Munich. The winner of the 2019 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy is
Davey Todd (GBR). The 24-year-old was crowned champion in his first
season in the International Road Racing Championship (IRRC) and was
also unbeatable in this year’s BMW Motorrad Race Trophy. Second and
third place went to Ilya Mikhalchik (UKR) and Mathieu Gines (FRA).
On Friday, BMW Motorrad Motorsport recognised last season’s most
successful privateers. This year, for the first time, the coveted
trophies were presented at a joint event with BMW M Motorsport –
Friday’s ‘Night of Trophies’ at BMW Group Classic in Munich (GER).
For racers on four wheels, the best participants in the BMW Sports
Trophy were honoured at the awards evening.
Roughly 200 guests joined BMW Group Motorsport Director Jens
Marquardt and Dr. Markus Schramm, Head of BMW Motorrad, together with
presenters Eve Scheer and Alexander Hofmann, as they started the
evening by looking back on the highlights of the Customer Racing
season in automobile and motorcycle racing. After that, the main
contenders on two and four wheels, who once again delivered many
victories and titles in 2019, took turns on the stage.
“Congratulations to Davey Todd on winning the 2019 BMW Motorrad Race
Trophy. He really impressed in his rookie season in the IRRC,” said
Dr. Markus Schramm. “It was another fantastic season for our BMW
Motorrad Motorsport customer teams. Our new BMW S 1000 RR made its
debut this year – not only in the FIM Superbike World Championship, in
which we exceeded our expectations with four podium finishes, but
private BMW customer teams were also successful with the new RR and
its predecessor. They dominated in various international and national
championships and also set the pace at major road racing events. Our
customer teams celebrated titles, race wins and podiums all over the
world. We are very proud of that, and our customers are the best
ambassadors for BMW Motorrad that we could wish for.”
The BMW Motorrad Race Trophy was launched in 2014 and was held for
the sixth time this year. This season, 120 private BMW riders entered
the Race Trophy. They competed for 90 different BMW teams in 25
championships around the world, claiming 9 titles, 92 race wins and
258 podium finishes with the BMW S 1000 RR.
The top 30 competitors in this year’s Race Trophy were recognised at
the ‘Night of Trophies’ in Munich. The trophies for the most
successful private BMW riders of the 2019 season were presented by Tom
Sykes (GBR) from the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team. There were prize
money and other bonuses, such as for winning a title. BMW Motorrad
Motorsport once again provided a total prize purse of over € 100,000,
which was shared between this year’s best participants.
From rookie to champion: Davey Todd.
Todd contested his first season in the International Road Racing
Championship on a BMW S 1000 RR run by Wepol Racing by Team penz13 in
2019. The rookie won both races at the opening round at Hengelo (NED).
He then bagged another brace of wins at round two at Imatra (FIN).
Todd continued his success story over the remainder of the season and
wrapped up the title at the penultimate race weekend in Hořice (CZE) –
with another two race wins. Todd scored maximum points in nine of the
twelve races that made up this season’s IRRC. This proved sufficient
for him to take overall victory in the 2019 Race Trophy – and saw him
also crowned ‘Rookie of the Year’ in the Race Trophy.
However, Todd was not only successful in the IRRC. He also enjoyed
great success at major international road racing events. He finished
third in the Superstock class at the North West 200 and runner-up at
the Ulster Grand Prix, again in the Superstock race.
“I’m very happy to have won the BMW Motorrad Race Trophy, and also
proud”, said Todd. “The competition is very high as so many really
strong BMW riders from different championships around the world take
part, so it’s great to be the best of them, even more as I was a
newcomer. I had a great first season in the International Road Racing
Championship. Honestly, I did not expect to be able get so many wins
and podiums when I headed to the first round, as in the IRRC there are
so many very experienced and fast road racers. But I had a strong bike
and an experienced team around me, so we were able to set the pace in
the series from the first race on – and that enabled me also to claim
strong results in other road racing events like the podiums at the
North West 200 and the Ulster Grand Prix. I want to thank everybody
who made this possible.”
Todd won the 2019 Race Trophy with 475.27 points. Second-placed
Ukrainian rider Mikhalchik picked up his 460.00 Race Trophy points
with the alpha Racing-Van-Zon-BMW team in the International German
Championship (IDM), in which he was crowned champion for the second
year in a row. Third-placed Frenchman Gines won the title in the
French Superbike Championship (FSBK) with the Tecmas Racing Team. His
results in that series earned him 442.15 Race Trophy points.
Champions on the BMW S 1000 RR.
As well as Todd, Mikhalchik and Gines, a further six BMW racers won
titles in their respective series in 2019. Here is an overview of all
of this year’s BMW champions:
- Davey Todd (GBR) – Wepol Racing by Team penz13 – International
Road Racing Championship - Peter Hickman (GBR) – Smiths Racing Team – BMW Road Race Challenge
- Karel Hanika (CZE) – Fany Gastro BMW Motorrad by Mercury Racing –
Alpe Adria International Motorcycle Championship - Ilya Mikhalchik (UKR) – alpha Racing-Van-Zon-BMW – International
German Championship - Azlan Shah Kamaruzaman – Onexox TKKR SAG Team – Asia Road Racing Championship
- Mathieu Gines (FRA) – Tecmas Racing Team – French Superbike Championship
- Ben Young (CAN) – Ben Young Racing – Canadian Superbike Championship
- Farid Badrul (MAS) – HORIZON Racing Team – Malaysia Superbike
Championship Superbike class - Sharulnizam Ramli (MAS) – FTA Liqui Moly Racing Team – Malaysia
Superbike Championship Superstock class
2019 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy – Final top 30*.
Pos.
Name
(Nat.)
Series/class
Points
1
Davey Todd
(GBR)
IRRC
475.27
2
Ilya Mikhalchik
(UKR)
IDM
460.00
3
Mathieu Gines
(FRA)
FSBK
442.15
4
Karel Hanika
(CZE)
AAIMC
430.18
5
Peter Hickman
(GBR)
BMW RRC
412.73
6
Ben Young
(CAN)
CSBK
368.83
7
Taylor Mackenzie
(GBR)
BSB STK
366.48
8
Azlan Shah
Kamaruzaman (MAS)
ARRC
330.73
9
Didier Grams
(GER)
IRRC
327.82
10
Marek Červený
(CZE)
IRRC
297.27
11
Erno Kostamo
(FIN)
IRRC
285.64
12
Alex Barros
(BRA)
BR SBK
282.44
13
Julian Puffe
(GER)
IDM
282.00
14
Jonathan Germany
(FRA)
FR EU
280.15
15
Samuel Trepanier
(CAN)
CSBK
259.50
16
Kenny Foray
(FRA)
FSBK
254.31
17
Pepijn
Bijsterbosch (NED)
IDM
247,71
18
Léo Challamel
(FRA)
FR EU
246.92
19
Stefan
Kerschbaumer (AUT)
FIM
EWC
240.00
20
Alexandre Leleu
(FRA)
FR EU
239.54
21
Sharulnizam Ramli
(MAS)
MSC STK
232.67
22
Carmelo Morales
(ESP)
ESBK
227.78
23
Lance Isaacs
(RSA)
SA SBK
225.14
24
Alex Olsen
(GBR)
BSB STK
224.96
25
Danilo Lewis
(BRA)
BR SBK
223.19
26
Luca Vitali
(ITA)
CIV
212.91
27
Christian Iddon
(GBR)
BSB SBK
212.40
28
Nico Thöni
(AUT)
AAIMC
208.55
29
Filip Altendorfer
(GER)
FIM EWC
200.00
30
Matteo Baiocco
(ITA)
CIV
196.91
30
Ondřej Ježek
(CZE)
AAIMC
196,91
*The full rankings are listed online at:
http://www.bmw-motorrad-motorsport.com