Season finale for the BMW S 1000 RR racers in the Superbike World Championship and in South Africa.

Munich (DE), 2nd November 2016. In two championships that count
towards the BMW Motorrad Race Trophy the 2016 season drew to a close
last weekend: the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK)
held its last two races of the year under the floodlights of the
Losail International Circuit in Qatar. In South Africa, the BMW S 1000
RR racers in the South African SuperGP Champions Trophy (RSA SBK) were
on track for the last time this season at the Red Star Raceway. With
their results, the participants in the Race Trophy scored more points
towards the 2016 standings (see full standings below).

 

 

MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship at Doha, Qatar.

 

A schedule of 13 rounds led the BMW S 1000 RR racers and the experts
from BMW Motorrad Motorsport all round the world in the MOTUL FIM
Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) over the past eight months.
Now the 2016 season has ended in the Qatar desert: last weekend, the
final round was held under the floodlights of the Losail International
Circuit near Doha. Jordi Torres (ES) from the Althea BMW Racing Team
claimed the best results of the BMW racers. He finished the two races
on Saturday and Sunday evening in eighth and sixth. In the overall
world championship standings Torres secured sixth place, ending the
season as best rider in a privateer team behind five factory riders.

 

Raffaele De Rosa (IT), who was crowned champion in the FIM Superstock
1000 Cup (STK1000) this season, was given the opportunity by Althea
BMW Racing Team to compete in Qatar with a wildcard. The Italian
crossed the line in 12th and ninth. Markus Reiterberger (DE / Althea
BMW Racing Team) had to retire in race one due to a technical problem
and finished the second encounter in 15th place. The Australian rider
from team Milwaukee BMW, Joshua Brookes, was 15th in race one but
crashed in race two. His team-mate Karel Abraham (CZ) retired in both races.

 

 

South African SuperGP Champions Trophy at the Red Star
Raceway, South Africa.

 

Also in the South African SuperGP Champions Trophy (RSA SBK), the
final two races of the year were held last weekend. The Red Star
Raceway near Delmas (ZA) was the venue for the season finale. In race
one, Ricky Lee Weare (ZA) was the highest placed BMW S 1000 RR rider,
crossing the line in tenth. In the second encounter two BMW racers
claimed top-six finishes. Lance Isaacs (ZA / Lance Isaacs Racing), who
had to sit out race one after a crash in the morning’s warm-up, had a
great comeback and finished fourth. David McFadden (ZA) was sixth on
his RR.

 

 

2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy – Current Standings.

 

Status: 2nd November 2016

 

 

16. Jan Bühn (DE/IDM STK/255.23), 17. Michael Rutter (GB/BSB
STK/251.27), 18. Danilo Lewis (BR/BRSBK/239.56), 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/89.20), 59.
Hudson Kennaugh (ZA/BSB STK/88.00), 60. Garrick Vlok (ZA/RSA
SBK/87.71), 61. Arnaud Friedrich (DE/IDM STK/85.69), 62. Leon Jeacock
(GB/BSB STK/75.64), 63. Alex Olsen (GB/BSB STK/71.27), 64. Lee
Johnston (GB/BMW RRC/71.00), 65. David Bouvier (FR/FR EU/69.19), 66.
Daisaku Sakai (JP/MFJ/68.75), 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. Manu Dagault
(FR/FR EU/57.23), 74. Maxime Bonnot (FR/FSBK SBK/56.00), 75. Clive
Rambure (FR/EWC SBK/54.53), 76. Björn Stuppi (DE/IDM STK/53.38), 77.
Jeremy Cook (US/AMA STK/52.53), 78. Shinya Takeishi (JP/MFJ/50.75),
79. Dominic Chang (SG/MSC STK/48.80), 80. Ronald Slamet (ZA/RSA
SBK/48.00), 80. Sam West (GB/BMW RRC/48.00), 82. Barry Teasdale
(GB/BSB STK/46.55), 83. Ricky Lee Weare (ZA/RSA SBK/46.29), 84. Jakub
Smrz (CZ/BSB SBK/44.00), 85. Yuta Kodama (JP/MFJ/40.75), 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. Derek
McGee (IE/BMW RRC/22.40), 102. Heinrich Rheeder (ZA/RSA SBK/20.43),
103. Matthieu Lussiana (FR/WorldSBK/19.80), 104. Adrián Bonastre
(ES/CEV/19.00), 105. Justin Gillesen (ZA/RSA SBK/18.86), 106. Gauthier
Duwelz (BE/STK1000/17.25), 106. Lim Ho Gon (KR/MFJ/17.25), 108. Daniel
Cooper (GB/BMW RRC/16.00), 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)