Hat-trick of wins and new world record for Ian Hutchinson on the BMW S 1000 RR at the Ulster Grand Prix – Michael Dunlop takes the lead in the 2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy.

Munich (DE), 17th August 2016. It was another great and successful
weekend for the BMW S 1000 RR riders and the on-site specialists from
BMW Motorrad Motorsport. The iconic Ulster Grand Prix (GB), the
“World’s Fastest Road Race”, saw five wins and a new world record for
the BMW S 1000 RR. Ian Hutchinson (GB), Michael Dunlop (GB) and David
Jackson (GB) all raced onto the top step of the podium on the Dundrod
Circuit. These results also led to changes at the very top of the 2016
BMW Motorrad Race Trophy, with Dunlop being the new leader in front of
Hutchinson. There was also success for the BMW Motorrad Motorsport
racers at the other events of the weekend, with wins and podiums in
the Superbike IDM / International German Championship (IDM), the
French Superbike Championship (FSBK) and the French European Bikes
Championship (FR EU).

 

 

2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy.

 

Michael Dunlop (GB) is the new leader of the 2016 BMW Motorrad Race
Trophy. At the Ulster Grand Prix, he claimed one win and three more
podium finishes on his Hawk Racing BMW S 1000 RR. With these results,
he brought his points total collected through the BMW Combined Road
Race Challenge (BMW RRC) to 332.30. New in second place is Ian
Hutchinson (GB) with 327.50 Race Trophy points. The Tyco BMW rider won
three races at the Ulster Grand Prix on his RR. The previous leader,
Michal Prášek (CZ / AARR STK), is now third with 325.60 points (see
full standings below).

 

 

Ulster Grand Prix near Belfast, Northern Ireland.

 

The Ulster Grand Prix lived up to its reputation of being the
“World’s Fastest Road Race”. The 2016 running of the iconic event not
only saw a clean sweep for the BMW S 1000 RR with five wins in five
races, but also a new world record. Tyco BMW rider Ian Hutchinson (GB)
broke the 134 mph barrier and set a new lap record with an average
speed of 134.089 mph in Saturday’s second Superbike race. This earned
him the title of the “World’s Fastest Road Racer”, as no other road
racer had been that fast before. In total, Hutchinson celebrated three
wins on his RR at this event.

 

The new record was the icing on the cake after a successful Ulster
Grand Prix for the BMW Motorrad Motorsport racers. The streak of wins
started in the National Dundrod 150 Challenge on Thursday, when the RR
riders claimed a top-four lock-out. David Jackson (GB) took the win in
front of fellow BMW riders Dominic Herbertson (GB / WH Racing), Mike
Booth (GB / Danny Tomlinson Racing) and Sam West (GB / Ice Valley 4
Anjels Racing).

 

Michael Dunlop (GB / Hawk Racing) was then victorious in the Dundrod
150 Superbike race on Thursday evening. Hutchinson was fourth in that
encounter. Saturday marked the main race day of the Ulster Grand Prix.
It started with the Superstock race that was won by Hutchinson by an
advantage of 0.2 seconds over second placed Dunlop. In the following
two Superbike races, Hutchinson also took the wins, while Dunlop
finished third on both occasions.

 

 

Superbike IDM / International German Championship in Assen,
the Netherlands.

 

The sixth round of the 2016 Superbike IDM / International German
Championship (IDM) was held at Assen (NL) last weekend. The BMW riders
claimed a total of five podium finishes in their respective classes.

 

Bastien Mackels (BE / Wilbers-BMW-Racing) finished the first of the
two races in third on the podium for the Superbike class (IDM SBK /
fourth overall). In race two, the Belgian crossed the line fourth in
the IDM SBK (eighth overall). In the Superstock class (IDM STK), Van
Zon-Remeha-BMW rider Pepijn Bijsterbosch (NL) finished both races in
second on the podium (fifth and fourth overall). His team-mate Jan
Bühn (DE) was third in the class on both occasions (seventh and fifth overall).

 

 

French Superbike Championship in Pau, France.

 

After the summer break, the 2016 French Superbike Championship (FSBK)
resumed with the fifth round of the season held in Pau in the south
west of France. BMW racer Kenny Foray (FR) and his Tecmas Racing Team
once more had reason to celebrate. In race one, Foray secured his
second win of the season and also set the fastest race lap on his BMW
S 1000 RR. In race two, Foray finished second on the podium. In the
championship standings, the BMW rider is second with two more rounds
to go.

 

 

French European Bikes Championship in Pau, France.

 

At the FSBK round in Pau (FR) the French European Bikes Championship
(FR EU) also held its fifth race weekend of the 2016 season. Once more
the BMW S 1000 RR riders were the ones to beat, claiming a top-three
lock-out and a one-two.

 

In race one, Florian Brunet-Lugardon (FR / Gers Moto Vitesse
Ordannaise) celebrated his second win of the season. He came out on
top in an exciting battle with fellow BMW rider Benjamin Colliaux (FR
/ Team Cherot Moto Sport), who crossed the line second only 0.199
seconds behind Brunet-Lugardon. RR rider Michel Amalric (FR / Tecmas
Racing Team) completed the podium in third. In race two, it was
Colliaux’s turn to climb onto the top step of the podium. He claimed
his fourth win of the season, while Brunet-Lugardon was second in this
encounter. In the championship standings Colliaux leads and
Brunet-Lugardon is runner-up.

 

 

2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy – Current Standings.

 

Status: 17th August 2016

 

 

16. Jan Bühn (DE/IDM STK/194.15), 17. Raffaele De Rosa
(IT/STK1000/189.04), 18. Stefan Kerschbaumer (AT/EWC STK/173.12), 18.
Bastien Mackels (BE/EWC STK/173.12), 18. Dominik Vincon (DE/EWC
STK/173.12), 21. Pepijn Bijsterbosch (NL/IDM STK/169.69), 22. Ben
Young (GB/CSBK/169.00), 23. Joshua Elliott (GB/BSB STK/167.27), 24.
Martin Choy (BG/AARR SBK/158.80), 25. Michael Rutter (GB/BSB
STK/158.73), 26. Mathieu Gines (FR/IDM SBK/156.11), 27. Jordi Torres
(ES/WorldSBK/151.00), 28. Lance Isaacs (ZA/RSA SBK/147.14), 29. Michel
Amalric (FR/FR EU/137.80), 30. Miloš Cihak (CZ/AARR SBK/132.80), 31.
Michael Leon (CA/CSBK/132.75), 32. Michael Laverty (GB/BSB
SBK/131.40), 33. Matteo Ferrari (IT/CIV/128.40), 34. Richard Cooper
(GB/BSB SBK/121.00), 35. Cyril Brunet-Lugardon (FR/FR EU/120.31), 36.
Christian Iddon (GB/BSB SBK/118.60), 37. Colin Butler (CA/MSC
SBK/110.00), 38. Martin Tritscher (AT/AARR STK/108.80), 39. Mike
Roscher/Anna Burkard (DE/SWC/105.41), 40. Santiago Barragán
(ES/CEV/99.49), 41. Marek Hartl (CZ/AARR STK/98.80), 42. Hernani
Teixeira (FR/FR EU/96.00), 43. Marco Nekvasil (AT/IDM STK/94.00), 44.
Madjid Idres (FR/FR EU/93.23), 45. Hudson Kennaugh (ZA/BSB STK/88.00),
46. Petr Bičiště (CZ/IRRC/84.00), 47. Denni Schiavoni (IT/CIV/83.60),
48. Markus Reiterberger (DE/WorldSBK/80.00), 49. Marc Neumann (DE/IDM
STK/76.46), 50. Steve Rapp (US/AMA SBK/74.93), 51. Joshua Brookes
(AU/WorldSBK/74.20), 52. Lee Jackson (GB/BSB SBK/73.00), 53. Nasarudin
Mat Yusop (MY/MSC STK/72.80), 54. Lee Johnston (GB/BMW RRC/71.00), 55.
Garrick Vlok (ZA/RSA SBK/70.86), 56. Julien Brun (FR/FR EU/69.38), 57.
Luca Vitali (IT/STK1000/69.25), 58. David Bouvier (FR/FR EU/69.19),
59. Arnaud Friedrich (DE/IDM STK/66.31), 60. David Datzer
(DE/IRRC/65.45), 61. Bertrand Boyer (FR/FR EU/64.00), 62. Camille
Hedelin (FR/EWC SBK/54.53), 62. Clive Rambure (FR/EWC SBK/54.53), 64.
Leon Jeacock (GB/BSB STK/53.82), 65. Léon Benichou (FR/FR EU/52.31),
66. Karel Abraham (CZ/WorldSBK/51.90), 66. Alastair Seeley (GB/BMW
RRC/51.90), 68. Chrissy Rouse (GB/BSB STK/50.18), 69. Roberto Blazquez
(ES/CEV/50.00), 70. Daisaku Sakai (JP/MFJ/49.67), 71. Jeremy Cook
(US/AMA STK/49.33), 72. Sam West (GB/BMW RRC/48.00), 73. Adam
Jenkinson (GB/BSB STK/43.64), 74. Alex Olsen (GB/BSB STK/42.18), 75.
Rob McNealy (GB/BSB STK/39.09), 76. Björn Stuppi (DE/IDM STK/37.69),
77. Rene Skalicky (CZ/AARR STK/35.80), 78. Michal Bidas (CZ/AARR
STK/35.20), 79. Yuta Kodama (JP/MFJ/33.67), 80. Manu Dagault (FR/FR
EU/32.00), 81. Dominic Chang (SG/MSC STK/31.60), 82. Michal Šembera
(CZ/AARR SBK/31.20), 83. Ronald Slamet (ZA/RSA SBK/31.14), 84. Martin
Jessopp (GB/BMW RRC/30.00), 85. Davo Johnson (AU/BMW RRC/29.80), 86.
Nicolas Senechal (FR/EWC SBK/29.77), 87. Ricky Lee Weare (ZA/RSA
SBK/29.14), 88. Eric Vionnet (CH/STK1000/28.75), 89. Dominic
Herbertson (GB/BMW RRC/28.00), 90. Michal Fojtik (CZ/AARR STK/27.60),
91. Ben Godfrey (GB/BSB STK/27.09), 92. Maxime Bonnot (FR/FSBK
SBK/27.08), 93. Dominique Platet (FR/EWC SBK/24.77), 94. Lim Ho Gon
(KR/MFJ/23.00), 94. Shinya Takeishi (JP/MFJ/23.00), 96. Derek McGee
(IE/BMW RRC/22.40), 97. Barry Teasdale (GB/BSB STK/21.82), 98. Adrián
Bonastre (ES/CEV/19.00), 98. Howie Mainwaring Smart (GB/BSB
SBK/19.00), 100. Justin Gillesen (ZA/RSA SBK/18.86), 101. Jakub Smrz
(CZ/BSB SBK/18.40), 102. Etienne Nelson (ZA/RSA SBK/17.71), 103.
Gauthier Duwelz (BE/STK1000/17.25), 104. Daniel Cooper (GB/BMW
RRC/16.00), 105. Janez Prosenik (SI/EWC SBK/15.65), 106. Michal Filla
(CZ/IDM STK/15.54), 107. Evert Stoffberg (ZA/RSA SBK/14.29), 108.
Pedro Rodriguez (ES/CEV/12.60), 109. Matthieu Lussiana
(FR/WorldSBK/12.20), 110. John Krieger (ZA/RSA SBK/11.14), 111. Sabine
Holbrook (DE/AARR SBK/7.60), 112. Heinrich Rheeder (ZA/RSA SBK/3.29),
113. Federico D’Annunzio (IT/STK1000/7.50), 114. Pierre Bezuidenhout
(ZA/RSA SBK/6.57), 115. Thomas Toffel (CH/STK1000/5.75), 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. Jacques
van Wyngaardt (ZA/RSA SBK/3.43), 121. Elwyn Steenkamp (ZA/RSA
SBK/1.14), 122. Christophe Costes (FR/FR EU/0.00), 122. Stefan
Dolipski (DE/AMA STK/0.00), 122. Ryan Farquhar (GB/BMW RRC/0.00), 122.
Marcel Irnie (CA/CSBK/0.00), 122. Aaron League (US/BSB STK/0.00), 122.
Joan Sardanyons (ES/CEV/0.00), 122. Tomas Svitok (SK/AARR STK/0.00)