Munich (DE), 27th July 2016. In the British Superbike Championship
(BSB) in Thruxton (GB), in the International Road Racing Championship
(IRRC) in Chimay (BE) and in the Malaysia Superbike Championship (MSC)
in Sepang (MY): last weekend, the BMW Motorrad Motorsport racers were
victorious in every series they contested. In total, they claimed five
wins and a further seven podium finishes.
2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy.
Courtesy of another double win in the International Road Racing
Championship (IRRC), Vincent Lonbois (BE) returned back to the top
three of the 2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy. The Belgian RR rider
improved from 17th to third now with 239.55 Race Trophy points. The
rankings are still led by Michal Prášek (CZ / AARR STK) with 325.60
points, second place is held by Jordan Szoke (CA / CSBK) with 291.25
points (see full standings below).
British Superbike Championship in Thruxton, Great Britain.
For the sixth round of the 2016 British Superbike Championship (BSB),
the BMW teams and the experts from BMW Motorrad Motorsport travelled
to Thruxton in the South of Great Britain. It turned out to be another
successful trip, with wins in the Superbike and Superstock classes.
Tyco BMW rider Michael Laverty (GB) enjoyed a great weekend in the
Superbike class (BSB SBK). In race one he stepped onto the podium,
finishing second. He even bettered this in race two, when he
celebrated his second win of the season on his BMW S 1000 RR. In the
championship rankings Laverty improved to fourth. Four other BMW
riders claimed top ten results. In race one Richard Cooper (GB /
Buildbase BMW Motorrad), Jakub Smrz (CZ / Smiths Racing BMW) and
Martin Jessopp (GB / Riders Motorcycles BMW) crossed the line in
eighth, ninth and tenth. In the second heat Lee Jackson (GB /
Buildbase BMW Motorrad) was tenth.
In the Superstock class race (BSB STK) the BMW riders were once more
in a class of their own. No less than eight BMW S 1000 RRs crossed the
line in the top ten. The BMW array was led by Buildbase BMW rider
Taylor MacKenzie (GB), who celebrated his fourth win of the season. He
was joined on the podium by Joshua Elliott (GB / Tyco BMW) in third.
Positions four to nine also went to BMW riders: Ian Hutchinson (GB /
Tyco BMW) was fourth, followed by Michael Rutter (GB / Bathams SMT),
Adam Jenkinson (GB / NEI Motorsport), Alex Olsen (GB / Power Projects
Racing), David Johnson (AU / Fleetwood Grab Services) and Chrissy
Rouse (GB / CECS / Mission Racing). In the overall standings of the
BSB STK, MacKenzie is in the lead ahead of Hutchinson.
International Road Racing Championship in Chimay, Belgium.
Six races and six victories: BMW rider Vincent Lonbois (BE) is the
man to beat in the 2016 International Road Racing Championship (IRRC).
Last weekend, the third round of the season was held in Chimay in
Belgium. At his home round, Lonbois celebrated another double win on
his Herpigny Motors BMW Motorrad Belux team’s BMW S 1000 RR and
extended his championship lead.
His team-mate Sébastien Le Grelle (BE) was second once more in both
races. Didier Grams (DE / GG Motorsport) also secured a podium
finish, claiming third in race one. The successful outing for the RR
riders was completed by Patrick Quintens (BE), who was fifth on both
occasions, Petr Bičiště (CZ / Kimura Racing Team), who claimed two
eighth places, and Christian Wiesinger (AT / PSV-Wels Motorsport), who
finished ninth in race one.
Malaysia Superbike Championship in Sepang, Malaysia
.
After a long break, the 2016 season in the Malaysia Superbike
Championship (MSC) resumed last weekend with the second round at the
Sepang International Circuit near Kuala Lumpur (MY). On this occasion
the BMW riders celebrated one win and two further podium finishes.
In the Superbike class (MSC SBK) Colin Butler (CA / AP Racing) took
his first victory of the season. Butler won race two after he had
already finished second on the podium in race one. Another podium
finish for the BMW S 1000 RR followed in the second race of the
Superstock class (MSC STK) when Linggam Rammoo (MY) was third. Two
more BMW riders secured top ten finishes in the MSC STK: Nasarudin Mat
Yusop (MY / BMW Malaysia) was tenth and sixth respectively and Dominic
Chang (SG / SportsRider Racing Team) finished ninth in race one.
2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy – Current Standings.
Status: 27th July 2016
17. Benjamin Colliaux (FR/FR EU/172.69), 18. Ben Young
(GB/CSBK/169.00), 19. Martin Choy (BG/AARR SBK/158.80), 20. Jordi
Torres (ES/WorldSBK/151.00), 21. Joshua Elliott (GB/BSB STK/148.55),
22. Florian Brunet-Lugardon (FR/FR EU/147.69), 23. Didier Grams
(DE/IRRC/137.73), 24. Michael Rutter (GB/BSB STK/134.09), 25. Mathieu
Gines (FR/IDM SBK/133.03), 26. Miloš Cihak (CZ/AARR SBK/132.80), 27.
Michael Leon (CA/CSBK/132.75), 28. Michael Laverty (GB/BSB
SBK/126.80), 29. Jan Bühn (DE/IDM STK/118.46), 30. Lance Isaacs
(ZA/RSA SBK/116.57), 31. Michel Amalric (FR/FR EU/110.77), 32. Colin
Butler (CA/MSC SBK/110.00), 33. Martin Tritscher (AT/AARR STK/108.80),
34. Christian Iddon (GB/BSB SBK/105.20), 35. Richard Cooper (GB/BSB
SBK/102.80), 36. Cyril Brunet-Lugardon (FR/FR EU/99.69), 37. Santiago
Barragán (ES/CEV/99.49), 38. Marek Hartl (CZ/AARR STK/98.80), 39.
Hernani Teixeira (FR/FR EU/96.00), 40. Marco Nekvasil (AT/IDM
STK/94.00), 41. Matteo Ferrari (IT/CIV/92.00), 42. Hudson Kennaugh
(ZA/BSB STK/88.00), 43. Pepijn Bijsterbosch (NL/IDM STK/87.85), 44.
Mike Roscher/Anna Burkard (DE/SWC/84.30), 45. Markus Reiterberger
(DE/WorldSBK/80.00), 46. Madjid Idres (FR/FR EU/77.54), 47. Steve Rapp
(US/AMA SBK/74.93), 48. Joshua Brookes (AU/WorldSBK/74.20), 49.
Nasarudin Mat Yusop (MY/MSC STK/72.80), 50. Lee Johnston (GB/BMW
RRC/71.00), 51. Julien Brun (FR/FR EU/69.38), 52. Luca Vitali
(IT/STK1000/69.25), 53. David Bouvier (FR/FR EU/68.96), 54. Petr
Bičiště (CZ/IRRC/66.91), 55. Bertrand Boyer (FR/FR EU/64.00), 56.
Camille Hedelin (FR/EWC SBK/54.53), 56. Clive Rambure (FR/EWC
SBK/54.53), 58. Lee Jackson (GB/BSB SBK/53.20), 59. Karel Abraham
(CZ/WorldSBK/51.90), 59. Alastair Seeley (GB/BMW RRC/51.90), 61.
Roberto Blazquez (ES/CEV/50.00), 62. Daisaku Sakai (JP/MFJ/49.67), 63.
Jeremy Cook (US/AMA STK/49.33), 64. Denni Schiavoni (IT/CIV/47.20),
65. Leon Jeacock (GB/BSB STK/45.09), 66. Marc Neumann (DE/IDM
STK/42.62), 67. Garrick Vlok (ZA/RSA SBK/42.57), 68. David Datzer
(DE/IRRC/42.55), 69. Alex Olsen (GB/BSB STK/42.18), 70. Rob McNealy
(GB/BSB STK/36.18), 71. Chrissy Rouse (GB/BSB STK/35.82), 72. Rene
Skalicky (CZ/AARR STK/35.80), 73. Michal Bidas (CZ/AARR STK/35.20),
74. Sam West (GB/BMW RRC/34.20), 75. Yuta Kodama (JP/MFJ/33.67), 76.
Manu Dagault (FR/FR EU/32.00), 77. Dominic Chang (SG/MSC STK/31.60),
78. Michal Šembera (CZ/AARR SBK/31.20), 79. Ronald Slamet (ZA/RSA
SBK/31.14), 80. Adam Jenkinson (GB/BSB STK/30.55), 81. Davo Johnson
(AU/BMW RRC/29.80), 82. Nicolas Senechal (FR/EWC SBK/29.77), 83.
Arnaud Friedrich (DE/IDM STK/28.77), 84. Eric Vionnet
(CH/STK1000/28.75), 85. Michal Fojtik (CZ/AARR STK/27.60), 86. Maxime
Bonnot (FR/FSBK SBK/27.08), 87. Martin Jessopp (GB/BMW RRC/25.40), 88.
Dominic Herbertson (GB/BMW RRC/24.80), 89. Dominique Platet (FR/EWC
SBK/24.77), 90. Léon Benichou (FR/FR EU/24.31), 91. Björn Stuppi
(DE/IDM STK/23.54), 92. Ricky Lee Weare (ZA/RSA SBK/23.43), 93. Lim Ho
Gon (KR/MFJ/23.00), 93. Shinya Takeishi (JP/MFJ/23.00), 95. Barry
Teasdale (GB/BSB STK/20.36), 96. Adrián Bonastre (ES/CEV/19.00), 96.
Howie Mainwaring Smart (GB/BSB SBK/19.00), 98. Justin Gillesen (ZA/RSA
SBK/18.86), 99. Gauthier Duwelz (BE/STK1000/17.25), 100. Ben Godfrey
(GB/BSB STK/17.09), 101. Jakub Smrz (CZ/BSB SBK/16.90), 102. Janez
Prosenik (SI/EWC SBK/15.65), 103. Michal Filla (CZ/IDM STK/15.54),
104. Etienne Nelson (ZA/RSA SBK/15.43), 105. Evert Stoffberg (ZA/RSA
SBK/13.14), 106. Ales Nechvatal (CZ/IRRC/13.09), 107. Pedro Rodriguez
(ES/CEV/12.60), 108. Matthieu Lussiana (FR/WorldSBK/12.20), 109.
Sabine Holbrook (DE/AARR SBK/7.60), 110. Federico D’Annunzio
(IT/STK1000/7.50), 111. Pierre Bezuidenhout (ZA/RSA SBK/6.57), 112.
Thomas Toffel (CH/STK1000/5.75), 113. Pascal Meslet (FR/FR EU/4.92),
114. Valter Patronen (FI/CEV/4.80), 115. Matej Smrz (BSB SBK/ 4.60),
116. John Krieger (ZA/RSA SBK/4.57), 117. Eric Dagault (FR/FR
EU/3.69), 118. Heinrich Rheeder (ZA/RSA SBK/3.29), 119. Derek McGee
(IE/BMW RRC/1.60), 120. Elwyn Steenkamp (ZA/RSA SBK/1.14), 121. Daniel
Cooper (GB/BMW RRC/0.00), 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), 121. Jacques van Wyngaardt (ZA/RSA SBK/0.00)