Illia Mykhalchyk (born August 17, 1996) is a Ukrainian motorcycle racer. He competed in the 2022 FIM Endurance World Championship and Superbike World Championship with BMW Motorrad.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
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.BMW still not replacing Michael van der Mark at Estoril; Illia Mykhalchyk is leading candidate motorcyclesports.net Retrieved 25 October 2022What went wrong for Redding on difficult BMW debut? worldsbk.com, 10 April 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022Biographical Entry List worldsbk.com
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 SeasonSeriesNumberRacesWinsPodiumsPolesFLapPtsPlcd 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 9th2018IDM Superbike Championship50149136 -3141st2019IDM Superbike Championship11511134 -3201st2020IDM Superbike Championship18070 -1432nd2021IDM Superbike Championship1710471 -1761st 2022 Superbike World Championship 37 3 0 0 0 0 9 17th2023IDM Superbike Championship1712674 -1962nd2024IDM Superbike Championship17149132 -2991st
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 ARA8 NED6 IMORet DON6 MIS9 LAURet ALGRet MAG5 JER2 9th 66
Superbike World Championship
By season SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamNumberRaceWinPodiumPoleFLapPtsPlcd 2022 SBK BMW BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team 37 9 0 0 0 0 10 22ndTotal 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 SPA SPA NED NED NED POR POR POR ITA ITA ITA GBR GBR GBR 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 2021 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 2025 ERC Endurance BMW S1000RR Illia Mykhalchyk Kenny Foray David Checa 58* 5th* Source:
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 S1000RR11th
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