A little over a week ago, the BMW World Superbike team dropped a bombshell on the WSBK paddock by releasing team manager Davide Tardozzi, one of the most widely respected team managers in World Superbikes - and beyond - and widely credited with much of the success of Ducati's World Superbike success, where he was team manager before joining BMW. Tardozzi was released over "differences of opinion about the way the team should be organized," with rumors that Tardozzi and BMW Motorsport Director Berthold Hauser were clashing over the way the team should be run.
Tardozzi was not the only victim of that encounter, it has now emerged. The BMW team today issued a press release announcing that Hauser is also to be replaced, with immediate effect. Hauser's place is to be taken by Bernhard Gobmeier, a former engineer who is currently in charge of chassis development at BMW Motorrad. The move is part of a "fundamental realignment," as the press release describes it, which suggests that more staff may be affected in future.
Below is the official press release from BMW:
Changes at the top at BMW Motorrad Motorsport.
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