Leandro Mercado

Leandro Mercado

Mercado in 2012
Nationality  Argentine
Born (1992-02-15) 15 February 1992
Córdoba, Argentina
Current team Aruba.it Racing – Junior Team
Bike number 36
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Superbike World Championship
Active years2012, 2015
ManufacturersKawasaki, Ducati
2015 championship position8th (142 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
40 0 0 0 0 151

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

  1. "AMA Pro Road Racing Riders – Leandro Mercado Rider Bio". amaproracing.com. American Motorcyclist Association. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  2. "AMA SuperSport Shootout Results". motorcycle-usa.com. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "CIV Archive – Rider Profile". storicociv.perugiatiming.com. Perugia Timing. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Leandro Mercado". worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  5. "Barni Racing to make WSBK switch with STK1000 winner Mercado". Superbike World Championship (Dorna WSBK). 6 November 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
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