Max Enderlein is the IDM Champion in the Supersport 600 class. He clinched the title even though he was unable to race at Assen due to a broken collarbone he suffered during practice there. Otherwise, he scored points in every race. The Hohenstein-Ernstthal native made up ground on the Freudenberg-Yamaha Five wins. What's next?
“I don’t have a concrete plan yet,” says the 21-year-old. “I haven’t received any inquiries from teams either. I don’t have the financial resources to buy my way into a team.” At the moment, it looks increasingly likely that he won’t move up to the Supersport World Championship in 2019—even though that was actually his stated goal. “You need a good team where everything fits and anything is possible,” Enderlein knows. “Kevin Wahr has already summed it up perfectly. Anything else doesn’t make sense. I have to be realistic about that.”
For Enderlein, the time has come when he no longer wants to spend all his time knocking on doors to raise money. “I’ve been doing that for over five years. Now that I’m a master, it would be good if the teams also helped out with finding sponsors. Just like it used to be.”
Enderlein is determined to race, but he doesn’t want to end up in a dead end. That’s why he’s also planning to establish a career for himself. The economics student will soon be working on his bachelor’s thesis before starting a job at Porsche in Leipzig in March.
The IDM would currently be the best fit for him as he aims to defend his title, “and perhaps with the same team.” What about moving up to the IDM Superbike 1000 class? “That would definitely be interesting, too.” His shoulder, which he injured at Assen, is feeling fine again. “I’ve already been riding motocross this week.”