Munich (DE), 15th June 2016. The 2016 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy
ended with another great success for the BMW S 1000 RR: a one-two by
Michael Dunlop (GB) and Ian Hutchinson (GB) in the prestigious Senior
TT, including new speed, lap and race time records. This past weekend
also saw successful outings for the BMW Motorrad Motorsport racers in
other championship, as in the FIM Endurance World Championship (EWC),
the FIM CEV Superbike European Championship (CEV) and the SuperBike
Series Brasil (BRSBK).
2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy.
The weekend brought a lot of movement to the top positions of the
2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy. The lead has changed, with Ian
Hutchinson (GB / Tyco BMW) being the new man at the top with 198.50
Race Trophy points, courtesy of his success at the Isle of Man Tourist
Trophy, which is classified for the BMW Motorrad Race Trophy through
the BMW Combined Road Race Challenge (BMW RRC). The previous leader,
Raffaele De Rosa (IT / STK1000), is now second with 182.29 Race Trophy
points. Third position is shared by the three team-mates from team
Voelpker NRT48 by Schubert-Motors, Stefan Kerschbaumer (AT), Bastien
Mackels (BE) and Dominik Vincon (DE) with 173.12 points each. They
finished second on the podium in the Superstock class of the FIM
Endurance World Championship (EWC STK) at the 12h-race in Portimão,
Portugal (see full standings below).
Isle of Man Tourist Trophy.
Three races in the 1000cc categories, three wins for the BMW S 1000
RR, including two one-two results and new records in the Superbike and
Superstock categories: this is the summary of the 2016 Isle of Man
Tourist Trophy. After Michael Dunlop (GB) and Ian Hutchinson (GB) had
won last week’s Superbike TT and the Superstock TT by setting new
records each, the Senior TT marked the final highlight of this year’s
IOMTT. The RR proved once again to be unbeatable.
Dunlop dominated the six-lap race on his Hawk Racing Superbike RR.
The 27-year old bettered his own previous records (in the Superbike
TT, he had been the first rider ever to do a lap in a time below 17
minutes), setting a historical new lap record of 16:53.929 minutes. He
rode the fastest average speed ever in 133.962 mph (approx. 215.6
km/h) and won in an overall time of 1:43:56.129 hours – also a new
record. The success for the BMW S 1000 RR was completed by Hutchinson,
who finished second on his Tyco BMW S 1000 RR. This result took him
into the lead of the 2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy. Hutchinson was
also awarded as the most successful participant in this year’s IOMTT:
he rode his BMW bikes to victory in the Superstock TT and two second
places in the Superbike TT and the Senior TT and also claimed two wins
in the 600cc Supersport races.
Two more BMW road racers finished the Senior TT in the top eight:
Michael Rutter (GB / Bathams SMT Racing) was seventh and Lee Johnston
(GB / East Coast Construction / Burdens) brought his RR home in eight.
The Munich experts from BMW Motorrad Motorsport have been on site
during the complete Isle of Man Tourist Trophy and assisted all
participating BMW teams in preparing their RRs for the races.
FIM Endurance World Championship in Portimão, Portugal.
The Munich experts have also been in action at the 12-hour race of
Portimão (PT), the second round of the 2016 FIM Endurance World
Championship (EWC). Five BMW teams tackled the endurance challenge at
the “Autódromo Internacional Algarve” and all of them took the
chequered flag after 12 hours of racing. The best placed BMW S 1000 RR
was the number 48 of German team Voelpker NRT48 by Schubert-Motors.
The trio of Bastien Mackels (BE), Stefan Kerschbaumer (AT) and Dominik
Vincon (DE) finished in seventh overall and celebrated second on the
podium of the Superstock class (EWC STK). With this result, the
Voelpker squad took the lead in the team standings of the EWC
Superstock class, while the three riders are now leading the EWC STK
riders’ championship – and improved to third place in the BMW Motorrad
Race Trophy.
The Lukoil BMW Motorrad CSEU team also finished in the top ten: The
trio of Martin Choy (BG), Lukáš Pešek (CZ) and Roland Resch (AT) come
home tenth (sixth in the Superbike class EWC SBK). The French Tecmas
Racing Team – BMW was 15th (ninth EWC SBK), directly followed by team
GERT 56 HMT by rs speedbikes in 16th (seventh EWC STK). Team LRP
Poland ended the 12-hour race in 20th overall and in tenth in the EWC SBK.
FIM CEV Superbike European Championship in Barcelona, Spain.
The fourth race of the 2016 FIM CEV Superbike European Championship
(CEV) was held in Barcelona (ES) last weekend. BMW racer Maximilian
Scheib (CL) again stepped onto the podium: he was second on his BMW S
1000 RR by the Targobank EasyRace SBK Team and also set the fastest
race lap. With this result, Scheib defended his lead in the overall
championship classification.
SuperBikeSeries Brasil in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Danilo Lewis (BR) continues to dominate in the SuperBike Series
Brasil (BRSBK). The third race of the season was held at Sao Paulo
(BR) last weekend – and Lewis celebrated his third victory of the
season on his TecFil Racing Team BMW S 1000 RR. He also set the
fastest race lap and won with an advantage of six seconds over his
closest rival. In the championship standings, Lewis further extended
his lead. Two more BMW riders finished in the top ten: Alex Borges (BR
/ PRT – Pitico Racing Team) was fifth, while Diego Petrel (BR / BMW
Motorrad Alex Barros Racing) crossed the line in tenth.
MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North American Road Racing Series at the
Barber Motorsports Park, USA
.
The sixth round of the 2016 MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North American Road
Racing Series (AMA) was held at the Barber Motorsports Park near
Birmingham, Alabama (US) last weekend. Steve Rapp (US / Scheibe
Racing) finished both races in 12th, while Jeremy Cook (US / Dead
Presidents Racing) was 16th on both occasions.
2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy – Current Standings.
Status: 15th June 2016
16. Jordi Torres (ES/WorldSBK/114.60), 17. Michael Rutter (GB/BMW
RRC/112.60), 18. Didier Grams (DE/IRRC/109.00), 19. Mathieu Gines
(FR/IDM SBK/104.73), 20. Joshua Elliott (GB/BSB STK/102.55), 21.
Santiago Barragán (ES/CEV/99.49), 22. Marco Nekvasil (AT/IDM
STK/94.00), 23. Michel Amalric (FR/FR EU/93.85), 24. Lukáš Pešek
(CZ/AARR SBK/92.00), 25. Hudson Kennaugh (ZA/BSB STK/88.00), 26.
Florian Brunet-Lugardon (FR/FR EU/87.96), 27. Hernani Teixeira (FR/FR
EU/81.54), 28. Martin Choy (BG/AARR SBK/80.80), 29. Christian Iddon
(GB/BSB SBK/77.80), 30. Cyril Brunet-Lugardon (FR/FR EU/72.92), 31.
Lee Johnston (GB/BMW RRC/71.00), 32. Martin Tritscher (AT/AARR
STK/69.60), 33. Jan Bühn (DE/IDM STK/69.54), 34. Markus Reiterberger
(DE/WorldSBK/69.00), 35. Richard Cooper (GB/BSB SBK/68.20), 36.
Bertrand Boyer (FR/FR EU/64.00), 37. Michael Laverty (GB/BSB
SBK/61.80), 38. Jordan Szoke (CA/CSBK/61.25), 39. Joshua Brookes
(AU/WorldSBK/60.20), 40. Steve Rapp (US/AMA SBK/58.40), 41. Madjid
Idres (FR/FR EU/56.92), 42. Camille Hedelin (FR/EWC SBK/54.53), 42.
Clive Rambure (FR/EWC SBK/54.53), 44. Marek Hartl (CZ/AARR STK/54.40),
45. David Bouvier (FR/FR EU/52.96), 46. Alastair Seeley (GB/BMW
RRC/51.90), 47. Pepijn Bijsterbosch (NL/IDM STK/50.00), 48. Jeremy
Cook (US/AMA STK/49.33), 49. Miloš Cihak (CZ/AARR SBK/48.80), 50. Luca
Vitali (IT/STK1000/45.50), 51. Julien Brun (FR/FR EU/45.08), 52. Petr
Bičiště (CZ/IRRC/43.64), 53. Garrick Vlok (ZA/RSA SBK/42.57), 54.
Nasarudin Mat Yusop (MY/MSC STK/41.20), 54. Denni Schiavoni
(IT/CIV/41.20), 56. Karel Abraham (CZ/WorldSBK/40.30), 57. Matteo
Ferrari (IT/CIV/38.00), 58. Pekka Päivärinta/Kirsi Kainulainen
(FI/SWC/35.36), 59. Sam West (GB/BMW RRC/34.20), 60. David Datzer
(DE/IRRC/32.73), 61. Colin Butler (CA/MSC SBK/32.00), 61. Manu Dagault
(FR/FR EU/32.00), 63. Daisaku Sakai (JP/MFJ/31.33), 64. Ronald Slamet
(ZA/RSA SBK/31.14), 65. Lee Jackson (GB/BSB SBK/30.60), 66. Davo
Johnson (AU/BMW RRC/29.80), 67. Nicolas Senechal (FR/EWC SBK/29.77),
68. Alex Olsen (GB/BSB STK/29.09), 69. Rene Skalicky (CZ/AARR
STK/26.60), 70. Roberto Blazquez (ES/CEV/26.40), 71. Ben Young
(GB/CSBK/26.00), 72. Michael Leon (CA/CSBK/25.75), 73. Dominique
Platet (FR/EWC SBK/24.77), 74. Ricky Lee Weare (ZA/RSA SBK/23.43), 75.
Leon Jeacock (GB/BSB STK/23.27), 76. Eric Vionnet (CH/STK1000/23.00),
77. Michal Šembera (CZ/AARR SBK/22.00), 78. Yuta Kodama
(JP/MFJ/20.67), 79. Rob McNealy (GB/BSB STK/20.36), 80. Maxime Bonnot
(FR/FSBK SBK/20.00), 81. Adrián Bonastre (ES/CEV/19.00), 82. Justin
Gillesen (ZA/RSA SBK/18.86), 83. Marc Neumann (DE/IDM STK/18.31), 84.
Chrissy Rouse (GB/BSB STK/17.45), 85. Michal Bidas (CZ/AARR
STK/16.80), 86. Paul Shoesmith † (GB/BMW RRC/16.80), 87. Janez
Prosenik (SI/EWC SBK/15.65), 88. Etienne Nelson (ZA/RSA SBK/15.43),
89. Lim Hogon (KR/MFJ/15.33), 89. Shinya Takeishi (JP/MFJ/15.33), 91.
Dominic Herbertson (GB/BMW RRC/13.80), 92. Léon Benichou (FR/FR
EU/13.54), 93. Evert Stoffberg (ZA/RSA SBK/13.14), 94. Pedro Rodriguez
(ES/CEV/12.60), 95. Matthieu Lussiana (FR/WorldSBK/12.20), 96.
Gauthier Duwelz (BE/STK1000/11.50), 97. Dominic Chang (SG/MSC
STK/11.20), 98. Björn Stuppi (DE/IDM STK/9.54), 99. Michal Fojtik
(CZ/AARR STK/9.20), 100. Howie Mainwaring Smart (GB/BSB SBK/8.80),
101. Sabine Holbrook (DE/AARR SBK/7.60), 102. Federico D’Annunzio
(IT/STK1000/7.50), 103. Pierre Bezuidenhout (ZA/RSA SBK/6.57), 104.
Thomas Toffel (CH/STK1000/5.75), 105. Pascal Meslet (FR/FR EU/4.92),
106. Valter Patronen (FI/CEV/4.80), 107. Matej Smrz (BSB SBK/ 4.60),
108. John Krieger (ZA/RSA SBK/4.57), 109. Heinrich Rheeder (ZA/RSA
SBK/3.29), 110. Jakub Smrz (CZ/BSB SBK/3.20), 111. Eric Dagault (FR/FR
EU/1.23), 112. Elwyn Steenkamp (ZA/RSA SBK/1.14), 113. Daniel Cooper
(GB/BMW RRC/0.00), 113. Christophe Costes (FR/FR EU/0.00), 113. Stefan
Dolipski (DE/AMA STK/0.00), 113. Ryan Farquhar (GB/BMW RRC/0.00), 113.
Ben Godfrey (GB/BSB STK/0.00), 113. Mike Roscher/Anna Burkard
(DE/SWC/0.00), 113. Joan Sardanyons (ES/CEV/0.00), 113. Tomas Svitok
(SK/AARR STK/0.00), 113. Jacques van Wyngaardt (ZA/RSASBK/0.00)