BMW in the premier class of production-based motorcycle racing: the factory’s involvement in the FIM Superbike World Championship WorldSBK has been crowned with double titles. In 2024 and 2025, we celebrated the world championship title with Toprak Razgatlioglu! We now started a new chapter with Danilo Petrucci and Miguel Oliveira in the 2026 season.
The ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team is a collaboration between BMW Motorrad Motorsport and British Shaun Muir Racing and has been competing as BMW factory team in WorldSBK since 2019. As BMW Motorrad Motorsport, the squad around Team Principal Shaun Muir has a wealth of experience in racing and in the FIM Superbike World Championship. The highlights of this project so far have been the two world championship title wins in 2024 and 2025. Now all is set for a great future with DP9 and MO88!
Date of birth: 24th October 1990
Birthplace: Terni (ITA)
Nationality: Italian
Number: 9
Crew chief: Marcus Eschenbacher (GER)
5th place in the FIM Superbike World Championship, best Independent Rider
5th place in the FIM Superbike World Championship, best Independent Rider
7th place in the FIM Superbike World Championship, MotoGP World Championship
Dakar Rally (1 stage win), MotoAmerica Superbike Championship, MotoGP World Championship
MotoGP World Championship
2nd place in the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Champion in the Italian Superstock 1000 Championship
FIM Superstock 1000 Cup
Champion in the Superstock 1000 European Junior Championship
Date of birth: 4th January 1995
Birthplace: Almada (POR)
Nationality: Portuguese
Number: 88
Crew chief: Andrew Pitt (AUS)
MotoGP World Championship, 5 wins
2nd place in the Moto2 World Championship
3rd place in the Moto2 World Championship
Moto2 World Championship
2nd place in the Moto3 World Championship
Moto3 World Championship
125cc World Championship
2nd place in the Spanish 125cc Championship
999 cc, four-cylinder four-stroke engine with four titanium valves per cylinder, liquid-cooled, titanium rods, 2-ring pistons
Constant mesh 6-speed gearbox with straight cut gears, secondary drive via ///M Performance chain by Regina
> 233 hp at over 14,000 rpm based on fuelflow limit 2026
80 x 49.7 mm
Electronic injection, variable intake manifold length
Nordoel E-Fuel with 40% non-fossil content (regulatory requirement from 2024)
Akrapovič
~21 l (not limited per regulations in 2026)
45 kg/h (per 2026 regulations)
Champion lubicrants, wet sump
168 kg
1,460 mm (variable)
2,080 mm
561 mm (718 mm incl. wings)
Upside-down telescopic Öhlins RVP25/30 front fork 2026 spec
Underslung BMW swing arm, full-floater linkage, Öhlins RVP50 shock absorber
Twin-disc Brembo 338 mm, Brembo 4-piston radial callipers
Single-disc Brembo 218 mm, Brembo 4-piston radial callipers
PVM forged wheels, front 17’’ x 3.5’’, rear 17’’ x 6.0’’
Pirelli WorldSBK race tyres
After more than two months and three race weekends, the time had finally come again at Donington Park when at round eight of the FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK), the ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team was once again able to compete with both of its regular riders on the BMW M 1000 RRs. Miguel Oliveira had already returned from injury at Misano, and now Danilo Petrucci was also fit to make his comeback. However, the team’s home round proved to be a challenging one. The hard and difficult work in the search for the optimal setup, along with the determination shown by the riders and the team, went unrewarded. 11th place for Oliveira in Race 1 was the maximum that could be achieved this weekend.
BMW Motorrad Motorsport and the ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team are looking ahead with confidence to the next round of the FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) at Donington Park. The team is expected to field both of its regular riders once again. Both riders have been sidelined by injuries in recent weeks. Following Miguel Oliveira’s return to the team at Misano, team-mate Danilo Petrucci is now also ready to make his comeback. A test aboard the BMW M 1000 RR at Donington Park delivered encouraging results.
The seventh round of the 2026 FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) at Misano proved to be a challenge – one that BMW Motorrad Motorsport, the ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team, and its riders mastered with flying colours. Leading the charge was Miguel Oliveira, who returned to the saddle of his BMW M 1000 RR after a serious shoulder injury, showcasing remarkable fighting spirit and unwavering determination. All-rounder Michael van der Mark once again impressed in his role as substitute rider, while the injured Danilo Petrucci provided valuable support to the team from the garage during his home event.
Miguel Oliveira is ready to return aboard the #88 BMW M 1000 RR of the ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team. After missing the race weekends at Most and at MotorLand Aragón due to shoulder injuries sustained in Hungary at the beginning of May, Oliveira is aiming to make his comeback this weekend at Misano, where round seven of the 2026 FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) will take place.
Productive work in scorching summer temperatures characterised the sixth round of the 2026 FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) for BMW Motorrad Motorsport and the ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team. At MotorLand Aragón, the team was forced to compete without both regular riders due to injury. Miguel Oliveira sustained shoulder injuries during the race weekend in Hungary, while Danilo Petrucci suffered a fractured coccyx two weeks ago in Most. As a result, BMW Motorrad factory riders from the FIM Endurance World Championship (FIM EWC), Michael van der Mark and Hannes Soomer, took over riding duties on the team's BMW M 1000 RRs.
BMW Motorrad Motorsport in WorldSBK
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Date: 20th to 22nd February 2026
Circuit: Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit – Ventnor – Australia
Length: 4.445 km
Date: 27th to 29th March 2026
Circuit: Autódromo Internacional do Algarve – Portimão – Portugal
Length: 4.592 km
Date: 17th to 19th April 2026
Circuit: TT Assen Circuit – Assen – Netherlands
Length: 4.542 km
Date: 1st to 3rd May 2026
Circuit: Balaton Park Circuit – Balatonfőkajár – Hungary
Length: 4.115 km
Date: 15th to 17th May 2026
Circuit: Autodrom Most – Most – Czech Republic
Length: 4.212 km
Date: 29th to 31st May 2026
Circuit: MotorLand Aragón – Alcañiz – Spain
Length: 5.077 km
Date: 12th to 14th June 2026
Circuit: Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli – Misano Adriatico – Italy
Length: 4.226 km
Date: 10th to 12th July 2026
Circuit: Donington Park Circuit – Castle Donington – Great Britain
Length: 4.023 km
Date: 4th to 6th September 2026
Circuit: Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours – Magny-Cours – France
Length: 4.411 km
Date: 25th to 27th September 2026
Circuit: Cremona Circuit – Cremona – Italy
Length: 3.768 km
Date: 9th to 11th October 2026
Circuit: Circuito Estoril – Estoril – Portugal
Length: 4.182 km
Date: 16th to 18th October 2026
Circuit: Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto – Jerez de la Frontera – Spain
Length: 4.423 km
Behind the Speed - Portuguese Round