Munich.
In two championships that count towards the BMW Motorrad Race
Trophy the 2017 season drew to a close last weekend. The MOTUL FIM
Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) held its last two races of
the year under the floodlights of the Losail International Circuit
in Qatar. In Japan, a double-header weekend at Suzuka marked the
final round of the 2017
MFJ Superbike All Japan Road Race Championship (MFJ).
MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship in Doha, Qatar.
A schedule of 13 rounds took the BMW S 1000 RR racers and the BMW
Motorrad Motorsport experts all round the world with the MOTUL FIM
Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) over the last eight months.
The 2017 season ended in the Qatar desert last weekend when the final
round was held under the floodlights of the Losail International
Circuit near Doha.
In Friday’s race one, Jordi Torres (ESP) from the Althea BMW Racing
Team crossed the line in seventh place. The result secured him fourth
place on the grid for Saturday’s second race. Torres’ hopes of
finishing the season with another strong result ended on lap two,
however, when he had a highside and crashed. His team-mate Raffaele De
Rosa (ITA) was on his way towards a top-ten result in race one but
crashed on lap ten. In the second race, De Rosa was 11th.
MFJ Superbike All Japan Road Race Championship at Suzuka, Japan.
The 2017 season of the MFJ Superbike All Japan Road Race Championship
(MFJ) drew to a close with a double-header at Suzuka (JPN). One BMW
rider was in action for the finale: Yuta Kodama (JPN / Tone RT
Syncedge 4113) ended the two races in 25th and
21st position respectively.