Podium finishes and a title win for the BMW S 1000 RR at the CEV season finale in Valencia.

Munich (DE), 17th November 2015. The BMW racers have successfully concluded the 2015 season in the FIM CEV Superbike European Championship (CEV). In the final race at Valencia (ES), Maximilian Scheib (CL) and Adrián Bonastre (ES) continued the podium streak for the BMW S 1000 RR. In total three RRs crossed the line in the top-four, with Miguel Ángel Poyatos (ES) finishing fourth. In the privateer class (CEV AM), BMW racer Eeki Kuparinen (FI) secured the title.

Valencia was the venue for another successful outing for the BMW racers in the CEV. Young Chilean Scheib once more proved his strong form. He finished the final race of the season second on the podium with his boxmotos.com Easyrace SBK Team BMW S 1000 RR. His team-mate Bonastre joined him on the podium, crossing the line in third. Poyatos, who was again standing in for the injured Iván Silva (ES) on the Targobank Motorsport RR, completed the top-four. Scheib and Poyatos also secured the one-two for the RR in the privateer classification.

In the overall championship rankings, three BMW racers finished the season within the top-five. With his fifth podium success of the season, Bonastre improved to second overall behind champion Carmelo Morales (ES). Silva, who had to sit out the final three race weekends due to a fractured leg, is fourth in the overall rankings. Kuparinen claimed fifth overall. Scheib, who only contested the final three rounds of the season and claimed four podium positions on these occasions, is seventh overall. Poyatos is the fifth BMW racer in the ten best riders, finishing the season in ninth overall.

In the privateer class, Kuparinen celebrated the biggest success of his career so far: the young Finn secured the title in an exciting finale. In the last race, he crossed the line seventh in the privateer classification (ninth overall) on his RR. This was enough for the Motomarket Racing rider to be crowned 2015 champion. After the 11th and final race he has an advantage of seven points over his closest rival.

In the BMW Motorrad Race Trophy, Kuparinen is currently ninth. Bonastre succeeded to climb into the top 15 and is now 13th. The points standings are, however, not final, as all participants will be awarded the bonus points for title wins, pole positions etc. after the end of the scoring period (22nd November 2015).

2015 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy – Current Standings.

In 2015 the BMW Motorrad Race Trophy comprises a total of 19 international and national championships. Participants in the BMW Motorrad Race Trophy can compete in multiple championships. The points scored in the different championships are calculated separately for each individual race series. The current standings only include points from the race series in which the participant has scored the most Race Trophy points. You can find all the information on the 2015 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy online at the BMW Motorrad Motorsport website:

www.bmw-motorrad-motorsport.com

Status: 17th November 2015

16. Michal Šembera (CZ/AARR STK/203.33), 17. Michael Laverty (GB/BSB SBK/182.86), 18. Lee Johnston (GB/BMW RRC/181.33), 19. Martin Choy (BG/AARR SBK/178.91), 20. Emeric Jonchière (FR/FSBK STK/177.64), 21. Iván Silva (ES/CEV PR/171.20), 22. Marco Nekvasil (AT/EWC STK/167.00), 23. Janez Prosenik (SI/AARR SBK/158.55), 24. Pepijn Bijsterbosch (NL/IDM STK/153.14), 25. Peter Hickman (GB/BMW RRC/152.89), 26. Madjid Idres (FR/FR EU/148.92), 27. Tommy Bridewell (GB/BSB SBK/148.57), 28. Florian Drouin (FR/FR EU/147.69), 29. Lance Isaacs (ZA/RSA SBK GP/145.64), 30. Krasen Kanchev (BG/AARR STK/142.89), 31. Uwe Gürck/Manfred Wechselberger (DE/AT/SWC/140.27), 32. Dominik Vincon (DE/IDM STK/133.71), 33. Mike Roscher/Anna Burkard (DE/SWC/132.93), 34. Fabrizio Perotti (IT/CIV/126.40), 35. Matěj Smrz (CZ/IDM SBK/125.62), 36. Marek Szkopek (PL/AARR STK/120.56), 37. Nasarudin Mat Yusop (MY/MSC STK/114.96), 38. Alessio Corradi (IT/CIV/107.20), 39. William Dunlop (GB/BMW RRC/106.67), 40. Bartlomiej Wiczynski (PL/AARR STK/105.33), 41. Michael Leon (CA/CSBK PR/100.00), 41. Bastien Mackels (BE/EWC SBK/100.00), 43. Miloš Cihak (CZ/AARR SBK/96.00), 44. Nicholas Kershaw (ZA/RSA SBK GP/90.97), 45. David Johnson (AU/BMW RRC/88.89), 46. Lucy Glöckner (DE/IDM STK/85.71), 47. Pedro Vallcaneras (ES/EWC SBK/84.00), 48. Michal Fojtik (CZ/AARR STK/81.22), 49. Léon Benichou (FR/FR EU/78.77), 50. Dominic Usher (GB/BSB STK/78.55), 51. Lee Jackson (GB/BSB SBK/78.48), 52. Ireneusz Sikora (PL/AARR SBK/77.09), 53. Billy McConnell (AU/BSB SBK/76.19), 54. Hayato Takada (JP/EWC STK/74.00), 55. Denni Schiavoni (IT/CIV/73.60), 56. Nicolas Pouhair (FR/FSBK SBK/62.67), 57. Marco Muzio (IT/CIV/60.80), 58. Gareth Jones (AU/EWC SBK/60.00), 59. Marco Marcheluzzo (IT/CIV/59.20), 60. Michael Rutter (GB/BMW RRC/56.89), 61. Wojciech Wrobel (PL/AARR STK/56.00), 62. Ryuichi Kiyonari (JP/BSB SBK/54.10), 63. Daisaku Sakai (JP/MFJ/54.00), 64. Marc Neumann (DE/IDM STK/53.71), 65. Guy Martin (GB/BMW RRC/53.33), 66. Sebastián Porto (AR/MT1GP STK GP/51.56), 67. Barry Burrell (GB/EWC STK/51.00), 67. Gary Mason (GB/EWC STK/51.00), 69. Stephen Mercer (GB/EWC STK/48.00), 70. Wolfgang Gammer (AT/AARR SBK/43.64), 71. Laurent Aymonin (FR/FR EU/39.38), 72. Luca Oppedisano (IT/CIV/38.40), 73. Shinya Takeishi (JP/MFJ/34.00), 74. Camille Hedelin (FR/EWC SBK/33.00), 75. Martin Jessopp (GB/BSB SBK/32.76), 76. Marcel Irnie (CA/AMA STK/31.42), 77. Johannes Hoffmann (DE/IDM STK/30.86), 78. Federico D’Annunzio (IT/STK1000/28.00), 79. Jeremy Cook (US/AMA STK/27.33), 80. Stefan Cappella (GB/EWC STK/24.00), 81. Emilien Jaillet (FR/FSBK STK/22.15), 82. Mike Wohner (AT/AARR SBK/18.91), 83. Yuuta Kodama (JP/MFJ/18.00), 84. Richard Balcar (CZ/AARR SBK/16.00), 84. Thomas Hainthaler (DE/IDM STK/16.00), 84. Mark Albrecht (DE/IDM STK/16.00), 84. Pawel Gorka (PL/AARR SBK/16.00), 84. Koji Teramoto (JP/MFJ/16.00), 89. Luca Conforti (IT/CIV/12.80), 90. Johannes Kanzler (DE/IDM STK/11.43), Mika Höglund (FI/CEV AM/11.20), 92. Sabine Holbrook (DE/AARR SBK/10.18), 93. Jean Foray (FR/FR EU/9.85), 94. Chris Schmid (DE/IDM STK/9.14), 95. Bartlomiej Lewandowski (PL/AARR SBK/8.73), 96. Eric Vionnet (CH/STK1000/8.00), 97. Stefan Dolipski (DE/AMA STK/6.00), 97. Fabio Marchionni (IT/STK1000/6.00), 99. Michael Truchot (FR/FR EU/3.69), 100. Maria Costello (GB/BMW RRC/3.56), 101. Noriyuki Tsujimoto (JP/MFJ/2.00), 102. Tatsuya Noda (JP/EWC SBK/0.00), 102. Mohamad Syahnas Shahidan (MY/MSC SBK/0.00), 102. Sandra Stammova (SI/RSA SBK GP/0.00)