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BMW Motorrad Motorsport WSBK Season Highlights 2012

We take a look at the 2012 WSBK Championship season and pick out the highlights for BMW Motorrad Motorsport. We have had a great season in 2012, both riders and teams giving it everything all year translating into some great results on the S 1000 RR machine. This year we achieved our first ever race [...]

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Video: F 800 GS: on and off-road have never been so close together.

Challenges? Yes! Compromises? No! This is the motto of the revised F 800 GS — the sportiest member of the big GS family. The motorcycle provides impressive versatility both on and off the road and presents itself as the ultimate versatile enduro machine with sporty genes. The F 800 GS: on and off-road have never [...]

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Race Recap: 2012 WSBK Nürburgring

This race report was posted by BMW Motorcycle Magazine, be sure to check out there site for more cool BMW updates. At its home round at the Nürburgring in Germany, Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport experienced the tough side of racing. Factory riders Marco Melandri (ITA) and Leon Haslam (GBR) had top positions in reach once [...]

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Melandri Takes Moscow

BMW Motorrad posted this write up from the very first Suberbike World Championship round from the Moscow Raceway in Moscow Russia.   BMW Motorrad Motorsport factory rider Marco Melandri produced a stunning performance on the S 1000 RR in both races today at the Moscow Raceway, which catapulted him into the lead in the 2012 [...]

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Three wins in one weekend for the RR and BMW teams

Three wins and eight podium finishes: that was the overall result over the weekend of 15-17 June for the BMW teams supported directly by BMW Motorrad HP RaceSupport in the International German Motorcycle Championship (IDM) and the French Superbike Cham…

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BMW S 1000 RR triumphs in the desert

The BMW S 1000 RR was the bike to beat at the ‘8 Hours of Doha’ in Qatar, the second round of the 2012 FIM Endurance World Championship. BMW Motorrad France Team Thevent with riders Sébastien Gimbert, Erwan Nigon (both FRA) and Damian Cudlin (AUS)…

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A seRRiously fast female!

The German International Motorcycle Racing Championship (IDM) is one of the most highly-competitive race series out there, packed with world-class riders from all over the globe. This year’s entry list includes 2011 French Superbike Champion Erwan Ni…

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EWC duty beckons at Doha for BMW Motorrad France Team Thevent and RR

BMW Motorrad France Team Thevent head for Qatar and the 8 Hours of Doha, the second round of the 2012 Endurance World Championship, with their sights set firmly on the podium. …

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BMW takes 1-2-3 in South African Superbikes

A convincing win and a close second place in race two of round four at Zwartkops Raceway on Saturday 26 May saw reigning South African Superbike champion Greg Gildenhuys turn a 10-point deficit into a 10-point advantage on his BMW S 1000 RR in his ques…

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HP Race Support – top level support for top-level racing

Production-based motorsport such as Superbike racing is a hugely entertaining combination of rider and machine at the top of their game. Motorcycles based closely on dealer showroom models are lapping the world’s best circuits only marginally slower …

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Melandri wins again for BMW Motorrad Motorsport!

An amazing performance by Marco Melandri on the works S 1000 RR at today’s Superbike World Championship round at Miller Motorsport’s Park saw the Italian rider take a win and a second place to catapult him into second place in the points, just 18 behin…

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