Next stop Misano for the new BMW S 1000 RR and the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team.

Munich.
The BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team is heading to the Italian
Adriatic coast. This weekend (21st to 23rd
June) sees the team compete with riders Tom Sykes (GBR) and Markus
Reiterberger (GER) on the new BMW S 1000 RR at the “Misano World
Circuit” for round seven of the 2019 FIM Superbike World
Championship (WorldSBK).

 

In preparation for the event, the team completed a two-day test at
Misano three weeks ago. They were faced with unsettled weather, but
took advantage of the opportunity to gain valuable information in
various different areas. The continuous development of the new RR
continues, and the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team travels to Misano with
more updates.

 

Quotes ahead of the races in Misano.

 

Marc Bongers, BMW Motorrad Motorsport Director: “We
are well equipped going into the weekend on the Adriatic coast. We
hope that the race will confirm our outcomes from the Misano test
three weeks ago. It is clear that we still have to up our performance,
and we will take a step in the right direction here at Misano. Our
goal is to consistently finish in the top six. We also want to
continue the positive set-up work we did at Jerez with Markus. We are
confident that he will then be able to raise his performance levels to Tom’s.”

 

Shaun Muir, Team Principal BMW Motorrad WorldSBK
Team:
“Obviously we had a solid performance at Jerez for Tom
and we want to continue that good work at Misano. I think more
importantly we want to see if we can consolidate our qualifying
results into good race finishes. We hope that we can compete in the
top six again at Misano, a circuit at which we quite recently had a
very positive test. Markus went to Jerez trying to find a new set-up
on the bike that he could be comfortable with in a similar area to
where Tom is with his set-up. Hopefully, the set-up that we finished
with at Jerez will also be positive and work at Misano. The weather
forecast is positive and the track temperature will be high which will
affect everybody. On the whole, however, we are looking forward to
going to Misano, from where we can hopefully return with some strong performances.”

 

Tom Sykes: “I am very much looking forward to the
Misano round of the Superbike World Championship. It’s always a
pleasure to race in Italy and of course it’s on the back of a two-day
test there. It was certainly worth doing the test in preparation for
the race and obviously I have quite high expectations with the BMW S
1000 RR chassis. I really hope we can have a very consistent weekend
and the target is to try to finish in the top five in all three races.
I am certainly trying my best along with the entire BMW Motorrad
WorldSBK Team to try and secure some podiums now and hopefully get the
one that we were so close to at Imola. That would be great for the
whole team.”

 

Markus Reiterberger: “Misano is a cool circuit, which
I really like. Last year, we were very successful and won there with
the Superstock bike. After the test there a few weeks ago, we are
prepared for anything the weather can throw at us. I think our bike
will perform well there. I obviously hope that the weather is nice,
but not too hot, and that we have an awesome weekend. A lot of friends
and fans from my part of the world will travel there, as the event is
very popular. I am really looking forward to it. At the same time, I
am obviously focussing fully on the race.”