Manxman Dan Kneen has signed for the Penz13.com BMW squad and will join Danny Webb and Alex Polita for the 2017 road racing season.
Kneen was left hanging when Mar-Train announced they had withdrawn from racing but found a berth with Rico Penzkofer’s outfit, which will see him contest the Isle of Man TT and Macau with selected other roads events including Frohburg in the mix.
"I am really happy to be joining the Penz13.com BMW Motorrad Racing Team for 2017 as I know what a professional outfit they are. Meeting all the guys at the team launch only confirmed that for me. They are all up for a good time but take the racing side serious which is what it is all about for me,” he said.
“Penz are very experienced in road racing as well as in the FIM Endurance World Championship so they obviously know what they are doing and I am confident that the bikes I will be riding will be very competitive, so I am looking forward to getting started."
Webb added: “I am very happy to continue my path with the Penz13.com BMW Motorrad Racing Team for another year. It was a steep learning curve for me in 2016 and I am looking forward to build upon that. I am also looking forward to the new adventures at Horice and Imatra, especially the Finnland race looked quite spectacular last year, so I am looking forward to that. I got more and more time on the big bikes now and I hope to improve myself further at the TT and all the other races and I thank the whole Penz-bunch for giving me a competitive ride another season."
