Troy Corser riding a BMW S1000RR at the 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed
The BMW S1000RR is a sport bike initially made by BMW Motorrad to compete in the 2009 Superbike World Championship, that is now in commercial production. It was introduced in Munich in April 2008, and is powered by a 999 cc ( cu in) inline-4 engine redlined at 14,200 rpm. BMW made 1,000 S1000RRs in 2009 to satisfy World Superbike homologation requirements, but expanded production for commercial sale of the bike in is the most powerful motorcycle in the class on the dyno. On 26 June 2008, Spanish rider Rubén Xaus signed to ride the bike for the factory BMW Motorrad team. On 25 September 2008, Australian former double Superbike World Champion Troy Corser signed to complete the team's two-rider lineup for the 2009 Superbike World Championship season, the highest race result achieved by Corser was fifth place in the Czech Republic, and Xaus achieved seventh place in Italy. During the 2010 FIM Superstock 1000 Championship season Ayrton Badovini dominated by winning every single race but one on the S1000RR. This result was significant because the Superstock class of WSBK is where the machines most closely resemble the stock offerings at the showroom. On 13 May 2012, Italian rider Marco Melandri riding for the factory BMW Motorrad team was the first to secure a win for the S1000RR in World Superbike competition at the British round in Donington team mate Leon Haslam came in second giving BMW a "One Two" finish. Troy Gordon Corser (born 27 November 1971 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian former motorcycle road racer, the 1996 and 2005 Superbike World champion. Having previously won the Australian and AMA Superbike Championship titles, and shone in a handful of wildcard rides in the Superbike World Championship (taking five podiums), he went to the series full-time in the 2009 WSBK season Corser signed with BMW to ride alongside Ruben Xaus on BMW's new superbike.
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Location: Goodwood, West Sussex, UK
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