Shaun Muir Racing

BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team

2025 name	ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK
Base	Guisborough, Cleveland, England
Team principal/s	Shaun Muir
Race riders	60 Michael van der Mark 54 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu [1]
Test rider/s	Sylvain Guintoli Markus Reiterberger
Motorcycle	BMW M1000RR
Tyres	Pirelli
Riders' Championships	World Superbike Championship Toprak Razgatlıoğlu (2024 World Superbike) British Superbike Championship Tommy Hill (2011 British Superbike) Josh Brookes (2015 British Superbike)

Broc Parkes on a Milwaukee Yamaha R1 Superbike in early 2015

Shaun Muir Racing (or SMR) is an international race team based in Guisborough, Cleveland in the north-east of England. The team is owned by Shaun Muir, a former international superbike racer. In 2019, they became the BMW works team using BMW S1000RR machines, ^[2] culminating in winning the 2024 Superbike World Championship with rider Toprak Razgatlıoğlu and M1000 RR machines.

They were the 2011 British Superbike Championship winning team with rider Tommy Hill, and again in 2015 with rider Josh Brookes.

Shaun Muir Racing began in 2002, moving into the British Superbike Championship in 2004 under the Hydrex Honda banner, staying with Honda until 2011 when they switched to Yamaha machinery going on to win their first title. From 2013 to 2015, the team used the name Milwaukee Yamaha, reflecting the name of its major sponsor, Milwaukee Tools.

During 2015, SMR acted as a Yamaha factory development agent, working to develop the cross-plane R1 engined machines in advance of an anticipated return to World Superbike racing in 2016. ^[3]

In an online interview in November 2015, rider Josh Brookes commented that Muir could not make a statement regarding the team's plans for 2016 until the contract with Yamaha had ended in December. ^[4] In early December, Shaun Muir confirmed his move to BMW M1000RR machinery and World Superbikes.

World Superbikes 2016 season

Logo used for 2016

For 2016, Shaun Muir Racing confirmed a new arrangement with BMW Motorrad Motorsport to participate in World Superbikes, initially via a one-year contract with a second-year option, as a semi-factory supported team, again backed by key-sponsor Milwaukee Tools for three years. Muir further confirmed his disappointment that Yamaha had not responded as expected with an offer of machinery for 2016 World Superbikes as far back as June/July 2015, and that he anticipated better interaction with the BMW factory. The 2015 BSB champion rider Josh Brookes will be retained, joined by Czech rider Karel Abraham. ^{[5] [6]}

British Superbikes 2015 season

Logo used for 2015

During 2015, SMR acted as a Yamaha factory development agent in conjunction with Yamaha Europe and their German research and development base, using the British Superbike season to progress the machines in advance of an anticipated return to World Superbike racing in 2016. The alliance provided the team with the latest engine improvements, with manager Mick Shanley making regular trips to the base of engine tuner Marcus Eschenbacher. ^[3]

For 2015, the team logo was uniquely changed from the previous version, by adding the official Yamaha crossed tuning-fork logo, together with the additional legend "Official Team BSB".

British Superbikes 2013–2014 season

Logo used for 2013 and 2014

During the 2013 and 2014 seasons, SMR worked with major sponsor Milwaukee Tools and race-modified Yamaha R1 machines purchased over-the-counter. The team logo for 2013 and 2014 was historically significant, using the name Milwaukee Yamaha Racing, until changes were made for the 2015 season by adding the official Yamaha tuning-fork logo with added legend unique for 2015, changing the appearance to Milwaukee Yamaha Racing, Official Team BSB.

Riders present and past

As BMW Motorrad

Rider	Number	Era	Notes
Tom Sykes	66	2019	N/A
Markus Reiterberger	21
Tom Sykes	66	2020
Eugene Laverty	58
Tom Sykes	66	2021
Eugene Laverty	58		Some races, replacement for Sykes
Michael van der Mark	60		N/A
Scott Redding	45	2022
Michael van der Mark	60
Illia Mykhalchyk	37		Some races, replacement for Sykes
Scott Redding	45	2023	N/A
Michael van der Mark	60
Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	54	2024
Michael van der Mark	60
Markus Reiterberger	21		1 race, replacement for Razgatlıoğlu
Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	1	2025	N/A
Michael van der Mark	60

Past

Rider	Team	Number	Era	Notes
Kieran Clarke	Hydrex Honda	74	2005	N/A
Steve Plater		4
Gary Mason		5	2006
Glen Richards		75
Dean Thomas		12		Replacement for Mason
Guy Martin		9	2007	N/A
Leon Camier		2
Ian Hutchinson				Replacement for Camier
Guy Martin		15	2008	N/A
James Ellison		7
Stuart Easton		3	2009
Karl Harris		5
Tommy Hill		33		Replacement for Harris
James Ellison	Swan Honda	2	2010	N/A
Stuart Easton		3
Michael Laverty	Swan Yamaha	7	2011
Tommy Hill		33
		1	2012
Noriyuki Haga [7]		41
James Ellison	Milwaukee Yamaha	77	2013	N/A
Josh Waters		21		Replaced by Tommy Bridewell for last three rounds
Tommy Bridewell		46		N/A
			2014
Ian Hutchinson		2		[7] [8]
Josh Brookes		3		N/A
		25	2015
Broc Parkes		2		First part of season
Jakub Smrž		96		Selected races, end of season
Josh Brookes	Milwaukee BMW	25	2016	N/A
Karel Abraham		17
Eugene Laverty	Milwaukee Aprilia	58	2017	All races
Julián Simón		60		Some races
Lorenzo Savadori		32
Eugene Laverty		58	2018	Some races, injured
Lorenzo Savadori		32		Some races
Davide Giugliano		34

Road Racing

Guy Martin, William Dunlop, and Conor Cummins have represented the team on the roads at North West 200, Isle of Man TT, Macau Grand Prix, Kells and Isle of Man Southern 100 on the Superbike, Supersport and Superstock machines. ^[7]

British Superbike Championship

After the departure of James Ellison in 2008 to GSE Racing Airwaves Yamaha Team, Karl Harris was taken on to race alongside Stuart Easton to compete for the BSB championship in 2009.

Easton finished third place in the Championship, whilst Harris was dropped due to poor performances, his place being taken for the last three rounds by Tommy Hill. ^[7]

Superbike World Championship

Results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Bike	Tyres	No.	Riders	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		RC	Points	TC	Points	MC	Points
						R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
2016	Milwaukee BMW	BMW S1000RR	P			AUS	AUS	THA	THA	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	MAL	MAL	GBR	GBR	ITA	ITA	USA	USA	GER	GER	FRA	FRA	SPA	SPA	QAT	QAT
				17	Karel Abraham	13	11	Ret	15	15	14	Ret	14	16	Ret	12	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	15	14	12	Ret	15	16	16			Ret	Ret	18th	33	9th	122	4th	234
				25	Josh Brookes	10	9	15	16	13	13	11	Ret	14	13	11	12	14	9	11	14	13	Ret	14	7	12	11	10	12	15	Ret	14th	89
2017	Milwaukee Aprilia	Aprilia RSV4 RF	P			AUS	AUS	THA	THA	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	ITA	ITA	USA	USA	GER	GER	POR	POR	FRA	FRA	SPA	SPA	QAT	QAT
				3	Julián Simón					13	15																					34th	4	4th	285	4th	213
				32	Lorenzo Savadori	Ret	9	13	Ret			5	Ret	12	13	12	Ret	9	6	10	8	7	7	8	6	11	Ret	7	18	5	Ret	11th	124
				50	Eugene Laverty	8	10	Ret	15	8	9	8	8	NC	7	13	Ret	6	5	Ret	6	10	Ret	7	4	6	17	8	Ret	4	7	10th	157
2018	Milwaukee Aprilia	Aprilia RSV4 RF	P			AUS	AUS	THA	THA	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	CZE	CZE	USA	USA	ITA	ITA	POR	POR	FRA	FRA	ARG	ARG	QAT	QAT
				32	Lorenzo Savadori	DNS	DNS	12	9	15	10	15	10	8	Ret	5	7	7	5	14	Ret	8	7	Ret	6	4	6	Ret	8	11	C	10th	138	4th	307	4th	218
				34	Davide Giugliano					13	18	13	11																			21st	11
				50	Eugene Laverty	8	15	9	Ret					12	9	6	Ret	6	4	4	3	3	8	Ret	7	9	11	5	Ret	4	C	8th	158

Year	Team	Bike	Tyres	No.	Riders	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			12			13			RC	Points	TC	Points	MC	Points
						R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2
2019	BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	BMW S1000RR	P			AUS	AUS	AUS	THA	THA	THA	SPA	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	ITA	SPA	SPA	SPA	ITA	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	GBR	USA	USA	USA	POR	POR	POR	FRA	FRA	FRA	ARG	ARG	ARG	QAT	QAT	QAT
				10	Peter Hickman																						7	Ret	11																21st	14	4th	320	4th	249
				28	Markus Reiterberger	13	12	12	14	14	11	Ret	Ret	15	6	C	6	10	10	C	11	15	12	15	13	11				15	12	13	12	14	13	16	17	15	11	17	16	8	15	14	14th	83
				66	Tom Sykes	7	11	13	9	10	Ret	5	5	12	10	C	7	Ret	8	C	6	5	7	2	Ret	6	2	Ret	7	4	3	5	13	7	9	3	8	8	7	9	Ret	Ret	12	12	8th	223
2020	BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	BMW S1000RR	P			AUS	AUS	AUS	SPA	SPA	SPA	POR	POR	POR	SPA	SPA	SPA	SPA	SPA	SPA	SPA	SPA	SPA	FRA	FRA	FRA	POR	POR	POR
				50	Eugene Laverty	11	DNS	DNS	15	13	Ret	10	20	12	16	16	14	8	14	11	11	11	7	Ret	15	14	12	16	12																15th	55	7th	143	5th	101
				66	Tom Sykes	9	6	10	NC	6	11	8	6	7	Ret	15	12	10	9	Ret	Ret	9	5	Ret	20	10	10	11	10																12th	88
2021	BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	BMW M1000RR	P			SPA	SPA	SPA	POR	POR	POR	ITA	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	GBR	NED	NED	NED	CZE	CZE	CZE	SPA	SPA	SPA	FRA	FRA	FRA	SPA	SPA	SPA	SPA	SPA	SPA	POR	POR	POR	ARG	ARG	ARG	INA	INA	INA
				50	Eugene Laverty																												12	C	11	9	9	10	13	15	16				19th	26 (40)	4th	472	4th	315
				60	Michael van der Mark	11	5	5	7	13	6	10	Ret	10	5	3	5	4	Ret	6	Ret	11	7	7	8	9	5	6	8	5	Ret	9	7	C	8	Ret	1	6	6	5	6	6	C	3	6th	262
				66	Tom Sykes	6	Ret	4	14	7	8	8	7	12	4	2	3	7	7	15	9	5	9	6	6	5	9	12	10	8	Ret	Ret										10	C	5	11th	184
2022	BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	BMW M1000RR	P			SPA	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	NED	POR	POR	POR	ITA	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	GBR	CZE	CZE	CZE	FRA	FRA	FRA	SPA	SPA	SPA	POR	POR	POR	ARG	ARG	ARG	INA	INA	INA	AUS	AUS	AUS
				10	Peter Hickman													22	16	19	22	19	14																						30th	2	5th	262	4th	259
				37	Illia Mykhalchyk										18	15	15																												22nd	10
				45	Scott Redding	15	12	Ret	9	11	5	8	7	11	10	11	9	4	3	5	3	8	4	2	5	6	Ret	8	Ret	18	13	7	7	14	9	12	6	6	16	6	6				8th	204
				60	Michael van der Mark				13	10	8	WD	WD	WD										12	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	14	8	12	10	11	10	Ret	10	12	Ret	21	12				15th	46
2023	ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	BMW M1000RR	P			AUS	AUS	AUS	INA	INA	INA	NED	NED	NED	SPA	SPA	SPA	EMI	EMI	EMI	GBR	GBR	GBR	ITA	ITA	ITA	CZE	CZE	CZE	FRA	FRA	FRA	SPA	SPA	SPA	POR	POR	POR	SPA	SPA	SPA
				45	Scott Redding	9	14	13	Ret	9	10	10	8	7	Ret	12	Ret	11	11	14	8	9	4	10	9	8	4	11	8	7	20	Ret	11	11	14	15	13	14	Ret	Ret	8				14th	126	9th	193	4th	224
				60	Michael van der Mark	8	11	9	6	8	Ret	13	10	Ret													13	14	15	16	13	Ret	13	13	11	7	7	11	Ret	8	12				17th	54
				66	Tom Sykes													16	20	13	9	18	Ret																						20th	11
				70	Ivo Miguel Lopes										15	15	17																												27th	1
				91	Leon Haslam																			14	15	Ret																			23rd	2
2024	ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	BMW M1000RR	P			AUS	AUS	AUS	SPA	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	GBR	CZE	CZE	CZE	POR	POR	POR	FRA	FRA	FRA	ITA	ITA	ITA	SPA	SPA	SPA	POR	POR	POR	SPA	SPA	SPA
				37	Markus Reiterberger																									14	16	15													26th	3	2nd	747	2nd	606
				54	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	5	3	Ret	1	1	3	2	9	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	WD	WD	WD				2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	1				1st	527
				60	Michael van der Mark	7	16	8	9	6	4	7	8	9	8	12	Ret	9	12	12	9	9	5	6	4	7	1	8	5	7	12	7	9	8	7	7	12	5	6	6	3				6th	245
2025	ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	BMW M1000RR	P			AUS	AUS	AUS	POR	POR	POR	NED	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	ITA	CZE	CZE	CZE	EMI	EMI	EMI	GBR	GBR	GBR	HUN	HUN	HUN	FRA	FRA	FRA	SPA	SPA	SPA	POR	POR	POR	SPA	SPA	SPA
				1	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	2	13	Ret	1	1	1	4	1	8	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2										1st*	523*	2nd*	616*	2nd*	525*
				60	Michael van der Mark	Ret	14	14	6	7	5	9	5	17	8	9	9	Ret	13	14	Ret	12	10	13	Ret	Ret	11	15	16	Ret	5	5	10	9	Ret										13th*	93*

* Season still in progress.

References

1. Meet the Team rokit-bmwmotorradworldsbk.com. Retrieved 7 April 2024
2. BMW Motorrad Motorsport will be competing with Shaun Muir Racing in the WorldSBK – with a well-known rider duo: Tom Sykes and Markus Reiterberger BMWgroup.com, 9 November 2018. Retrieved
3. Milwaukee Yamaha take step closer to World Superbikes Bike Sport News 12 February 2015, Retrieved 5 October 2015
4. Catching Up: Josh Brookes Cycleonline, Alex Gobert, 4 November 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015
5. Milwaukee BMW boss Muir explains World Superbike shift Bike Sport News, 1 December 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015
6. Abraham and Brookes join WorldSBK with BMW, World SBK.com, 2 December 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015
7. Milwaukee Yamaha Official site, Riders for 2014, Retrieved 25 November 2013
8. Wiltshire Gazette and Herald. "Bridewell stays with Milwaukee for 2014" Retrieved 25 November 2013

External links

• Hydrex Honda at Motor Cycle News