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BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team have confirmed World Endurance rider Ilya Mikhalchik will replace Michael Van Der Mark for the next two WorldSBK tests.

Michael Van Der Mark will miss BMW’s first WorldSBK test of 2022 at Misano after suffering a fractured leg.

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.

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.

Despite securing his third WorldSBK podium for BMW in race two at Mandalika, Michael Van Der Mark was left ‘pissed off’ after having no power due to being unwell throughout the final round of 2021.

Tom Sykes will make his WorldSBK return at this weekend’s season finale in Indonesia after missing the last nine races due to concussion.

While battling for podiums in the dry is a stretch too far for BMW at present, Michael Van Der Mark believes the team's current situation is not that bad; ‘you want to make steps and finish on the podium but sometimes you have to look at the reality. I think we’re not doing a really bad job’.

Michael Van Der Mark wins BMW’s first World Superbike race in eight years and first aboard the new M 1000 RR package, after scything through from fifth on the grid during a wet Superpole race.

Michael Van Der Mark calls his Superpole race crash ‘totally my mistake’ before recovering to sixth in Assen WorldSBK race two.

Home favorite Michael Van Der Mark eager to build on Donington WorldSBK showing at famous Dutch TT; ‘We now want to continue this progress and of course it would be really nice to even do a bit more at my home race.”

A mixed weekend in terms of results for Motorrad BMW riders Tom Sykes and Michael Van Der Mark came to a much improved end as both men secure top five finishes in race two.

BMW M 1000 RR ‘is still very new and coming here against our competition’ - important to evaluate where the team stands in WorldSBK pecking order according to Sykes.

Michael van der Mark has been officially confirmed as joining the factory BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team in 2021. The Dutchman, 27, recently announced he would be leaving Yamaha and has now been named as BMW's first signing for next season.

Full Phillip Island World Superbike Race 2 Results Alex Lowes has claimed his second career World Superbike race win and with it the early championship lead in a frantic and unpredictable Phillip Island opening round.

Jonathan Rea believes he has numerous threats to his World Superbike championship crown in 2020 and is eager to assess his competition in race trim over the opening rounds.

In a repeat of the Sepang team's fortunes in their home MotoGP last month, a stunning qualifying was to be followed by race day disappointment at the inaugural Sepang 8 Hours endurance race.

An iron-man effort by Niccolo Canepa carried the #7 YART Yamaha to victory in a rain-shortened inaugural Sepang 8 Hours, round two of the FIM Endurance World Championship.

Niccolo Canepa won the inaugural Sepang 8 Hours for YART Yamaha after completing the rain-shortened three hours of competitive action single-handedly.

Franco Morbidelli may have taken six poles at world championship level in grand prix, but Thursday's EWC pole position at the Sepang 8 Hours was a very different experience.

Track action at the inaugural 2019 Sepang 8 Hours Endurance World Championship event began with a private testing session from 9am-4pm on Wednesday. A two-hour Free Practice will now be held before the Wednesday action concludes with a night Free Practice, from 7:30pm-9pm.

Not content with hosting the inaugural Sepang 8 Hours Endurance World Championship event, the Malaysian circuit has also put together a star-studded team to try and win it.

Michael van der Mark has given a glowing review following the Jerez test as he and the Pata Yamaha team aim to get the new YZF-R1 up to speed ahead of the 2020 World Superbike championship.

Honda is completing a private test at Aragon. Michele Pirro is stepping in for the injured Leon Camier at Barni Ducati. A number of World Supersport teams are also testing at Jerez.