Michael van der Mark back in the saddle of the BMW M 1000 RR.

Munich. The final race weekend of the 2023 FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) before the summer break is scheduled for next weekend for BMW Motorrad Motorsport. The eighth round of the season will take place from September 28 to 30 in Most, Czech Republic. Michael van der Mark (NED) will be back in the saddle of his BMW M 1000 RR after his injury.

BMW Motorrad Motorsport arrives with fond memories of the racetrack in the northern Czech Republic. Last year, Scott Redding (GBR) secured third place on the podium in the first main race. The potential of the BMW M 1000 RR on the track was also evident in the FIM Endurance World Championship (FIM EWC) as Most was the scene of the BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team’s first victory of 2021.

Therefore, the aim of the ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK team and the Bonovo action BMW Racing team, together with the four BMW Motorrad factory riders Redding, van der Mark, Garrett Gerloff (USA) and Loris Baz (FRA), is to bid farewell to the summer break with strong results in Most.

Quotes before the round the most.

Marc Bongers, BMW Motorrad Motorsport Director:
“First of all, welcome back, Mickey! It’s great to have Mickey back on board after his long injury break. However, we don’t want to have too high expectations for him. The important thing is for him to get his racing rhythm back on the BMW M 1000 RR before launching a full-throttle attack after the summer break. “Ahead of the summer break, we aim to get some good results with our whole team. The foundations for this need to be laid in qualifying, just like Scott and Loris did in Imola, and like Garrett would have done if he hadn’t had bad luck with yellow flags in Superpole. We go into the coming weekend with confidence!”

Michael van der Mark, #60 BMW M 1000 RR, ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team: “I’m really happy to be back. It’s been a long time and I’m looking forward to this race. It won’t be easy because I missed a lot of races so for sure the speed won’t be there from the start, but I can’t wait to be back on the bike and back to work with the boys, and to have at least one race under my belt before the summer break. Now I feel 100% fit again, so I’m looking forward to be back and enjoy this weekend before the break.

Garrett Gerloff, #31 BMW M 1000 RR, action Bonovo BMW Racing Team: “I’m really looking forward to returning to Most. It’s a track I really enjoy and another circuit where BMW did well last year, so I would love to go there and have a good weekend. It’s a fun layout. We will however have different challenges this weekend, with for example the tire choices we have. But I’m really looking forward to it. It should be fun!

Scott Redding, #45 BMW M 1000 RR, ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team: “For me, Most is a good track. I like to go there. Last year we had a good result there with BMW. I can not wait to go there. It’s a different circuit than what we are used to. And hopefully we can try to get back into the top five, top six. That would be the goal and keep working on the project and get as close as possible.

Loris Baz, #76 BMW M 1000 RR, action Bonovo BMW Racing Team:
“I am delighted to go to Most. This is the first time this year that I’ve headed into a race weekend after a good race. I really hope we’ve left all the bad luck behind us now. Imola was great. The guys did a good job of finding a better base setup that works for me. It’s not easy to find that when you don’t ride a lot and don’t test, but with the injury it was hard. I’m really looking forward to being in Most. Last year the BMW was very fast there. I wasn’t, but Scott was, so I think we have potential there. I’m really looking forward to seeing if the base we found in Imola will be good here too. The objective is to work a lot from FP1 and we showed at Imola that this is what we have to do. I’m excited for the last round of WorldSBK before the break, which we start with IDM at Spielberg. It’ll be cool, I’m really looking forward to it.