It is this Tuesday that the three-time German Champion, still under contract with BMW, will benefit from special authorization from the Bavarian manufacturer to try his luck on the Austrian MotoGP machine.
Reiterberger has had a very special career so far, supported by BMW as one of the great German hopes. His father Thomas Reiterberger raced on the circuit until 1986, then after fracturing four vertebrae, he switched to speedway, grass track and sand track. At the same time, he joined alpha Technik where he still builds racing engines for BMW based on S 1000 RR. So the kid wasn't going to race on another brand.
Markus being a fast and charming boy, and the Bavarians being united people, the managers of BMW Motorrad Motorsport decided to help the young hopeful. But as the only official BMW team was in the Superbike World Championship (Troy Corser, Ruben Xaus) it was decided to launch Markus into the deep end through the French team of Michel Garnier, in Superstock 1000. He was advisor, provided by his employer, the double vice-World Champion 250 from 1996 and 1997 Ralf Waldmann. Everything went very well.
Then BMW placed Markus with Althea in World Superbike, and everything went very badly. After three races, “Reiti” returned to IDM with the team of Werner Daemen Remeha Van Zon. He has just finished second in the Bol d'Or on the BMW Penz13 with Alex Polita and Jan Buehn.
It should be a unique experience. Last July, KTM also put KTM Moto16 rider Miguel Oliveira on the RC2. “ We are very interested in the opinions of inexperienced riders in MotoGP, interesting to maintain development », Explained technical director Mike Leitner.
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