Another double win with the BMW S 1000 RR in the Alpe Adria Road Racing Championship: Michal Prášek is the new leader of the BMW Motorrad Race Trophy.

Munich (DE), 22nd June 2016. The 2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy has a
new leader: Michal Prášek. The Czech rider continues to dominate the
Superstock class of the Alpe Adria Road Racing Championship (AARR
STK), celebrating another double win with his BMW S 1000 RR last
weekend in Rijeka (HR). There were also podium finishes in the
Superbike class (AARR SBK) and in the FIM Sidecar World Championship
(SWC), who raced in Rijeka as well. The MOTUL FIM Superbike World
Championship (WorldSBK) and the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup (STK1000) were
in action in Misano (IT). For the BMW racers in these series, it was a
weekend of mixed emotions, with success but also setbacks.

 

 

2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy.

 

After just one week, the lead has changed again in the 2016 BMW
Motorrad Race Trophy. Michal Prášek (CZ) jumped into first position
with 262.00 Race Trophy points. The rider of the Rohac and Fejta motor
racing team celebrated a double win in the Superstock class of the
Alpe Adria Road Racing Championship (AARR STK) last weekend. The
previous leader, Isle of Man winner Ian Hutchinson (GB / BMW RRC), is
now second with 198.50 points. Raffaele De Rosa (IT / STK1000)
currently holds third position with 189.04 points (see full standings below).

 

 

MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship in Misano, Italy.

 

The eighth round of the 2016 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship
(WorldSBK) was held at the “Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli”
(IT) last weekend. The experts from BMW Motorrad Motorsport were on
site to support the BMW racers in the WorldSBK as well as their fellow
BMW riders in the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup (STK1000). At the home round
for his Althea BMW Racing Team, Jordi Torres (ES) was the best-placed
BMW rider. He brought his BMW S 1000 RR home in fifth and seventh
respectively. His team-mate Markus Reiterberger (DE) also put in a
strong outing, but experienced bad luck in Sunday’s race. In the first
heat on Saturday, Reiterberger had claimed his second-best result of
the season so far and finished sixth. In race two on Sunday, however,
he had a serious crash on the first lap. Reiterberger suffered a
compression fracture to a thoracic vertebra and now needs to rest for
several weeks. At the next round in early July in Laguna Seca (US),
Reiterberger will be substituted by the Althea BMW Superstock rider
Raffaele De Rosa (IT). We wish “Reiti” a speedy recovery.

 

Milwaukee BMW rider Joshua Brookes (AU) ended both Misano races in
the points. He was 11th and 14th respectively. His team-mate Karel
Abraham (CZ) had to retire in race one, but finished 15th in race two
on Sunday, also adding another point to his tally.

 

 

FIM Sidecar World Championship in Rijeka, Croatia.

 

The FIM Sidecar World Championship (SWC) teams met at “Automotodrom
Grobnik” near Rijeka (HR) last weekend to contest their second round
of the 2016 season. Two heats were held, the sprint race on Saturday
and the “gold race” on Sunday. On both occasions, Finnish BMW duo
Pekka Päivärinta and Kirsi Kainulainen (44-Racing) stepped onto the
podium. They finished third on Saturday and were second on Sunday. In
the world championship standings, Päivärinta/Kainulainen are currently
second. The German pairing of Mike Roscher and Anna Burkard
(Roscher-Burkard Penz13 Racing) finished the two races in seventh and
ninth respectively.

 

FIM Superstock 1000 Cup in Misano, Italy.

 

At the WorldSBK weekend in Misano (IT), the fifth race of the 2016
FIM Superstock 1000 Cup (STK1000) was held. The championship leader,
Raffaele De Rosa (IT / Althea BMW Racing Team) battled for his third
win of the season. The Italian, however, crashed on the final lap when
fighting for the lead with his rival Leandro Mercado (AR). De Rosa was
able to finish the race but had to settle for 19th. In the
championship standings, he retained his lead with an advantage of five points.

 

Best-placed BMW rider was Luca Vitali (IT), who crossed the line in
sixth on his Team 2R Racing BMW S 1000 RR. Matteo Ferrari (IT / DMR
Racing Team) followed directly behind in seventh.

 

 

Alpe Adria Road Racing Championship in Rijeka, Croatia.

 

The BMW Motorrad Motorsport racers in the Alpe Adria Road Racing
Championship (AARR) had another successful weekend at the
“Automotodrom Grobnik” near Rijeka (HR), where the third round of the
2016 season was held.

 

In the Superbike class (AARR SBK), Lukáš Pešek (CZ) raced onto the
podium in both races. He finished third and second respectively on his
BMW Motorrad CSEU team RR. Four more BMW riders claimed top ten
finishes in both races: Martin Choy (BG / BMW Motorrad CSEU) was
fourth and sixth, Miloš Cihak (CZ / BMW Motorrad CSEU) crossed the
line in fifth and eighth. Christopher Kemmer (AT / Bertl K. Racing
Team) came home in eighth and seventh and Wolfgang Gammer (AT /
Heating-factory) was tenth on both occasions.

 

In the Superstock class (AARR STK), reigning champion Michal Prášek
(CZ) celebrated his second double win of the season. He also set the
fastest race lap on both occasions with his Rohac and Fejta motor
racing team BMW S 1000 RR. Prášek has won five of the six races
contested so far this season and extended his lead in the
championship. Marcin Walkowiak (PL / Team LRP Poland) finished the
races in sixth and fifth. David Bozic (SI / AMD Kranj) was fifth and
seventh, while Martin Tritscher (AT) also claimed a top ten result,
finishing tenth in race one.

 

 

2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy – Current Standings.

 

Status: 22nd June 2016

 

 

16. Martin Choy (BG/AARR SBK/123.60), 17. Sébastien Le Grelle
(BE/IRRC/117.09), 18. Lance Isaacs (ZA/RSA SBK/116.57), 19. Michael
Rutter (GB/BMW RRC/112.60), 20. Didier Grams (DE/IRRC/109.00), 21.
Pekka Päivärinta/Kirsi Kainulainen (FI/SWC/106.22), 22. Mathieu Gines
(FR/IDM SBK/104.73), 23. Joshua Elliott (GB/BSB STK/102.55), 24.
Santiago Barragán (ES/CEV/99.49), 25. Marco Nekvasil (AT/IDM
STK/94.00), 26. Michel Amalric (FR/FR EU/93.85), 27. Martin Tritscher
(AT/AARR STK/90.00), 28. Hudson Kennaugh (ZA/BSB STK/88.00), 29.
Florian Brunet-Lugardon (FR/FR EU/87.96), 30. Miloš Cihak (CZ/AARR
SBK/85.20), 31. Hernani Teixeira (FR/FR EU/81.54), 32. Markus
Reiterberger (DE/WorldSBK/80.00), 33. Christian Iddon (GB/BSB
SBK/77.80), 34. Cyril Brunet-Lugardon (FR/FR EU/72.92), 35. Lee
Johnston (GB/BMW RRC/71.00), 36. Jan Bühn (DE/IDM STK/69.54), 37. Luca
Vitali (IT/STK1000/69.25), 38. Joshua Brookes (AU/WorldSBK/68.80), 39.
Richard Cooper (GB/BSB SBK/68.20), 40. Bertrand Boyer (FR/FR
EU/64.00), 41. Michael Laverty (GB/BSB SBK/61.80), 42. Jordan Szoke
(CA/CSBK/61.25), 43. Steve Rapp (US/AMA SBK/58.40), 44. Madjid Idres
(FR/FR EU/56.92), 45. Camille Hedelin (FR/EWC SBK/54.53), 45. Clive
Rambure (FR/EWC SBK/54.53), 47. Marek Hartl (CZ/AARR STK/54.40), 48.
David Bouvier (FR/FR EU/52.96), 49. Alastair Seeley (GB/BMW
RRC/51.90), 50. Pepijn Bijsterbosch (NL/IDM STK/50.00), 51. Jeremy
Cook (US/AMA STK/49.33), 52. Julien Brun (FR/FR EU/45.08), 53. Karel
Abraham (CZ/WorldSBK/44.10), 54. Petr Bičiště (CZ/IRRC/43.64), 55.
Garrick Vlok (ZA/RSA SBK/42.57), 56. Nasarudin Mat Yusop (MY/MSC
STK/41.20), 56. Denni Schiavoni (IT/CIV/41.20), 58. Mike Roscher/Anna
Burkard (DE/SWC/38.67), 59. Matteo Ferrari (IT/CIV/38.00), 60. Sam
West (GB/BMW RRC/34.20), 61. David Datzer (DE/IRRC/32.73), 62. Colin
Butler (CA/MSC SBK/32.00), 62. Manu Dagault (FR/FR EU/32.00), 64.
Daisaku Sakai (JP/MFJ/31.33), 65. Ronald Slamet (ZA/RSA SBK/31.14),
66. Lee Jackson (GB/BSB SBK/30.60), 67. Davo Johnson (AU/BMW
RRC/29.80), 68. Nicolas Senechal (FR/EWC SBK/29.77), 69. Alex Olsen
(GB/BSB STK/29.09), 70. Eric Vionnet (CH/STK1000/28.75), 71. Rene
Skalicky (CZ/AARR STK/26.60), 72. Roberto Blazquez (ES/CEV/26.40), 73.
Michal Bidas (CZ/AARR STK/26.00), 73. Ben Young (GB/CSBK/26.00), 75.
Michael Leon (CA/CSBK/25.75), 76. Dominique Platet (FR/EWC SBK/24.77),
77. Ricky Lee Weare (ZA/RSA SBK/23.43), 78. Leon Jeacock (GB/BSB
STK/23.27), 79. Michal Šembera (CZ/AARR SBK/22.00), 80. Yuta Kodama
(JP/MFJ/20.67), 81. Rob McNealy (GB/BSB STK/20.36), 82. Maxime Bonnot
(FR/FSBK SBK/20.00), 83. Adrián Bonastre (ES/CEV/19.00), 84. Justin
Gillesen (ZA/RSA SBK/18.86), 85. Michal Fojtik (CZ/AARR STK/18.40),
86. Marc Neumann (DE/IDM STK/18.31), 87. Chrissy Rouse (GB/BSB
STK/17.45), 88. Gauthier Duwelz (BE/STK1000/17.25), 89. Paul Shoesmith
† (GB/BMW RRC/16.80), 90. Janez Prosenik (SI/EWC SBK/15.65), 91.
Etienne Nelson (ZA/RSA SBK/15.43), 92. Lim Hogon (KR/MFJ/15.33), 92.
Shinya Takeishi (JP/MFJ/15.33), 94. Dominic Herbertson (GB/BMW
RRC/13.80), 95. Léon Benichou (FR/FR EU/13.54), 96. Evert Stoffberg
(ZA/RSA SBK/13.14), 97. Pedro Rodriguez (ES/CEV/12.60), 98. Matthieu
Lussiana (FR/WorldSBK/12.20), 99. Dominic Chang (SG/MSC STK/11.20),
100. Björn Stuppi (DE/IDM STK/9.54), 101. Howie Mainwaring Smart
(GB/BSB SBK/8.80), 102. Sabine Holbrook (DE/AARR SBK/7.60), 103.
Federico D’Annunzio (IT/STK1000/7.50), 104. Pierre Bezuidenhout
(ZA/RSA SBK/6.57), 105. Thomas Toffel (CH/STK1000/5.75), 106. Pascal
Meslet (FR/FR EU/4.92), 107. Valter Patronen (FI/CEV/4.80), 108. Matej
Smrz (BSB SBK/ 4.60), 109. John Krieger (ZA/RSA SBK/4.57), 110.
Heinrich Rheeder (ZA/RSA SBK/3.29), 111. Jakub Smrz (CZ/BSB SBK/3.20),
112. Derek McGee (IE/BMW RRC/1.60), 113. Eric Dagault (FR/FR EU/1.23),
114. Elwyn Steenkamp (ZA/RSA SBK/1.14), 115. Daniel Cooper (GB/BMW
RRC/0.00), 115. Christophe Costes (FR/FR EU/0.00), 115. Stefan
Dolipski (DE/AMA STK/0.00), 115. Ryan Farquhar (GB/BMW RRC/0.00), 115.
Ben Godfrey (GB/BSB STK/0.00), 115. Joan Sardanyons (ES/CEV/0.00),
115. Tomas Svitok (SK/AARR STK/0.00), 115. Jacques van Wyngaardt (ZA/RSASBK/0.00)