There was non-stop action and drama when the FIM Endurance World Championship returned to Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps for the first time in 21 years as the Belgian track delivered a race that matched up to its legendary status. While BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team celebrated a maiden 24-hour EWC victory to follow up its breakthrough…
Scott Redding has urged the BMW World Superbike team to “trust” his feedback more instead of pursuing an overly data-driven approach towards the improvement of its M1000RR challenger. Since making the switch from Ducati, Redding has endured a tough time at BMW, suffering a dismal opening round at Aragon last month that yielded just a…
Subject to medical clearance, BMW factory rider Michael van der Mark will return to action this weekend at Round 2 of the 2022 World Superbike Series at Assen. Van der Mark fractured his leg while training on a mountain bike in March, requiring him to undergo surgery just weeks before the start of the new…
Scott Redding has described his nightmare start to the 2022 World Superbike season with BMW as “hard to accept”, saying he was baffled by a lack of pace in Aragon. Redding joined the BMW team as a replacement for Tom Sykes, having left the factory Ducati team where he scored 12 victories and securing a…
Bol d’Or Ushers in a new season… ‘Following a remarkable 2nd-place finish at last season’s Bol d’Or and a 3rd place at the 24 Heures Motos, Penz13 Wepol Racing has left BMW for Yamaha with the latter’s backing. The German team is entered in the Formula EWC category, but has yet to announce its rider line-up’…or…
I recently attended a Welcome/Opening Dinner event for the Special Olympics Golf Masters Macau where I happened to bump into Dan Kruger. Dan was heading back to the USA via Hong Kong after completing several testing days at the Zhuhai International Circuit. One of the reasons for Dan’s test days in China was to see…
