Team HRC scored a best of seventh in each of today’s WorldSBK races at the Most Circuit with riders Xavi Vierge in race 2 and Iker Lecuona in the superpole race. A stroke of bad luck, in the form of a punctured rear tyre, unfortunately meant that Lecuona was forced to retire from race 2 in the final stages, putting an end to a positive trend that had seen him score points in every single race up to this point.

The short Superpole race got underway at 11 am, with Lecuona and Vierge starting from twelfth and thirteenth on the grid. Up into tenth and eleventh by the end of lap one, the Team HRC duo were keen to set a pace that would allow them to maximise the limited time available during this ten-lap sprint. Passing Baz on lap three, Lecuona moved into eighth place, after which he began to chase down Gerloff, catching and passing him on lap seven. Iker ultimately crossed the line seventh, just one tenth of a second from sixth. Team-mate Vierge picked up the pace in the second half of the race, getting past Baz on lap seven to conclude the sprint race in tenth place.

The second and final Superbike race ran at 2pm local time. Thanks to his Superpole race result, Lecuona moved up to seventh on the grid for this 22-lap race, with Vierge once again starting thirteenth. Lecuona held his starting position through the early stages, with Vierge immediately gaining ground to move into tenth place. Xavi soon made up another position and was lapping less than a second behind his team-mate, who dropped to eighth at the mid-race point, unable to match the strong pace he had shown in earlier sessions. The reason became clear on lap twenty, when his rear tyre gave up completely, forcing Lecuona to stop and preventing him from completing what had been a solid race up until that point. Iker had in fact finished in the points zone in every race held up until now, the only rider in the field to have done so.

Team-mate Vierge, who by working constructively with his crew was able to turn the weekend around and regain confidence and speed on the bike, moved up one place as a result and gained a further position on the last lap when another rider ahead of him suffered a technical issue, meaning that the Spaniard crossed the line seventh to score more precious championship points.

As the championship reaches the halfway point, Lecuona places sixth in the general standings with 127 points, Vierge tenth with 79. While the Superbike championship now heads into its summer break (the next round set to take place over the weekend of 9-11 September at Magny-Cours in France), Iker Lecuona will fly to Japan to compete in his first Suzuka 8 Hours race on August 7, riding the factory Honda Team HRC #33 alongside BSB rider and three-time Suzuka 8 Hours winner Takumi Takahashi, and HRC factory test rider Tetsuta Nagashima. Team-mate Xavi Vierge will also attend the event as the team’s reserve rider.

Xavi Vierge 97

P10 SPR P7 RC2

“I’m quite happy with how today went after some difficult moments since my latest injury. Today we did a “reset”, making some big changes to the bike’s setup to try and understand what’s going on and, right from morning warm-up, we started to regain the good feeling and be fast again. So, I’m very pleased we finished both of today’s race in the top ten, P7 in race two. But beyond the results, I’m happy that we’ve understood what to do and I think this will be good for the future too. It will be important for us to have a good work plan in place for the Montmelo test in August (20-21) so that we can have everything ready for the second half of the season, which I think can be very good for us. Basically, I’m very happy with the first part of the season. We’re rookies and are both in the top ten in the championship standings and that’s quite positive. I think the best is still to come.”

Iker Lecuona 7

P7 SPR DNF R2

“What can I say? I’m very frustrated with the final outcome today, for many reasons. In this morning’s warm-up I felt so good and was fast and consistent lap after lap. I knew we could run a strong sprint race in order to gain positions on the grid for race 2. The start of the Superpole race was particularly chaotic, with a few riders running wide through the chicane and cutting in front of me, which meant I dropped to P14. But I was feeling so good that I was able to catch up again, moving up to seventh, almost sixth actually but I couldn’t quite engineer a last lap fight with Locatelli. I was very happy with everything anyway. Unfortunately, though, in race 2, things turned out a lot worse as I wasn’t comfortable with the rear, which felt nothing like it had in the previous race or yesterday. So the gap between me and Gerloff and Locatelli increased. Initially, I couldn’t understand why but then, with just two laps to go, I felt the rear tyre give up and I was forced to stop with a flat tyre along the straight. I’m very sad with what is our first DNF of the season, as it was not something we could do anything about. Not only has our points-scoring run come to an end, but we also missed out on the chance to move back into fifth position in the championship. I’m frustrated about what happened but, at the same time, I once again want to thank the team because they’ve worked very well and we were able to turn around what started out as a challenging weekend.”

WorldSBK 2022
Race Round 06   Czech

Results Superpole Race

Sunny
Humidity
46%
Track Temp
33°C
Air Temp
25°C
Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor Time/Gap
1 Razgatlioglu Toprak 1 TUR 12 PATA YAMAHA with BRIXX WorldSBK Yamaha Time of Race 15'21.996
2 Rea Jonathan 65 GBR 9 Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki 2.327
3 Bautista Alvaro 19 SPA 7 ARUBA Racing - Ducati Ducati 3.406
4 Rinaldi Michael Ruben 21 ITA 6 ARUBA Racing - Ducati Ducati 4.679
5 Bassani Axel 47 ITA 5 Motocorsa Racing Ducati 7.127
6 Locatelli Andrea 55 ITA 4 PATA YAMAHA with BRIXX WorldSBK Yamaha 8.328
7 Lecuona Iker 7 SPA 3 Team HRC Honda 8.479
8 Redding Scott 45 GBR 2 BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW 10.308
9 Gerloff Garrett 31 USA 1 GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Yamaha 10.506
10 Vierge Xavi 97 SPA 0 Team HRC Honda 14.540
11 Baz Loris 76 FRA 0 Bonovo Action BMW BMW 14.634
12 Mahias Lucas 44 FRA 0 Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki 14.760
13 Öttl Philipp 5 GER 0 Team GOELEVEN Ducati 15.271
14 Bernardi Luca 29 ITA 0 BARNI Spark Racing Team Ducati 18.008
15 Syahrin Hafizh 35 MAL 0 MIE Racing HONDA Team Honda 24.394
16 Nozane Kohta 3 JPN 0 GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Yamaha 24.574
17 Mercado Leandro 36 ARG 0 MIE Racing HONDA Team Honda 24.891
18 Laverty Eugene 50 IRE 0 Bonovo Action BMW BMW 26.956
19 Hickman Peter 10 GBR 0 FHO Racing BMW 28.649
20 Tamburini Roberto 2 ITA 0 Yamaha MotoxRacing WorldSBK Team Yamaha 35.860
21 Konig Oliver 52 CZE 0 ORELAC Racing VERDNATURA Kawasaki 2 Laps
22 Ponsson Christophe 23 FRA 0 Team Gil Motor Sport Yamaha 5 Laps
23 Lowes Alex 22 GBR 0 Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki 7 Laps
24 Vickers Ryan James 77 GBR 0 TPR Team Pedercini Racing Kawasaki 8 Laps
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Race Round 06   Czech

Results Race 2

Sunny
Humidity
42%
Track Temp
38°C
Air Temp
27°C
Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor Time/Gap
1 Razgatlioglu Toprak 1 TUR 25 PATA YAMAHA with BRIXX WorldSBK Yamaha Time of Race 33'55.494
2 Bautista Alvaro 19 SPA 20 ARUBA Racing - Ducati Ducati 0.756
3 Rea Jonathan 65 GBR 16 Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki 2.833
4 Redding Scott 45 GBR 13 BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW 9.693
5 Bassani Axel 47 ITA 11 Motocorsa Racing Ducati 11.970
6 Locatelli Andrea 55 ITA 10 PATA YAMAHA with BRIXX WorldSBK Yamaha 17.644
7 Vierge Xavi 97 SPA 9 Team HRC Honda 23.418
8 Öttl Philipp 5 GER 8 Team GOELEVEN Ducati 26.436
9 Mahias Lucas 44 FRA 7 Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki 27.914
10 Bernardi Luca 29 ITA 6 BARNI Spark Racing Team Ducati 30.857
11 Tamburini Roberto 2 ITA 5 Yamaha MotoxRacing WorldSBK Team Yamaha 42.047
12 Syahrin Hafizh 35 MAL 4 MIE Racing HONDA Team Honda 45.735
13 Nozane Kohta 3 JPN 3 GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Yamaha 46.989
14 Hickman Peter 10 GBR 2 FHO Racing BMW 47.065
15 Mercado Leandro 36 ARG 1 MIE Racing HONDA Team Honda 59.050
16 Konig Oliver 52 CZE 0 ORELAC Racing VERDNATURA Kawasaki 1'01.271
17 Vickers Ryan James 77 GBR 0 TPR Team Pedercini Racing Kawasaki 1'13.958
18 Gerloff Garrett 31 USA 0 GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Yamaha 1'17.001
19 Lecuona Iker 7 SPA 0 Team HRC Honda 2 Laps
20 Ponsson Christophe 23 FRA 0 Team Gil Motor Sport Yamaha 4 Laps
21 Baz Loris 76 FRA 0 Bonovo Action BMW BMW 18 laps
22 Rinaldi Michael Ruben 21 ITA 0 ARUBA Racing - Ducati Ducati 19 Laps
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Rider standings

Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor
1 Bautista Alvaro 19 SPA 298 ARUBA Racing - Ducati Ducati
2 Rea Jonathan 65 GBR 267 Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki
3 Razgatlioglu Toprak 1 TUR 260 PATA YAMAHA with BRIXX WorldSBK Yamaha
4 Locatelli Andrea 55 ITA 148 PATA YAMAHA with BRIXX WorldSBK Yamaha
5 Rinaldi Michael Ruben 21 ITA 134 ARUBA Racing - Ducati Ducati
6 Lecuona Iker 7 SPA 127 Team HRC Honda
7 Bassani Alex 47 ITA 115 Motocorsa Racing Ducati
8 Lowes Alex 22 GBR 113 Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki
9 Redding Scott 45 GBR 110 BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW
10 Vierge Xavi 97 SPA 79 Team HRC Honda
11 Baz Loris 76 FRA 65 Bonovo Action BMW BMW
12 Gerloff Garrett 31 USA 55 GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Yamaha
13 Öttl Philipp 5 GER 40 Team GOELEVEN Ducati
14 Mahias Lucas 44 FRA 31 Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki
15 Bernardi Luca 29 ITA 23 BARNI Spark Racing Team Ducati
16 Tamburini Roberto 2 ITA 23 Yamaha MotoxRacing WorldSBK Team Yamaha
17 Laverty Eugene 50 IRE 18 Bonovo Action BMW BMW
18 Fores Xavi 15 SPA 12 Team GOELEVEN Ducati
19 Nozane Kohta 3 JPN 12 GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Yamaha
20 van der Mark Michael 60 NDL 11 BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW
21 Mykhalchyk Illia 37 UKR 10 BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW
22 Ponsson Christophe 23 FRA 8 Team Gil Motor Sport Yamaha
23 Syahrin Hafizh 35 MAL 4 MIE Racing HONDA Team Honda
24 Haslam Leon 91 GBR 4 TPR Team Pedercini Racing Kawasaki
25 Mackenzie Tarran 95 GBR 3 McAMS Yamaha Yamaha
26 Hickman Peter 10 GBR 2 FHO Racing BMW
27 Mercado Leandro 36 ARG 2 MIE Racing HONDA Team Honda
28 Vinales Isaac 32 SPA 0 Yamaha MotoxRacing WorldSBK Team Yamaha
29 Rabat Tito 53 SPA 0 Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki
30 Marvin Fritz 17 GER 0 Yamaha MotoxRacing WorldSBK Team Yamaha
31 Ruiu Gabriele 16 ITA 0 B-Max Racing Team BMW
32 Konig Oliver 52 CZE 0 ORELAC Racing VERDNATURA Kawasaki
33 Vickers Ryan James 77 GBR 0 TPR Team Pedercini Racing Kawasaki
34 Delbianco Alessandro 25 ITA 0 TPR Team Pedercini Racing Kawasaki
35 Cresson Loris 84 BEL 0 TPR Team Pedercini Racing Kawasaki
Location Information

Autodrom Most,  Czech Republic Autodrom Most is a new track in WorldSBK calendar for 2021. Thanks to its attractive event line-up, it is popular destination for many motor enthusiasts and their families from whole Europe.  The track was completed in 1983 as a part of restoration of coal mine lands… read more.

Pole Position Left
Lenght 4.212 Km
Corners 21
Right 14
Left 7

Records

Pole Record 1'30.064 (168,360 Km/h) Km/h T.Razgatlioglu, (BMW M 1000 RR, 2024)
Race Record 1'31.180 166,300 Km/h T.Razgatlioglu, SPR (Yamaha YZF-R1, 2022)
All Time Record 1'30.064 (168,360 Km/h) Km/h T.Razgatlioglu, (BMW M 1000 RR, 2024)
2024 Race 1 Winner T.Razgatlioglu, (BMW M 1000 R)
2024 Superpole Race Winner T.Razgatlioglu, (BMW M 1000 R)
2024 Race 2 Winner T.Razgatlioglu, (BMW M 1000 R)