Season finale for the BMW Motorrad riders in the BSB and the CIV – Isaacs claims double podium in South Africa.

Munich, 22nd October 2014. Last weekend, it was again a busy time for BMW Motorrad Motorsport’s customer teams. The British Superbike Championship (BSB) and the Italian Superbike Championship (CIV) held their season finales at Brands Hatch (GB) and Mugello (IT) respectively. In addition, the penultimate round of the 2014 South African Motorcycle Championship (SAM) took place at Phakisa Freeway (ZA). On all three occasions, privateer BMW Motorrad riders claimed podium places, including a win in South Africa. The participants in the BMW Motorrad Race Trophy also collected points for the rankings, where many of them improved their positions (see full rankings at the bottom).

British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch.

The final round of the 2014 British Superbike Championship (BSB) at Brands Hatch (GB) turned out to be a more than dramatic weekend. Ryuichi Kiyonari (JP) arrived at the Kent circuit with the clear goal of claiming his record-breaking fourth BSB title. But before the action really got started, the Buildbase BMW Motorrad rider experienced a huge setback. He crashed in free practice and fractured his collarbone. Kiyonari did not give up, trying everything to start in the weekend’s three races despite his injury, but in the end he had to withdraw from the event. His rival Shane Byrne (GB) claimed the title and has now the honour of being the first four-time BSB champion, while Kiyonari still finished the season second overall.

Kiyonari’s team-mate James Westmoreland (GB) claimed top-ten finishes in the first two of the three races on the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit, coming home ninth on both occasions. In the third race, Westmoreland finished 14th. Patric Muff (CH / Team IWR) retired in race one, but fininished 13th in both races two and three. In the BSB Superstock class race, Hudson Kennaugh (ZA / Linxcel Moto Racing) finished third on his BMW S 1000 RR to claim a place on the podium. Lee Jackson (GB / Buildbase BMW Motorrad) was 12th. In the overall classification, Jackson finished the 2014 season in third, while Kennaugh was fourth.

Italian Superbike Championship at Mugello.

Teams and riders from the Italian Superbike Championship (CIV) met for their 2014 season finale at the Mugello Circuit (IT) in Tuscany, with numerous privateer BMW Motorrad riders lining up on the grid. The most successful of them was Gianluca Vizziello (IT / Moto x Racing), who claimed third on the podium with his BMW S 1000 RR in the race on Saturday. On Sunday Vizziello finished fifth. Thanks to these results, he also collected numerous Race Trophy points and improved by 11 positions in the BMW Motorrad Race Trophy standings, and is now 22nd. A total of five BMW Motorrad riders finished within the top ten on Saturday, with Alessandro Polita (IT / GM Racing) coming home in fourth, Luca Conforti (IT / DMR Racing) in eighth, Denni Schiavoni (IT / 2R Racing by Antonelli) in ninth and Fabrizio Perotti (IT / Tutapista) in tenth. In Sunday’s race, Federico Sandi (IT / DMR Racing) finished fourth in front of Vizziello, his DMR team-mate Marco Muzio (IT) was eighth and Polita ninth. In the overall championship placings, Polita was the best placed privateer BMW Motorrad rider, finishing the season in fourth.

South African Motorcycle Championship at Phakisa.

The Phakisa Freeway near Welkom (ZA) hosted the penultimate round of the 2014 South African Motorcycle Championship (SAM) last weekend. In the highest class, the Super GP category, privateer BMW Motorrad rider Lance Isaacs (ZA) once more proved to be one of the top riders in the series, claiming two more podiums with his Black Swan Racing BMW S 1000 RR. In race one he was fighting for the win until the finish line, coming home second with a gap of only 0.5 seconds to winner Clint Seller (ZA). In race two Isaacs was third. With the Race Trophy points he received for these results, Isaacs improved from 12th to ninth in the BMW Motorrad Race Trophy standings. His team-mate Brent Harran (ZA) finished fifth in both races with his RR.

In the first race of the Super M class, Nicolas Grobler (ZA) celebrated a dominant victory with his BMW HP4. He crossed the line with an advantage of 7.6 seconds to his closest rival. Janine Davies (ZA) was sixth with her BMW S 1000 RR. In race two, Grobler was second on the podium, while Davies finished a strong fourth. The 2014 season finale will be held on 30th November at Red Star Raceway (ZA).

2014 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy – Current Standings.

Status: 22nd October 2014

16. Alessandro Polita (IT/CIV/141,25), 17. Pedro Vallcaneras (ES/EWC/138,76), 18. Leon Bovee (NL/IDM/137,78), 19. Matthieu Lussiana (FR/BRSBK/137,00), 20. Hudson Kennaugh (ZA/BSB/129,00), 21. Daniel Rivas (ES/CEV/127,00), 22. Gianluca Vizziello (IT/CIV/123,75), 23. Eeki Kuparinen (FI/CEV/120,00), 24. Luca Conforti (IT/CIV/112,50), 25. Janine Davies (ZA/SAM/100,95), 26. Marc Neumann (DE/IDM/100,88), 27. Andy Rey (FR/FSBK/100,00), 28. Stefan Nebel (DE/IDM/97,50), 29. Michael Rutter (GB/IOMTT/BSB/96,83), 30. Florian Drouin (FR/FSBK/93,00), 31. Björn Stuppi (DE/EWC/92,75), 31. Hayato Takada (JP/EWC/MFJ/92,75), 33. Federico D‘Annunzio (IT/WSTK/92,00), 34. Uwe Gürck (DE/SWC/91,32), 35. Fabrizio Perotti (IT/CIV/83,75), 36. Denni Schiavoni (IT/CIV/83,75), 37. Jason Pridmore (US/EWC/79,00), 38. Alessio Corradi (IT/CIV/78,75), 39. Mark Albrecht (DE/IDM/69,15), 40. Marco Muzio (IT/CIV/65,00), 41. Thomas Hainthaler (DE/IDM/62,25), 42. Florian Brunet-Lugardon (FR/FSBK/62,00), 43. Sylvain Barrier (FR/WSBK/EWC/61,50), 44. Nicolas Pouhair (FR/FSBK/58,00), 45. Lucas Teodoro (BR/BRSBK/57,00), 46. Daisaku Sakai (JP/MFJ/EWC/52,73), 47. Luciano Ribodino (AR/BRSBK/46,50), 48. James Westmoreland (GB/BSB/45,33), 49. Jean Foray (FR/FSBK/45,00), 50. Robert Muresan (RO/WSTK/42,00), 51. Marco Sousa (CA/CSBK/41,00), 52. Jörg Steinhausen (DE/SWC/40,80), 53. Kohji Teramoto (JP/MFJ/EWC/34,96), 54. Sergiy Grygorovych (UA/IDM/33,00), 55. Patric Muff (CH/BSB/27,83), 56. Lucas Barros (BR/BRSBK/27,00), 57. Rémi Boitel (FR/FSBK/21,00), 58. Camille Hedelin (FR/FSBK/18,00), 59. Tim Robinson (CA/CSBK/17,50), 60. Alessio Velini (IT/CIV/15,00), 61. Shinya Takeishi (JP/MFJ/EWC/10,73), 62. Imre Toth (HU/WSBK/9,00), 63. David Datzer (DE/IDM/6,00), 64. Peter Sebestyen (HU/WSBK/3,00), 65. Filip Altendorfer (DE/EWC/2,45), 65. Florian Bauer (DE/EWC/2,45), 65. Rico Löwe (DE/EWC/2,45), 68. Martjin Polinder (DK/IDM/0,00), 68. Didier Grams (DE/Macau Grand Prix/0,00)

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