The Team
MGM Racing Performance
Michael Galinski Motorradsport (MGM) has established itself in recent decades, particularly in the International German Motorcycle Championship. Michael himself was a successful racer for many years, winning the German Superbike championship title in 1986 and finishing runner-up in the German Superbike championship in 1989. He has been responsible for the team's involvement in the IDM since 2004 and can look back on numerous achievements.
In 2020, MGM joined forces with Bonovo action, a company owned by Jürgen Röder, who had already developed an unbridled passion for sidecar racing earlier. Thanks to the support of Bonovo action, the team was expanded and competed for years with, among others, the eight-time Sidecar World Champion from England, Tim Reeves, as well as great Sidecar riders such as the Dutchman Bennie Streuer, the Finn Pekka Päivärinta and the multiple German Champion, Josef Sattler.
Jonas Folger was the first rider to compete for Bonovo action in two-wheel racing in 2020, initially in the International German Motorcycle Championship, where, with the Superbike title in his pocket, he switched to BMW and to the Superbike World Championship together with Bonovo action in 2021.
In 2022, the Bonovo action BMW Racing Team secured the services of Northern Irishman Eugene Laverty and Frenchman Loris Baz. While the former, in well-deserved racing retirement, held a leading position in the team, Baz rode another year in WorldSBK alongside Garrett Gerloff. The talented Texan, who took pole position for the first time for Bonovo action BMW Racing in the 2023 Superbike World Championship, was also riding in the German team in 2024, where he achieved a first ever podium for the German outfit with P3 in Magny-Cours, followed by another rostrum in third position at MotorLand Aragon. His team-mate in 2024, Scott Redding, who joined the crew last season with a wealth of experience in the 125cc World Championship, Moto2, MotoGP, the British Superbike Championship and WorldSBK. The Brit managed to claim a fourth at his home round in Donington Park and got two front row starts on his list of success.
With Bonovo action withdrawing from team ownership in 2025, Michael Galinski Motorradsport takes over the team, reducing the outfit to one rider with Scott Redding but eventually still manages to count on the support of Jürgen Röder
and Bonovo action as a strong partner and friend. In addition to a changed structure, the German squad also changes manufacturer in 2025 and is happy to count on the Ducati Panigale V4 R, piloted by Redding, who already won a total
of 12 races aboard the Italian machine in 2020 and 2021.
Redding decided to part ways with the team after just seven rounds in 2024, so the talented Tarran Mackenzie took over for the final five events of the season. The Scotsman and the now experienced WSBK team gelled well and achieved
a clean top-10 run at the Jerez de la Frontera finale, finishing ninth, eighth, and seventh in the final two long feature races and the Superpole race. MGM Racing Performance is set to continue their WSBK journey together with Mackenzie
in 2026.
Achievements IDM Superbike
2005
Stefan Nebel – Champion
2008
Jörg Teuchert - runner-up
2009
Jörg Teuchert – Champion
2015
Max Neukirchner - 1 x pole position, 1 x win, 6 x podium
Damian Cudlin - 1 x pole position
Reserve rider Josh Brookes - 1 x podium
2016
Florian Alt - 2 x win, 9 x podium - runner-up
Lukas Trautmann - 1 x win, 4 x podium
Max Neukirchner - 1 x win, 2 x podium
2017
Florian Alt - 7 x podium - runner-up
Bastien Mackels - 1 x podium
2018
Bobby Bos - 10th place overall
Replacement rider Lorenzo Lanzi - 1 x win, 1 x podium
2019
Marc Moser - 3 x podium
Maximilian Weihe - 20th overall
2020
Jonas Folger - 3 x pole position, 8 x win - champion
Marc Moser - 6th overall
Achievements WorldSBK
2021
Jonas Folger #94
Overall: P22 - 21 points
Best race: Aragon - Race 2 - 8th place
2022
Eugene Laverty #50
Overall: P16 - 36 points
Best race: Aragon - Race 1 & Barcelona - Race 1 - 10th place
Loris Baz #76
Overall: P12 - 125 points
Best race: Assen - Race 1 - 6th place
2023
Garrett Gerloff #31
Overall: P12 - 144 points
Best race: Magny-Cours - Pole Position - Race 1 & Portimao - Race 1 + 2 - 4th place
Loris Baz #76
Overall: P16 - 60 points
Best race: Imola - Race 2 - 9th place
2024
Garrett Gerloff #31
Overall: P9 - 176 points
Best race: Magny-Course – Race 1 & Aragon – Race 1 – THIRD place
Scott Redding #45
Overall: P15 - 107 points
Best race: Donington - Race 2 – 4th place
2025
Scott Redding #45 (Round 1 – 7)
Overall: P17 - 76 points
Best race: Phillip Island – Race 2– 4th place
Tarran Mackenzie #95 (Round 8 – 12)
Overall: P19 - 45 points
Best race: Jerez - Race 2 – 8th place
Rider
Tarran Mackenzie
(United Kingdom, *29.10.1995 Stirling)
Tarran Mackenzie, who previously competed in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup and as a replacement in the Moto2 World Championship in 2017, won the 2021 British Superbike Championship, but struggled with injuries the following year. He took his first victory in World Supersport in 2023 and, starting in 2024, raced in World Superbike with the Petronas MIE Racing Honda team, but parted ways amicably after six rounds of this ongoing season.
The Scottish-born Briton comes from a racing family. His father, Niall Mackenzie, is a former motorcycle road racer, and his brother, Taylor Mackenzie, also competed in road races until 2021. Now the promising 30-year-old is returning to World Superbike with MGM Bonovo Racing.
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MGM Racing Performance
With the racing gene undoubtedly in his DNA, Michael Galinski used to successfully race Superbikes himself. Since then, he has been dedicated to racing as a team owner and team manager in Germany and worldwide for decades, still enjoying riding bikes for fun.
Michael Galinski
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Michael Galinski (Team Owner) - Tarran Mackenzie #95 (Rider) - Paolo Piazza (Technical Director) - Camilla Canclini (Coordination + Media Support) - Francesco Reale (Chief Engineer) - Fabio Pasqualini (Data Engineer) - Niklas Glober (Mechanic) - Ian Campbell (Mechanic) - Carmine Oliva (Mechanic) - Karsten Lütje (Tyre & Fuel Technician)