Misano Adriatico. Before heading to the sixth round of the
2019 FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) at Jerez de la
Frontera (ESP), the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team completed two days of
testing at Misano, Italy. The team used the Wednesday and Thursday
test to evaluate new components for the BMW S 1000 RR Superbikes of
riders Tom Sykes (GBR) and Markus Reiterberger (GER).
BMW Motorrad Motorsport took further development updates in the
software and chassis areas to Misano, including a new triple clamp.
Despite the weather not being ideal, with rain limiting track time,
the team made further progress. In addition, the rain enabled the BMW
Motorrad WorldSBK Team to gather important information in wet
conditions. Next week, the team will travel to Jerez de la Frontera,
where round six will be held from 7th to 9th June.
Quotes after the Misano test.
Tom Sykes: “Certainly, the entire BMW Motorrad
WorldSBK Team has done a good job. We had quite a lot of fundamental
items to get through. The weather gave us some limitations in track
time but I feel we had a very structured plan considering. We’ve
worked through various things and gained a lot of valuable information
that we can use to move forward. I was ultimately happy with the
information and what it gives us in terms of feeling with the BMW S
1000 RR on this track. Certainly, the mixed conditions and the kind of
lack of surface grip gave us the chance to test different parameters
of the bike. So overall I think it has been a successful test and an
important one at this point of the season considering it’s a new
project so we will see now how we will line-up going into the next race.”
Markus Reiterberger: “Wednesday was a very
interesting day for us as it was our first day with the new BMW S 1000
RR in fully wet conditions. I actually enjoyed that a lot. I had a lot
of fun racing the bike in the rain. We made a big step forward in the
electronics area that enabled me to do really fast lap times in the
wet. It was very important for us to get an understanding for how to
set up the bike for these conditions. In dry conditions, we still have
some work to do but we’ve made another step in the right direction. We
tested some different settings and some new parts. Overall, I’m happy
with the test, we will now continue to work hard and give our best.”