Leandro Mercado

Leandro Mercado
Mercado in 2012
Nationality	Argentine
Born	(1992-02-15) 15 February 1992 Córdoba, Argentina
Current team	MIE Racing Honda Racing
Bike number	36
Motorcycle racing career statistics Superbike World Championship Active years 2012, 2015, 2017– Manufacturers Kawasaki, Ducati, Aprilia, Honda Championships 0 2023 championship position NC (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 217 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 and won the National title in the Shootout race held in Daytona. In 2010 he was seventh in the CIV Stock 600 Championship and contested three races of the European Superstock 600 Championship on a Kawasaki ZX-6R, while in 2011 he finished sixth in the CIV Stock 1000 Championship and sixteenth in the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup on a Kawasaki ZX-10R.

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. 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.

For 2015, he returned to the Superbike World Championship full time, finishing eighth in the final standings. In 2016 he once again returned to the Superstock category, where he finished as runner-up. 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.

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	CZE	CZE	CZE	FRA	FRA	FRA	SPA	SPA	SPA	POR	POR	POR	JER 17	JER 20	JER 21	TBA	TBA	TBA				NC	0

* Season still in progress.

External links

• Leandro Mercado at WorldSBK.com