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Leandro Mercado

Leandro Mercado
Mercado in 2012
Born (1992-02-15) 15 February 1992 (age 32)
Córdoba, Argentina
Current teamMIE Racing Honda Racing
Bike number36
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Superbike World Championship
Active years2012, 2015, 2017–
ManufacturersKawasaki, Ducati, Aprilia, Honda
Championships0
2024 championship position31st (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
197 0 0 0 0 502

Leandro Denis "Tati" Mercado (born 15 February 1992) is a motorcycle racer from Argentina who competed in the 2022 Superbike World Championship aboard a Honda CBR1000RR for Team MIE Racing. He is best known for winning the National title of the AMA Supersport Championship in 2009 and the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup in 2014.

Career

Junior career

After finishing third in the Red Bull AMA Rookies Cup in 2008, the following year Mercado 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 Cup on a Kawasaki ZX-10R.[4]

Superstock and Superbike World Championship

In 2012 Mercado raced in the Superbike World Championship for eight rounds in the first half of the season, before moving back to the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup. He was twenty-sixth and fifteenth respectively in the standings.[4] For the following two seasons, he continued competing in the Superstock category, finishing fourth in 2013 with Kawasaki machinery, and winning the 2014 title on a Ducati 1199.[4]

For 2015, he returned to the Superbike World Championship full time,[5] finishing eighth in the final standings.[4] In 2016 he once again returned to the Superstock category, where he finished as runner-up.[4] In 2017, he would ride for IodaRacing Project on an Aprilia RSV4 in the Superbike championship, finishing 13th in the championship, with 115 points.

Mercado switched to Kawasaki for the 2018 Superbike World Championship, riding the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R, but only finished 15th at the end of the season, with 70 points. He would stay with Kawasaki for 2019, but the results would remain the same, 80 points and 16th in the standings at the end of the year.

For the 2020 Superbike World Championship, Mercado switched to a Ducati, riding for Motocorsa Racing team, on a Ducati Panigale V4. After missing the opening rounds in Australia, Mercado was also forced to miss time in the middle of the season due to injuries, missing 10 races altogether, and therefore only finished 16th at the end of the year, with 24 points. In 2021, Mercado would switch teams again, this time riding a Honda CBR1000RR, for MIE Racing Honda Team. Once again, injuries plagued Mercado's season, as well as a covid-19 absence from the Czech weekend, leading to a career-low 26 points from him in the season, and 21st in the standings. Nevertheless, Honda announced that he would stay for 2022, partnered by Hafizh Syahrin.[6]

In 2023, Mercado was without a ride so he joined the german IDM Superbike series.

Career statistics

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Bike 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
2017 Aprilia AUS AUS THA THA SPA
7 		SPA
8 		NED
9 		NED
12 		ITA
Ret 		ITA
10 		GBR
7 		GBR
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		ITA
9 		USA
9 		USA
7 		GER
11 		GER
12 		POR
Ret 		POR
7 		FRA
7 		FRA
6 		SPA
11 		SPA
9 		QAT QAT 13th 115
2018 Kawasaki AUS
10 		AUS
12 		THA
13 		THA
Ret 		SPA
Ret 		SPA
13 		NED
8 		NED
Ret 		ITA
15 		ITA
10 		GBR
13 		GBR
12 		CZE
12 		CZE
17 		USA
Ret 		USA
11 		ITA
10 		ITA
17 		POR
11 		POR
15 		FRA
14 		FRA
15 		ARG
Ret 		ARG
12 		QAT
12 		QAT
C 		15th 70
Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts
R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2
2019 Kawasaki AUS
14 		AUS
Ret 		AUS
11 		THA
12 		THA
12 		THA
Ret 		SPA
Ret 		SPA
DNS 		SPA
DNS 		NED NED NED ITA ITA ITA SPA
13 		SPA
13 		SPA
11 		ITA
10 		ITA
9 		ITA
Ret 		GBR
6 		GBR
Ret 		GBR
14 		USA
12 		USA
9 		USA
11 		POR
14 		POR
16 		POR
15 		FRA
12 		FRA
14 		FRA
11 		ARG
9 		ARG
10 		ARG
8 		QAT
Ret 		QAT
11 		QAT
11 		16th 80
2020 Ducati AUS AUS AUS SPA
Ret 		SPA
17 		SPA
15 		POR
16 		POR
14 		POR
10 		SPA
11 		SPA
Ret 		SPA
DNS 		SPA SPA SPA SPA
WD 		SPA
WD 		SPA
WD 		FRA
10 		FRA
10 		FRA
Ret 		POR
13 		POR
14 		POR
13 		16th 24
2021 Honda SPA
Ret 		SPA
18 		SPA
18 		POR POR POR ITA ITA ITA GBR GBR GBR NED
12 		NED
14 		NED
13 		CZE CZE CZE SPA
Ret 		SPA
18 		SPA
15 		FRA
Ret 		FRA
19 		FRA
17 		SPA
15 		SPA
10 		SPA
14 		SPA
Ret 		SPA
C 		SPA
15 		POR
8 		POR
11 		POR
11 		ARG
16 		ARG
16 		ARG
15 		INA
9 		INA
C 		INA
Ret 		21st 33
2022 Honda SPA
20 		SPA
20 		SPA
21 		NED
19 		NED
18 		NED
15 		POR
Ret 		POR
14 		POR
18 		ITA
19 		ITA
19 		ITA
18 		GBR
Ret 		GBR
20 		GBR
17 		CZE
17 		CZE
17 		CZE
15 		FRA
21 		FRA
20 		FRA
Ret 		SPA
18 		SPA
19 		SPA
27 		POR
23 		POR
21 		POR
20 		ARG
Ret 		ARG
17 		ARG
19 		INA
Ret 		INA
16 		INA
17 		AUS
17 		AUS
14 		AUS
15 		29th 3
2023 Honda AUS
 AUS
 AUS
 INA
 INA
 INA
 NED
 NED
 NED
 SPA
 SPA
 SPA
 ITA
 ITA
 ITA
 GBR
 GBR
 GBR
 ITA
 ITA
 ITA
 CZE
 CZE
 CZE
 FRA
 FRA
 FRA
 SPA
 SPA
 SPA
 POR
 POR
 POR
 JER
17 		JER
20 		JER
21 		NC 0
2024 Honda AUS AUS AUS SPA SPA SPA NED NED NED ITA ITA ITA GBR GBR GBR CZE
20 		CZE
19 		CZE
17 		POR POR POR FRA FRA FRA ITA ITA ITA SPA SPA SPA POR POR POR SPA SPA SPA 31st 0

* Season still in progress.

References

  1. ^ "AMA Pro Road Racing Riders – Leandro Mercado Rider Bio". amaproracing.com. American Motorcyclist Association. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  2. ^ "AMA SuperSport Shootout Results". motorcycle-usa.com. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b "CIV Archive – Rider Profile". storicociv.perugiatiming.com. Perugia Timing. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "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.
  6. ^ "Syahrin joins MIE Honda for 2022 campaign alongside Mercado".
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