Leandro Mercado

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.

Leandro Mercado
Mercado in 2012
NationalityArgentine
Born (1992-02-15) 15 February 1992
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
2022 championship position29th (3 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
214 0 0 0 0 502

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

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

* 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. "CIV Archive – Rider Profile". storicociv.perugiatiming.com. Perugia Timing. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  4. "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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