2024 IN NUMBERS: records smashed, milestones reached and more from an incredible 2024 season
The 2024 campaign was a record-breaking affair with several big stats coming from this year, and we’ve gathered them in one place for you…
The latest MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship campaign is in the history books and records were broken throughout the season. From Toprak Razgatlioglu's (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) incredible winning streak to manufacturers reaching milestones and much more, there were some interesting numbers to come out of the 2024 season. We’ve gathered just some of the key numbers for you to enjoy…
1100 – Bautista’s second place in the Superpole Race at Magny-Cours was Ducati’s 1100th podium. They ended the season on 1125 rostrums
578/593 – van der Mark raced the most laps in 2024, totalling 578; for contrast, in 2022 and 2023, the Dutchman completed 628 (318 in 2023, 310 in 2022) in his injury-hit campaigns. The next highest this season was Gerloff with 568 and Locatelli with 567. The most possible in 2024 was 593.
550 – Alex Lowes took Kawasaki’s 550th WorldSBK rostrum when he finished third in the Superpole Race at Portimao
248 – Despite missing six races through injury, Razgatlioglu led 248 laps this year: the most of anyone, and almost twice as many as Bulega (127) in second place
50 – Razgatlioglu’s Superpole Race win at Most was his 50th in WorldSBK; he’s now on 57, two shy of Carl Fogarty’s 59 in third place in the all-time list, and six behind Bautista in second place
32/18/12 – BMW have 32 wins in WorldSBK, 19 of which came this season (18 for Razgatlioglu, 1 for van der Mark). They also have 12 pole positions, half of which came this year from Razgatlioglu
27/30 – Razgatlioglu finished on the podium 27 times in his 30 races, or 90% of the time, in 2024
17/2 – Bautista crashed the most in WorldSBK this year, with 17 falls (same as Sam Lowes). In contrast, Razgatlioglu fell only twice
15 – 15 riders were separated by one second in Superpole at Portimao, the joint second-most in history, level with Sugo in 1997 and Kyalami in 2009. Magny-Cours, Assen and Portimao hold the record at 16
13 – Razgatlioglu took 13 wins in a row in 2024, setting a new record in WorldSBK
12 – 12 different riders led laps in 2024, the highest number since 2018
12 – Alex Lowes recorded double-digit podium finishes for the first time in a single WorldSBK campaign. His previous best was nine, in 2019
11/3 – Razgatlioglu became the 11th rider to have at least two WorldSBK titles, and the third to win with two different manufacturers (after James Toseland and Troy Corser)
8 – There were 8 different winners this season, for the first time since 2009: Bulega, Bautista, Razgatlioglu, van der Mark, Spinelli, Petrucci, Alex Lowes and Iannone
4 – There were four new winners in 2024, all from Italy: Bulega, Spinelli, Petrucci and Iannone. This is a record for the country, beating the previous tally of three from 1988, when Tardozzi, Lucchinelli and Priovano won. It’s also the first time there have been four new winners since 2008, when Nieto, Neukirchner, Checa and Kiyonari claimed victory
4 – Bautista’s four wins in 2024 is the first time with Ducati in WorldSBK he didn’t score at least 16 wins
0.003 – Bulega’s Superpole Race win over Razgatlioglu at Estoril by just 0.003s was the closest-ever finish in WorldSBK
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