Round six of the Superbike World Championship has concluded today at Donington Park, with Team HRC and official riders Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge completing the races but with results that fell below their expectations.

The action got underway later than usual in a change to the standard Sunday schedule. Riders lined up on the grid for the 10-lap Superpole race, which began at 1pm local time (CET-1). As per their qualifying results yesterday, Lecuona again started from thirteenth on the grid and Vierge from seventeenth. Having made a good start, Iker was straight up into the top ten on lap one, with Xavi behind him in fourteenth place. Unfortunately, the pair struggled to match the pace of those immediately ahead, gradually slipping back to fourteenth and fifteenth position. In the final stages, both were able to make up one place, with Lecuona finishing thirteenth and Vierge fourteenth.

Later in the day, the factory riders were back on track for the third and final race of the weekend, which ran in similarly cool and cloudy conditions to the previous sprint race. A multi-rider incident on lap one immediately saw the race halted with a red flag. The race was restarted a short time later and reduced to a distance of 22 laps, with Lecuona and Vierge lining up in twelfth and fourteenth position respectively on the grid. Vierge made a strong start and was lying tenth by the end of lap one, while Lecuona lost a few positions through the first turns and found himself fifteenth. Thirteenth at the mid-race stage, Vierge unfortunately had to pull into the pits on lap fifteen due to a small technical issue problem, while team-mate Lecuona crossed the line fourteenth, even if consistently improving his pace in the second half of the race.

After the first six rounds of the WorldSBK championship, Vierge places tenth in the general standings with a total of 92 points, while team-mate Lecuona lies twelfth with a tally of 66. Team HRC will next race at the Imola circuit in Italy, the stage for round seven, which will play out over the weekend of 14-16 July.

Iker Lecuona 7

Race2 P14 SPRC P13

“It was a hard weekend honestly, and we struggled quite a lot. It’s true that yesterday I crashed, but even without that I was struggling and the same went for the sprint race. But there have been some positives, in that we changed the base of our bike setup before race 2, taking a bit of a gamble to be honest, but it was something we had to try to understand and find a way forward. Straight after the start it was tough and on the very first lap, I almost crashed through turn seven but luckily, I was able to stay on the bike and just keep going. And lap by lap, by maintaining focus and continuing to push, the situation improved and my pace too. In fact the entire second part of the race was a progression, I made up a few seconds on the group ahead and the lap times were really good. So, even if fourteenth is not even close to where we aim to be, that part of the race was good. We must now analyze everything and understand what happened”.

Xavi Vierge 97

Race 2 DNF SPRC P14

“Of course this weekend was a tough one for us, and we didn’t expect to struggle so much here really. As always me and the team worked very hard to try and achieve the maximum possible in every session. Today we were unable to score points in the end - in the sprint race we were not fast enough and in race 2 we made a good start and were lying mid-pack but unfortunately we had a small problem that forced me to pit. It’s the first time it’s happened to be fair, and better for it to happen in a race where we were struggling anyway rather than during a weekend where we’re fighting for a strong result. So thank you again to everyone for their hard work, we will continue on to try and improve and fight for the positions everyone on the team deserves”.

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Race Round 06   United Kingdom

Results Tissot Superpole Race

Dry
Humidity
50%
Track Temp
24°C
Air Temp
18°C
Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor Time/Gap
1 Razgatlioglu Toprak 54 TUR 12 PATA YAMAHA with BRIXX WorldSBK Yamaha Time of Race 14'26.442
2 Bautista Alvaro 1 SPA 9 ARUBA Racing - Ducati Ducati 0.315
3 Rea Jonathan 65 GBR 7 Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki 0.537
4 Locatelli Andrea 55 ITA 6 PATA YAMAHA with BRIXX WorldSBK Yamaha 4.247
5 Petrucci Danilo 9 ITA 5 BARNI Spark Racing Team Ducati 5.018
6 Lowes Alex 22 GBR 4 Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki 5.330
7 Gerloff Garrett 31 USA 3 Bonovo Action BMW BMW 5.629
8 Bassani Axel 47 ITA 2 Motocorsa Racing Ducati 6.884
9 Redding Scott 45 GBR 1 ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW 9.047
10 Öttl Philipp 5 GER 0 Team GOELEVEN Ducati 11.167
11 Aegerter Dominique 77 SWI 0 GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team Yamaha 12.125
12 Ray Bradley 28 GBR 0 Yamaha MotoxRacing WorldSBK Team Yamaha 13.346
13 Lecuona Iker 7 SPA 0 Team HRC Honda 13.712
14 Vierge Xavi 97 SPA 0 Team HRC Honda 14.295
15 Gardner Remy 87 AUS 0 GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team Yamaha 17.793
16 Baldassarri Lorenzo 34 ITA 0 GMT94 Yamaha Yamaha 20.959
17 Rinaldi Michael Ruben 21 ITA 0 ARUBA Racing - Ducati Ducati 22.256
18 Sykes Tom 66 GBR 0 ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW 25.381
19 Syahrin Hafizh 35 MAL 0 PETRONAS MIE Racing HONDA Team Honda 28.530
20 Rabat Tito 53 SPA 0 Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki 28.954
21 Vinales Isaac 32 SPA 0 TPR by Vinales Racing Kawasaki 29.146
22 Konig Oliver 52 CZE 0 ORELAC Racing VERDNATURA Kawasaki 35.084
23 Baz Loris 76 FRA 0 Bonovo Action BMW BMW 35.269
24 Granado Eric 51 BRA 0 PETRONAS MIE Racing HONDA Team Honda 36.476
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Race Round 06   United Kingdom

Results Race 2

Dry
Humidity
46%
Track Temp
25°C
Air Temp
18°C
Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor Time/Gap
1 Bautista Alvaro 1 SPA 25 ARUBA Racing - Ducati Ducati Time of Race 31'51.175
2 Razgatlioglu Toprak 54 TUR 20 PATA YAMAHA with BRIXX WorldSBK Yamaha 2.650
3 Petrucci Danilo 9 ITA 16 BARNI Spark Racing Team Ducati 7.936
4 Redding Scott 45 GBR 13 ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW 9.198
5 Rea Jonathan 65 GBR 11 Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki 9.506
6 Lowes Alex 22 GBR 10 Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki 9.960
7 Bassani Axel 47 ITA 9 Motocorsa Racing Ducati 10.292
8 Locatelli Andrea 55 ITA 8 PATA YAMAHA with BRIXX WorldSBK Yamaha 10.537
9 Gerloff Garrett 31 USA 7 Bonovo Action BMW BMW 11.036
10 Öttl Philipp 5 GER 6 Team GOELEVEN Ducati 14.317
11 Aegerter Dominique 77 SWI 5 GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team Yamaha 17.697
12 Gardner Remy 87 AUS 4 GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team Yamaha 23.762
13 Ray Bradley 28 GBR 3 Yamaha MotoxRacing WorldSBK Team Yamaha 24.052
14 Lecuona Iker 7 SPA 2 Team HRC Honda 24.543
15 Syahrin Hafizh 35 MAL 1 PETRONAS MIE Racing HONDA Team Honda 48.163
16 Vinales Isaac 32 SPA 0 TPR by Vinales Racing Kawasaki 50.201
17 Konig Oliver 52 CZE 0 ORELAC Racing VERDNATURA Kawasaki 1'05.224
18 Granado Eric 51 BRA 0 PETRONAS MIE Racing HONDA Team Honda 1'08.928
19 Baldassarri Lorenzo 34 ITA 0 GMT94 Yamaha Yamaha 1'12.643
20 Rabat Tito 53 SPA DNF Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki 4 Laps
21 Vierge Xavi 97 SPA DNF Team HRC Honda 8 Laps
22 Baz Loris 76 FRA DNF Bonovo Action BMW BMW
23 Sykes Tom 66 GBR DNF ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW
24 Rinaldi Michael Ruben 21 ITA DNF ARUBA Racing - Ducati Ducati
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Rider standings

Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor
1 Bautista Alvaro 1 SPA 357 ARUBA Racing - Ducati Ducati
2 Razgatlioglu Toprak 54 TUR 264 PATA YAMAHA with BRIXX WorldSBK Yamaha
3 Locatelli Andrea 55 ITA 175 PATA YAMAHA with BRIXX WorldSBK Yamaha
4 Rea Jonathan 65 GBR 163 Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki
5 Bassani Axel 47 ITA 146 Motocorsa Racing Ducati
6 Rinaldi Michael Ruben 21 ITA 102 ARUBA Racing - Ducati Ducati
7 Lowes Alex 22 GBR 99 Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki
8 Petrucci Danilo 9 ITA 98 BARNI Spark Racing Team Ducati
9 Aegerter Dominique 77 SWI 97 GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team Yamaha
10 Vierge Xavi 97 SPA 92 Team HRC Honda
11 Gardner Remy 87 AUS 69 GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team Yamaha
12 Lecuona Iker 7 SPA 66 Team HRC Honda
13 Redding Scott 45 GBR 63 ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW
14 Gerloff Garrett 31 USA 61 Bonovo Action BMW BMW
15 Öttl Philipp 5 GER 52 Team GOELEVEN Ducati
16 van der Mark Michael 60 NDL 19 ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW
17 Baz Loris 76 FRA 13 Bonovo Action BMW BMW
18 Sykes Tom 66 GBR 11 Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki
19 Baldassarri Lorenzo 34 ITA 9 GMT94 Yamaha Yamaha
20 Ray Bradley 28 GBR 8 Yamaha MotoxRacing WorldSBK Team Yamaha
21 Syahrin Hafizh 35 MAL 8 PETRONAS MIE Racing HONDA Team Honda
22 LOPES Ivo Miguel 75 POR 1 ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW
23 Vinales Isaac 32 SPA 1 TPR by Vinales Racing Kawasaki
24 Rabat Tito 53 SPA 0 Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki
25 Konig Oliver 52 CZE 0 ORELAC Racing VERDNATURA Kawasaki
26 Granado Eric 51 BRA 0 PETRONAS MIE Racing HONDA Team Honda
27 Vitali Luca 70 ITA 0 ORELAC Racing VERDNATURA Kawasaki
28 Ruiu Gabriele 16 ITA 0 B-Max Racing Team BMW
29 Mizuno Ryo 88 JPN 0 PETRONAS MIE Racing HONDA Team Honda
Location Information

Donington Park Circuit Castle Donington, Derby, DE74 2RP, United Kingdom Donington Park

POLE POSITION LEFT
LENGHT 4.023 Km
CORNERS 12
RIGHT CORNERS 7
LEFT CORNERS 5

Records

Pole Record 1'24.629 (171,133 Km/h) T. Razgatlioglu (BMW M 1000 RR, 2024)
Race Record 1'25.597 (169,198 Km/h) T. Razgatlioglu (BMW M 1000 RR, RC2, 2024)
All Time Record 1'24.629 (171,133 Km/h) T. Razgatlioglu (BMW M 1000 RR, 2024)
2024 Race 1 Winner T. Razgatlioglu (BMW M 1000 RR)
2024 Superpole Race Winner T. Razgatlioglu (BMW M 1000 RR)
2024 Race 2 Winner T. Razgatlioglu (BMW M 1000 RR)