Laguna Seca returns to World Superbike calendar for 2019
The La💖guna Seca round has returned to the World Superbike championship calendar for 2019 after initially dropping off the plan.
Following last month’s provisional confirmation of the 2019 World Superbike calendar, which left a mid-July date unannounced, it has been revealed the series will return to the iconic US track despite being left out of the cal🥀endar earlier this year.
The Laguna Seca round has returned to the World Superbike championship calendar for 2019 after initially dropping of💛f the plan.
Following last month’s provisional confirmation of the 2019 World Superbike calendar, which left a mid-July date unannꦉounced, it has been revealed the series will return to the iconic USﷺ track despite being left out of the calendar earlier this year.
As previously held only the World Superbike class will race at Laguna Seca, with World Superspo🌳rt and World Supersport 300 skipping the round, to see MotoAmerica provide a packed support programme.
The US round w🎀ill be held in its familiar mid-July slot of July 12-14, just one week before the Donington Park round (July 5-7), having been moved forward by one week from the provisional calendar announcement. It means the lengthy summer break has been trimmed by just one week with World Superbike action returning at Portimao on September 6-8.
But the schedule change does see the Laguna Seca round avoid clashing with the pre-event test days at the Suzuka 8 Hours with the iconic endurance event taking place two we🎃eks later (July 26-28).
The second official World Superbike test for the 2019 season has also been confirmed, penned in for August 24-25♊ at Portimao, for both the Superbike and Supersport (600) classes. The first official test is retained at Phillip Island (February 18-19) in preparation for the 2019 season opener at the Australian track.
2019 will also host the new threꩲe-race format expansion with the inclusion of the new Sunday mornin🃏g sprint race.
Official 2019 World Superbike calendar:
22 - 24 February Austral𓆉ia Phillip Island Grand P🗹rix Circuit
15 -🦩 17 March Thailand Chang International Circuit
5 - 7 April Spain MotorLand Aragón
12 - 14 April The Netherlands TT Circuit Assen
10 - 12 May Italy Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrar🙈i di Imola
7 - 9 June Spain Circuito de Jerez - Ángel Nieto
21 - 23 June Italy Misano World Circꦉuit “Marco Simonce🍃lli”
5 - 7 July United Kingdom Donington Park
12 - 14 July WeatherTech R💖aceway L💜aguna Seca (World Superbike only)
6 - 8 September Portugal Au💜tódromo Internacional do Algꦬarve
27 - 29 September France Circ🎀uit de Nevers 💞Magny-Cours
11 – 13 October Argentina Circuito San 💮Juan Villicum
24 - 🅘26 October Qatar Losail International Circuit*
*Thursday-Saturday schedule
