Munich (DE), 31st August 2016. The BMW racers and the on-site experts
from BMW Motorrad Motorsport can look back at another successful
weekend in two world championships, as well as in other major racing
series. Taking to the track in Oschersleben (DE), Cadwell Park (GB),
Portimão (PT) and Aldo Scribante (ZA), the BMW S 1000 RR riders also
collected further points towards the 2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy
(see full standings below).
FIM Endurance World Championship in Oschersleben, Germany.
The “8 Hours EWC Oschersleben” (DE) marked the season finale of the
2016 FIM Endurance World Championship (EWC). It was the home round for
several BMW teams, including the Penz13.com BMW Motorrad Team of team
principal Rico Penzkofer (DE) – and the squad had reason to celebrate.
Riders Kenny Foray (FR) and Lukáš Pešek (CZ) secured the first ever
podium finish for the number 13 BMW S 1000 RR in the highest category,
the Superbike class EWC (EWC SBK). After eight hours, they crossed the
line in third for a podium. The Penz13.com team has only contested a
few EWC races in the highest class so far, and with this success it
proved to be competitive among the strong and established factory
endurance teams. Team Lukoil BMW Motorrad CSEU also scored a strong
result: Roland Resch (AT), Fabrizio Lai (IT) and Julian Mayer (AT)
crossed the line in seventh with the number 52 BMW S 1000 RR.
In the Superstock class (EWC STK), officially named the FIM Endurance
World Cup, the Völpker NRT48 by Schubert-Motors team came to
Oschersleben as the overall leader. The squad, however, experienced a
difficult season finale just a few kilometres away from its team base.
In qualifying rider Dominik Vincon (DE) crashed and suffered fractures
to his femur and arm. We wish Dominik a speedy recovery. The BMW
sister team Penz13.com helped out and loaned them its third rider,
Matthieu Lussiana (FR), to stand in for injured Vincon and race the
number 48 BMW S 1000 RR together with Bastien Mackels (BE) and Stefan
Kerschbaumer (AT). Unfortunately the race was over for them after two
hours through no fault of their own. A massive oil spill on the track
caused a number of riders to crash – including Mackels who had no
chance of controlling the RR on the oily surface. The bike was too
badly damaged to continue the race. In the championship standings,
Völpker NRT48 ended the season in third overall.
FIM Sidecar World Championship in Oschersleben, Germany.
The Motorsport Arena Oschersleben (DE) also hosted the penultimate
round of the 2016 FIM Sidecar World Championship (SWC) last weekend.
Finnish duo Pekka Päivärinta / Kirsi Kainulainen (44-Racing) continued
their streak of success with another double podium. In the sprint race
on Saturday, they were third, while they finished the gold race on
Sunday in second with their sidecar powered by a BMW S 1000 RR engine.
With this result, they defended the overall lead in the world
championship standings: With only one more round to go,
Päivärinta/Kainulainen have an advantage of 23 points over their
closest rivals. Mike Roscher/Anna Burkard (DE / Roscher-Burkard Penz13
Racing) finished the two races in seventh and fifth respectively.
British Superbike Championship in Cadwell Park, Great Britain.
Round eight of the 2016 British Superbike Championship (BSB) was held
at Cadwell Park (GB) last weekend. In the first race for the Superbike
class (BSB SBK), Richard Cooper (GB / Buildbase BMW Motorrad) was the
highest placed BMW rider, crossing the line in eighth. He was followed
by Jake Dixon (GB / Royal Air Force Regular Reserve) in ninth
and Michael Laverty (GB / Tyco BMW) in tenth. In race two over the
hilly circuit, Dixon was the best-placed BMW rider in tenth.
The race for the Superstock class (BSB STK) saw another one-two for
the BMW S 1000 RR and, in total, no less then eight RRs crossed the
line in the top ten. In front, it was Ian Hutchinson (GB / Tyco BMW)
who celebrated his second win of the season in this series. Taylor
Mackenzie (GB / Buildbase BMW Motorrad) was second this time. Adam
Jenkinson (GB / NEI Motorsport) crossed the line in fourth, while
places six to ten went to Joshua Elliott (GB / Tyco BMW), Dominic
Usher (GB / ONE7R / Formwise), Billy Mellor (GB / Able Engineering),
Barry Teasdale (GB / Green Chem / Bob Henderson Racing) and Ashley
Beech (GB / Jones-Dorling Racing). In the championship standings,
Mackenzie leads with an advantage of 23 points over second placed Hutchinson.
FIM CEV Superbike European Championship in Portimão, Portugal.
After a longer summer break, the 2016 FIM CEV Superbike European
Championship (CEV) resumed in Portimão (PT) last weekend. BMW racer
Maximilian Scheib (CL) once more finished both races on the podium. He
claimed second place on both occasions with his Targobank EasyRace SBK
Team BMW S 1000 RR. His new team-mate Marcos Solorza (AR), who stood
in for injured Santiago Barragán (ES), ended the races in sixth and
fifth respectively. Roberto Blazquez (ES / ARC Competicion) was 11th
and tenth.
South African SuperGP Champions Trophy in Aldo Scribante,
South Africa.
The South African SuperGP Champions Trophy (RSA SBK) held its sixth
round of the season at Aldo Scribante (ZA) last weekend. BMW S 1000 RR
rider Lance Isaacs (ZA / Lance Isaacs Racing) finished the two races
in fifth and sixth respectively. Ronald Slamet (ZA / Bavarian
Motorcycles Danie Maritz Racing) and Garrick Vlok (ZA) also
claimed top-ten finishes, with Slamet being tenth in race one and Vlok
taking this position in race two.
2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy – Current Standings.
Status: 31st August 2016
16. Jan Bühn (DE/IDM STK/194.15), 17. Danilo Lewis (BR/BRSBK/191.56),
18. Raffaele De Rosa (IT/STK1000/189.04), 19. Michael Leon
(CA/CSBK/186.00), 20. Joshua Elliott (GB/BSB STK/184.55), 21. Stefan
Kerschbaumer (AT/EWC STK/180.62), 21. Bastien Mackels (BE/EWC
STK/180.62), 21. Dominik Vincon (DE/EWC STK/180.62), 24. Lance Isaacs
(ZA/RSA SBK/175.43), 25. Pepijn Bijsterbosch (NL/IDM STK/169.69), 26.
Martin Choy (BG/AARR SBK/158.80), 27. Michael Rutter (GB/BSB
STK/158.73), 28. Mathieu Gines (FR/IDM SBK/156.11), 29. Jordi Torres
(ES/WorldSBK/151.00), 30. Mike Roscher/Anna Burkard (DE/SWC/147.63),
31. Michael Laverty (GB/BSB SBK/142.40), 32. Michel Amalric (FR/FR
EU/137.80), 33. Miloš Cihak (CZ/AARR SBK/132.80), 34. Richard Cooper
(GB/BSB SBK/130.40), 35. Matteo Ferrari (IT/CIV/128.40), 36. Christian
Iddon (GB/BSB SBK/121.60), 37. Cyril Brunet-Lugardon (FR/FR
EU/120.31), 38. Colin Butler (CA/MSC SBK/110.00), 39. Martin Tritscher
(AT/AARR STK/108.80), 40. Petr Bičiště (CZ/IRRC/104.00), 41. Santiago
Barragán (ES/CEV/99.49), 42. Marek Hartl (CZ/AARR STK/98.80), 43.
Hernani Teixeira (FR/FR EU/96.00), 44. Marco Nekvasil (AT/IDM
STK/94.00), 45. Madjid Idres (FR/FR EU/93.23), 46. Hudson Kennaugh
(ZA/BSB STK/88.00), 47. Garrick Vlok (ZA/RSA SBK/87.71), 48. David
Datzer (DE/IRRC/84.00), 49. Denni Schiavoni (IT/CIV/83.60), 50. Lee
Jackson (GB/BSB SBK/80.00), 50. Markus Reiterberger
(DE/WorldSBK/80.00), 52. Marc Neumann (DE/IDM STK/76.46), 53. Steve
Rapp (US/AMA SBK/74.93), 54. Joshua Brookes (AU/WorldSBK/74.20), 55.
Roberto Blazquez (ES/CEV/73.60), 56. Nasarudin Mat Yusop (MY/MSC
STK/72.80), 57. Lee Johnston (GB/BMW RRC/71.00), 58. Julien Brun
(FR/FR EU/69.38), 59. Luca Vitali (IT/STK1000/69.25), 60. David
Bouvier (FR/FR EU/69.19), 61. Arnaud Friedrich (DE/IDM STK/66.31), 62.
Bertrand Boyer (FR/FR EU/64.00), 63. Adam Jenkinson (GB/BSB
STK/62.55), 64. Camille Hedelin (FR/EWC SBK/54.53), 64. Clive Rambure
(FR/EWC SBK/54.53), 66. Leon Jeacock (GB/BSB STK/53.82), 67. Chrissy
Rouse (GB/BSB STK/52.91), 68. Léon Benichou (FR/FR EU/52.31), 69.
Karel Abraham (CZ/WorldSBK/51.90), 69. Alastair Seeley (GB/BMW
RRC/51.90), 71. Daisaku Sakai (JP/MFJ/49.67), 72. Jeremy Cook (US/AMA
STK/49.33), 73. Ronald Slamet (ZA/RSA SBK/48.00), 73. Sam West (GB/BMW
RRC/48.00), 75. Rob McNealy (GB/BSB STK/43.45), 76. Alex Olsen (GB/BSB
STK/42.18), 77. Björn Stuppi (DE/IDM STK/37.69), 78. Rene Skalicky
(CZ/AARR STK/35.80), 79. Michal Bidas (CZ/AARR STK/35.20), 80. Ricky
Lee Weare (ZA/RSA SBK/33.71), 81. Yuta Kodama (JP/MFJ/33.67), 82. Manu
Dagault (FR/FR EU/32.00), 82. Barry Teasdale (GB/BSB STK/32.00), 84.
Dominic Chang (SG/MSC STK/31.60), 85. Michal Šembera (CZ/AARR
SBK/31.20), 86. Martin Jessopp (GB/BMW RRC/30.00), 87. Davo Johnson
(AU/BMW RRC/29.80), 88. Nicolas Senechal (FR/EWC SBK/29.77), 89. Eric
Vionnet (CH/STK1000/28.75), 90. Dominic Herbertson (GB/BMW RRC/28.00),
91. Michal Fojtik (CZ/AARR STK/27.60), 92. Ben Godfrey (GB/BSB
STK/27.09), 93. Maxime Bonnot (FR/FSBK SBK/27.08), 94. Dominique
Platet (FR/EWC SBK/24.77), 95. Lim Ho Gon (KR/MFJ/23.00), 95. Shinya
Takeishi (JP/MFJ/23.00), 97. Derek McGee (IE/BMW RRC/22.40), 98. Evert
Stoffberg (ZA/RSA SBK/20.86), 99. Jakub Smrz (CZ/BSB SBK/20.00), 99.
Etienne Nelson (ZA/RSA SBK/20.00), 101. Adrián Bonastre
(ES/CEV/19.00), 102. Justin Gillesen (ZA/RSA SBK/18.86), 103. John
Krieger (ZA/RSA SBK/17.71), 104. Gauthier Duwelz (BE/STK1000/17.25),
105. Daniel Cooper (GB/BMW RRC/16.00), 106. Janez Prosenik (SI/EWC
SBK/15.65), 107. Michal Filla (CZ/IDM STK/15.54), 108. Pedro Rodriguez
(ES/CEV/12.60), 109. Matthieu Lussiana (FR/WorldSBK/12.20), 110.
Heinrich Rheeder (ZA/RSA SBK/11.86), 111. Sabine Holbrook (DE/AARR
SBK/7.60), 112. Federico D’Annunzio (IT/STK1000/7.50), 113. Pierre
Bezuidenhout (ZA/RSA SBK/6.57), 114. Thomas Toffel (CH/STK1000/5.75),
115. Jacques van Wyngaardt (ZA/RSA SBK/5.71), 116. Pascal Meslet
(FR/FR EU/4.92), 117. Valter Patronen (FI/CEV/4.80), 118. Matej Smrz
(BSB SBK/ 4.60), 119. Eric Dagault (FR/FR EU/3.69), 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)