alpha Racing has been involved in motor racing at the highest level since 1996. After only four years the Bavarian team with Jörg Teuchert won the World Championship supersport class in 200. This was followed by several titles in the IDM (International Germany Motorcycle Championship) in the supersport and superbike classes. This success was noted by motorcycle manufacturers – and by one in particular: BMW Motorrad. BMW: the brand whose dominance in international motor racing goes back a very long way – over 50 years to be precise. So now it is time to face up to the Japanese and Italian manufacturers, and BMW wishes to tap into the longstanding motorcycle racing experience of alpha Racing. The realisation of the World Superbike Championship project for and with BMW is being handled by alpha Racing GmbH & Co KG, a specially founded subsidiary of alpha Racing.
On 26.10.2007 the two managing directors Josef Meier (l.) and Josef Hofmann (r.) laid the foundation stone for the new alpha Racing Competence Centre in Stephanskirchen near Rosenheim. In just eight months, three halls were built for the development, design and production of the racing bike. The first hall went into operation in February in the middle of the construction site. On the company grounds covering a surface area of 17,000 square metres there was also space for architecturally sophisticated engineering offices and a canteen. The built-up space totals 7,000 square metres, set amid the countryside in the picturesque Alpine foreland.
The Competence Centre is fitted with state-of-the-art technology, including several engine test benches and a roller test bench for race track simulation. A team of BMW and alpha Racing staff are now working under the management of Rainer Bäumel (BMW Motorrad), Josef Hofmann and Josef Meier on this project, which has the following goal: win points the first year, get on the podium the second year, win the cup the third year.
