Munich (DE), 19th October 2016. Jerez de la Frontera in Spain and
Brands Hatch in Great Britain: these were last weekend’s destinations
for the BMW teams and the experts from BMW Motorrad Motorsport. Their
outings have once more been successful with the next title win for the
BMW S 1000 RR, as well as two race victories and further podium
finishes. Raffaele De Rosa (IT) was crowned champion in the FIM
Superstock 1000 Cup (STK1000). Maximilian Scheib (CL) competed in the
STK1000 race in Jerez with a wildcard – and celebrated a sensational
win. Brands Hatch was the venue for the grand finale of the 2016
British Superbike Championship (BSB). In the Superbike class (BSB
SBK), Christian Iddon (GB) claimed a second place on the podium. In
the race for the Superstock class (BSB STK), Michael Rutter (GB)
celebrated a great victory, while Ian Hutchinson (GB) joined him on
the podium in third. With their results, the RR riders collected more
points for the 2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy (see full rankings below).
MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship in Jerez, Spain.
The penultimate round of the 2016 MOTUL FIM Superbike World
Championship (WorldSBK) was held in Jerez de la Frontera (ES) at the
weekend. Jordi Torres (ES / Althea BMW Racing Team) scored the best
results of the BMW S 1000 RR riders. He ended both races in eighth
position. His team-mate Markus Reiterberger (DE) was ninth and 14th.
Joshua Brookes (AU / Milwaukee BMW) also claimed a top ten result,
finishing race one in tenth place. In the second encounter, Brookes
was 12th.
FIM Superstock 1000 Cup in Jerez, Spain.
The famous Jerez circuit also staged the 2016 season finale of the
FIM Superstock 1000 Cup (STK1000) – with stunning success for the BMW
Motorrad Motorsport family. The newly crowned champion races a BMW S
1000 RR. Raffaele De Rosa (IT) and the Althea BMW Racing Team secured
the title after an exciting season. De Rosa had arrived at Jerez in
second overall, but, by finishing the last race in fifth place, he
passed his rival Leandro Mercado (AR) in the standings and won the
championship crown with an advantage of three points.
There was also reason to celebrate in Jerez for another BMW team: the
Graphbikes Easyrace SBK Team and rider Maximilian Scheib (CL). The
Chilean, who was runner-up in the 2016 FIM CEV Superbike European
Championship (CEV), competed with a wildcard in the STK1000 race. He
impressed everyone with a stunning performance. In qualifying, Scheib
set a new lap record on his BMW S 1000 RR. In the race, he stormed to
a fantastic win, his first in the series.
British Superbike Championship in Brands Hatch, Great Britain.
The British Superbike Championship (BSB) held its 2016 season grand
finale in Brands Hatch (GB) at the weekend. In the Superbike class
(BSB SBK), three races were contested to wrap up the season. The
finale saw another podium finish for one of the BMW Superbike riders:
Christian Iddon (GB) claimed a strong second place in race one on his
Tyco BMW S 1000 RR.
In the final race of the Superstock class (BSB STK), the RR was once
more victorious. After a brilliant performance in difficult
conditions, Michael Rutter (GB / Bathams SMT) celebrated a great win.
He also set the fastest race lap. Ian Hutchinson (GB / Tyco BMW)
joined him on the podium in third. Fourth place went to Adam Jenkinson
(GB / NEI Motorsport), while champion Taylor Mackenzie (GB / Buildbase
BMW Motorrad) crossed the line in sixth.
Mackenzie had secured the champion’s title in September at the
penultimate round in Donington (GB). Hutchinson ended the season
second overall. In the 12 races held this year, victory went to the
BMW S 1000 RR on ten occasions.
2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy – Current Standings.
Status: 19th October 2016
16. Jan Bühn (DE/IDM STK/255.23), 17. Michael Rutter (GB/BSB
STK/251.27), 18. Pepijn Bijsterbosch (NL/IDM STK/239.23), 19. Joshua
Elliott (GB/BSB STK/232.18), 20. Matteo Ferrari (IT/CIV/214.00), 21.
Ben Young (GB/CSBK/211.71), 22. Danilo Lewis (BR/BRSBK/211.11), 23.
Michel Amalric (FR/FR EU/202.57), 24. Lance Isaacs (ZA/RSA
SBK/202.57), 25. Cyril Brunet-Lugardon (FR/FR EU/198.62), 26. Michael
Laverty (GB/BSB SBK/192.40), 27. Martin Choy (BG/AARR SBK/189.20), 27.
Christian Iddon (GB/BSB SBK/189.20), 29. Michael Leon
(CA/CSBK/186.00), 30. Richard Cooper (GB/BSB SBK/183.60), 31. Jordi
Torres (ES/WorldSBK/181.20), 32. Stefan Kerschbaumer (AT/EWC
STK/180.62), 32. Bastien Mackels (BE/EWC STK/180.62), 32. Dominik
Vincon (DE/EWC STK/180.62), 35. Denni Schiavoni (IT/CIV/172.40), 36.
Mike Roscher/Anna Burkard (DE/SWC/167.26), 37. Mathieu Gines (FR/IDM
SBK/156.11), 38. Miloš Cihak (CZ/AARR SBK/145.20), 39. Colin Butler
(CA/MSC SBK/143.20), 40. Petr Bičiště (CZ/IRRC/137.09), 41. Martin
Tritscher (AT/AARR STK/135.60), 42. Marek Hartl (CZ/AARR STK/132.00),
43. Adam Jenkinson (GB/BSB STK/125.09), 44. Marc Neumann (DE/IDM
STK/121.38), 45. Hernani Teixeira (FR/FR EU/117.85), 46. Madjid Idres
(FR/FR EU/116.15), 47. Lee Jackson (GB/BSB SBK/114.80), 47. David
Datzer (DE/IRRC/107.09), 48. 49. Julien Brun (FR/FR EU/101.38), 50.
Léon Benichou (FR/FR EU/100.92), 51. Nasarudin Mat Yusop (MY/MSC
STK/99.60), 51. Joshua Brookes (AU/WorldSBK/99.60), 53. Santiago
Barragán (ES/CEV/99.49), 54. Luca Vitali (IT/STK1000/98.50), 55.
Chrissy Rouse (GB/BSB STK/97.45), 56. Markus Reiterberger
(DE/WorldSBK/97.20), 57. Marco Nekvasil (AT/IDM STK/94.00), 58.
Roberto Blazquez (ES/CEV/89.20), 59. Hudson Kennaugh (ZA/BSB
STK/88.00), 60. Garrick Vlok (ZA/RSA SBK/87.71), 61. Arnaud Friedrich
(DE/IDM STK/85.69), 62. Steve Rapp (US/AMA SBK/83.20), 63. Leon
Jeacock (GB/BSB STK/75.64), 64. Alex Olsen (GB/BSB STK/71.27), 645.
Lee Johnston (GB/BMW RRC/71.00), 66. David Bouvier (FR/FR EU/69.19),
67. Daisaku Sakai (JP/MFJ/68.75), 68. Camille Hedelin (FR/EWC
SBK/67.35), 69. Alastair Seeley (GB/BSB SBK/65.20), 70. Bertrand Boyer
(FR/FR EU/64.00), 71. Rob McNealy (GB/BSB STK/59.45), 72. Karel
Abraham (CZ/WorldSBK/58.80), 73. Manu Dagault (FR/FR EU/57.23), 74.
Maxime Bonnot (FR/FSBK SBK/56.00), 75. Clive Rambure (FR/EWC
SBK/54.53), 76. Björn Stuppi (DE/IDM STK/53.38), 77. Jeremy Cook
(US/AMA STK/52.53), 78. Shinya Takeishi (JP/MFJ/50.75), 79. Dominic
Chang (SG/MSC STK/48.80), 80. Ronald Slamet (ZA/RSA SBK/48.00), 80.
Sam West (GB/BMW RRC/48.00), 82. Barry Teasdale (GB/BSB STK/46.55),
83. Jakub Smrz (CZ/BSB SBK/44.00), 84. Yuta Kodama (JP/MFJ/40.75), 85.
Martin Jessopp (GB/BSB SBK/40.60), 86. Michal Šembera (CZ/AARR
SBK/40.40), 87. Rene Skalicky (CZ/AARR STK/39.00), 88. Michal Bidas
(CZ/AARR STK/38.40), 89. Dominique Platet (FR/EWC SBK/37.59), 90.
Michal Fojtik (CZ/AARR STK/36.80), 91. Ben Godfrey (GB/BSB STK/34.18),
92. Ricky Lee Weare (ZA/RSA SBK/33.71), 93. Eric Vionnet
(CH/STK1000/30.75), 94. Davo Johnson (AU/BMW RRC/29.80), 95. Nicolas
Senechal (FR/EWC SBK/29.77), 96. Dominic Herbertson (GB/BMW
RRC/28.00), 97. Federico D’Annunzio (IT/STK1000/26.75), 98. John
Krieger (ZA/RSA SBK/24.29), 99. Derek McGee (IE/BMW RRC/22.40), 100.
Etienne Nelson (ZA/RSA SBK/22.29), 101. Evert Stoffberg (ZA/RSA
SBK/20.86), 102. Matthieu Lussiana (FR/WorldSBK/19.80), 103. Adrián
Bonastre (ES/CEV/19.00), 104. Justin Gillesen (ZA/RSA SBK/18.86), 105.
Gauthier Duwelz (BE/STK1000/17.25), 105. Lim Ho Gon (KR/MFJ/17.25),
107. Heinrich Rheeder (ZA/RSA SBK/16.14), 108. Daniel Cooper (GB/BMW
RRC/16.00), 109. Janez Prosenik (SI/EWC SBK/15.65), 110. Michal Filla
(CZ/IDM STK/15.54), 111. Pedro Rodriguez (ES/CEV/12.60), 112. Sabine
Holbrook (DE/AARR SBK/7.60), 113. Eric Dagault (FR/FR EU/7.38), 114.
Pierre Bezuidenhout (ZA/RSA SBK/6.57), 115. Thomas Toffel
(CH/STK1000/5.75), 116. Jacques van Wyngaardt (ZA/RSA SBK/5.71), 117.
Pascal Meslet (FR/FR EU/4.92), 118. Valter Patronen (FI/CEV/4.80),
119. Matej Smrz (BSB SBK/ 4.60), 120. Elwyn Steenkamp (ZA/RSA
SBK/1.14), 121. Christophe Costes (FR/FR EU/0.00), 121. Stefan
Dolipski (DE/AMA STK/0.00), 121. Ryan Farquhar (GB/BMW RRC/0.00), 121.
Marcel Irnie (CA/CSBK/0.00), 121. Aaron League (US/BSB STK/0.00), 121.
Joan Sardanyons (ES/CEV/0.00), 121. Tomas Svitok (SK/AARR STK/0.00)