New BMW “Sport Boxer”
Here are some of the first photos of the “Sport Boxer”, which is a super-lightweight Superbike based on the new R1200S (WBW feature article) it was raced by BMW at the 24 Hours of Le Mans motorcycle race on April 21, 2007. Here’s a translation of the German press release:
On April 21, 2007 the starting signal falls to the “24 Heures Moto”, the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans Motorcycle Race in Le Mans, France. Everything will be as it was in the past. The last race was run with BMWs 50 years ago as a road race with a BMW motorcycle works team at the start.
BMW will use an R1200S for the Endurance World Championship race with the Sportboxer, due to the capacity limit of 1200cc for the motorcycle in the open class. The motorcycle will be ridden by BMW experienced professional racers. The team consists of Stéphane Mertens, Thomas Hinterreiter and Rico Penzkofer, as well as Marcus Barth as a spare racer.
In 2007 season, the team will be at four 24 hours races. Beside the “24 Heures Moto” in Le Mans, the team will race the 24 hour endurance race at Barcelona on July 7-8, Oschersleben on August 11-12 and Magny Cours (Bol d’Or) on September 15-16.
Us bike lovers can only hope it makes it to production. Here are the only results I found from the race ( I sadly was not ably to watch all 24 hours….) Top in Open Class is the proud German team BMW Motorrad Motorsport with their BMW… So if you really dig to find out the resluts please share them with me!
Photos courtesy of BMW AG
Scott Digital