It was all over after just two laps. Lucy Glöckner, Kawasaki’s leading female rider in the IDM Superbike 1000, was thrown from her bike in a highside crash yesterday, Saturday, May 12, and was injured. The 27-year-old from Saxony was racing for Team LRP Poland. Where: at the Slovakiaring. For: the 8-hour race of the 2018 Endurance World Championship. Technically speaking, Lucy was riding a different bike. In the Endurance World Championship, she rides exclusively on a BMW.
The race had been underway for an hour when Lucy took over the motorcycle from her teammate Arnaud Friedrich. She crashed as early as the second lap. “I have no idea why—I wasn’t even going that fast.” Now her left shoulder is giving her trouble. Glöckner headed home before the race was over.
“I’m waiting for an MRI appointment right now. After that, I’ll know what’s going on. But I’ll definitely be on the starting grid for the second round of the IDM in Oschersleben.”
The crux of the matter is that Mathieu Gines, considered the favorite to win the IDM title on his Kawasaki, had also been injured in the World Endurance Championship and had to sit out the IDM season opener due to his injured finger.