Illia Mykhalchyk
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Illia Mykhalchyk (born August 17, 1996), is a motorcycle racer from Kyiv, Ukraine,[1] who has competed in the 2022 FIM Endurance World Championship and Superbike World Championship with BMW Motorrad.[2]
| Illia Mykhalchyk | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Ukrainian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 August 1996 Kyiv, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||
| Current team | BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team | ||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 37 | ||||||||||||||
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Racing background edit
Mykhalchyk began his motorcycle racing career in 2012, in the European Junior Cup with Wind Racing. He finished tenth in 2012 with a podium. In 2013, he dropped 10 places and finished 20th, with a best finish of tenth. He then moved up to the European Superstock 600 Championship with Team GO Eleven, and finished sixth in his first season. In 2015, he dropped to 13th. He joined the Supersport World Championship in 2016, and finished 15th. in 2017, he joined the European Superstock 1000 Championship, finishing in ninth with a second place podium.
He has replaced Michael van der Mark in the 2022 Superbike World Championship for Shaun Muir Racing in the rounds van der Mark was unable to participate in, due to injury.[3][4][5]
Career statistics edit
Motorcycle racing edit
Career summary edit
| Season | Series | Number | Races | Wins | Podiums | Poles | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | European Junior Cup | 55 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 10th |
| 2013 | European Junior Cup | 55 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 20th |
| 2014 | European Superstock 600 Championship | 55 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 6th |
| 2015 | European Superstock 600 Championship | 55 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 13th |
| 2016 | Supersport World Championship | 55 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 15th |
| 2017 | European Superstock 1000 Championship | 55 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 9th |
| 2022 | Superbike World Championship | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17th |
Superbike World Championship edit
By season edit
| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Number | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | SBK | BMW | BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team | 37 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 22nd |
| Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
Races by year edit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||
| 2022 | BMW | SPA 8 | SPA Ret | SPA 15 | NED | NED | NED | POR | POR | POR | ITA 18 | ITA 15 | ITA 15 | GBR 16 | GBR 18 | GBR Ret | CZE | CZE | CZE | FRA | FRA | FRA | SPA | SPA | SPA | POR | POR | POR | ARG | ARG | ARG | INA | INA | INA | AUS | AUS | AUS | 22nd | 10 |
* Season still in progress.
References edit
- ^ "WorldSBK". 18–20 April 2022.
- ^ EWC Moto 24 Hours of Spa: 'This win is for my country' – Ukraine’s Illia Mykhalchuk on Spa victory Eurosport, 5 June 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022
- ^ BMW still not replacing Michael van der Mark at Estoril; Illia Mykhalchyk is leading candidate motorcyclesports.net Retrieved 25 October 2022
- ^ What went wrong for Redding on difficult BMW debut? worldsbk.com, 10 April 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022
- ^ Biographical Entry List worldsbk.com