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Victory for BMW S 1000 RR racer Carmelo Morales at seasonopener in Spain – One-two for BMW riders in Italy.
Mon Apr 09 14:49:00 CEST 2018 Comunicati Stampa
Successful start to the season in Spain and Italy: the first races of the year in the Spanish Championship (RFME CEV), the Italian Superbike Championship (CIV) and the Italian National Trophy 1000 (INT) took place at the weekend. The BMW teams had plenty of cause to celebrate.
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Munich. Successful start to the season in Spain and Italy: the
first races of the year in the Spanish Championship (RFME CEV), the
Italian Superbike Championship (CIV) and the Italian National Trophy
1000 (INT) took place at the weekend. The BMW teams had plenty of
cause to celebrate. In the RFME CEV, champion Carmelo Morales (ESP)
began his title defence with a win. His Graphenano EasyRace
team-mate, Julian Miralles (ESP), reached the podium in the open
class. Luca Vitali (ITA) also secured a podium finish at the CIV
season-opener. In the Italian National Trophy 1000, Federico
D’Annunzio and Luca Maurizio Salvadori (both ITA) claimed a one-two
result for the BMW S 1000 RR.
Spanish Championship at Albacete,
Spain.
Albacete, Spain, hosted the season-opener for the
Spanish Championship (RFME CEV) at the weekend. BMW rider Carmelo
Morales (ESP) and the Graphenano EasyRace SBK team arrived in Albacete
as reigning champions and Morales showed in the first race that he and
his team are taking the title defence seriously. The team used
Saturday for fine-tuning the BMW S 1000 RR and Morales secured fourth
place in qualifiying. He also announced that his objective was to win
the race. The champion proved his point: Morales won the season-opener
and also recorded the fastest lap of the race. His team-mate Julian
Miralles (ESP) rounded off the team's success by finishing second to
reach the podium in the open class.
Carmelo Morales:
“I am delighted as the first
race of the year is normally pretty nervy and it is not easy to win. I
was also on the second row of the grid and I didn’t get off to a
particularly good start but our speed was very good and I was able to
fight my way up, place by place. It's always great to win but it is
even better to do in such a beautiful race. I would like to thank the
team for all their work and I hope that the season will continue in
this vein.”
Italian Superbike Championship at Misano,
Italy.
The Italian Superbike Championship (CIV) visited
the Adriatic coast for the first race of the year at Misano (ITA). BMW
rider Luca Vitali (ITA) kicked off the new season with a podium
finish. The DMR Racing rider had to retire early from the first race
on Saturday but he improved his performance on Sunday to claim third
place with his BMW S 1000 RR. His team-mate Axel Bassani (ITA)
finished fifth in both races. Alex Bernardi (ITA), also competing for
the DMR Racing team, logged top-ten results both times, finishing
eighth and tenth.
Italian National Trophy 1000 in Misano,
Italy.
The Italian National Trophy 1000 (INT) is a new
addition to the BMW Motorrad Race Trophy for 2018. The races in the
series are taking place as part of the Italian Superbike Championship
(CIV). In the season-opener at Misano (ITA), the BMW S 1000 RR racers
celebrated a one-two result: Federico D’Annunzio (ITA) won ahead of
his compatriot Luca Maurizio Salvadori. A total of four BMW riders
finished in the top five. Remo Castellarin secured fourth place,
followed by Alessandro Polita in fifth.
MFJ Superbike All Japan Road Race Championship at Motegi,
Japan.
The MFJ Superbike All Japan Road Race
Championship (MFJ) season started at Motegi, north of Tokyo (JPN).
Many teams used the weekend to prepare for the eight-hour race at
Suzuka (JPN), including the BMW customer team Tone RT Syncedge 4113
and the two riders Tomoya Hoshino and Atsumi Cocoro (both JPN). A race
took place in two parts, emphasising the endurance character of the
event at Motegi. Hoshino finished in eighth and eleventh positions,
while Cocoro crossed the line in 20th and 17th.