While preparing for his first season in the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team, new addition Michael van der Mark (NED) got to know his future machine. He completed his first laps on the new BMW M 1000 RR at Miramas (FRA) on Saturday. The shakedown also...
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Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team with Rizla riders Toprak Razgatlıoğlu and Michael van der Mark celebrated an historic Yamaha podium lockout, alongside GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Junior Team’s Garrett Gerloff, in the FIM Superbike World Championship Tissot Superpole Race at Estoril today – the first time...
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Starting sixth on the grid, Michael van der Mark started making progress to the front of the chasing pack – setting the fastest lap of the race on lap six and moving to within striking distance of the podium positions. Disappointingly, just a lap and...
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With less than a second separating the top 10 riders in the premier WorldSBK field, Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team with Rizla rider Michael van der Mark found himself on the other end of the spectrum after Friday’s Free Practice sessions at the final round...
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A new challenge awaits the Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team with Rizla at Circuito Estoril for the eighth and final round of the revised 2020 FIM Superbike World Championship in Portugal this weekend. With one race win apiece and a further 11 podiums between them, Michael...
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Michael van der Mark fought to a third-place finish for the Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team with Rizla in the FIM Superbike World Championship Tissot Superpole Race, as rain continued to lash the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in France today. Van der Mark made a lightning...
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Rain prevailed as Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team with Rizla riders Toprak Razgatlıoğlu and Michael van der Mark finished sixth and ninth respectively in Race 1 at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours today. Van der Mark had an impressive start in the opening lap, coming from P6...
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The Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team with Rizla went to work today to find Michael van der Mark and Toprak Razgatlıoğlu the confidence needed to fight in wet conditions at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours. In conditions almost better suited to Yamaha’s WaveRunner rather than an R1...
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The Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team with Rizla is ready to tackle potentially challenging conditions in the fight for victory this weekend, when the seventh round of the restructured 2020 FIM Superbike World Championship visits Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in France. Previously an F1 venue and...
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Michael van der Mark won his first race of the 2020 FIM Superbike World Championship for the Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team with Rizla at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya today, with a commanding victory in the Tissot Superpole Race. He followed up this stellar performance with...
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The Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team with Rizla came close to the podium, with riders Michael van der Mark and Toprak Razgatlıoğlu finishing fourth and sixth respectively at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya today. Van der Mark had a positive morning to qualify P5 and on the...
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The Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team with Rizla enjoyed a competitive start to the first ever FIM Superbike World Championship event in Barcelona, with Toprak Razgatlıoğlu and Michael van der Mark going one-two in today’s free practice sessions, their best laps posted on Pirelli’s SCO...
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