2022 Bol d’Or: BMW Motorrad focused on grip for EWC finale
FIM EWC season finale fires up for the Bol d’Or this weekend with BMW Motorrad focused for the 24-hour classic race.
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EWC’s Guarnoni hoping and not hoping that Bol d’Or history repeats
Jérémy Guarnoni has revealed how he’s in two minds about history repeating itself when the 100th-anniversary Bol d’Or forms the deciding round of the 2022 FIM Endurance World Championship later this month. Frenchman Guarnoni won the famous 24-hour race when it was based at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in 2013 but has yet to register a finish since the event returned to Circuit Paul Ricard, its spiritual home, in 2015.
Why it’s Reiterberger IV for BMW’s EWC ace
Markus Reiterberger is a four-time German champion after he secured his country’s prestigious IDM title last weekend to add to his previous championship triumphs in 2013, 2015 and 2017. His success, with two events remaining, was also the eighth time that his BCC-alpha-Van Zon-BMW team, led by Werner Daemen, had celebrated an IDM riders’ crown. Ad Reiterberger, who won the FIM Endurance World Championship-counting 24H SPA EWC Motos for BMW Motorrad Endurance Team in June, secured the IDM title with wins in both races at Assen in The Netherlands after his closest rival Florian Alt, who also competes against Reiterberger in the FIM Endurance World Championship for Viltaïs Racing Igol, retired from Race 2 with a technical issue.
Why it was hero to zero (points) for BMW EWC squad
BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team went from hero to zero (points) in the FIM Endurance World Championship after it retired from the 43rd Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours recently. Following its victory in the inaugural 24H SPA EWC Motos on home soil in June, the Belgian squad arrived in Japan keen on more EWC success. But it was heartbreak at halftime as the BMW M1000RR ridden by Markus Reiterberger, Illya Mykhalchyk and Jérémy Guarnoni was pushed back to the pits by Mykhalchyk after a terminal failure struck and meant the bike was unable to retain its engine coolant.
Double Assen podium for Baz in IDM
Bonovo action BMW’s Loris Baz enjoyed a successful IDM wildcard at the weekend after claiming two second place finishes at Assen.
Damp squib for EWC second qualifying in Suzuka
It may not have been the Blues that had the blues but the Reds certainly had cause to see red on an afternoon where the weather reigned as master of qualifying destiny for the third round of the FIM Endurance World Championship. Just as Q1 seemingly saw the best conditions for the Blue Riders, so Q2 followed a similar path.
HRC blast into the 2m04s with Nagashima in EWC Suzuka first qualifying
Tetsuta Nagashima unleashed the opening salvo in the Suzuka 8 Hours qualifying contest with blinding lap to put the #33 Team HRC Honda CBR1000RR-RSP into 2m04s territory in the first of the three Q1 sessions. Nagashima used every bit of his Bridgestones’ adhesion and knew he had set a blinder with his 2m04.942s, waving to the crowds as he returned to the pits halfway through the 20-minute first session for Blue Riders.
2022 Suzuka Eight-Hours: ‘We have the riders and team to win’ - Reiterberger
BMW’s Markus Reiterberger believes there’s no reason why his squad can’t win the Suzuka Eight-Hours later this week.