Michael Van Der Mark has become the first rider to win a World Superbike race for B♒MW in eight years, while also becoming the first to win on the new M 1000🌼 RR machine. 

Van Der Mark’s win came in extremely tricky conditions after heavy rain fell before the warm-up session.ꦬ 

The Dutch rider started from fifth, but was quickly able to make his way through into second by the end of lap ☂one. 

Van Der Mark then took the lead from Scott Redding on lap thr𒆙ee before pulling away by over three seconds. 

Race two in the dry was somewhat of a return to normality as Van Der Mark struggled to ൲hold onto the podium battle, eventually finis💃hing sixth. 

Speaking after a historic day for the team, Van Der Mark said: "Yeah, it was a pretty good day. Of course, this morning it was nice to get a win with t🗹he BMW M1000 RR.🎶 

"It was a good race and I already felt good in the rain frꦑom this morning, and this carried൲ through into the race, even when it started to dry, I still had a good feeling on the bike. I’m happy to take the win for BMW Motorrad and the whole team. 

"In race two I didn’t get a good start, but I felt I had a good pace. Unfor🐓tunately we had some issues which cost me a lot of time and then 𓂃my race from there was a bit lonely as I couldn’t catch up to the guys in front. We have to learn, but at the end it was not a bad Sunday."

Van Der Mark’s win puts him in impressive company as only he and Marco Melandri have won races ▨for both Yamaha and BMW.