Illia Mykhalchyk
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| Nationality | Ukrainian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 August 1996 Kyiv, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | ROKiT BMW Motorrad British Superbike Race Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Illia Mykhalchyk (born August 17, 1996) is a Ukrainian motorcycle racer.[1] He competed in the 2022 FIM Endurance World Championship and Superbike World Championship with BMW Motorrad.[2]
Career
Mykhalchyk started his international racing career in 2012, racing in the European Junior Cup with Wind Racing. He finished tenth in 2012 with a podium. In 2013, he dropped ten places in the standings and finished 20th, with a best result of tenth.
In 2014 and 2015, Mykhalchyk raced in the European Superstock 600 Championship with Team GoEleven and finished sixth and 13th in the standings respectively. He made a step up into the Supersport World Championship for 2016, riding for the DS Junior Team. He took part in the European rounds on a Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R, with his best finish being sixth in Assen.
In 2017, Mykhalchyk made a step to the European Superstock 1000 Championship, finishing ninth with a second place podium.
In 2018, Mykhalchyk joined the IDM Superbike Championship with Alpha Van-Zon BMW. He won nine races out of fourteen and won the championship by 31 points over Bastien Mackels. In 2019, he defended his championship with eleven wins in fifteen races. He finished the seasion with a 115 point gap over his teammate, who was Julian Puffe.
Mykhalchyk 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]
In 2025, Mykhalchyk moved to the British Superstock Championship with the ROKiT BMW Motorrad team.
Career statistics
Motorcycle racing
- 2017 - 9th, European Superstock 1000 Championship, Kawasaki ZX-10R
- 2024 - 1st, German IDM Superbike Championship, BMW S1000RR.
Career summary
| 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 |
| 2018 | IDM Superbike Championship | 50 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 6 | - | 314 | 1st |
| 2019 | IDM Superbike Championship | 1 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 4 | - | 320 | 1st |
| 2020 | IDM Superbike Championship | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | 143 | 2nd |
| 2021 | IDM Superbike Championship | 17 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 1 | - | 176 | 1st |
| 2022 | Superbike World Championship | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17th |
| 2023 | IDM Superbike Championship | 17 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | - | 196 | 2nd |
| 2024 | IDM Superbike Championship | 17 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 2 | - | 299 | 1st |
European Superstock 1000 Championship
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Kawasaki | ARA 8 |
NED 6 |
IMO Ret |
DON 6 |
MIS 9 |
LAU Ret |
ALG Ret |
MAG 5 |
JER 2 |
9th | 66 |
Superbike World Championship
By season
| 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
(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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
FIM Endurance World Championship
By team
| Year | Team | Bike | Rider | TC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | .svg.png){kind=small} BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team |
BMW S1000RR |  Markus Reiterberger  Illia Mykhalchyk Kenny Foray Javier Forés |
2nd |
| 2023 | BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team |
BMW S1000RR | Markus Reiterberger Illia Mykhalchyk Jérémy Guarnoni |
3rd |
| 2024 | BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team |
BMW S1000RR | Markus Reiterberger Illia Mykhalchyk Sylvain Guintoli |
3rd |
| Year | Team | Bike | Tyre | Rider | Pts | TC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ERC Endurance |
BMW S1000RR | D | Illia Mykhalchyk Kenny Foray David Checa |
58* | 5th* |
| Source: [6] | ||||||
Spa 24 Hours Motos results
| Year | Team | Riders | Bike | Pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team |
Markus Reiterberger Jeremy Guarnoni |
BMW S1000RR | 1st |
Suzuka 8 Hours results
| Year | Team | Riders | Bike | Pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ERC Endurance |
Illia Mykhalchyk Kenny Foray David Checa |
BMW S1000RR | 11th |
References
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "FIM EWC Standings". FIM Endurance.