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@WorldSBK facebook.com/WorldSBK 2020 instagram.com/worldsbk STATISTICS 01 - Yamaha Finance Australian Round Riders’ Performances at Phillip Island #AUSWorldSBK Jonathan REA WorldSBK scorecard here:Races 23 Wins 5 Podiums 10 Poles 3 Best race: 1 Best grid: 1 Nationality British Ballymena Jonathan Rea approaches the 2020 race weekend in Phillip Island with two records at hand: he won here 5 times, and the record is 7 (Troy Corser); he climbed on the podium 10 times, with the Born 02/02/1987 Age 33 Starts 280 record at 12 (Corser). Last year Rea was three times second behind Alvaro Bautista in the weekend Wins 88 Last win: 2019, Losail/3 dominated by the debuting Spaniard. > In his 11 races for Kawasaki here, he won 5 times, was 5 times second and missed the podium Podiums 168 Last podium: 2019, Losail/3 only in 2018, Race 1, when he was suffering from recent surgery at his right hand. > His last four finishes here are second places: a string started in 2018, Race 2. Poles 23 Last pole: 2019, Losail > Rea has scored points in all 23 races he has competed at Phillip Island, finishing outside the top Front Rows 77 Fastest laps 67 Points 4,389.5 -10 only once. In Race One in 2011 he finished in 12th position after he went wide off-track during the race. Phillip Island is the only track in which he scored points 23 times. Team Kawasaki Racing Team > He has finished in every position from first to ninth here at least once... except for third position. > Rea’s last win in Phillip Island came in 2017 (Race 2): among the tracks of the current calendar is the most distant win in terms of time passed, with Jerez. In all the other tracks he has won at least once from 2018 onwards. > Rea claimed three Superpoles here: 2015, 2017 and 2019. With one more he will equal the track record of Troy Corser. Leon CAMIER WorldSBK scorecard here:Races 19 Wins 0 Podiums 0 Poles 0 Best race: 5 Best grid: 6 Nationality British Ashford, Kent Leon Camier has scored points 15 times in Phillip Island, his best track for points finishes. His best result here is a 5th position, scored in 2017, Race One. Last year he crashed in Race One, finished Born 04/08/1986 Age 33 Starts 223 13th in the Superpole Race and claimed points in Race 2 finishing 10th. He was the best Honda Wins Last win: rider in both races he finished. > He has scored points here for four different manufacturers: Aprilia, Suzuki, MV Agusta, Honda. Podiums 9 Last podium: 2013, Silverstone/1 Poles Last pole: Front Rows 5 Fastest laps 1 Points 1,272.5 Team Barni Racing Team Chaz DAVIES WorldSBK scorecard here:Races 15 Wins 0 Podiums 6 Poles 0 Best race: 2 Best grid: 2 Nationality British Knighton The 2015-2018 period was the best for Chaz Davies in Phillip Island: in that timespan he collected all his 6 podiums here, missing out only in 2016, Race Two, when he crashed from second and Born 10/02/1987 Age 33 Starts 212 remounted to finish tenth. Last year Davies was 10th in Race 1 and in the Superpole Race and 7th Wins 30 Last win: 2019, Laguna Seca/3 in Race 2. > His best result is a second place behind Jonathan Rea in Race One in 2016 and both races in Podiums 89 Last podium: 2019, Losail/3 2017. > Davies claimed only one front row start here in Superpole, as he was second in 2015. Poles 7 Last pole: 2019, Imola > This is the track where he took the highest number of podiums (6) without winning. Front Rows 22 Fastest laps 33 Points 2,583.5 > This is one of the five tracks on the current calendar where his best result is a second place together with Algarve, Assen, Misano and San Juan. Team Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Sandro CORTESE WorldSBK scorecard here:Races 3 Wins 0 Podiums 0 Poles 0 Best race: 7 Best grid: 6 Nationality German Ochsenhausen Last year Sandro Cortese made his WorldSBK debut in Phillip Island scoring great results as he was 8th in Race One and Two and 7th in the Superpole Race. Born 06/01/1990 Age 29 Starts 36 > In 2018 he made a sensational debut in the WorldSSP championship, finishing third in his debut Wins Last win: race and setting the fastest lap in the race. > In the prototypes championships, he was also third in the Moto2™ race in 2016, behind Thomas Podiums Last podium: Luthi and Franco Morbidelli. But his best race wins here were in 2012 in Moto3™ when he won starting the race from pole ahead of Miguel Oliveira and Arthur Sissis and the year before in 125cc Poles Last pole: when he finished ahead of late Luis Salom and Johann Zarco. Front Rows 3 Fastest laps Points 126 > In total, Cortese took part in 17 world-class races here across five different championships (7 in 125cc; 1 in Moto3™; 5 in Moto2™; 1 in WorldSSP, 3 in WorldSBK). Team OUTDO Kawasaki TPR Xavi FORES WorldSBK scorecard here:Races 5 Wins 0 Podiums 1 Poles 0 Best race: 3 Best grid: 7 Nationality Spanish Llombai Excellent results for Fores in Phillip Island after an unlucky start. In 2016 in fact he had to retire from Race 1 and withdrew from Race 2 after he fractured a finger in practice, but always improved Born 16/09/1985 Age 34 Starts 91 since then. He was 6th and 5th in 2017, 4th and 3rd in 2018. In the latter he was involved in the Wins Last win: battle for the win before being passed by Rea; afterwards a slight mistake cost him second place in favour of Marco Melandri. Podiums Last podium: Poles Last pole: Front Rows 3 Fastest laps 1 Points 643 Team Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Takumi TAKAHASHI WorldSBK scorecard here:Races 0 Wins 0 Podiums 0 Poles 0 Best race: Best grid: Nationality Japanese Kitamoto This will be the first racing weekend for Takumi Takahashi in Phillip Island. Born 26/11/1989 Age 30 Starts 7 Wins Last win: Podiums Last podium: Poles Last pole: Front Rows Fastest laps Points 9 Team MIE Racing Althea Honda Team Alvaro BAUTISTA WorldSBK scorecard here:Races 3 Wins 3 Podiums 3 Poles 0 Best race: 1 Best grid: 3 Nationality Spanish Talavera de la Reina Last year Alvaro Bautista made the best possible debut in WorldSBK, sealing 3 wins in dominant fashion. In Race 1 his final advantage was nearly 15 seconds, while in Race 2 he was already 3.5 Born 21/11/1984 Age 35 Starts 36 seconds clear after just five laps and then managed the gap until the chequered flag. Wins 16 Last win: 2019, San Juan/1 > He became the 6th rider in history with a win in his maiden race. The last one before him had been Max Biaggi. Podiums 24 Last podium: 2019, Losail/3 > He claimed the first 4-cylinder win for Ducati in WorldSBK: they had won 341 races always with 2- cylinders bikes before. Poles 4 Last pole: 2019, San Juan > His final advantage in Race 1 (14.983 seconds) last year is the largest one on a dry race in Phillip Front Rows 8 Fastest laps 15 Points 498 Island. > Alvaro Bautista raced 16 times at Phillip Island in the prototypes championships, scoring three Team Team HRC podiums: he was the race winner in the 125cc race in 2006 and second in the following two years in 250cc. His best result in MotoGP™ here is a fourth position in 2018, when he replaced injured Jorge Lorenzo in the factory Ducati squad. Statistics by Michele Merlino @WorldSBK facebook.com/WorldSBK 2020 instagram.com/worldsbk STATISTICS 01 - Yamaha Finance Australian Round Riders’ Performances at Phillip Island #AUSWorldSBK Michael Ruben RINALDI WorldSBK scorecard here:Races 3 Wins 0 Podiums 0 Poles 0 Best race: 8 Best grid: 8 Nationality Italian Rimini Last year Michael Ruben Rinaldi faced Phillip Island for the first time in his career, his first non- European race weekend. He was 9th in Race 1, 8th in the Superpole Race and 16th in Race 2 after Born 21/12/1995 Age 24 Starts 53 a visit in the pits. Wins Last win: Podiums Last podium: Poles Last pole: Front Rows Fastest laps Points 199 Team Team Goeleven Alex LOWES WorldSBK scorecard here:Races 13 Wins 0 Podiums 0 Poles 0 Best race: 4 Best grid: 4 Nationality British Lincoln Alex Lowes' best result at Phillip Island is a 4th place, scored 4 times, the last two last year in Race 1 and in the Superpole Race (he eventually finished 5th in Race 2). Born 14/09/1990 Age 29 Starts 166 > Lowes qualified in 5th in his first four weekends here, from 2014 to 2017; in 2018 he improved, Wins 1 Last win: 2018, Brno/2 claiming 4th in Superpole, but last year was back to his “usual” slot, qualifying, again, in 5th. > Lowes climbed on the podium in 10 different tracks in WorldSBK and Phillip Island is one of the Podiums 20 Last podium: 2019, Losail/2 two where his best result is a fourth alongside Jerez. Poles 1 Last pole: 2018, Assen Front Rows 9 Fastest laps 5 Points 1,237 Team Kawasaki Racing Team Garrett GERLOFF WorldSBK scorecard here:Races 0 Wins 0 Podiums 0 Poles 0 Best race: Best grid: Nationality American Katy, Texas This will be the first racing weekend for Garrett Gerloff in Phillip Island.