Marc-Reiner Schmidt

THREE STYLER! 

Marc-Reiner Schmidt – TM completed his hat-trick of FIM S1GP SuperMoto World Championship titles in 2023, and while there is no arguing with the fact that the German has dominated the sport at an elite level for the last three years, this season he has been forced to lay it all on the line. 

It was seven-time champion Thomas Chareyre – TM who struck first this year with overall victory at the GP of Piemonte in Italy at the end of April, although Schmidt traded race wins and runner-up finishes with the French legend to get his title defence under way on the second step of the podium. 

Round two – the GP of Sardegna – was held three weeks later on the Mediterranean island where Austria’s Lukas Hollbacher – KTM forced Schmidt to again settle for second, this time one position ahead of Chareyre. 

It was not until the series reached the halfway mark with the GP of Germany at St Wendel in early June that Schmidt found himself on the top step of the podium with this home win also moving him into the lead in the title race. 

Hollbacher struck back to win at July’s GP of Bulgaria at Pleven, but Schmidt was a close second to ensure he led by twenty-eight points with two rounds to go. 

The GP of Catalunya in mid-September could have been a pivotal moment with Hollbacher winning again and the defending champion third after suffering a technical problem in the SuperFinal which reduced his advantage to just three points. 

However, showing the fortitude of a true FIM World Champion, with the title on the line Schmidt was unbeatable when the series signed off at the GP of Belgium at Mettet in October where he topped SuperPole before sweeping all three races to secure his third successive crown. 

PALMARES 

FIM S1GP SuperMoto World Champion: 2021, 2022, 2023 

BACK FOR MORE!

Last season Germany’s Marc-Reiner Schmidt – TM realised an ambition he has held since he first swung his leg over a motorcycle – to be a World champion – and this year he has doubled down on that dream!

He may be a highly skilled Motocross and Supercross rider, but it is in the tyre-shredding, sideways-sliding sport of SuperMoto where he excels and following his first-ever World crown in 2021, this year the twenty-seven-year-old retained his position as the best S1GP rider on the planet.

A multi-time champion with Swiss, Italian and European titles on his CV along with three victories at the prestigious Superbiker Mettet and runner-up finishes in S1GP in 2016 and 2020, Schmidt kicked off the defence of his crown in April at the GP of Piemonte in Italy.

The overall win was a great start to his campaign, and he backed this up with a fighting fourth-placed finish in May at round two – the GP of Catalunya – in Spain.

For round three the series returned to Italy for the GP of Sardegna in early June and he was back on the box with third overall on the Mediterranean island.

Schmidt’s second overall win of the season came the following month at the GP of Czech Republic at Vysoke Myto which put him firmly on course to retain his crown and after the summer break he brought it home in second at the GP of Lombardia in the north of Italy in late September.

The stage was set for a grandstand finish at the sixth and final round of the year at the GP of France at Carole in mid-October where Schmidt slid home in second to secure the title.

PALMARES

FIM S1GP SuperMoto World Champion: 2021, 2022

THE POWERSLIDER! 

This season Germany’s Marc-Reiner Schmidt (TM) realised an ambition he has held since he first swung his leg over a motorcycle – to be a World Champion. 

While he is a talented motocross and supercross rider, it is in the tyre-shredding, sideways-sliding sport of supermoto where he excels and after years of hard work and total dedication Schmidt finally established himself as the foremost S1GP pilot on the planet. 

A multi-time champion with Swiss, Italian and European titles on his CV along with three victories at the prestigious Superbiker Mettet, the twenty-six-year-old has come so close to lifting the S1GP crown a number of times – most notably in 2016 and 2020 when he finished second in the series. 

This time around, however, he was not about to settle for second best. 

After taking maximum points from the series opener – the GP of Abruzzo in Italy at the end of June – he immediately established a clear advantage and a month later in the Czech Republic he defended his lead with a strong second-placed finish. 

A podium at the GP of Spain at Forcarei towards the end of August followed before he claimed another maximum points haul at the GP of Sestriere at the start of September to give himself a seventeen-point lead heading into the final round – the GP of Lombardia – in mid-October. 

With no need to push his tyres to the limit, Schmidt simply ensured he stayed upright – and on the podium – in all three races to become the FIM S1GP SuperMoto World Champion.