BMW MOTORRAD WORLDSBK TEAM INSIDE THE TOP 10 ON DAY 1 AT THE CIRCUIT DE BARCELONA-CATALUNYA
17/09/21
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
The BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team today returned to the Catalan track for Round 9 of the FIM World Superbike Championship. Michael van der Mark equally had a good first outing this morning aboard his BMW M 1000 RR, putting himself into the top 8 with a best lap of a 1’42.863, just +0.494 behind Toprak Razgatlioglu in P1. Michael struggled in his final session as he slipped outside the top 10 places. Despite that he still finished P8 on combined times after the opening day.
Michael: “Today wasn’t too bad to be honest. We have been trying to find more turning and more grip on the exit of the turn which had been our issue quite often. This morning I had an okay feeling with the bike and this afternoon we tried to improve it in the hotter conditions and in my final outing I felt like we did however on used tyres. I am confident we had found something for tomorrow, but we still need to find a couple of tenths to be where we want to be.”