Countdown to EWC Suzuka 8 Hours: No reason why BMW can’t win again, says Reiterberger

Markus Reiterberger believes there’s no reason why his BMW-powered team can’t continue winning in the EWC when it contests the 43rd Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race later this week. Along with Jérémy Guarnoni and Illya Mykhalchyk, Reiterberger formed part of the BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team that won the 24H SPA EWC Motos in early June aboard a BMW M1000RR. Ad/> But while the German rider is optimistic of more FIM Endurance World Championship success, he also expects plenty of strong opposition from several top Japanese riders and their teams, in addition to a host of EWC regulars.

FIM EWCCountdown to EWC Suzuka 8 Hours: Reiterberger revs up with “perfect weekend”14 HOURS AGO “Our approach to an eight-hour race is the same to a 24-hour race: always full attack,” Reiterberger said. “Suzuka is special. It is a very important race for the Japanese.

They have a lot of tests and experience there and tyres for the circuit. So it will be quite a task for us to compete against the experienced Japanese manufacturers as the only European manufacturer. But we will give our very best and we still have our sights set on the world championship title.

This is why we need the best possible result. Of course we want to win, we want to finish on the podium – this is always the case. We will see if this is possible after the first days of testing at Suzuka.