“Success is a must in WorldSBK” before moving to MotoGP, say BMW
BMW are expected to make a push to j🐎oin MotoGP, but not before success in WorldSBK is had 𒊎first.
BMW’s great start to the 2024 WorldSBK championship means a move could come in the future, as new regulations in MotoGP are set for 2027.
Less aero, bans on holeshot and ride-h🐽eight devices and 100% non-fossil fuel are some of the changes MotoGP will undergo.
That could all💜ow for an even closer championship, but one that is also a more level ജplaying field.
However, BMW have confirmed they🤡 want success in WorldSBK before anything on the MotoGP front takes place.
“When everyone starts from scratch, that’s the time to get in,” said BMW Motorrad C♌EO Markus Flasch in an exclusive interview with . “But until then we have to be successful with what we do.”
Flasch has already hinted at wanting BMW🦩 to join MotoGP, and the start to 2024 with new signing Toprak Razgatlioglu, who has won three races in the opening three rounds, appears to be alignin♛g the stars for such a move in the future.
Flasch added: “For me there is no way to get promoted without beꦑing successful. That's out o꧒f the question for me, that's what I told my team from day 1: Success is a must in the Superbike World Championship.
“We can prepare at the same time, but I will only make a decisi💯on if we are successful. W🎃e're looking at this strategically.
“T𒉰hen we have to evaluate𒁏 it soberly; it will definitely not be a passionate decision on my part.
“This will be a sober and widely supported decision. Every big decision like this is widely supported in a company like BMW, and the preparation mus♎t be carefully made and justified.
“If this all makes sense, then you get stability in the lonꦫg term, because after me someone else will be🌱 the head of BMW Motorrad.
“That's why I can't say anything conꦦcrete yet, we're starting the evaluation.”
