Triumph in a legendary race: Another 1-2-3 result for the BMW S 1000 RR at the Macau Grand Prix.

Munich (DE), 21st November 2016. The BMW S 1000 RR continues its
dominance in the streets of Macau (CN): the 50th running of the
legendary Macau Grand Prix saw another 1-2-3 success for the BMW
racers. Peter Hickman (GB) repeated last year’s victory and Michael
Rutter (GB) and Martin Jessopp (GB) again joined him on the podium.
There was also reason to celebrate in the FIM CEV Superbike European
Championship (CEV) at the weekend, with Maximilian Scheib (CL)
wrapping up the season with another win at the finale in Valencia
(ES). With their results, they also collected points towards the 2016
BMW Motorrad Race Trophy (see full standings below).

 

 

Macau Grand Prix in Macau, China.

 

It is one of the highlights in the international road racing season –
and it is a successful hunting ground for the BMW S 1000 RR: the Macau
Grand Prix. This year, the legendary race through the narrow streets
of Macau (CN) was held for the 50th time and, like last year, it ended
with a sensational 1-2-3 result for the BMW S 1000 RR. In total, 13
BMW racers tackled this famous road race, supported on site by the
experts from BMW Motorrad Motorsport. The practice and qualifying
sessions already showed that the RR would again be the bike to beat,
and this continued in the race itself.

 

It was an exciting three-way battle at the front of the field, a
battle of three BMW racers. The protagonists were last year’s winner
Peter Hickman (GB), his Bathams/SMT Racing team-mate Michael Rutter
(GB) and Martin Jessopp (GB / RidersMotorcycles.com BMW). In 2015 this
trio secured a great 1-2-3 result for the RR in Macau, and again they
dominated the race. Hickman, Macau record winner Rutter and pole
setter Jessopp were involved in an exciting fight for the lead,
changing positions several times and soon building a huge gap to the
rest of the field. After 12 thrilling and dramatic laps on the “Guia
Circuit”, Hickman crossed the finish line as the winner, just 0.533
seconds in front of second placed Rutter. Jessopp followed in third
place, just 0.122 seconds behind Rutter and 0.655 seconds behind
Hickman. The dominance of this BMW trio was further proven by the fact
that they had an advantage of 20 seconds over the rest of the field.

 

In total, six BMW S 1000 RR riders finished the race in the top ten.
Places one to three on the podium went to Hickman, Rutter and Jessopp.
Stuart Easton (GB) was sixth on another RR from Bathams/SMT Racing.
Ian Hutchinson (GB / Tyco BMW) was classified eighth and Dan Cooper
(GB / Dan Cooper Racing / CMS) completed the top ten in tenth position.

 

 

FIM CEV Superbike European Championship in Valencia, Spain.

 

The 2016 season in the FIM CEV Superbike European Championship (CEV)
drew to a close at Valencia (ES) at the weekend. One man dominated the
season finale: BMW Motorrad Motorsport racer Maximilian Scheib (CL).
The 21-year old rider from the Targobank EasyRace SBK Team once more
proved his talent and delivered a perfect weekend. On Saturday Scheib
secured pole position on his BMW S 1000 RR. On Sunday he celebrated a
dominant win and also set the fastest race lap. In the overall
standings, Scheib finished the season as runner-up. In the 11 races
held this year he claimed a total of ten podium finishes, including
three wins.

 

 

2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy – Current Standings.

 

Status: 21st November 2016

 

 

16. Danilo Lewis (BR/BRSBK/256.15), 17. Jan Bühn (DE/IDM STK/255.23),
18. Michael Rutter (GB/BSB STK/251.27), 19. Pepijn Bijsterbosch
(NL/IDM STK/239.23), 20. Joshua Elliott (GB/BSB STK/232.18), 21.
Matteo Ferrari (IT/CIV/214.00), 22. Ben Young (GB/CSBK/211.71), 23.
Lance Isaacs (ZA/RSA SBK/210.57), 24. Michel Amalric (FR/FR
EU/202.57), 25. Cyril Brunet-Lugardon (FR/FR EU/198.62), 26. Michael
Laverty (GB/BSB SBK/192.40), 27. Martin Choy (BG/AARR SBK/189.20), 27.
Christian Iddon (GB/BSB SBK/189.20), 29. Michael Leon
(CA/CSBK/186.00), 30. Jordi Torres (ES/WorldSBK/185.20), 31. Richard
Cooper (GB/BSB SBK/183.60), 32. Stefan Kerschbaumer (AT/EWC
STK/180.62), 32. Bastien Mackels (BE/EWC STK/180.62), 32. Dominik
Vincon (DE/EWC STK/180.62), 35. Denni Schiavoni (IT/CIV/172.40), 36.
Mike Roscher/Anna Burkard (DE/SWC/167.26), 37. Mathieu Gines (FR/IDM
SBK/156.11), 38. Miloš Cihak (CZ/AARR SBK/145.20), 39. Colin Butler
(CA/MSC SBK/143.20), 40. Petr Bičiště (CZ/IRRC/137.09), 41. Martin
Tritscher (AT/AARR STK/135.60), 42. Marek Hartl (CZ/AARR STK/132.00),
43. Adam Jenkinson (GB/BSB STK/125.09), 44. Marc Neumann (DE/IDM
STK/121.38), 45. Hernani Teixeira (FR/FR EU/117.85), 46. Madjid Idres
(FR/FR EU/116.15), 47. Lee Jackson (GB/BSB SBK/114.80), 47. David
Datzer (DE/IRRC/107.09), 48. 49. Julien Brun (FR/FR EU/101.38), 50.
Léon Benichou (FR/FR EU/100.92), 51. Nasarudin Mat Yusop (MY/MSC
STK/99.60), 51. Joshua Brookes (AU/WorldSBK/99.60), 53. Santiago
Barragán (ES/CEV/99.49), 54. Luca Vitali (IT/STK1000/98.50), 55.
Markus Reiterberger (DE/WorldSBK/98.00), 56. Chrissy Rouse (GB/BSB
STK/97.45), 57. Marco Nekvasil (AT/IDM STK/94.00), 58. Roberto
Blazquez (ES/CEV/90.80), 59. Daisaku Sakai (JP/MFJ/88.50), 60. Hudson
Kennaugh (ZA/BSB STK/88.00), 61. Garrick Vlok (ZA/RSA SBK/87.71), 62.
Arnaud Friedrich (DE/IDM STK/85.69), 63. Leon Jeacock (GB/BSB
STK/75.64), 64. Alex Olsen (GB/BSB STK/71.27), 65. Lee Johnston
(GB/BMW RRC/71.00), 66. David Bouvier (FR/FR EU/69.19), 67. Camille
Hedelin (FR/EWC SBK/67.35), 68. Alastair Seeley (GB/BSB SBK/65.20),
69. Bertrand Boyer (FR/FR EU/64.00), 70. Steve Rapp (US/AMA
SBK/61.87), 71. Rob McNealy (GB/BSB STK/59.45), 72. Karel Abraham
(CZ/WorldSBK/58.80), 73. Shinya Takeishi (JP/MFJ/58.50), 74. Manu
Dagault (FR/FR EU/57.23), 75. Maxime Bonnot (FR/FSBK SBK/56.00), 76.
Clive Rambure (FR/EWC SBK/54.53), 77. Sam West (GB/BMW RRC/54.20), 78.
Björn Stuppi (DE/IDM STK/53.38), 79. Jeremy Cook (US/AMA STK/52.53),
80. Yuta Kodama (JP/MFJ/50.50), 81. Dominic Chang (SG/MSC STK/48.80),
82. Ronald Slamet (ZA/RSA SBK/48.00), 83. Barry Teasdale (GB/BSB
STK/46.55), 84. Ricky Lee Weare (ZA/RSA SBK/46.29), 85. Jakub Smrz
(CZ/BSB SBK/44.00), 86. Martin Jessopp (GB/BSB SBK/40.60), 87. Michal
Šembera (CZ/AARR SBK/40.40), 88. Rene Skalicky (CZ/AARR STK/39.00),
89. Michal Bidas (CZ/AARR STK/38.40), 90. Dominique Platet (FR/EWC
SBK/37.59), 91. Michal Fojtik (CZ/AARR STK/36.80), 92. John Krieger
(ZA/RSA SBK/34.29), 93. Ben Godfrey (GB/BSB STK/34.18), 94. Eric
Vionnet (CH/STK1000/30.75), 95. Davo Johnson (AU/BMW RRC/29.80), 96.
Nicolas Senechal (FR/EWC SBK/29.77), 97. Dominic Herbertson (GB/BMW
RRC/28.00), 98. Evert Stoffberg (ZA/RSA SBK/27.43), 99. Federico
D’Annunzio (IT/STK1000/26.75), 100. Etienne Nelson (ZA/RSA SBK/25.71),
101. Daniel Cooper (GB/BMW RRC/25.60), 102. Derek McGee (IE/BMW
RRC/22.40), 103. Heinrich Rheeder (ZA/RSA SBK/20.43), 104. Matthieu
Lussiana (FR/WorldSBK/19.80), 105. Adrián Bonastre (ES/CEV/19.00),
106. Justin Gillesen (ZA/RSA SBK/18.86), 107. Gauthier Duwelz
(BE/STK1000/17.25), 107. Lim Ho Gon (KR/MFJ/17.25), 109. Janez
Prosenik (SI/EWC SBK/15.65), 110. Michal Filla (CZ/IDM STK/15.54),
111. Pedro Rodriguez (ES/CEV/12.60), 112. Sabine Holbrook (DE/AARR
SBK/7.60), 113. Eric Dagault (FR/FR EU/7.38), 114. Pierre Bezuidenhout
(ZA/RSA SBK/6.57), 115. Thomas Toffel (CH/STK1000/5.75), 116. Jacques
van Wyngaardt (ZA/RSA SBK/5.71), 117. Pascal Meslet (FR/FR EU/4.92),
118. Valter Patronen (FI/CEV/4.80), 119. Matej Smrz (BSB SBK/ 4.60),
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)