Michael van der Mark will go to 2021 in the Superbike world championship for BMW at the Start. The German brand announced today. Only two days ago it was officially that of the low countries, Yamaha is about to leave. Who will be in the coming year, the team-mate of van der Mark, is not determined at this time.
BMW will notify only that it will announce the second driver to “a later date”. “We are very pleased with the commitment of Michael, which has developed in recent years in the Superbike world championship is very strong,” says Marc Bongers, head of BMW Motorrad Motorsport.
“We are convinced that Michael is an asset to our project. Together and in combination with the strong package that we can offer to him, we can make the next step forward, in terms of results. We welcome Michael in the BMW-Team welcome and look forward to a strong collaboration.”
Van der Mark, 2014 world Supersport champion and rode for two years with Ten Kate Honda in the world Superbike championship. Since 2017, he was with Yamaha at the Start. Overall, the 27 has conquered the-Year-old three race wins. With Honda and Yamaha van der Mark also won four Suzuka 8 hours.
“We are pleased to be able to Michael in the BMW-Team,” says team boss Shaun Muir. “He brings a lot of experience and is one of the youngest, most talented drivers in the WorldSBK field. We brought Michael on Board underscores our focus and our determination to fight to the top. We are going to give Michael everything, what is necessary to achieve this goal.”
this season, Tom Sykes and Eugene Laverty are the two BMW drivers. Laverty met with only in the last Winter of the Team.
This article was written by Gerald Dirnbeck
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