BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team Principal, Shaun Muir, believes losing Tom Sykes is a ‘great loss’ to the German manufacturer, while the 2013 champion could be set for a move to Pedercini Kawasaki.
Despite a first win in eight years and the first as a full factory team since their return in 2019, BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team Principal, Shaun Muir, says fighting for consistent wins in the dry must happen ‘pretty quick’.
He finished sixth in this year’s championship, but we have ranked BMW’s first WorldSBK race winner in eight years, Michael Van Der Mark, fifth in our top ten riders of 2021 list.
Ex-Grand Prix racers Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge are set for their Honda WorldSBK debuts, while BMW and Kawasaki are also scheduled to take part in a three-day test at Jerez.
Ahead of his move to BMW for the 2022 WorldSBK season, Scott Redding completed his first laps aboard an M 1000 RR road bike during a private Valencia test.
Michael Van Der Mark believes new WorldSBK team-mate Scott Redding can help ‘develop’ the BMW M 1000 RR after spending two successful seasons at Ducati.
TAS Racing has confirmed SYNETIQ will continue as BMW Motorrad team title sponsor for a third consecutive season in the 2022 Bennetts British Superbike Championship.
Despite not winning the WorldSBK title in either of his two seasons with the team, Scott Redding leaves Ducati on a high; ‘In the end I tried and they saw the heart and the passion I had which is important. I showed what I’m capable of and I will never give up. I gave that to them’.
Tom Sykes has put BMW’s impressive recent run of wet weather WorldSBK results down to having ‘good riders’ as they ‘can get around some of the bike’s limitations’, as opposed to BMW being better than other bikes.
Tom Sykes has confirmed that racing in BSB or MotoAmerica are of interest to him after last weekend's WorldSBK season finale, which is expected to be his last in the world championship.
Third in this season’s 2021 WorldSBK championship, Scott Redding will make his BMW debut midway through December in a private test for the German manufacturer.