BMW Motorrad Motorsport has announced its participation in the 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) with the ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team, featuring top riders Toprak Razgatlioglu from Turkey and Michael van der Mark from the Netherlands. The team aims to continue its successful journey to the summit of the championship.
“We are very pleased to have Toprak Razgatlioglu and Michael van der Mark, two absolute top riders, in our factory team for the 2025 Superbike World Championship,” stated Marc Bongers, Sporting Director of BMW Motorrad Motorsport. “Both have proved in recent years that they belong to the best and will form a powerful duo on our BMW M 1000 RR next season.”
Van der Mark is set to enter his fifth season with BMW Motorrad Motorsport in 2025, while Razgatlioglu has been a part of the team since the current 2024 season. Van der Mark expressed his gratitude and optimism: “I am very, very happy and honored to continue with BMW. I am really happy that especially after the two difficult years they still have the trust in me and I think that this year’s results are showing improvements. I’m really happy with how the team’s working, how the BMW M 1000 RR is working and how we are still improving it. So it’s fantastic to be able to stay. This also gives me a lot of confidence for the rest of the season. I’m ready to keep building our momentum and be even more ready for next year.”
From 2025 onwards, the ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team will be the sole factory team representing BMW in the championship. Jürgen Röder, owner of the Bonovo action BMW Racing Team, has decided to step down for personal reasons, ending his team’s involvement in WorldSBK.
“I will be stepping down for personal reasons from 2025 on, and consequently, Bonovo action will withdraw as a factory team from BMW,” explained Röder. “I would like to personally thank all the fans who have remained so loyal to us, who have shared in our joys and our hard times. Many, many thanks, because without the enthusiasm of the spectators and fans, such an endeavor would not be possible. You are carried by the euphoria and enthusiasm, which I have enjoyed over the past years, whether in the IDM or the World Championship. It was a wonderful feeling to bring joy to others with our riders and provide entertainment and happy moments.”
Röder also extended his gratitude to his team and BMW for their support, highlighting the fair and reliable partnership over the years. Marc Bongers echoed this sentiment: “We regret Jürgen Röder’s decision not to continue his involvement in WorldSBK but understand it at the same time. We thank the entire Bonovo action BMW Racing Team, Jürgen Röder, and team manager Michael Galinski, who have led the team with great passion and dedication, the riders, technicians, and mechanics, as well as all other involved parties for the excellent and professional collaboration in recent years. Now we will continue to give it our all together, in order to achieve success and secure strong results in the remaining races of this season.”
BMW Motorrad Motorsport is set to build on its momentum with a focused factory effort, poised to make a significant impact in the 2025 WorldSBK season.
