BMW S 1000 RR wins British Superbike
EVO and National Superstock 1000 Championships
In its debut year of national level racing the S 1000
RR – BMW Motorrad’s first ever supersport
machine – has dominated two of the UK’s
most competitive race series and won both hotly-contested
Championship titles. From its showroom launch in early
2010 to ruling the racetrack, the stellar rise of
the S 1000 RR shows no signs of slowing down.
Featuring a class-leading 193bhp in-line
four-cylinder engine and factory options include race
ABS, advanced traction control and gearshift assist
housed within a lightweight, compact chassis, the
BMW S 1000 RR offers an unprecedented technical package
which delivers unrivalled performance out of the crate.
 Jentin
Racing-BMW Motorrad rider Steve Brogan clinched the
inaugural Mirror.co.uk BSB-EVO Championship at Oulton
Park. Steve won 12 of the year’s 26 races, a
stunning achievement especially when entering a brand-new
class.
The S 1000 RR had an even greater hold
of the Metzeler National Superstock 1000 Championship,
in which it took eight wins from thirteen races. The
popularity and performance of the customer-spec S
1000 RR is such that in Superstock, the class where
race bikes are closest to road-bike specification,
ever-more teams adopted the bike as the year went
on. On the starting grid for the final race, one quarter
of the bikes
were RRs. In addition, the S 1000 RR set five new
Superstock lap records in the 2010 season.
 The
S 1000 RR secured the Metzeler National Superstock
1000 Championship in the hands of Jon Kirkham and
the Samsung Mobile Racing team. Kirkham won the Championship
with two races to go after a stunning win at Croft.
In total he took six wins, six pole positions and
two new Superstock lap records. Richard Cooper and
Tristan Palmer, fellow S 1000 RR riders from the Jentin
Racing-BMW Motorrad team,
each took a pole position, race win and class lap
record.
 On
the world stage, Italian rider Ayrton Badovini took
the BMW S 1000 RR’s first international title
and set a new motorsports record when he won nine
out of ten races to take the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup,
the high-profile series which runs at World Superbike
rounds. The S 1000 RR rider took an astounding seven
victories from the first seven rounds and secured
the title with three yet to race. He went on to win
the
next two races and take second place in the final,
setting a stunning legacy.
Tony Jakeman, BMW Motorrad UK Marketing
Manager, said: “This has been an incredible
year for BMW and the S 1000 RR. It has been a great
success with sport bike riders and racers. We have
to thank the racers and teams who’ve put in
so much effort and delivered two titles in the very
first year.
“The S 1000 RR has proved to
be just as popular and successful with our customers.
So far this year it’s been both the top selling
bike in its category and the overall bestselling bike
over 125cc. The motorcycle press has been equally
appreciative of the S 1000 RR, having won most, if
not all, of the group tests against its rivals. It
also won the prestigious international Masterbike
2010 award and was named Fast Bikes
magazine’s Sportsbike of the Year. It’s
fair to say the S 1000 RR has been a phenomenon.
“We’re looking forward to
an even more exciting year in 2011 as British star
Leon Haslam will be racing an S 1000 RR in the World
Superbike championship. With Leon joining experienced
racer Troy Corser in the BMW Motorrad Motorsport team,
we’re aiming to get the S 1000 RR’s first
win at the highest possible level.”
  
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