Laguna Seca returns to World Superbike calendar for 2019
The Laguna Seca round has returned to the World Superbike championship calendar for 2019 after initially dropping🉐 off the plan.
Following last month’s provisional confirmatio🅠n of the 2019 World Superbike calendar, which left a mid-July date unannounced, it has been revealed the series will return t𓂃o the iconic US track despite being left out of the calendar earlier this year.
The Laguna Seca round has returned to the World Superbike championship calend🐬ar for𒈔 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 calendar earlier this year.
As previously held only the World Superbike class will race at Laguna Seca, with World Supersport and World Supersport 300 s♑kipping the round, to see Mot🐟oAmerica provide a packed support programme.
The US round will 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 su💫mmer 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 p💃lace two weeks later (July 🔯26-28).
The second official World Superbike test for the 20ಌ19 season has also been confirmed, penned in for August 24-25 at Portimao, fo﷽r 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 three-race format expa💧nsion with the inclusion of the new Sunday morning sprint race.
Official 2019 World Superbike calendar:
22 - 24 Februa💧ry Australia🌜 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
15 - 17 March Thailand Chang Internatꩵional Circuit
5 - 7 April Spain MotorLand Aragón
12 - 14 April The Netherlands TT Circuit Assen
10 - 12🦂 May Italy Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino F🅰errari di Imola
7 - 9 June Spain Circuito de Jerez - Ángel Nieto
21 - 23 June Italy Mi🐲sano World Circuit “Marco Simoncelli”
5 - 7 July United Kingdom Donington Park
12 - 14 July WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca (Wꦿorld Superbike only)
6 😼- 8 September Portugal Autódܫromo Internacional do Algarve
27 - 29 Sep🤪tember France Circuit de Nevꦍers Magny-Cours
11 –🐷 13 October Argeꦐntina Circuito San Juan Villicum
24 - 26 October Qatar Losai𝔍l International Circuit*
*Thursday-Saturday schedule
