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GCC Mernes '09
June 28th 2009
Winning a skirmish but not the race
Simo Kirssi couldn´t come to grips with the track at round four of the German Cross Country Championships (GCC).
The hillside course at Mernes proved to be quite a challenge for the BMW Motorrad Motorsport rider, who ended the race in fourth place. The Finn had won five GCC event in a row, but saw his streak being ended by Hungary´s Kornel Nemeth.
Kirssi struggled already in 2008 with the Motocross-style layout at the "Speedhang", and failed to find...
WEC GP of Slovakia '09
June 20th/21st 2009
Full throttle in spite of cruel conditions
Seven-time World Enduro Champion Juha Salminen has claimed the BMW Motorrad Motorsport team’s best result at the GP of Slovakia, placing a solid third in the Enduro 2 class on day two of the fifth round of the ’09 WEC series. Following on from his double runner-up E2 result at the GP of Finland, Salminen, like all riders, faced some of the most challenging conditions this season on day one as continuous heavy rain resulted in extremely slippery special tests and an...
WEC GP of Finland '09
June 13th/14th 2009
Simo shows his riding skills
BMW Motorrad Motorsport team’s seven-time World Enduro Champion Juha Salminen has delivered BMW’s best ever WEC performances to date scoring two hard fought Enduro 2 class runner-up results at the GP of Finland, staged in Riihimaki. Previously claiming his first double podium performances of the ’09 WEC season at the GP of Sardinia, Juha’s return to home soil saw him place behind E2 championship leader Johnny Aubert on both days. With the Finnish event marking the mid-way point of the...
GCC Walldorf '09
May 3rd 2009
Simo in touch with his fans
BMW factory rider Simo Kirssi continues to establish himself as one of the world´s best cross country riders. The friendly Finn is dominating Europe´s biggest off road series, the 2009 German Cross Country Championship, just like he did in the past. The BMW Motorrad Motorsport representative won round two of the campaign at Walldorf in convincing fashion, as 5,000 spectators were thrilled by top-notch racing, good weather and a well prepared course which included plenty of Enduro...
WEC GP of Italy '09
April 18th/19th 2009
Simo in action
Finn Juha Salminen has secured the BMW Motorrad Motorsport team’s first ever World Enduro Championship double podium result having placed third in the Enduro 2 class on both days of the GP of Italy, staged in Iglesias, Sardinia. With the opening two rounds of the championship in Portugal and Spain having ended disappointingly for Salminen the GP of Italy - round three of the ’09 WEC series - finished with the vastly experienced rider both encouraged by the changes that he’d made...
GCC Tollwitz '09
April 5th 2009
The champion rules
The 2009 season started with a familiar name on top. Simo Kirssi is Mr. Cross Country, and it showed again during the first round of the German Cross Country Championship (GCC). The reigning German and European champion simply dominated the competition at the "Tollwitzer Sandkessel", as 3,000 spectators witnessed a successful opener to the continent's biggest off road series. Weather conditions were almost perfect - 17° C and slightly overcast - when the gate dropped...
WEC GP of Spain '09
March 28th/29th 2009
A lightning after dark
Hoping to improve the performances of their four team riders Juha Salminen, Simo Kirssi, David Knight and Marko Tarkkala the BMW Motorrad Motorsport team took to the start of the GP of Spain – round two of the ’09 World Enduro Championship – knowing that the event would be a challenging one for them. With the opening round of the series having unexpectedly delivered less than welcome results, with just one week to work on the difficulties encountered in Portugal...
WEC GP of Portugal '09
March 21st/22nd 2009
Fighting spirit hard as iron
The opening round of the ’09 World Enduro Championship – the GP of Portugal, staged in Penafiel close to Porto – proved to be a demanding one for the BMW Motorrad Motorsport team. Confident of strong results following encouraging performances on behalf of all team riders at the recent opening round of the Spanish Enduro Championship, the two-day WEC event ended with team riders Juha Salminen, David Knight, Simo Kirssi and Marko Tarkkala failing to perform at their best...
Indoor Enduro Milan '08
November 7th 2008
Celebrating on the podium in Milan
Simo Kirssi has all reasons to be pleased with his first-ever Indoor Enduro. The BMW factory rider finished third at the invitational "MotoLive Endurocross" held during the EICMA show in Milan, as many top riders used the event to prepare for the upcoming World Cup series. Kirssi, a renowned cross country expert, accustomed well to the sprint character of Indoor Enduro and used the power of his BMW 450 X to quickly find his feet in this new-to-him discipline. The Finn ended his first qualifier...
XCC Final Mattighofen '08
October 18th 2008
Riding the line to victory
Simo Kirssi and his BMW 450 X dominated the European XCC final at Mattighofen, Austria. The Finn took a convincing start to finish victory against some of the world´s best cross country riders to claim the 2008 title. But the BMW Motorrad Motorsport rider had to step into the lion´s den, as Mattighofen is well known to be KTM territory - with the "orange" headquarters just a few kilometers down the road. There´s a healthy rivalry between the German and Austrian brand, yet this...
GCC Final Schefflenz '08
October 4th 2008
Simo and Cyrille Coulon
Simo Kirssi is the new German Cross Country champion in the XCPro class. The Finn took the title one day after his 29th birthday at the final round in Schefflenz. The success for the factory rider and his BMW Motorrad Motorsport team was completed by Jeff Goblet, who ended third on the day. Germany´s Bert Meyer finished in ninth position to seal third place in the championship standings. Kirssi led through the opening stages of the two-hour race after owning the Le Mans-style start.
GCC Schweinfurt '08
September 21st 2008
Simo and teammate Bert Meyer
The sixth and penultimate round of the German Cross Country championship, held on 21 September at Schweinfurt, has been an important event for BMW Motorrad Motorsport in terms of their title ambitions. BMW factory rider Simo Kirssi guided his BMW 450 X to a dominant win in the XCPro class. Teammate Bert Meyer finished runner-up after two hours of racing under difficult conditions, partly due to heavy downpours. BMW factory rider Simo Kirssi guided his BMW 450 X to a dominant...
GCC Mühlhausen '08
August 10th 2008
Victorious against sand and dust
BMW Motorrad Motorsport's Simo Kirssi had a tough, but well deserved victory at the fifth round of the German Cross Country Championship in Mühlhausen, near Nuremberg. The BMW factory rider had a two-hour duel with the French Supercross star Cyrille Coulon, which entertained and enthralled spectators in equal measures, before Kirssi claimed the victory that keeps him at the top of the 2008 championship leaderboard. After a perfect 'Le-Mans' start Kirssi and teammate...
GCC Mernes '08
June 29th 2008
High speed cornering
Round three of the 2008 German Cross Country championship was coloured white and blue, as three of the top four bikes in the XCPro class were BMW G 450X machines. The BMW Motorrad factory team may have been denied its third consecutive victory, but overall the racing at Mernes proved to be a major success. BMW factory rider Simo Kirssi, the current GCC series leader and winner of the opening rounds at Tollwitz and Walldorf, was yet again the fastest man out of the...
WEC GP of Poland '08
June 14th/15th 2008
Jumping onto the podium
The BMW Motorrad Motorsport team had much to celebrate following the fourth round of the ’08 World Enduro Championship, the GP of Poland staged in Kwidzyn, as Enduro 2 class rider Simo Kirssi claimed BMW’s first ever enduro world championship podium result with a well deserved third place finish on day two. Amazingly only Kirssi’s fourth ever WEC event, the Finn performed faultlessly during the race aboard his G 450 X to claim his highest ever world championship result.
GCC Walldorf '08
May 25th 2008
Simo in the air
It was the second race of the German Cross Country Championship 2008 in the Thuringian city of Walldorf, and it was the second victory for Simo Kirssi and the BMW Motorrad team – and it even was a double victory! There was no way past the two BMW factory riders in that Walldorf forest special. The Fin Simo Kirssi and his Saxon junior colleague Bert Meyer were the fastest of the approx. 750 starters in this race which was held in best weather conditions. The track was very well prepared, and the...
GCC Tollwitz '08
April 13th 2008
Simo in action
When the checkered flag dropped in front of the Finnish BMW factory rider Simo Kirssi at the finish line of the GCC-Race in the Sandpit of Tollwitz the whole team of BMW Motorrad Motorsport was overcome by a wave of relief. After the hard work of the last months they could celebrate a victory at the first race of the German Cross Country Championship which is the off road series with the most participants in Europe. It was hard work in Tollwitz for the 28 year old Kirssi on his BMW G 450 X.
XCC Final Schefflenz '07
October 6th 2007
Fighting for victory
The BMW Motorrad Motorsport team’s season long development of BMW’s new 450cc sports enduro bike has drawn to a successful and rewarding close as team rider Simo Kirssi claimed victory at the final round of the ’07 European Cross Country Championship, held in Schefflenz, Germany. Having experienced a season full of ups and downs while developing the new machine, at the XCC final both Finn Simo Kirssi and BMW’s new 450cc bike performed well with Simo’s victory giving him...
GCC Final Schweinfurt '07
September 23rd 2007
Simo speeding up
Although missing out on a top result due to a typical case of „that´s racing", Simo Kirssi still managed to end his season on a high note. It was a defining moment of the 2007 German Cross Country championship. And a milestone for BMW´s much-talked-about 450 prototype. At the series´ final round at Schweinfurt, factory rider Simo Kirssi had just made a pass stick on multi-time World champ Samuli Aro. While the maneuver didn´t really matter in terms of championship points or race outcome, it...
GCC Mernes '07
July 1st 2007
Simo fighting in Mernes
BMW Motorrad Motorsport team rider Simo Kirssi saw his very real chance of a podium finish at the fourth round of the German Cross Country series, staged in Mernes, near Frankfurt, ended when he collided with a lapped rider in the closing stages of the race. Competing once again aboard BMW’s prototype 450cc sports enduro bike Kirssi was just eight seconds adrift of the runner-up position and deep into the two-hour race when a collision with a slower rider resulted in him parting...
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