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Has BMW taken a step forward? Shaun Mir sees WSBK tests in Portimão as ‘important to consolidate the pre-season’

by Redação
March 20, 2025
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Terá a BMW dado um passo em frente? Shaun Mir vê testes do WSBK em Portimão como ‘importantes para consolidar a pré-época’

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After a complicated start to the season in Phillip Island, BMW seems to have finally found positive signs with the new M 1000 RR. During the tests conducted at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, the ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK team demonstrated encouraging progress, with Toprak Razgatlioglu showing notable consistency in race simulations.

The 2024 season started with unexpected challenges for BMW. Razgatlioglu, the current world champion, was far from his usual competitive level in the Australian round, while his teammate, Michael van der Mark, could not go beyond a modest 14th place in the main race and the Superpole Race, after an incident in the first corner kept him out of Race 1. The need to adapt to the new bike was evident, compounded by the fact that the team had little useful track time due to adverse weather conditions in the pre-season tests in Jerez and Portimão.

However, the scenario seems to be changing, or at least that is the conviction of Shaun Muir, who was quite happy with what he saw at the Portuguese circuit, with the BMW Team Director commenting on these as follows:

– Portimão has always been a good reference point for us. Despite losing some track time due to bad weather, both riders managed to complete an average of 50 laps per day, which is positive. Michael worked on a series of setup adjustments and made steady progress. As for Toprak, he focused on regaining confidence in the bike and achieved a very strong pace in race simulations. His 10-lap sequences were among the most consistent we have seen with this bike.

And he continued, explaining how these days might have been crucial: ‘With only three days of productive testing before the Australian round, these two days in Portimão were fundamental to consolidate the pre-season work. The team has taken a clear step forward and both riders are more confident. With two weeks until the next race, we feel we have a solid foundation to continue evolving’.

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