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Two BMW riders in the BSB “Title Showdown” – One-two for the BMW S 1000 RR in the CEV – Podiums in France.
Wed Sep 09 09:00:00 CEST 2015 Comunicati Stampa
Tyco BMW riders Tommy Bridewell and Michael Laverty qualified for the “Title Showdown” in the British Superbike Championship – Iván Silva and Adrián Bonastre claim a win and three more podium finishes for the RR in the CEV – Benjamin Colliaux and Florian Brunet-Lugardon share four podiums between them in the FR EU.
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Munich (DE), 9th September 2015. Last weekend saw the decider for
which six riders will take part in the 2015 “Title Showdown” in the
British Superbike Championship (BSB). With Tommy Bridewell (GB) and
Michael Laverty (GB), two BMW racers qualified for the title chase.
Bridewell claimed another podium finish in Oulton Park (GB) this
weekend. His Tyco BMW team-mate Alastair Seeley (GB) won the race for
the BSB Superstock class (BSB STK), with Hudson Kennaugh (ZA) also
stepping onto the podium. The 2015 FIM CEV Superbike European
Championship (CEV) resumed in Albacete (ES) last weekend, with Iván
Silva (ES) and Adrían Bonastre (ES) claiming one win and three more
podium finishes for the BMW S 1000 RR. In the French European Bikes
Championship (FR EU) races in Carole (FR), BMW riders Benjamin
Colliaux (FR) and Florian Brunet-Lugardon (FR) also took four of the
six podium spots available. With their results, the racers collected
further points for the BMW Motorrad Race Trophy.
British Superbike Championship in Oulton Park, Great Britain.
The ninth round of the 2015 British Superbike Championship (BSB)
in Oulton Park (GB) marked the deciding weekend for which riders will
take part in the “Title Showdown”. The top six riders in the overall
classification will battle for the 2015 crown over the three remaining
rounds of the season. Among these six riders are two BMW racers: Tyco
BMW team-mates Tommy Bridewell (GB) and Michael Laverty (GB). Tyco BMW
is the only BSB team to have two riders in the showdown. Bridewell
starts the title chase in fourth overall with 507 points, Laverty is
sixth with 500 points.
Both riders defended their places in the showdown in Oulton
Park, where three races were held in the Superbike class (BSB SBK) at
the deciding weekend. Bridewell retired in the first two races, but
claimed third on the podium in race three. Laverty finished the races
in ninth, seventh and 12th to collect the points needed. In each of
the three races, a total of six BMW riders finished within the top-15.
In race one, Buildbase BMW Motorrad riders Richard Cooper (GB) and Lee
Jackson (GB) finished seventh and eighth in front of Laverty. Peter
Hickman (GB / RAF Reserves BMW) was tenth, Martin Jessopp (GB / Riders
Motorcycles BMW) crossed the line in 12th and Ryuichi Kiyonari (JP /
Buildbase BMW Motorrad) was 15th on his RR. The best placed BMW rider
in race two was Hickman in sixth, followed by Laverty in seventh and
Cooper in eighth. Jackson, Kiyonari and Jessopp crossed the line in
12th, 13th and 14th respectively. In the third race, in which
Bridewell finished third on the podium, Cooper was seventh and
Kiyonari ninth. Laverty, Jackson and Billy McConnell (GB / Smiths
Racing BMW) took the chequered flag in 12th, 13th and 15th respectively.
In the Superstock class (BSB STK), the tenth race of the season
was held in Oulton Park – with the sixth win for the BMW S 1000 RR.
Tyco BMW rider Alastair Seeley (GB) was victorious for the fourth time
this season. He was joined on the podium by Hudson Kennaugh (ZA), who
finished third on his Trik-Moto BMW S 1000 RR. Luke Quigley (GB /
Formwise Washrooms / Bathams) followed in fourth, Adam Jenkinson (GB /
Northern Escalator Installations) was seventh and Dominic Usher (GB /
DU Racing BMW) crossed the line in eighth. In the championship
rankings, Seeley reduced the gap to the top and is second, 17 points
behind the leader. Two more races will be held this season. In the BMW
Motorrad Race Trophy, Seeley improved to fifth.
FIM CEV Superbike European Championship in Albacete, Spain.
The BMW racers in the FIM CEV Superbike European Championship
(CEV) came back from the summer break with brilliant performances at
the fourth race weekend of the season in Albacete (ES). In the first
of the two races, Iván Silva (ES / Targobank Motorsport) and Adrián
Bonastre (ES / boxmotos.com Easyrace SBK Team) claimed a one-two for
the BMW S 1000 RR. Silva celebrated his first win of the season,
Bonastre came home second. In race two, they stepped onto the podium
again, with Silva being runner-up and Bonastre finishing third. In
addition, Silva set the fastest lap in this race. In the championship
rankings, Silva is second, 26 points behind the leader with five races
to go.
Eeki Kuparinen (FI / Motomarket Racing) finished the races in
Albacete in sixth and seventh overall, claiming second and third in
the privateer class (CEV AM). In the championship rankings for the
privateers, Kuparinen is second and closed the gap to the leader to a
mere two points.
French Superbike Championship / French European Bikes
Championship in Carole, France.
The racing season in
France also resumed after a long summer break last weekend. The
“Circuit Carole” near Paris (FR) hosted the sixth round of the French
Superbike Championship (FSBK) and the French European Bikes
Championship (FR EU). In the Superstock class of the FSBK (FSBK STK),
BMW racer Emeric Jonchière (FR / ERT BMW Motorrad Club France)
finished in the points in race one. He crossed the line 13th in the
class (18th overall). He retired in race two.
In FR EU, the privateer BMW riders continued their streak of
success and claimed four of the six podium positions available.
Benjamin Colliaux (FR / Team CMW – R2T) finished second in both races,
Florian Brunet-Lugardon (FR / Gers Moto Vitesse Ordannaise) was third
on both occasions. In the championship rankings, Florian Brunet
Lugardon is second, 26 points behind the leader, and still has the
chance to win the title at the season finale at the end of September
in Albi (FR). In the BMW Motorrad Race Trophy he has improved to seventh.
In the first FR EU race at Carole no less than six BMW S 1000
RRs crossed the line in the first seven positions. Cyril
Brunet-Lugardon (FR / Gers Moto Vitesse Ordannaise) was fourth behind
his brother Florian. Julien Brun (FR / Team JB Racing) was fifth,
while Florian Drouin (FR / GD Performance) came home sixth. His
team-mate Michel Amalric (FR) completed the top-seven. In race two,
Cyril Brunet-Lugardon and Brun again finished fourth and fifth
respectively, while Amalric was seventh again. Idres, Drouin and
Benichou crossed the line in eighth, ninth and tenth respectively.
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: 9th September 2015
Pos. Name (Nat.)
Series / Class Points
1 Jordan Szoke (CA) CSBK PR
341.67
2 Markus Reiterberger (DE) IDM SBK 299.52
3 Matthieu
Lussiana (FR) MT1GP STK GP 294.81
4 Roland Resch (AT) AARR SBK
292.36
5 Alastair Seeley (GB) BSB STK 266.18
6 Pekka
Päivärinta / Kirsi Kainulainen (FI) SWC 250.67
7 Florian
Brunet-Lugardon (FR) FR EU 242.46
8 Michal Prášek (CZ) AARR STK
235.00
9 Roberto Tamburini (IT) STK1000 212.00
10 Cyril
Brunet-Lugardon FR EU 211.69
11 Hudson Kennaugh (ZA) BSB STK
205.09
12 Michal Šembera (CZ) AARR STK 203.33
13 Michel
Amalric (FR) FR EU 182.15
14 Lee Johnston (GB) BMW RRC
181.33
15 Eeki Kuparinen (FI) CEV AM 179.20
16. Iván Silva
(ES/CEV PR/171.20), 17. Emeric Jonchière (FR/FSBK STK/157.54), 18.
Janez Proesenik (SI/AARR SBK/157.09), 19. Peter Hickman (GB/BMW
RRC/152.89), 20. Lukáš Pešek (CZ/AARR SBK/152.73), 21. Martin Choy
(BG/AARR SBK/144.00), 22. Lance Isaacs (ZA/RSA SBK GP/143.28), 23.
Pepijn Bijsterbosch (NL/IDM STK/141.71), 24. Uwe Gürck/Manfred
Wechselberger (DE/AT/SWC/140.27), 25. Krasen Kanchev (BG/AARR
STK/140.22), 26. Florian Drouin (FR/FR EU/134.15), 26. Madjid Idres
(FR/FR EU/134.15), 28. Dominik Vincon (DE/IDM STK/133.71), 29. Mike
Roscher/Anna Burkard (DE/SWC/132.93), 30. Tommy Bridewell (GB/BSB
SBK/119.62), 31. Marek Szkopek (PL/AARR STK/119.22), 31. Adrián
Bonastre (ES/CEV PR/115.20), 33. Michael Laverty (GB/BSB SBK/112.00),
34. Fabrizio Perotti (IT/CIV/108.80), 35. Alessio Corradi
(IT/CIV/107.20), 36. William Dunlop (GB/BMW RRC/106.67), 37. Matěj
Smrz (CZ/IDM SBK/103.62), 38. Michael Leon (CA/CSBK PR/100.00), 39.
Nicholas Kershaw (ZA/RSA SBK GP/90.97), 40. David Johnson (AU/BMW
RRC/88.89), 41. Marco Nekvasil (AT/EWC STK/86.00), 42. Pedro
Vallcaneras (ES/EWC SBK/84.00), 43. Nasarudin Mat Yusop (MY/MSC
STK/74.13), 44. Hayato Takada (JP/EWC STK/74.00), 45. Michal Fojtik
(CZ/AARR STK/71.89), 46. Dominic Usher (GB/BSB STK/71.27), 47. Lucy
Glöckner (DE/IDM STK/70.86), 48. Billy McConnell (AU/BSB SBK/69.33),
48. Bartlomiej Wiczynski (PL/AARR STK/69.33), 50. Léon Benichou (FR/FR
EU/68.92), 51. Miloš Cihak (CZ/AARR SBK/68.36), 52. Denni Schiavoni
(IT/CIV/64.00), 53. Ireneusz Sikora (PL/AARR SBK/61.09), 54. Gareth
Jones (AU/EWC SBK/60.00), 55. Michael Rutter (GB/BMW RRC/56.89), 56.
Ryuichi Kiyonari (JP/BSB SBK/55.33), 57. Guy Martin (GB/BMW
RRC/53.33), 58. Sebastián Porto (AR/MT1GP STK GP/51.56), 59. Lee
Jackson (GB/BSB SBK/51.05), 60. Stephen Mercer (GB/EWC STK/48.00), 61.
Marc Neumann (DE/IDM STK/46.86), 62. Bastien Mackels (BE/IDM
SBK/46.57), 63. Nicolas Pouhair (FR/FSBK SBK/45.85), 64. Wojciech
Wrobel (PL/AARR STK/44.00), 65. Laurent Aymonin (FR/FR EU/39.38), 66.
Luca Oppedisano (IT/CIV/38.40), 67. Marco Muzio (IT/CIV/35.20), 68.
Daisaku Sakai (JP/MFJ/34.00), 69. Marco Marcheluzzo (IT/CIV/32.00),
70. Marcel Irnie (CA/AMA STK/31.42), 71. Johannes Hoffmann (DE/IDM
STK/29.71), 72. Martin Jessopp (GB/BMW RRC/27.43), 73. Jeremy Cook
(US/AMA STK/26.33), 74. Barry Burrell (GB/EWC STK/24.00), 74. Stefan
Cappella (GB/EWC STK/24.00), 74. Gary Mason (GB/EWC STK/24.00), 77.
Emilien Jaillet (FR/FSBK STK/22.15), 78. Wolfgang Gammer (AT/AARR
SBK/21.82), 79. Camille Hedelin (FR/FSBK STK/20.92), 80. Shinya
Takeishi (JP/MFJ/20.00), 81. Mike Wohner (AT/AARR SBK/16.00), 81. Mark
Albrecht (DE/IDM STK/16.00), 83. Thomas Hainthaler (DE/IDM STK/13.71),
84. Richard Balcar (CZ/AARR SBK/13.09), 85. Luca Conforti
(IT/CIV/12.80), 86. Yuuta Kodama (JP/MFJ/12.00), 86. Koji Teramoto
(JP/MFJ/12.00), 88. Sabine Holbrook (DE/AARR SBK/10.18), 89. Jean
Foray (FR/FR EU/9.85), 90. Johannes Kanzler (DE/IDM STK/9.14), 90.
Chris Schmid (DE/IDM STK/9.14), 92. Pawel Gorka (PL/AARR SBK/7.27),
93. Mika Höglund (FI/CEV AM/6.40), 94. Stefan Dolipski (DE/AMA
STK/6.00), 94. Fabio Marchionni (IT/STK1000/6.00), 96. Bartlomiej
Lewandowski (PL/AARR SBK/5.82), 97. Federico D’Annunzio
(IT/STK1000/4.00), 97. Eric Vionnet (CH/STK1000/4.00), 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)