Leandro Mercado
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| Nationality |
 Argentine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
15 February 1992 Córdoba, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Aruba.it Racing – Junior Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leandro Denis Mercado (born 15 February 1992) is a motorcycle racer from Argentina. He competes in the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup aboard a Ducati 1199 Panigale. He won the National title of the AMA Supersport Championship in 2009 and the FIM Superstock 1000 Championship in 2014.
Racing career
After finishing third in the Red Bull AMA Rookies Cup in 2008, the following year he achieved the same result in the East division of the AMA Supersport Championship[1] and won the National title in the Shootout race held in Daytona.[2] In 2010 he was seventh in the CIV Stock 600 Championship[3] and contested three races of the European Superstock 600 Championship on a Kawasaki ZX-6R,[4] while in 2011 he finished sixth in the CIV Stock 1000 Championship[3] and sixteenth in the FIM Superstock 1000 Championship on a Kawasaki ZX-10R.[4] In 2012 he raced in the Superbike World Championship for eight rounds before moving back to the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup; he was twenty-sixth and fifteenth in the relevant standings.[4] For the following two seasons, he continued competing in the latter category, finishing fourth in 2013[4]—when he was also runner-up in the CIV Superbike Championship[3]—with Kawasaki machinery and winning the 2014 title on a Ducati 1199.[4] For 2015, he returned to the Superbike World Championship.[5]
Career statistics
Superbike World Championship
Races by year
| Year | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Pts | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | ||||
| 2012 | Kawasaki | AUS | AUS | ITA 14 |
ITA Ret |
NED 10 |
NED 15 |
ITA C |
ITA 16 |
EUR Ret |
EUR Ret |
USA Ret |
USA 17 |
SMR 19 |
SMR 16 |
SPA Ret |
SPA 18 |
CZE Ret |
CZE DNS |
GBR | GBR | RUS | RUS | GER | GER | POR | POR | FRA | FRA | 26th | 9 |
| 2015 | Ducati | AUS 12 |
AUS 11 |
THA 10 |
THA 10 |
SPA 8 |
SPA 7 |
NED 11 |
NED 14 |
ITA 7 |
ITA 8 |
GBR 11 |
GBR 13 |
POR 8 |
POR 9 |
SMR 11 |
SMR Ret |
USA 9 |
USA 9 |
MAL 15 |
MAL 15 |
SPA 14 |
SPA 10 |
FRA 9 |
FRA 12 |
QAT 9 |
QAT 6 |
8th | 142 | ||
References
- ↑ "AMA Pro Road Racing Riders – Leandro Mercado Rider Bio". amaproracing.com. American Motorcyclist Association. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ↑ "AMA SuperSport Shootout Results". motorcycle-usa.com. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- 1 2 3 "CIV Archive – Rider Profile". storicociv.perugiatiming.com. Perugia Timing. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Leandro Mercado". worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ↑ "Barni Racing to make WSBK switch with STK1000 winner Mercado". Superbike World Championship (Dorna WSBK). 6 November 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.