El Campeonato Mundial de Resistencia FIM 2022 ha comenzado, al igual que la angustia de los fanáticos de BMW. El equipo Motorrad se vio obligado a retirarse en las 24 Horas de Le Mans el pasado sábado, después de que una piedra muy precisa se incrustara en el radiador de su moto y destruyera su motor. La BMW M1000RR del equipo, que posiblemente sea la motocicleta más avanzada y capaz de Motorrad, iba bien hasta que la roca de casi 1 pulgada perforó el radiador y derramó el refrigerante.
La M1000RR puede ser el mayor logro de la División M y Motorrad, pero incluso con el nuevo sistema de detección de grava de la bicicleta, es impotente contra un poco de mala suerte. Los pilotos del BMW WEC y la moto n.º 37 habían completado 151 vueltas en poco menos de cuatro horas y media antes de retirarse porque el motor se sobrecalentó.
The team expected to make a push for the podium late in the evening, as the 24-hour race rewards good pacing and sipping fuel, but it didn’t make that long into the race. For reference, the winning team from Yoshimura SERT Motul ran 840 laps in 24 hours and two seconds aboard a Suzuki GSXR-1000.
BMW WEC manager Werner Daemen said the sizable rock shot through the radiator despite the M1000RR having protection in place. Emphasis mine:
The race was good – until we had a big stone in our radiator. The water was straight out, the oil temperature went up and the engine broke. It was very disappointing for everybody that the race ended that way. For the riders, for the team, the mechanics, they all had worked so hard this winter to prepare the bike. We were very well prepared but this was something that nobody could foresee. We have a big protector in front of our radiator but this stone was at least two centimetres big and when it hits the radiator at 260 km/h [162 miles per hour] then nothing helps. This happens, we are very disappointed but we will come back!
In their own statements, BMW riders Markus Reitberger, Jérémy Guarnoni and Ilya Mikhalchik shared that the mighty M1000RR just saw a bit of bad juju, and the team looks forward to the upcoming World Endurance Championship races. Up next is the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps in June where, hopefully, the BMW M1000RR will not having sniper rocks aiming for its radiator.
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