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Podium at the Bol d’Or and 3rd place in the World Championship
Le Castellet. A thrilling FIM Endurance World Championship 2023 season finale at Le Castellet (FRA) saw the BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team claim another podium finish and secure third place in the world championship standings. At the Bol d’Or, Markus Reiterberger (GER), Ilya Mikhalchik (UKR) and Jérémy Guarnoni (FRA) crossed the line in third place…
IDM Assen: Back in the title race with a brilliant performance
Summery conditions prevailed at the International German Motorcycle Championship IDM last weekend. The BCC-alpha-Van Zon-BMW team, led by Werner Daemen and Andy Gerlich, together with their riders Ilya Mikhalchik (Ukraine), Philipp Steinmayr (Austria), Max Schmidt (Germany), Bálint Kovács (Hungary), Kamil Krzemien (Poland) and wildcard rider Pepijn Bijsterbosch (Netherlands) made the journey to the TT Circuit…
Best European team at the Suzuka 8 H: BMW Motorrad EWC team scores important points
Suzuka. The BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team recorded an outstanding, hard-earned sixth place at the Suzuka 8 Hours (JPN) to secure important championship points in the FIM Endurance World Championship (FIM EWC). Markus Reiterberger (GER), Ilya Mikhalchik (UKR) and Jérémy Guarnoni (FRA) defied the hot and humid conditions as well as rain on the #37 BMW…
IDM Red Bull Ring: Adventurous tour of Austria
Last weekend things went a little differently for the BCC-alpha-Van Zon-BMW team than on the other race weekends in the International German Motorcycle Championship IDM. This is because team boss Werner Daemen and Superbike rider Ilya Mikhalchik were absent from the event at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. Instead of the IDM, they went…
IDM Schleiz: Pole position, Slip-up and Trophy
Last weekend saw the BCC-alpha-Van Zon-BMW team of Werner Daemen and Andreas Gerlich reach the halfway point of the International German Motorcycle Championship IDM 2023. The journey had taken the Belgian-German team with its BMW riders Ilya Mikhalchik from Ukraine, Kamil Krzemien from Poland, Bálint Kovács from Hungary, Philipp Steinmayr from Austria and Max…
BCC-alpha-Van Zon-BMW: Not for the faint-hearted
The German-Belgian BCC-alpha-Van Zon-BMW team of Andy Gerlich and Werner Daemen has had an exhausting two weeks, filled to the brim with gripping motorsport at the highest level. After the successful detour at the World Endurance Championship in Spa-Francorchamps, the team found itself in the Czech Republic last weekend, where the third of seven rounds…
24H SPA EWC Motos: Another podium for BMW Motorrad EWC
Spa-Francorchamps. The tension within the BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team finally evaporated after 24 intensive hours of racing at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (BEL); Markus Reiterberger (GER), Ilya Mikhalchik (UKR) and Jérémy Guarnoni (FRA) again finished on the podium with the #37 BMW M 1000 RR at round two of the 2023 FIM Endurance World Championship…
IDM Sachsenring: Turbulent Opener
The long wait finally came to an end last weekend. At the Sachsenring, where in four weeks Marquez and Co. will be meeting again at the German Grand Prix, the riders of the International German Motorcycle Championship started their 2023 season. The German-Belgian team BCC-alpha-Van Zon-BMW of Andy Gerlich and Werner Daemen also started in…
Spots available! 3 days of riding at Assen (5-7 May 2023)
We have some free riding spots available at Assen on 5-7 May. Included is three days of riding (weekend) + place in box + mechanic available. The price is € 950 total. You can also sign up for some one-on-one coaching by Pepijn Bijsterbosch. One-on-one coaching is € 750 per day. Contact us at info@mrp-racing.com if interested.
Busy (and fast!) times for MRP – Pre tests Le Mans
As you know we now have two MRP powered teams driving in the Endurance World Championship with the BMW Motorrad EWC team running in the Formula EWC category and the Tecmas-MRP-BMW Racing team competing in the Superstock Category. Both teams put down an excellent show during these pre-Mans tests as they came out fastest in their first day of testing!…
Champion And BMW Motorrad Team Ready For Peak Performance
We are entering a second year of technical partnership with the BMW Motorrad World Endurance-Team. In this exclusive interview, Team Manager Werner Daemen shared the highlights of our ongoing partnership! We kicked off an exciting partnership last year. Can you tell us how the first year of collaboration went for your team? Werner: Fantastic! 2022 was…
Photos from our 2023 Garage Sale
Our traditional garage sale was lots of fun! Have a look at some photos below. It was a weekend filled with bikes (lots of bikes!), deals and workshops.
Full House at BCC-alpha-Van-Zon-BMW
Fans and riders will have to wait until the beginning of May for the first race of the International German Championship IDM 2023, but behind the scenes the course is already being set for a successful season in Germany’s highest motorbike sport predicate. Werner Daemen and Andreas Gerlich, responsible for technology, have agreed to continue…
MRP Garage Sale – The Fastest Garage Sale
Our traditional Garage Sale is back! Join us again from the 27th to the 29th of January 2023 for a weekend filled with Bikes, Deals and Workshops. Like always we will host workshops on tyres, products and more combined with some food and drinks. The MRP Garage Sale does not only mean getting great deals…
Track Days Cartagena And/Or Andalucia In 2023 – Book Them Now!
More events! Upcoming track days – March 2023 With the colder temperatures we are already dreaming about the sun and fun on track. We are now launching our track dates for next year in Cartagena and Andalucia. We will be hosting three days on each track divided into groups from Beginner to Racer and with…
MRP Trackdays Cartagena & New BMW M 1000 RR
Come along to Spain! Track days – Cartagena November 2-4, 2022 You can easily book our track days on our new website. Click HERE to do it. From the success of our previous event in Cartagena we want to continue offering high quality track days for our customers with always that bit of extra. We…
IDM Red Bull Ring: Success all along the line – Double victory included
The calendar of the International German Motorcycle Championship IDM 2022 took the German-Belgian team BCC-alpha-Van Zon-BMW to Austria last weekend. The Red Bull Ring was the venue for the penultimate of a total of seven rounds. With their rider Markus Reiterberger (D), the two team bosses Werner Daemen and Andy Gerlich had already clinched the…