BMW duo extends its lead in the Sidecar World Championship – BMW S 1000 RR dominates in the BSB Superstock class and in the IRRC.

Pekka Päivärinta/Kirsi Kainulainen finish an exciting SWC race in Assen in second place on the podium – Taylor Mackenzie and Ian Hutchinson claim a one-two for the BMW S 1000 RR at the British Superbike Championship round in Brands Hatch, while the BMW Motorrad Motorsport racers in the International Road Racing Championship secure a double top-five lock-out in Horice.

Munich (DE), 10th August 2016. Three different racing events and three big successes for the BMW Motorrad Motorsport racers: this is the summary of the past weekend. In the FIM Sidecar World Championship (SWC), Finnish duo Pekka Päivärinta and Kirsi Kainulainen extended their overall lead by finishing second in Assen (NL). In the British Superbike Championship (BSB) Superstock race in Brands Hatch (GB), Taylor Mackenzie (GB) and Ian Hutchinson (GB) claimed a one-two for the BMW S 1000 RR, cementing their top positions in the championship. The BMW riders in the International Road Racing Championship (IRRC) were in action in Horice (CZ) and celebrated a double top-five lock-out for the BMW S 1000 RR. These results also led to several changes in the top positions of the 2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy.

2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy.

Michal Prášek (CZ / AARR STK) continues to lead the standings in the 2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy with 325.60 Race Trophy points, but behind him there have been several changes. New in second place is Vincent Lonbois (BE / IRRC) with 291.55 points. He is followed by Jordan Szoke (CA / CSBK) in third with 291.25 points. After his fifth win of the season in the Superstock class of the British Superbike Championship (BSB STK), Taylor Mackenzie (GB) improved to fourth place with 263.64 points. Sébastien Le Grelle (BE / IRRC) climbed to fifth place with 249.36 points (see full standings below).

FIM Sidecar World Championship in Assen, The Netherlands.

At the Gamma Racing Day in Assen (NL), the FIM Sidecar Word Championship (SWC) held its fourth round of the season. The huge crowd witnessed a nail-biting battle for the victory in the sidecar race, with Finnish BMW duo Pekka Päivärinta / Kirsi Kainulainen (44-Racing) finishing second, only 0.054 seconds behind the winners. With this result, Päivärinta/Kainulainen extended their overall lead in the world championship. They now have 121 points to their name and an advantage of 26 points over their closest rival. Mike Roscher/Anna Burkard (DE / Roscher-Burkard Penz13 Racing) were classified sixth in their BMW powered sidecar.

British Superbike Championship in Brands Hatch, Great Britain.

The British Superbike Championship (BSB) teams and the experts from BMW Motorrad Motorsport were in action at the Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit (GB) last weekend to contest the seventh round of the 2016 season. In the Superbike class (BSB SBK), three BMW S 1000 RR racers claimed top-ten finishes. Lee Jackson (GB / Buildbase BMW Motorrad) finished the two encounters in fifth and sixth respectively. His teammate Richard Cooper (GB) was eighth and fifth. Tyco BMW rider Christian Iddon (GB) crossed the line in ninth and tenth.

The race for the Superstock class (BSB STK) saw a one-two for the BMW S 1000 RR and a total of seven BMW riders in the top ten. Championship leader Taylor Mackenzie (GB / Buildbase BMW Motorrad) celebrated his fifth win of the season. Second placed Tyco BMW rider Ian Hutchinson (GB) joined him on the podium. In the overall standings, leader Mackenzie and runner-up Hutchinson extended their advantage over their closest rivals. Michael Rutter (GB / Bathams SMT) crossed the line in fourth and Joshua Elliott (GB / Tyco BMW) was fifth. Fellow BMW riders Adam Jenkinson (GB / NEI Motorsport), Chrissy Rouse (GB / CECS Mission Racing) and Leon Jeacock (GB/ Geo E Davies Racing) followed in seventh, eighth and tenth.

International Road Racing Championship in Horice, Czech Republic.

The BMW S 1000 RR dominated the fourth round of the 2016 International Road Racing Championship (IRRC) in Horice (CZ). The BMW riders celebrated no less than a double top-five lock-out. The first race was won by guest starter Marek Cervený (CZ) followed by Didier Grams (DE / G&G Motorsport) in second place and Sébastien Le Grelle (BE / Herpigny Motors BMW Motorrad Belux) in third. Le Grelle’s teammate Vincent Lonbois (BE) was fourth and Kamil Holan (PL / BMW Motorrad Czech Republic) crossed the line in fifth.

In race two, it was Grams’ turn to be on the top step of the podium. The German rider won with an advantage of six seconds over second placed Cervený. Le Grelle, Lonbois and Holan again followed in third, fourth and fifth. In the IRRC championship standings, Lonbois leads, Le Grelle is second and Grams is third.

2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy – Current Standings.

Status: 10th August 2016

18. Benjamin Colliaux (FR/FR EU/172.69), 19. Ben Young (GB/CSBK/169.00), 20. Joshua Elliott (GB/BSB STK/167.27), 21. Martin Choy (BG/AARR SBK/158.80), 22. Michael Rutter (GB/BSB STK/158.73), 23. Mathieu Gines (FR/IDM SBK/156.11), 24. Jordi Torres (ES/WorldSBK/151.00), 25. Jan Bühn (DE/IDM STK/150.15), 26. Florian Brunet-Lugardon (FR/FR EU/147.69), 27. Lance Isaacs (ZA/RSA SBK/147.14), 28. Miloš Cihak (CZ/AARR SBK/132.80), 29. Michael Leon (CA/CSBK/132.75), 30. Michael Laverty (GB/BSB SBK/131.40), 31. Matteo Ferrari (IT/CIV/128.40), 32. Richard Cooper (GB/BSB SBK/121.00), 33. Christian Iddon (GB/BSB SBK/118.60), 34. Pepijn Bijsterbosch (NL/IDM STK/115.85), 35. Michel Amalric (FR/FR EU/110.77), 36. Colin Butler (CA/MSC SBK/110.00), 37. Martin Tritscher (AT/AARR STK/108.80), 38. Mike Roscher/Anna Burkard (DE/SWC/105.41), 39. Cyril Brunet-Lugardon (FR/FR EU/99.69), 40. Santiago Barragán (ES/CEV/99.49), 41. Marek Hartl (CZ/AARR STK/98.80), 42. Hernani Teixeira (FR/FR EU/96.00), 43. Marco Nekvasil (AT/IDM STK/94.00), 44. Hudson Kennaugh (ZA/BSB STK/88.00), 45. Petr Bicište (CZ/IRRC/84.00), 46. Denni Schiavoni (IT/CIV/83.60), 47. Markus Reiterberger (DE/WorldSBK/80.00), 48. Madjid Idres (FR/FR EU/77.54), 49. Steve Rapp (US/AMA SBK/74.93), 50. Joshua Brookes (AU/WorldSBK/74.20), 51. Lee Jackson (GB/BSB SBK/73.00), 52. Nasarudin Mat Yusop (MY/MSC STK/72.80), 53. Lee Johnston (GB/BMW RRC/71.00), 54. Garrick Vlok (ZA/RSA SBK/70.86), 55. Julien Brun (FR/FR EU/69.38), 56. Luca Vitali (IT/STK1000/69.25), 57. David Bouvier (FR/FR EU/68.96), 58. David Datzer (DE/IRRC/65.45), 59. Bertrand Boyer (FR/FR EU/64.00), 60. Marc Neumann (DE/IDM STK/57.08), 61. Camille Hedelin (FR/EWC SBK/54.53), 61. Clive Rambure (FR/EWC SBK/54.53), 63. Leon Jeacock (GB/BSB STK/53.82), 64. Karel Abraham (CZ/WorldSBK/51.90), 64. Alastair Seeley (GB/BMW RRC/51.90), 66. Chrissy Rouse (GB/BSB STK/50.18), 67. Roberto Blazquez (ES/CEV/50.00), 68. Daisaku Sakai (JP/MFJ/49.67), 69. Arnaud Friedrich (DE/IDM STK/49.38), 70. Jeremy Cook (US/AMA STK/49.33), 71. Adam Jenkinson (GB/BSB STK/43.64), 72. Alex Olsen (GB/BSB STK/42.18), 73. Rob McNealy (GB/BSB STK/39.09), 74. Rene Skalicky (CZ/AARR STK/35.80), 75. Michal Bidas (CZ/AARR STK/35.20), 76. Sam West (GB/BMW RRC/34.20), 77. Yuta Kodama (JP/MFJ/33.67), 78. Manu Dagault (FR/FR EU/32.00), 79. Dominic Chang (SG/MSC STK/31.60), 80. Michal Šembera (CZ/AARR SBK/31.20), 81. Ronald Slamet (ZA/RSA SBK/31.14), 82. Björn Stuppi (DE/IDM STK/30.62), 83. Martin Jessopp (GB/BMW RRC/30.00), 84. Davo Johnson (AU/BMW RRC/29.80), 85. Nicolas Senechal (FR/EWC SBK/29.77), 86. Ricky Lee Weare (ZA/RSA SBK/29.14), 87. Eric Vionnet (CH/STK1000/28.75), 88. Michal Fojtik (CZ/AARR STK/27.60), 89. Ben Godfrey (GB/BSB STK/27.09), 90. Maxime Bonnot (FR/FSBK SBK/27.08), 91. Dominic Herbertson (GB/BMW RRC/24.80), 92. Dominique Platet (FR/EWC SBK/24.77), 93. Léon Benichou (FR/FR EU/24.31), 94. Lim Ho Gon (KR/MFJ/23.00), 94. Shinya Takeishi (JP/MFJ/23.00), 96. Barry Teasdale (GB/BSB STK/21.82), 97. Adrián Bonastre (ES/CEV/19.00), 97. Howie Mainwaring Smart (GB/BSB SBK/19.00), 99. Justin Gillesen (ZA/RSA SBK/18.86), 100. Jakub Smrz (CZ/BSB SBK/18.40), 101. Etienne Nelson (ZA/RSA SBK/17.71), 102. Gauthier Duwelz (BE/STK1000/17.25), 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. Pedro Rodriguez (ES/CEV/12.60), 107. Matthieu Lussiana (FR/WorldSBK/12.20), 108. John Krieger (ZA/RSA SBK/11.14), 109. Sabine Holbrook (DE/AARR SBK/7.60), 110. Heinrich Rheeder (ZA/RSA SBK/3.29), 111. Federico D’Annunzio (IT/STK1000/7.50), 112. Pierre Bezuidenhout (ZA/RSA SBK/6.57), 113. Thomas Toffel (CH/STK1000/5.75), 114. Pascal Meslet (FR/FR EU/4.92), 115. Valter Patronen (FI/CEV/4.80), 116. Matej Smrz (BSB SBK/ 4.60), 117. Eric Dagault (FR/FR EU/3.69), 118. Jacques van Wyngaardt (ZA/RSA SBK/3.43), 119. Derek McGee (IE/BMW RRC/1.60), 120. Elwyn Steenkamp (ZA/RSA SBK/1.14), 121. Daniel Cooper (GB/BMW RRC/0.00), 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)

More, from a press release issued by DesmoSport Ducati:

DISAPPOINTMENT FOR DESMOSPORT DUCATI AND JONES AT MORGAN PARK

DesmoSport Ducati was unable to register a race finish at the weekend’s penultimate round of the 2016 Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK) after frustrating technical issues plagued the team’s progress at Morgan Park in Queensland.

Defending ASBK champion Mike Jones displayed his capabilities around the Warwick-based circuit in qualifying, working his way through to the six-rider Pirelli Superpole session in a limited number of laps and then slotting his 1299 Panigale S into third on the grid with a 1m14.211s, just 0.385s outside of the pole time.

“I was really looking forward to competing at my home round of the ASBK, it would have been really nice with all the support we had across the weekend,” Jones reflected. “I’d have really liked to show what we could do and in the limited amount of time I had on the circuit we certainly showed we were more than capable of running at the front.

“It was obviously very positive and quite fantastic to make it into the Pirelli Superpole and qualifying the DesmoSport Ducati on the front row of the grid. That was definitely the highlight and now we look forward to finishing the season off strongly as a team at Winton.”

Team co-owner and manager Ben Henry said: “It was certainly a really difficult weekend for the team with many of our supporters watching on, but unfortunately these things can happen in motorbike racing and we are working hard to solve the problems that we have encountered.

“We are really thankful for everybody’s patience and especially Mike, he was truly a professional all weekend at Morgan Park and his qualifying result shows just how talented and skilled he is on the bike – it was something to see and we can’t express that enough, just how quickly he got up to speed in his limited laps completed.”

Fellow DesmoSport Ducati owner Troy Bayliss, the Gold Coast-based triple World Superbike Champion and ASBK ambassador, once again delighted selected lucky fans with two-up experience rides aboard his Panigale throughout the Queensland round.

The sixth and final round of the 2016 Australian Superbike Championship will be contested at Winton Motor Raceway in Victoria on 30 September-1 October. Visit the series website at www.asbk.com.au for further information.

More, from a press release issued by James Rispoli’s publicist:

Rookie Rispoli building with more progress at Brands Hatch

American James Rispoli completed a positive weekend at Brands Hatch last weekend, building on his previous performances to improve his pace throughout the seventh round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship, and was narrowly denied points in both races.

Rispoli and the Anvil Hire TAG Racing Yamaha team began the weekend with a solid start in free practice, improving their pace throughout the weekend to improve his lap time by 1.808s between free practice and qualifying, before a crash in the final stages of Q1.

Rispoli’s time put him through to Q2, but with damage to the YZF-R1 he was unable to return to the track to try and improve his time. The 25-year-old was typically determined for the races, battling hard in both races to finish within the top 15, finishing in 18th place and feeling positive of further steps forward.

Rispoli said: “We actually had a really productive weekend at Brands Hatch and although FP1 wasn’t the best, we continued to make progress ahead of qualifying. We were able to push some of the limits and it was a really, really tight field as always.

“By the end of Q1 we seemed to have solved our tyre life issue for Brands Hatch as we had amazing tyre lift there and we had a pretty decent bike underneath us. We were finding three to four tenths with each session and that put us down to a 1m:26.2 on my second lap of qualifying, which put me in Q2.

“Unfortunately we had a small crash which hindered us and stopped us making Q2 which was disappointing as we were 0.5 away from Superpole and being in the top nine with that time and I felt there was still more to be found in Q2. Our targets all year have been the boys in blue and we were 0.3s off Hopper and 0.5 off Parkes, so for us that is a huge accomplishment for me in my rookie season and with the package we have at the moment.

“I think that we were able to develop a decent race pace although it was still not enough to run with the people we know we should be running with and race one was a big struggle. In race two we found something and were able to run a better pace by a few tenths a lap and I was fighting for 14th or 15th with some good guys. We still have to make some more progress with development with power curves to stay with some of the other bikes in certain areas as well as working on fuel capacity.

“It was a bit unfortunate towards the end of race two when I could have had a go on the guys in front of me, but we had a small fuel consumption issue at the end of the race.

“It was a very positive weekend for me, I think I am riding well and improving in the Superbike class and this is definitely just a development year for me and now we look at Cadwell Park and look at how we can jeep improving.”

For more information please visit www.jamesrispoli.com