In WSBK, the 2019 season risks ending like the previous ones with the new coronation of Jonathan Rea on Kawasaki. But appearances are deceptive, because this campaign will have left its mark on the manufacturers' staffs. The sensational arrival of Álvaro Bautista at Ducati has persuaded decision-makers to take a more aggressive approach in the search for riders. And at Yamaha, we are deep in thought on the subject…
Marco Melandri is retiring. Van Der Mark is undisputed, but apart from these two certain facts, a lot of thought is given at Yamaha about the constitution of its team. alex lowes says he is in no way worried about renewing his contract, but nevertheless, he should. The Turkish Razgatlioglu will be recovered if Kawasaki lets him slip away. And now we learn that Federico Caricasulo is in the running.
The young Italian is currently fighting for the Supersport title. The boss of the three tuning forks on the ground, Andrea Dosoli, comments: " our plans will be defined after the Suzuka 8 hours. We will therefore have to carefully evaluate many aspects. For the moment, I cannot say anything ". However : " Federico is a young man who is growing up and has reached the maturity he was looking for. Of course, he is more ready than in the past for the SBK, although in this case the jump will not be so simple ».
Public chat GP One, the same Dosoli precise : " Yamaha's philosophy is to respect sporting values. We would like to give him that opportunity and if he wins the championship it will make it easier for us because we have always awarded the SuperSport winner ". The message has been sent and it will undoubtedly be devastating. Because the teammate of Load it is Randy Krummenacher who is also playing the SuperSport championship this year. If he wins, he will also be able to claim a Yamaha Superbike, if we follow the logic of Dosoli… The second part of the season is going to be hot within the Bardahl team!
Supersport championship ranking:
| 1 | Randy Krummenacher | Yamaha | 173 | |
| 2 | Federico Caricasulo | Yamaha | 158 | -15 |
| 3 | Jules cluzel | Yamaha | 132 | -41 |
| 4 | Lucas Mahias | Kawasaki | 82 | -91 |
| 5 | Hikari Okubo | Kawasaki | 73 | -100 |
| 6 | Thomas Gradinger | Yamaha | 70 | -103 |
| 7 | Raffaele De Rosa | MV Agusta | 69 | -104 |
| 8 | Corentin Perolari | Yamaha | 49 | -124 |
| 9 | Isaac Viñales | Yamaha | 45 | -128 |
| 10 | Peter Sebestyen | Honda | 38 | -135 |
| 11 | Loris cresson | Yamaha | 29 | -144 |
| 12 | Hannes Soomer | Honda | 28 | -145 |
| 13 | Ayrton Badovini | Kawasaki | 26 | -147 |
| 14 | Jules Danilo | Honda | 24 | -149 |
| 15 | Hector Barbera | Yamaha | 22 | -151 |
| 16 | Frederick Fuligni | MV Agusta | 11 | -162 |
| 17 | Lorenzo Gabellini | Yamaha | 10 | -163 |
| 18 | Kyle Smith | Kawasaki | 10 | -163 |
| 19 | Jack Kennedy | Yamaha | 9 | -164 |
| 20 | Glenn Van Straalen | Kawasaki | 9 | -164 |
| 21 | Rob Hartog | Kawasaki | 9 | -164 |
| 22 | Kevin Manfredi | Yamaha | 8 | -165 |
| 23 | Jaimie Van Sikkelerus | Honda | 8 | -165 |
| 24 | Brad Jones | Yamaha | 7 | -166 |
| 25 | Massimo Roccoli | Yamaha | 6 | -167 |
| 26 | Tom Toparis | Yamaha | 5 | -168 |
| 27 | Maria Herrera | Yamaha | 5 | -168 |
| 28 | Luca Ottaviani | Yamaha | 4 | -169 |
| 29 | Mattia Casadei | Yamaha | 1 | -172 |
