BMW Motorrad Motorsport News: BMW racers Ilya Mikhalchik and Kenny Foray at the season finale in Spain.

Spanish Superbike Championship: Guest starts for Mikhalchik
and Foray at the finale.

Jerez de la Frontera, in the south of Spain, hosted the final round
of the 2019 Spanish Superbike Championship (RFME CEV). As well as the
regular BMW racers in this series, a further two BMW S 1000 RR riders
also lined up in Jerez: Ilya Mikhalchik (UKR) and Kenny Foray (FRA),
team-mates in the BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team. The pair
performed tyre tests for tyre partner Dunlop at the season finale in
Spain. Mikhalchik was the best-placed BMW rider in both races,
finishing fourth and seventh. Those results were good enough to earn
the Ukrainian victory in the Open class both times. Foray was
14th and 12th. “It was more of a test weekend
and I was not really racing for results,” said Mikhalchik. “The guys
here are pretty quick, but I was able to go with them. In the opening
race, I was running second for a long time and was able to challenge
for the win. We were really quick, but not quick enough to win.
However, the focus here was more on testing the tyres for the
Endurance World Championship. We were able to get some good
development work done and make big progress this weekend. That is very
important for our next outing in the FIM EWC in Malaysia. I really
enjoyed the weekend and I would be happy to race again in the Spanish
championship at some time in the future. Maybe I’ll even be able to go
for the win then.”

 

The season finale also began superbly for defending champion Carmelo
Morales (ESP) from BMW easyRace Team, when he secured pole position on
his BMW S 1000 RR. However, he crashed at the start of the race and
was unable to ride for the rest of the race weekend. His team-mate
Julio Dominguez (ESP), who competed on the new BMW S 1000 RR, finished
28th and 21st.

 

Australian Superbike Championship: Season finale at Sydney
Motorsport Park.

The seventh and final round of this season’s Australian Superbike
Championship (ASBK) took place at Sydney Motorsport Park (AUS). Glenn
Allerton (AUS) from the NextGen Motorsports / Maxima BMW Racing team
once again enjoyed good results in both races at the finale, finishing
eighth on both occasions. The team also ran the new BMW S 1000 RR in
the practice sessions and gathered valuable information with the new
Superbike. The team will now use that information to further develop
the new RR for the coming ASBK season.

 

All Japan Road Race Championship: Final race of the season for
the TONE RT SYNCEDGE 4413 team.

The BMW S 1000 RR also contested its final races of the year in Japan
at the weekend. The season finale of the 2019 All Japan Road Race
Championship (JP SBK) was held at Suzuka (JPN). The final round once
again featured two races in the Superbike class. BMW rider Hoshino
Tomoya (JPN / TONE RT SYNCEDGE 4413) finished 18th and 17th.