest laps in 2023, Bautista continues to set the record for most in a season.
23/9 – Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) took a ninth podium of 2023, the most he’s had in a single season. It’s his 23rd podium, equalling Akira Yanagawa.
16 – Bautista P1 with Razgatlioglu in P2 happened 16 times in 2023, a record in a single season.
12 – For the 12th time in WorldSBK, Razgatlioglu missed out on victory by less than half a second in Race 2 at Portimao; the 11th time happened in the Superpole Race, both to Bautista.
10 – Ten points-scoring finishes in a row for Xavi Vierge (Team HRC), the first time he’s achieved it.
7/8 – Seven straight top ten finishes for Garrett Gerloff (Bonovo Action BMW), his best streak since he achieved ten from the Superpole Race in Barcelona to San Juan’s Race 2 in 2021. In contrast, it’s been eight races without a top ten for Scott Redding (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team). Gerloff is now the top BMW in the standings in his first season with the Independent Bonovo Action team on 135 points compared to Redding’s 118. Gerloff is just five points off the top eight in the standings.
6 – Six poles for Jonathan Rea at Portimao, the joint-best for him along with six at Magny-Cours.
5 – A top five for Iker Lecuona (Team HRC) in the Superpole Race with P5, a first since Most’s Race 1.
4 – Fourth for Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) in the Superpole Race, the first top four for Australia since Troy Corser was P3 for BMW at Misano in Race 1, 2010 – his last rostrum.
2 – Alex Lowes (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) led two laps at Portimao in Race 1, the first laps he has led since Phillip Island’s Superpole Race in 2022. He’s led a total of 60 laps in his WorldSBK career.
2 – Jeffrey Buis (MTM Kawasaki) is the first rider in history to take two titles in the class.
1 – Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing WorldSSP Team) is the first FIM Supersport World Championship for Ducati in their second season back in the class.
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Source: WorldSBK.com