ROKiT BMW unveiled its team for the World Superbike Championship yesterday, where it will defend the title won last year with Toprak Razgatlioglu. The presentation took place in Berlin at BMW Motorrad Welt.
In a winning team, little changes: the Turkish rider remains, alongside teammate Michael van der Mark, who will be entering his fifth season with the structure. Both will ride the BMW M 1000 RR, with Razgatlioglu displaying the #1 as the reigning world champion.
The colors remain consistent, with the bikes predominantly black, featuring graphics in BMW M’s signature colors (blue, red, and white).
The event also showcased BMW’s lineup for the Endurance World Championship (EWC) and included appearances from riders connected to the brand in UK competitions.
Christian Gonschor, BMW Motorrad Motorsport’s technical director, stated: ‘I am very excited about the new season, and today’s event showed that the entire BMW Motorrad Motorsport and BMW Group are fully behind this. […]. The riders were happy, the fans were thrilled, and we as technicians and engineers were as well. The new BMW M 1000 RR is an outstanding foundation for the future. The goal remains, as always, to be successful and to approach every race with full focus. Naturally, we aim to defend the title in WorldSBK’.
ROKiT BMW team principal Shaun Muir said: ‘It has been twelve months since we set off the project with Toprak and Michael as a pairing. It is fantastic to see the new 2025 BMW M 1000 RR in the new paint scheme. It’s looking really good. We are just happy that it is now January, pre-season testing starts in one week’s time and then we are quickly off to Australia. The expectations are very high because of the successes both Michael and Toprak had last year. We would like to get one step further for sure to get the manufacturers’ and riders’ championship and also Michael in the top three or four in the World Championship would be sensational. The test team have done everything possible to give us the tools to do the job and we are excited to go to the track’.