Munich (DE), 24th August 2016. Jordan Szoke (CA) is the second BMW S
1000 RR racer to be crowned champion in the 2016 season. At
Bowmanville (CA), he completed his clean weep of seven wins in seven
races and successfully defended his title in the Canadian Superbike
Championship (CSBK). The International Road Racing Championship (IRRC)
was in action in Imatra (FI) and the weekend saw another dominant
outing by the BMW Motorrad Motorsport racers led by Vincent Lonbois
(BE) and Sébastien Le Grelle (BE). The BMW S 1000 RR riders also took
the bike on track in South America, with the fifth round of the 2016
SuperBike Series Brasil (BRSBK) at São Paulo (BR).
2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy.
After just one week, the 2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy has a new
leader again. Jordan Szoke (CA) ended his season in the Canadian
Superbike Championship (CSBK) with another double win at Bowmanville
(CA) and took the top position in the standings with 410.00 Race
Trophy points. New in second place is Vincent Lonbois (BE) with 362.45
points after claiming a win and a second place at the Finnish round of
the International Road Racing Championship (IRRC) in Imatra. The
previous leader, road racer Michael Dunlop (GB / BMW RRC), is now
third with 332.30 points (see full standings below).
International Road Racing Championship in Imatra, Finland.
The BMW S 1000 RR remains the bike to beat in the International Road
Racing Championship (IRRC). At the penultimate round of the season in
Imatra (FI), the BMW racers celebrated a stunning double top-five
lock-out for the RR. In race one, Sébastien Le Grelle (BE) of team
Herpigny Motors BMW Motorrad Belux claimed his first win of the
season. His team-mate Vincent Lonbois (BE) was second and Didier Grams
(DE / GG Motorsport) completed the podium in third. Fourth and
fifth places went to BMW riders Erno Kostamo (FI) and Pauli Pekkanen
(FI), who took part as guest starters. In race two Lonbois took the
win, which was his seventh of the season. Le Grelle finished second on
the podium, followed by Kostamo in third. Pekkanen was fourth and
Grams completed the top five in fifth.
The championship will be decided between Herpigny Motors team-mates
Lonbois and Le Grelle at the season finale at the end of September in
Frohburg (DE). Lonbois leads the standings with an advantage of 29
points over Le Grelle. Grams is already confirmed to finish the season
in third overall.
Canadian Superbike Championship in Bowmanville, Canada.
It was another perfect season for Jordan Szoke (CA) in the Canadian
Superbike Championship (CSBK). As he did in 2015, he again took seven
wins in seven races on his BMW S 1000 RR. The Mopar Express Lane BMW
Superbike Team rider completed his clean sweep at last weekend’s
season finale held at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville
(CA). Szoke remained unbeatable in the final two races of the year and
was crowned champion for the second time in a row and the 11th time overall.
Ben Young (GB / Ben Young Racing) joined him on the podium in race
two by finishing third on his BMW S 1000 RR. In the championship
standings, Young ended the season in third overall and he secured the
“Rookie of the Year” Award.
In total, nine BMW S 1000 RR riders took to the track at the season
finale. Apart from Szoke and Young, three more of them claimed top ten
finishes. Michael Leon (CA / Royal Distribution Racing Team) was fifth
and sixth respectively. Matt McBride (CA) finished fifth in race two,
while Samuel Trépanier (CA) claimed ninth in race one.
SuperBike Series Brasil in São Paulo, Brazil.
The fifth round of the 2016 SuperBike Series Brazil (BRSBK) was held
at São Paulo (BR) last weekend – in difficult conditions with rain and
a wet track. The highest placed BMW S 1000 RR racer was Sebastiano
Zerbo (IT) of team BMW Motorrad Alex Barros Racing in fifth. Danilo
Lewis (BR / TecFil Racing Team) crossed the line in seventh. Zerbo’s
team-mate Diego Petrel (BR) was tenth. In the championship standings,
Lewis remained in the lead but now with an advantage of ten points
over his closest rival.
2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy – Current Standings.
Status: 24th 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. Stefan Kerschbaumer (AT/EWC STK/173.12), 20.
Bastien Mackels (BE/EWC STK/173.12), 20. Dominik Vincon (DE/EWC
STK/173.12), 23. Pepijn Bijsterbosch (NL/IDM STK/169.69), 24. Joshua
Elliott (GB/BSB STK/167.27), 25. Martin Choy (BG/AARR SBK/158.80), 26.
Michael Rutter (GB/BSB STK/158.73), 27. Mathieu Gines (FR/IDM
SBK/156.11), 28. Jordi Torres (ES/WorldSBK/151.00), 29. Lance Isaacs
(ZA/RSA SBK/147.14), 30. Michel Amalric (FR/FR EU/137.80), 31. Miloš
Cihak (CZ/AARR SBK/132.80), 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. 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. David Datzer
(DE/IRRC/84.00), 48. Denni Schiavoni (IT/CIV/83.60), 49. Markus
Reiterberger (DE/WorldSBK/80.00), 50. Marc Neumann (DE/IDM STK/76.46),
51. Steve Rapp (US/AMA SBK/74.93), 52. Joshua Brookes
(AU/WorldSBK/74.20), 53. Lee Jackson (GB/BSB SBK/73.00), 54. Nasarudin
Mat Yusop (MY/MSC STK/72.80), 55. Lee Johnston (GB/BMW RRC/71.00), 56.
Garrick Vlok (ZA/RSA SBK/70.86), 57. Julien Brun (FR/FR EU/69.38), 58.
Luca Vitali (IT/STK1000/69.25), 59. David Bouvier (FR/FR EU/69.19),
60. Arnaud Friedrich (DE/IDM STK/66.31), 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), 99. Justin
Gillesen (ZA/RSA SBK/18.86), 100. Jakub Smrz (CZ/BSB SBK/18.40), 101.
Etienne Nelson (ZA/RSA SBK/17.71), 102. Gauthier Duwelz
(BE/STK1000/17.25), 103. Daniel Cooper (GB/BMW RRC/16.00), 104. Janez
Prosenik (SI/EWC SBK/15.65), 105. Michal Filla (CZ/IDM STK/15.54),
106. Evert Stoffberg (ZA/RSA SBK/14.29), 107. Pedro Rodriguez
(ES/CEV/12.60), 108. Matthieu Lussiana (FR/WorldSBK/12.20), 109. John
Krieger (ZA/RSA SBK/11.14), 110. Sabine Holbrook (DE/AARR SBK/7.60),
111. Heinrich Rheeder (ZA/RSA SBK/3.29), 112. Federico D’Annunzio
(IT/STK1000/7.50), 113. Pierre Bezuidenhout (ZA/RSA SBK/6.57), 114.
Thomas Toffel (CH/STK1000/5.75), 115. Pascal Meslet (FR/FR EU/4.92),
116. Valter Patronen (FI/CEV/4.80), 117. Matej Smrz (BSB SBK/ 4.60),
118. Eric Dagault (FR/FR EU/3.69), 119. Jacques van Wyngaardt (ZA/RSA
SBK/3.43), 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)