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NEW HP2 TAKES THE "FLYING FINN" TO VICTORY IN THE ERZBERG RACE
Thu Jun 02 12:00:00 CEST 2005 Press Release
BMW's brand-new HP2 has just proven its outstanding qualities under the toughest conditions in the Austrian Erzberg Race. BMW Motorrad Enduro Team Feil entered this gruelling offroad event in the Austrian Steiermark Region with top riders Simo Kirssi, Jimmy Lewis and the winner of last year's Hare Scramble, Chris Pfeiffer, in the saddle. And Simo Kirssi, the "Flying Finn", finished the race a staggering six seconds faster than his competitors on single-cylinder machines so far dominating the event and clinching the overall title in the Iron Road Prologue in the XIth Erzberg Rodeo on his BMW HP2 in a field of more than 1,000 entrants: Kirssi completed the 13.3-kilometre course on rough gravel and loose rocks in a record-breaking 09:05.65, leaving the competition far behind.
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American Jimmy Lewis finishes third
BMW's brand-new HP2 has just proven its outstanding qualities under the
toughest conditions in the Austrian Erzberg Race. BMW Motorrad Enduro Team Feil
entered this gruelling offroad event in the Austrian Steiermark Region with top
riders Simo Kirssi, Jimmy Lewis and the winner of last year's Hare Scramble,
Chris Pfeiffer, in the saddle. And Simo Kirssi, the "Flying Finn", finished the
race a staggering six seconds faster than his competitors on single-cylinder
machines so far dominating the event and clinching the overall title in the
Iron Road Prologue in the XIth Erzberg Rodeo on his BMW HP2 in a field of more
than 1,000 entrants: Kirssi completed the 13.3-kilometre course on rough gravel
and loose rocks in a record-breaking 09:05.65, leaving the competition far
behind.
Third place in the overall Iron Road Prologue rating also went to an BMW HP2
rider, Jimmy Lewis from the USA. The fifth rider overall, finally, likewise
came from the white-and-blue works-supported team, German rider Christian
Pfeiffer successfully winning the Iron Road challenge on his BMW HP2 after
finishing second on Thursday in the top two-cylinder class.
Taking up the old Erzberg tradition of amateurs and hobby riders measuring
their skills against the best professionals, BMW Motorrad offered even more
activities at the event, the BMW Motorrad Rider Training Instructors' Team
finishing up with no less than two riders among the top ten in the Desert
Bomber Category for two-cylinder machines. Both of these highly successful
instructors completed the event on absolutely regular, series-production R 1200
GS Enduros. The race was started by Berti Hauser, the Director of BMW Motorrad
Motorsport, with Dr Herbert Diess, the President of BMW Motorrad, personally
sending out BMW's top riders on the course.
Iron Road Prologue, overall score:
Name Race 1 Race 2 Time
1 Simo Kirssi (FIN) BMW HP2 00:09:05.65 00:09:02.67 00:09:02.67
2 Werner Müller(AT) KTM 525EXC 00:09:19.77 00:09:04.64 00:09:04.64
3 Jimmy Lewis(USA) BMW HP2 00:09:29.38 00:09:08.37 00:09:08.37
4 Kurt Nicoll (GB) KTM 540EXC 00:09:11.95 00:09:14.39 00:09:11.95
5 Chris Pfeiffer(D) BMW HP2 00:09:18.16 00:09:15.7 00:09:15.7
6 Giovanni Sala(IT) KTM 950 00:09:33.98 00:09:19.04 00:09:19.04
7 Juha Salminen(FIN) KTM 250EXC 00:09:37.48 00:09:22.69 00:09:22.69
8 Bernha Walzer(AT) KTM EXC400 00:09:46.11 00:09:27.92 00:09:27.92
9 David Knight KTM 300 00:09:39.7 00:09:30.62 00:09:30.62
10 Antti Kallonen(FIN) KTM 525EXC 00:09:51.21 00:09:31.16 00:09:31.16