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Stats, facts and trivia: The Sunday Stats Pack for Misano!

Saturday, 22 June 2019 15:47 GMT

Know all the numbers and figures to impress those at home: The Sunday Stats Pack makes for the ultimate guide to WorldSBK at Misano on Sunday!

Want to find out how many races Kawasaki have finished on the podium? Or fancy checking out the last time a Japanese rider was inside the top ten, or even who has the most podiums? Look no further, as the Sunday Stats Pack ahead of Sunday on-track action at Misano is the must-read article to fulfil all of your WorldSBK needs!

  1. A 74th career win for Jonathan Rea: that is 15 more than his nearest competitor, four-time World Champion Carl Fogarty.
  2. 21st of June 2009, Misano - 22nd of June 2019, Misano: Rea’s winning career extends to more than 10 years. He has the third longest winning career behind Noriyuki Haga (12 years and 11 months from Sugo 1997/2 to Nurburgring 2010/2) and Troy Corser (10 years, 7 months and 24 days from Salzburgring/2 1995 to Phillip Island 2006/1).
  3. A round number for Kawasaki: in Race 1 they recorded their 130th win. Another one is on the horizon, as at the moment they count 399 total podium placements.
  4. In the Tissot Superpole Race, Rea has the chance to record 10 consecutive podiums in Misano, equalling the string of Troy Corser, who recorded 10 straight from 1995 to 2000 (he didn’t race here in 1997).
  5. Bautista recorded the 80th Ducati podium at Misano: Ducati is the first manufacturer with 80 podiums on any given track in WorldSBK history.
  6. In Race 1, Leon Haslam saw his string of races in the points, sixteen, come to an end after a crash.
  7. Tom Sykes has put BMW on the podium after a wait of 5 years, 8 months and 2 days. The previous podium for the German manufacturer had been a second by Melandri in 2013, Jerez Race 1 (20th of October).
  8. 109th career podium for Sykes: he equals Carl Fogarty at the fourth all-time spot (the first three: Rea 149; Corser 130; Haga 116).
  9. Loris Baz recorded his best race result, 4th, since he was second in Race 1 at Losail, back in 2014
  10. In Race 1 Yuki Takahashi recorded the best WorldSBK result for a Japanese rider since Hiroshi Aoyama was equally 8th in the first race in Algarve, back in 2012.

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