It could have gone so well, but Marc Buchner’s dream of a one-two finish was over as early as the first lap. After a great start, he fell behind; although he managed to get his Yamaha back up, he was left struggling to keep up with the rest of the field as they pulled away.
The winner of the IDM Supersport 600 race was Max Enderlein, who—despite holding a 57-point lead in the overall standings—could afford to take it easy but chooses not to. “I want to have fun like I did today. Those were some great battles with Christian Stange.” Whether Kawasaki rider Stange will also be coming to Assen in two weeks remains to be seen. Why didn’t he win the second race at Lausitz despite starting on time? “I was briefly out in front. Enderlein had messed up. At least, that’s how it looked. Then he countered. When I tried to break out of his slipstream what felt like 20 times later on and nothing worked, I didn’t take any risks.”
Dennis Lippert, the newcomer to the IDM Supersport 600, finished third and is now surprised himself by what has happened since the start of the season. “I never thought I’d be up there with the leaders.” In the first race, the 22-year-old lost his right knee slider on the fifth lap. “I had to be careful the whole time, and it was pretty unstable with my leg on the ground. I was a little disappointed, because otherwise I could have finished higher than fifth.”
Kevin Wahr, who started from the back of the grid, returned from the first lap in sixth place. After 14 laps, he crossed the finish line in seventh place and remains in fourth place in the IDM standings for now.
Stefan Ströhlein had a fantastic weekend in the Superstock 600 class. The one-two finish went down a treat for the Rothenburg native. Jan Schmidt crashed at the end, but Moritz Jenkner and Marco Fetz joined him on the podium.