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2007 German
Cross Country Champs
XCC Schweinfurt Sunday, 23th
September 2007
Be careful: he overfies
The BMW Motorrad Motorsport team’s participation in the ’07
German Cross Country Championship came to a clo-se last weekend where
team rider Simi Kirssi experienced mixed fortunes during the two-hour
race at Schweinfurt. Not making the best of starts the Finn furiously
worked his way passed slower riders during the opening laps of the
race only to fnd himself having to stop mid-way through the event when
his bike’s fuel cap became dislodged. Soaking him in fuel Simo was
forced to make an unscheduled pit where he changed his race jeans
before once again taking to the track and charging through the pack.
Despite his less than perfect start to the race,
and then losing valuable time in the pits having been forced to stop
mid-way through the race, the fnal round of the GCC series ended in an
extremely encouraging way for both Simo and the whole BMW Motorrad
Motorsport team. During the closing stages of the race Simo, a rider
that on many occasions this season has shown fashes of brilliance
while playing a key role in the development of BMW’s new 450 sports
enduro bike, out-paced countryman and former Enduro 2 World Champion
Samuli Aro. Despite being several laps down on the Aro at the time
Simo caught, battled with, and eventually outpaced the rider that
would eventually be crowned as the ’07 GCC champion. In doing so
Simo showed the true potential of BMW’s 450 sports enduro bike and
brought a long season of development to an extremely positive close.
With the fnal round of the GCC series bringing to a
close the frst chapter of the development of BMW’s prototype 450
sports enduro team, the BMW Motorrad Motorsport team will now continue
to develop the exciting new bike ahead of their participation in
indoor enduro events this winter.
Simo Kirssi: on wild chase
Markus Theobald
(development department):
"The story of the fuel tank cap is stupid, but it can happen and
that’s exactly why we have been competing in selected races this
season – it’s one of the things you have to fnd out by racing. At
this race, following our successful completion of the fnal round of
the World Enduro Championship, it was really im-portant to see that
the bike performed without problems du-ring a tough cross-country
race, which it did. Simo was really able to ride the bike to its full
potential and it has brought the ’07 GCC championship season to an
extremely satisfactory end."
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