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P11 FOR VAN DER MARK IN WORLDSBK RACE 1 AT MOTORLAND ARAGON IN SPAIN

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BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team rider Michael van der Mark has scored an eleventh place in today’s first WorldSBK race of 2021 at MotorLand Aragon aboard the new BMW M 1000 RR. Van der Mark started from P15. In the morning’s free practice, Van der Mark could only do one timed lap as a CAN-Bus failure occurred in the supplied tyre pressure monitoring system TMPS, mandatory by FIM, that could not be identified immediately. Van der Mark moved into eleventh place early on in the race, and eventually crossed the finish line in the same position.

 

“We were really unlucky this morning. We lost a lot of time as we had that problem with the bike. At the end, the guys fixed it and I could do one lap in FP3 but still I need more laps after losing yesterday. Superpole was not so bad but it was the first time with a qualifying tyre for me and the bike changes a lot so you have to get used to it. In the race, I had an okay start and the first few laps I was feeling very strong but at one point of the track I was losing too much to stay with the other guys. Just one particular sector. That was a bit of a shame because then I tried to push more and stressed the front tyre too much and started to lose time. But overall it was important to finally do a long distance and we can learn a lot from this. Tomorrow is a new day and with all the information we have now, tomorrow should be better.”