Round four of the German Cross Country Championship (GCC) clearly belonged to Simo Kirssi. The BMW Husqvarna Motorsport factory rider never left the shadow of a doubt who would be winning Sunday´s race held at Mernes (Hessen). Kirssi rode a lonely race in front of 2,500 spectators to capture his third straight victory in what´s considered to be Europe´s biggest motorcycling offroad series. The Finn led the two-hour moto almost from wire to wire, as he increased his ...

BMW Husqvarna factory rider Simo Kirssi has crushed the opposition at round three of the German Cross Country Championship. The Finn dominated the event held at Marisfeld on his way to claiming the series lead of Europe´s biggest motorcycling off road series. In front of 4,500 spectators Kirssi led through the opening stages of the two-hour moto, before a mistake allowed fellow countryman Samuli Aro to move in front. Under blazing sunshine and on a highly technical yet flowing course, Kirssi ...

Simo Kirssi of Team BMW Husqvarna Motorsport kicked off the Austrian Cross Country Championship (ACC) with a dominating win in Launsdorf. Held on a difficult and fast track, almost 400 riders provided a record number of entries. Kirssi, who carried number sixteen, didn´t have the best start position. The Finn had decided rather late to take part as a training measure for the German Cross Country series and therefore had to begin from the back of the pack. But the reigning European champ quickly moved into fifth place and would ...

BMW Husqvarna Motorsport factory rider Simo Kirssi opened his season strongly at past weekend´s Bassella Race in Catalunya. The Finn powered his BMW 450 X to second place, finishing the gruelling two-hour moto 1:36 minutes behind eventual winner Aaron Bernardez. The Bassella Race, formerly known as Toni Soler Memorial, has become a fixture in their pre-season programme for many riders. The tradtional event is held over a 50-kilometer course at the foot of the Pyrenees.

BMW factory rider Simo Kirssi has successfully defended his title. The Finn celebrated a convincing and emotional win at the European Cross Country final at Marisfeld, to add yet another championship to his tally. The Cross Country series stepped into new territory in order to determine the 2009 European champion. Riders from seven countries gathered at the perfectly prepared location in Thuringia and were met with difficult conditions due to ongoing rain. The whole six-kilometer track turned into a quagmire.

BMW factory rider Simo Kirssi keeps leading the German Cross Country Championship after finishing runner-up at Sunday´s round six held in Muehlhausen. The defending champ, who competed with a painful wrist injury, salvaged valuable points as he took the chequered flag 23 seconds behind arch rival Kornel Nemeth. The Finn enjoyed a brilliant first half of the gruelling two-hour moto. Powering his BMW 450 X in fourth place through turn one, Kirssi soon passed Nemeth and Antoine Letellier, to take command of 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...

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...

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...