More podium honours for the BMW S 1000 RR racers – Racing action on three different continents.

Munich (DE), 3rd August 2016. It was another busy weekend for the BMW
S 1000 RR riders and the BMW Motorrad Motorsport experts, with four
events on three continents. With the famous “Suzuka 8 Hours” (JP), the
2016 FIM Endurance World Championship (EWC) season continued in Japan.
In the Superbike IDM / International German Championship (IDM),
Mathieu Gines (FR) and Bastien Mackels (BE) claimed further podium
finishes for the BMW S 1000 RR in Schleiz (DE). In addition, the BMW
riders were in action in the Italian Superbike Championship (CIV) in
Misano (IT) and the South African SuperGP Champions Trophy (RSA SBK)
in Delmas (ZA). With their results, they all collected further points
towards the 2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy (see full standings below).

 

 

FIM Endurance World Championship in Suzuka, Japan.

 

The “Suzuka 8 Hours” (JP) marked the third round of the 2016 FIM
Endurance World Championship (EWC). This race is the most important
event on that country’s racing calendar, with all Japanese
manufacturers entering full works teams with prominent rider line-ups.
This year, nearly 70 teams took part, among them eight privateer BMW
Motorrad Motorsport customer teams. The highest placed BMW S 1000 RR
was the number 135 of Team Tras 135HP: Yuta Kodama (JP), Gary Johnson
(GB) and Ryosuke Katahira (JP) claimed 16th place. They were directly
followed by Koji Teramoto (JP), Pedro Vallcaneras (ES) and Toshitane
Soma (JP) of team Motorrad Rennsport in 17th.

 

 

Superbike IDM / International German Championship in Schleiz, Germany.

 

The fifth round of the 2016 Superbike IDM / International German
Championship (IDM) was held at “Schleizer Dreieck” (DE) last weekend.
On this occasion, Mathieu Gines (FR) and Bastien Mackels (BE) claimed
two more podium finishes for the BMW S 1000 RR.

 

Van Zon-Remeha-BMW rider Gines was second both overall and in the
Superbike class (IDM SBK) in race one. He crossed the line only 0.194
seconds behind the winner. However, the Frenchman, who is runner-up in
the championship, experienced bad luck in race two. He had a crash
through no fault of his own and suffered fractures to his forearm. We
wish Mathieu a speedy recovery.

 

It was Mackels’ turn to step onto the podium in race two. The Belgian
Wilbers-BMW-Racing rider finished third overall and second in the
Superbike class. In the first encounter, Mackels had taken the
chequered flag in fifth. Two more BMW riders secured finishes in the
overall top ten: Dominik Vincon (DE / BMW Stilgenbauer) was ninth in
race one (fourth in the Superstock class IDM STK), directly followed
by Jan Bühn (DE / Van Zon-Remeha-BMW) in tenth (fifth in the IDM STK).

 

 

Italian Superbike Championship in Misano, Italy.

 

Misano (IT) on the Adriatic coast hosted the third round of the 2016
Italian Superbike Championship (CIV). The highest placed BMW riders
were Lorenzo Lanzi (IT / TMF) and Matteo Ferrari (IT / DMR Racing
Team). Lanzi finished both races in fifth on his BMW S 1000 RR.
Ferrari secured fourth in the second heat, after he was tenth in race
one. His DMR Racing team-mate Denni Schiavoni (IT) was seventh and
sixth. Alessandro Polita (IT / Tutapista) also raced into the top ten,
finishing the first race in eighth.

 

 

South African SuperGP Champions Trophy in Delmas, South Africa
.

 

After a break of two months, the 2016 South African SuperGP Champions
Trophy (RSA SBK) resumed at the “Red Star Raceway” near Delmas (ZA)
last weekend. The array of nine BMW S 1000 RR riders was led by Lance
Isaacs (ZA / Lance Isaacs Racing) and Garrick Vlok (ZA). Isaacs
finished the two races in fourth and sixth. Vlok crossed the line in
sixth and fifth.

 

 

2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy – Current Standings.

 

Status: 3rd August 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. Mathieu
Gines (FR/IDM SBK/156.11), 21. Jordi Torres (ES/WorldSBK/151.00), 22.
Jan Bühn (DE/IDM STK/150.15), 23. Joshua Elliott (GB/BSB STK/148.55),
24. Florian Brunet-Lugardon (FR/FR EU/147.69), 25. Lance Isaacs
(ZA/RSA SBK/147.14), 26. Didier Grams (DE/IRRC/137.73), 27. Michael
Rutter (GB/BSB STK/134.09), 28. Miloš Cihak (CZ/AARR SBK/132.80), 29.
Michael Leon (CA/CSBK/132.75), 30. Matteo Ferrari (IT/CIV/128.40), 31.
Michael Laverty (GB/BSB SBK/126.80), 32. Pepijn Bijsterbosch (NL/IDM
STK/115.85), 33. Michel Amalric (FR/FR EU/110.77), 34. Colin Butler
(CA/MSC SBK/110.00), 35. Martin Tritscher (AT/AARR STK/108.80), 36.
Christian Iddon (GB/BSB SBK/105.20), 37. Richard Cooper (GB/BSB
SBK/102.80), 38. Cyril Brunet-Lugardon (FR/FR EU/99.69), 39. Santiago
Barragán (ES/CEV/99.49), 40. Marek Hartl (CZ/AARR STK/98.80), 41.
Hernani Teixeira (FR/FR EU/96.00), 42. Marco Nekvasil (AT/IDM
STK/94.00), 43. Hudson Kennaugh (ZA/BSB STK/88.00), 44. Mike
Roscher/Anna Burkard (DE/SWC/84.30), 45. Denni Schiavoni
(IT/CIV/83.60), 46. Markus Reiterberger (DE/WorldSBK/80.00), 47.
Madjid Idres (FR/FR EU/77.54), 48. Steve Rapp (US/AMA SBK/74.93), 49.
Joshua Brookes (AU/WorldSBK/74.20), 50. Nasarudin Mat Yusop (MY/MSC
STK/72.80), 51. Lee Johnston (GB/BMW RRC/71.00), 52. Garrick Vlok
(ZA/RSA SBK/70.86), 53. Julien Brun (FR/FR EU/69.38), 54. Luca Vitali
(IT/STK1000/69.25), 55. David Bouvier (FR/FR EU/68.96), 56. Petr
Bičiště (CZ/IRRC/66.91), 57. Bertrand Boyer (FR/FR EU/64.00), 58. Marc
Neumann (DE/IDM STK/57.08), 59. Camille Hedelin (FR/EWC SBK/54.53),
59. Clive Rambure (FR/EWC SBK/54.53), 61. Lee Jackson (GB/BSB
SBK/53.20), 62. Karel Abraham (CZ/WorldSBK/51.90), 62. Alastair Seeley
(GB/BMW RRC/51.90), 64. Roberto Blazquez (ES/CEV/50.00), 65. Daisaku
Sakai (JP/MFJ/49.67), 66. Arnaud Friedrich (DE/IDM STK/49.38), 67.
Jeremy Cook (US/AMA STK/49.33), 68. Leon Jeacock (GB/BSB STK/45.09),
69. David Datzer (DE/IRRC/42.55), 70. Alex Olsen (GB/BSB STK/42.18),
71. Rob McNealy (GB/BSB STK/36.18), 72. Chrissy Rouse (GB/BSB
STK/35.82), 73. Rene Skalicky (CZ/AARR STK/35.80), 74. Michal Bidas
(CZ/AARR STK/35.20), 75. Sam West (GB/BMW RRC/34.20), 76. Yuta Kodama
(JP/MFJ/33.67), 77. Manu Dagault (FR/FR EU/32.00), 78. Dominic Chang
(SG/MSC STK/31.60), 79. Michal Šembera (CZ/AARR SBK/31.20), 80. Ronald
Slamet (ZA/RSA SBK/31.14), 81. Björn Stuppi (DE/IDM STK/30.62), 82.
Adam Jenkinson (GB/BSB STK/30.55), 83. Davo Johnson (AU/BMW
RRC/29.80), 84. Nicolas Senechal (FR/EWC SBK/29.77), 85. Ricky Lee
Weare (ZA/RSA SBK/29.14), 86. Eric Vionnet (CH/STK1000/28.75), 87.
Michal Fojtik (CZ/AARR STK/27.60), 88. Maxime Bonnot (FR/FSBK
SBK/27.08), 89. Martin Jessopp (GB/BMW RRC/25.40), 90. Dominic
Herbertson (GB/BMW RRC/24.80), 91. Dominique Platet (FR/EWC
SBK/24.77), 92. Léon Benichou (FR/FR EU/24.31), 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. Etienne Nelson (ZA/RSA SBK/17.71), 100. Gauthier
Duwelz (BE/STK1000/17.25), 101. Ben Godfrey (GB/BSB STK/17.09), 102.
Jakub Smrz (CZ/BSB SBK/16.90), 103. Janez Prosenik (SI/EWC SBK/15.65),
104. Michal Filla (CZ/IDM STK/15.54), 105. Evert Stoffberg (ZA/RSA
SBK/14.29), 106. Ales Nechvatal (CZ/IRRC/13.09), 107. Pedro Rodriguez
(ES/CEV/12.60), 108. Matthieu Lussiana (FR/WorldSBK/12.20), 109. John
Krieger (ZA/RSA SBK/11.14), 110. Sabine Holbrook (DE/AARR SBK/7.60),
111. Heinrich Rheeder (ZA/RSA SBK/3.29), 112. Federico D’Annunzio
(IT/STK1000/7.50), 113. Pierre Bezuidenhout (ZA/RSA SBK/6.57), 114.
Thomas Toffel (CH/STK1000/5.75), 115. Pascal Meslet (FR/FR EU/4.92),
116. Valter Patronen (FI/CEV/4.80), 117. Matej Smrz (BSB SBK/ 4.60),
118. Eric Dagault (FR/FR EU/3.69), 119. Jacques van Wyngaardt (ZA/RSA
SBK/3.43), 120. Derek McGee (IE/BMW RRC/1.60), 121. Elwyn Steenkamp
(ZA/RSA SBK/1.14), 122. Daniel Cooper (GB/BMW RRC/0.00), 122.
Christophe Costes (FR/FR EU/0.00), 122. Stefan Dolipski (DE/AMA
STK/0.00), 122. Ryan Farquhar (GB/BMW RRC/0.00), 122. Marcel Irnie
(CA/CSBK/0.00), 122. Aaron League (US/BSB STK/0.00), 122. Joan
Sardanyons (ES/CEV/0.00), 122. Tomas Svitok (SK/AARR STK/0.00)