Michael Dunlop and Ian Hutchinson celebrate a one-two for the BMW S 1000 RR at the Isle of Man Senior TT – Hutchinson takes the lead in the BMW Motorrad Race Trophy.

The one-two with new records in the Senior TT rounds off a successful 2016 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy for the BMW S 1000 RR – The Voelpker NRT48 by Schubert-Motors team and Maximilian Scheib claim podium finishes in the FIM Endurance World Championship and the FIM CEV Superbike European Championship, while Danilo Lewis continues his streak of wins in the SuperBike Series Brasil.

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 Bicište (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)

More, from a press release issued by Remy Gardner’s publicist:

Remy Dominates At Catalunya To Win In Moto2

A week on from the stunning performance that saw Remy Gardner race to a maiden World Championship point in Moto2 and the talented Aussie was making headlines at the Catalunya circuit again, but this time as a Moto2 winner.

The latest round of the FIM CEV Repsol European championship took place on the same circuit as last week’s Catalan GP with Gardner keen to continue his run of form. Returning to race with the Race Experience team had it not been for a technical problem in the opening encounter Gardner could have been celebrating the double!

A couple of small front end crashes during practice didn’t hinder #87. Gardner secured a front row start (2nd) after he was one of only a couple of riders to improve during the warmer second qualifying session on Saturday thanks to some set-up changes between sessions.

Never out of the top three all weekend Remy made an incredible start when the lights went out to start race one, creating a gap of more than 3 seconds in the opening 3 laps of the 17 lap race as he ran comfortably at the front. Continuing to stretch his advantage Gardner’s chance of a maiden win were over before half distance as his Race Experience machine started to smoke before failing, taking what was odds on to be his first ever Moto2 podium with it.

Retiring to the pits a clearly dejected Remy had only one thing on his mind – making amends in race two, and after some technical fixes he lined up on the grid once more. This time around there were no engine problems and Remy who was never headed romped to the win. The result was significant for Remy who became the first Aussie to win in Moto2 and underlined his achievement at the Catalan GP that saw him score a point on his Moto2 GP debut.

The win in race two sees Remy leapfrog up the championship standings where he now sits 7th after 3 events.

Remy Gardner – 1st: “Qualifying went well after a couple of small crashes in practice. We changed the set-up for second qualifying and it was better which meant I could improve even though it was much hotter and we made the front row again! Race one was going perfect until the bike started to leak oil and I had to retire after being several seconds ahead. My foot was slipping off the pegs and then there was smoke and I was black flagged so that was the end of that. Race two we still had some problems and I don’t know if the bike was leaking oil again. I was having issues shifting back and on one lap it came back two gears into first and I ran on and nearly crashed but I was able to regroup and take my first ever Moto2 win. Ricky Cardus started to really push though and the gap at one point was about a second in the closing stages so I pushed full on in the last few laps to keep the gap. When I got into parc ferme there was more oil on the swing arm but thankfully it didn’t stop us taking the win. Have had so much support from around the world on social media which is great – thanks guys!”

More, from a press release issued by Dave Rhinehart’s publicist:

Rhinehart wins again at Road America

Continuing his success in the 2016 Thruxton Cup with AHRMA, Dave Rhinehart took the checkered flag at Road America. The season continued at Road America June 10 through June 12 with The Rockerbox Motofest.

After a close battle on Saturday June 11, Rhinehart regrouped and finished first on Sunday June 12.

“I absolutely love this track! Road America was my first ever race with AHRMA a few years ago in the Thruxton Cup. I can’t thank Paul Runion from Speyside Enterprises enough for getting my K-Tech Suspension working so well. The continued support on and off the track has made all the difference to my race program this year.”

The Thruxton Cup action continues July 8 through July 10 at New Jersey Motorsports Park with the fourth Annual NJMP Vintage Motorcycle Festival.

Rhinehart would like to thank each of his sponsors for their continued support in the 2016 racing season: Scorpion Helmets and Gloves, Triumph Motorcycles, K-Tech Suspension, Castrol Oil, Galfer Brakes, Vortex, Speyside Moto, XT Racing, Bridgestone Tires, Evol Technology, Rhinehart Development, Rhinehart Finishing, BES Incorporated, and Chicken Hawk Racing.