Successful outings by the BMW racers in the FIM Endurance World Championship and the FIM Sidecar World Championship – One-two for the BMW S 1000 RR in the BSB Superstock class.

The Penz13.com BMW Motorrad Team claims its first podium in the Superbike class of the EWC and Pekka Päivärinta/Kirsi Kainulainen defend the overall lead in the SWC courtesy of a double podium in Oschersleben – Ian Hutchinson and Taylor Mackenzie secure a one-two for the RR in the British Superbike Championship, while Maximilian Scheib steps onto the podium twice in the FIM CEV Superbike European Championship.

Munich (DE), 31st August 2016. The BMW racers and the on-site experts from BMW Motorrad Motorsport can look back at another successful weekend in two world championships, as well as in other major racing series. Taking to the track in Oschersleben (DE), Cadwell Park (GB), Portimão (PT) and Aldo Scribante (ZA), the BMW S 1000 RR riders also collected further points towards the 2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy (see full standings below).

FIM Endurance World Championship in Oschersleben, Germany.

The “8 Hours EWC Oschersleben” (DE) marked the season finale of the 2016 FIM Endurance World Championship (EWC). It was the home round for several BMW teams, including the Penz13.com BMW Motorrad Team of team principal Rico Penzkofer (DE) – and the squad had reason to celebrate. Riders Kenny Foray (FR) and Lukáš Pešek (CZ) secured the first ever podium finish for the number 13 BMW S 1000 RR in the highest category, the Superbike class EWC (EWC SBK). After eight hours, they crossed the line in third for a podium. The Penz13.com team has only contested a few EWC races in the highest class so far, and with this success it proved to be competitive among the strong and established factory endurance teams. Team Lukoil BMW Motorrad CSEU also scored a strong result: Roland Resch (AT), Fabrizio Lai (IT) and Julian Mayer (AT) crossed the line in seventh with the number 52 BMW S 1000 RR.

In the Superstock class (EWC STK), officially named the FIM Endurance World Cup, the Völpker NRT48 by Schubert-Motors team came to Oschersleben as the overall leader. The squad, however, experienced a difficult season finale just a few kilometres away from its team base. In qualifying rider Dominik Vincon (DE) crashed and suffered fractures to his femur and arm. We wish Dominik a speedy recovery. The BMW sister team Penz13.com helped out and loaned them its third rider, Matthieu Lussiana (FR), to stand in for injured Vincon and race the number 48 BMW S 1000 RR together with Bastien Mackels (BE) and Stefan Kerschbaumer (AT). Unfortunately the race was over for them after two hours through no fault of their own. A massive oil spill on the track caused a number of riders to crash – including Mackels who had no chance of controlling the RR on the oily surface. The bike was too badly damaged to continue the race. In the championship standings, Völpker NRT48 ended the season in third overall.

FIM Sidecar World Championship in Oschersleben, Germany.

The Motorsport Arena Oschersleben (DE) also hosted the penultimate round of the 2016 FIM Sidecar World Championship (SWC) last weekend. Finnish duo Pekka Päivärinta / Kirsi Kainulainen (44-Racing) continued their streak of success with another double podium. In the sprint race on Saturday, they were third, while they finished the gold race on Sunday in second with their sidecar powered by a BMW S 1000 RR engine. With this result, they defended the overall lead in the world championship standings: With only one more round to go, Päivärinta/Kainulainen have an advantage of 23 points over their closest rivals. Mike Roscher/Anna Burkard (DE / Roscher-Burkard Penz13 Racing) finished the two races in seventh and fifth respectively.

British Superbike Championship in Cadwell Park, Great Britain.

Round eight of the 2016 British Superbike Championship (BSB) was held at Cadwell Park (GB) last weekend. In the first race for the Superbike class (BSB SBK), Richard Cooper (GB / Buildbase BMW Motorrad) was the highest placed BMW rider, crossing the line in eighth. He was followed by Jake Dixon (GB / Royal Air Force Regular & Reserve) in ninth and Michael Laverty (GB / Tyco BMW) in tenth. In race two over the hilly circuit, Dixon was the best-placed BMW rider in tenth.

The race for the Superstock class (BSB STK) saw another one-two for the BMW S 1000 RR and, in total, no less then eight RRs crossed the line in the top ten. In front, it was Ian Hutchinson (GB / Tyco BMW) who celebrated his second win of the season in this series. Taylor Mackenzie (GB / Buildbase BMW Motorrad) was second this time. Adam Jenkinson (GB / NEI Motorsport) crossed the line in fourth, while places six to ten went to Joshua Elliott (GB / Tyco BMW), Dominic Usher (GB / ONE7R / Formwise), Billy Mellor (GB / Able Engineering), Barry Teasdale (GB / Green Chem / Bob Henderson Racing) and Ashley Beech (GB / Jones-Dorling Racing). In the championship standings, Mackenzie leads with an advantage of 23 points over second placed Hutchinson.

FIM CEV Superbike European Championship in Portimão, Portugal.

After a longer summer break, the 2016 FIM CEV Superbike European Championship (CEV) resumed in Portimão (PT) last weekend. BMW racer Maximilian Scheib (CL) once more finished both races on the podium. He claimed second place on both occasions with his Targobank EasyRace SBK Team BMW S 1000 RR. His new team-mate Marcos Solorza (AR), who stood in for injured Santiago Barragán (ES), ended the races in sixth and fifth respectively. Roberto Blazquez (ES / ARC Competicion) was 11th and tenth.

South African SuperGP Champions Trophy in Aldo Scribante, South Africa.

The South African SuperGP Champions Trophy (RSA SBK) held its sixth round of the season at Aldo Scribante (ZA) last weekend. BMW S 1000 RR rider Lance Isaacs (ZA / Lance Isaacs Racing) finished the two races in fifth and sixth respectively. Ronald Slamet (ZA / Bavarian Motorcycles & Danie Maritz Racing) and Garrick Vlok (ZA) also claimed top-ten finishes, with Slamet being tenth in race one and Vlok taking this position in race two.

2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy – Current Standings.

Status: 31st August 2016

16. Jan Bühn (DE/IDM STK/194.15), 17. Danilo Lewis (BR/BRSBK/191.56), 18. Raffaele De Rosa (IT/STK1000/189.04), 19. Michael Leon (CA/CSBK/186.00), 20. Joshua Elliott (GB/BSB STK/184.55), 21. Stefan Kerschbaumer (AT/EWC STK/180.62), 21. Bastien Mackels (BE/EWC STK/180.62), 21. Dominik Vincon (DE/EWC STK/180.62), 24. Lance Isaacs (ZA/RSA SBK/175.43), 25. Pepijn Bijsterbosch (NL/IDM STK/169.69), 26. Martin Choy (BG/AARR SBK/158.80), 27. Michael Rutter (GB/BSB STK/158.73), 28. Mathieu Gines (FR/IDM SBK/156.11), 29. Jordi Torres (ES/WorldSBK/151.00), 30. Mike Roscher/Anna Burkard (DE/SWC/147.63), 31. Michael Laverty (GB/BSB SBK/142.40), 32. Michel Amalric (FR/FR EU/137.80), 33. Miloš Cihak (CZ/AARR SBK/132.80), 34. Richard Cooper (GB/BSB SBK/130.40), 35. Matteo Ferrari (IT/CIV/128.40), 36. Christian Iddon (GB/BSB SBK/121.60), 37. Cyril Brunet-Lugardon (FR/FR EU/120.31), 38. Colin Butler (CA/MSC SBK/110.00), 39. Martin Tritscher (AT/AARR STK/108.80), 40. Petr Bicište (CZ/IRRC/104.00), 41. Santiago Barragán (ES/CEV/99.49), 42. Marek Hartl (CZ/AARR STK/98.80), 43. Hernani Teixeira (FR/FR EU/96.00), 44. Marco Nekvasil (AT/IDM STK/94.00), 45. Madjid Idres (FR/FR EU/93.23), 46. Hudson Kennaugh (ZA/BSB STK/88.00), 47. Garrick Vlok (ZA/RSA SBK/87.71), 48. David Datzer (DE/IRRC/84.00), 49. Denni Schiavoni (IT/CIV/83.60), 50. Lee Jackson (GB/BSB SBK/80.00), 50. Markus Reiterberger (DE/WorldSBK/80.00), 52. Marc Neumann (DE/IDM STK/76.46), 53. Steve Rapp (US/AMA SBK/74.93), 54. Joshua Brookes (AU/WorldSBK/74.20), 55. Roberto Blazquez (ES/CEV/73.60), 56. Nasarudin Mat Yusop (MY/MSC STK/72.80), 57. Lee Johnston (GB/BMW RRC/71.00), 58. Julien Brun (FR/FR EU/69.38), 59. Luca Vitali (IT/STK1000/69.25), 60. David Bouvier (FR/FR EU/69.19), 61. Arnaud Friedrich (DE/IDM STK/66.31), 62. Bertrand Boyer (FR/FR EU/64.00), 63. Adam Jenkinson (GB/BSB STK/62.55), 64. Camille Hedelin (FR/EWC SBK/54.53), 64. Clive Rambure (FR/EWC SBK/54.53), 66. Leon Jeacock (GB/BSB STK/53.82), 67. Chrissy Rouse (GB/BSB STK/52.91), 68. Léon Benichou (FR/FR EU/52.31), 69. Karel Abraham (CZ/WorldSBK/51.90), 69. Alastair Seeley (GB/BMW RRC/51.90), 71. Daisaku Sakai (JP/MFJ/49.67), 72. Jeremy Cook (US/AMA STK/49.33), 73. Ronald Slamet (ZA/RSA SBK/48.00), 73. Sam West (GB/BMW RRC/48.00), 75. Rob McNealy (GB/BSB STK/43.45), 76. Alex Olsen (GB/BSB STK/42.18), 77. Björn Stuppi (DE/IDM STK/37.69), 78. Rene Skalicky (CZ/AARR STK/35.80), 79. Michal Bidas (CZ/AARR STK/35.20), 80. Ricky Lee Weare (ZA/RSA SBK/33.71), 81. Yuta Kodama (JP/MFJ/33.67), 82. Manu Dagault (FR/FR EU/32.00), 82. Barry Teasdale (GB/BSB STK/32.00), 84. Dominic Chang (SG/MSC STK/31.60), 85. Michal Šembera (CZ/AARR SBK/31.20), 86. Martin Jessopp (GB/BMW RRC/30.00), 87. Davo Johnson (AU/BMW RRC/29.80), 88. Nicolas Senechal (FR/EWC SBK/29.77), 89. Eric Vionnet (CH/STK1000/28.75), 90. Dominic Herbertson (GB/BMW RRC/28.00), 91. Michal Fojtik (CZ/AARR STK/27.60), 92. Ben Godfrey (GB/BSB STK/27.09), 93. Maxime Bonnot (FR/FSBK SBK/27.08), 94. Dominique Platet (FR/EWC SBK/24.77), 95. Lim Ho Gon (KR/MFJ/23.00), 95. Shinya Takeishi (JP/MFJ/23.00), 97. Derek McGee (IE/BMW RRC/22.40), 98. Evert Stoffberg (ZA/RSA SBK/20.86), 99. Jakub Smrz (CZ/BSB SBK/20.00), 99. Etienne Nelson (ZA/RSA SBK/20.00), 101. Adrián Bonastre (ES/CEV/19.00), 102. Justin Gillesen (ZA/RSA SBK/18.86), 103. John Krieger (ZA/RSA SBK/17.71), 104. Gauthier Duwelz (BE/STK1000/17.25), 105. Daniel Cooper (GB/BMW RRC/16.00), 106. Janez Prosenik (SI/EWC SBK/15.65), 107. Michal Filla (CZ/IDM STK/15.54), 108. Pedro Rodriguez (ES/CEV/12.60), 109. Matthieu Lussiana (FR/WorldSBK/12.20), 110. Heinrich Rheeder (ZA/RSA SBK/11.86), 111. Sabine Holbrook (DE/AARR SBK/7.60), 112. Federico D’Annunzio (IT/STK1000/7.50), 113. Pierre Bezuidenhout (ZA/RSA SBK/6.57), 114. Thomas Toffel (CH/STK1000/5.75), 115. Jacques van Wyngaardt (ZA/RSA SBK/5.71), 116. Pascal Meslet (FR/FR EU/4.92), 117. Valter Patronen (FI/CEV/4.80), 118. Matej Smrz (BSB SBK/ 4.60), 119. Eric Dagault (FR/FR EU/3.69), 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)

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

Rookie Rispoli rocks on at Cadwell’s ‘Party in the Park’

James Rispoli continued his campaign to make further steps forward in his rookie MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship season at the eighth round at Cadwell Park.

The American contender knew that the Lincolnshire circuit was going to be a challenging but continued to slash his personal best lap times throughout free practice into qualifying to close in on the riders ahead.

In both races Rispoli was embroiled in several close battles in his quest to add to his points tally, however with tyre wear coming into play towards the end of the 18 laps, he ending both races in 17th place.

Rispoli said: “We always knew Cadwell Park was going to be one of the most difficult tracks for us to go to; pretty much all the guys had participate in official test days and for me it was my first time ever there on the Superbike. It is such a unique circuit that it sometimes it takes a bit of a different style so that makes it even tougher.

“I went into the weekend as I always do – wanting to do the best job I can and I was feeling positive that a track like that might give us a bit of an opportunity. The start of the weekend wasn’t easy; we were 3.3 seconds off the top guys and knew we had a lot of work to do. I just stayed out as much as I could and kept spinning those laps and managed to make up over 1.5 seconds.

“I was disappointed with the races and being 17th because I’m happy with the way I rode, however there are still a lot of things we have to work at. We almost started completely from scratch last weekend with changes in the crew and with no base to start with on our R1. We did make steps forward, but this championship is so tight that you can’t afford give up that much practice time and still be competitive with the top boys.

“I know that I have the potential and so does the Yamaha R1. The new crew and I just need to keep working hard together and keep progressing so we can start getting the results we know we are capable of.”

For more information please visit www.jamesrispoli.com

More, from a press release issued by ePayMe Yamaha:

ePayMe Yamaha take positives from Cadwell Park challenges

The ePayMe Yamaha team encountered a challenging weekend at Cadwell Park for the eighth round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship over the August Bank Holiday with John Hopkins joined by Howie Mainwaring for the event.

Hopkins was pushing to get to grips with the quirky Lincolnshire circuit, pushing to improve his pace following a positive recent test ahead of the event. In the races the American bid to forge ahead but after getting nudged down the order at the start, he forced his way back to claim 14th and 15th position in the two races.

Mainwaring settled in with the team for his one event appearance and continued to make steps forward throughout the weekend, finishing the opening race in 22nd position and feeling confident of further improvements in race two. However his race was over before it started when he was hit by Fillip Backlund on the opening lap, causing him to crash out of the race.

Hopkins said: “It wasn’t the easiest weekend for us; I feel like I still haven’t fully got my head around Cadwell Park. I enjoy the track to ride, but I guess because it is so unique it takes longer to adjust to. There were positives from the weekend; I improved my fastest ever lap of the circuit by over a second and my results were the best I have ever scored there.

“We started the weekend by getting up to speed quickly and improving throughout the weekend but the times are always so close that it put me down the grid for the first race. I got a bit tangled up at the start and then had to try and make up some places, but then the next group ahead had gone.

“I got off the line well in race two and made up some places but then I came together with Lee Jackson and my elbow caught his handlebar and it pulled the muscle. It wasn’t damaged but it made it more difficult especially as it is one of the most demanding circuits we go to. We now look ahead to Oulton Park which I am really excited about because we want to move forward there.”

Mainwaring said: “I massively enjoyed the weekend and it was a big opportunity that I need to thank Tommy and the team for giving me the chance. I wish I could have had a bit longer to get myself into it as obviously everyone else have half a season under their belts, but we had some ideas after race one. Unfortunately I got hit and crashed out on the first lap and that was such a big disappointment.”

Team owner Tommy Hill commented: “It was a really disappointing weekend for the whole team. Cadwell Park is a track that I experienced a lot of success at during my career so I had high hopes for the event. The track just didn’t seem to suit John’s style and over the weekend he was trying to adjust it to match the characteristics but even after the recent test it wasn’t enough because that is how close the championship is this year.

“Howie was thrown in at the deep end at the toughest circuit on the calendar so it wasn’t ever going to be easy, but he improved throughout the weekend and after the first race we had some ideas on what would help for race two. Unfortunately he got wiped out and that was his race over before it started.

“We have been working so hard to move forward and we are now focused on Oulton Park and delivering the best performance we can as a team for all of our team partners.”

More, from a press release issued by Team Suzuki Press Office:

DUNLOP & TEAM CLASSIC SUZUKI SHATTER TT RECORDS

Michael Dunlop shattered Classic TT records in Monday’s four-lap Superbike race, posting a 126.808mph lap of the Mountain course on his Team Classic Suzuki XR69 to set a new lap record, while his dominant win also handed him a new outright race record.

Bookies favourite Dunlop, who won the race at last year’s event, started strongly, and had pulled out an eight second lead on the opening lap by the time he arrived at Ramsey. He extended his lead to 10 seconds at the Bungalow before ending the lap nearly 12 seconds to the good with a lap of 125.872mph.

The second lap saw Dunlop set his new lap record, despite having to slow down for his pit stop, his lap of 126.808mph helping him to his third Classic TT Superbike win in four attempts, crossing the line with a new race record of 1:12:57.75.

Michael Dunlop:

“It was really hard today but I kept at it. The big girl was working really well. I’ve got to thank Steve Wheatman and the boys for that. People don’t understand how hard it is but it’s hard work around here.”

Danny Webb, riding the second Suzuki Vintage Parts-backed XR69 – and making his debut in the Superbike class at the Classic TT – recorded an impressive top-10 finish, despite having to overcome a misfire in the second half of the race.

Webb completed the opening lap in 11th, before climbing to 10th on the second lap. However, his machine developed a misfire after the pit stop, limiting the progress he was able to make. He took the chequered flag in 10th place, but was eventually credited with sixth place following post-race technical inspections that found irregularities on other machines ahead of him on the final time sheets.

Danny Webb:

“The race went well. I felt comfortable from the second lap and was able to push on, but unfortunately we developed a misfire after the pit stop. It stalled at the Nook, but I managed to bump it and got it over the line. I really enjoyed the big bike. I had a target in my head for a lap time, and I beat that, so I can’t complain.”

Steve Wheatman – Team Owner:

“We’re all delighted with our 2016 Classic TT. Michael was outstanding today and showed incredible pace from the off, setting new race and lap records and giving us and our team partners a fantastic result

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“Danny’s performance has been very impressive too. To arrive here having not ridden the bike before and set the times that he has shown his true pedigree. It wasn’t plain sailing today but he dug deep, didn’t give up and showed real determination. A truly great team effort from everyone involved and a fantastic event to be part of.”