IDM Supersport 300: Dunnik stärkt seinen Favoritenstatus

IDM Supersport 300: Dunnik stärkt seinen Favoritenstatus

Championship leader Rick Dunnik on Yamaha lives up to his status as the favorite at Hockenheim. Text: Dirk Johae; Photo: Dino Eisele/IDM 2020

Im ersten Qualifying der IDM Supersport 300 beim Saisonfinale in Hockenheim bestätigt Rick Dunnik (18, NL, Zuwi HD-Racing) auf Yamaha seine starke Form. Der mit 15 Punkten Vorsprung in der Meisterschaft führende Niederländer steht mit seiner schnellsten Rundenzeit von 1:37,972 Min. auf der vorläufigen Pole Position. Mit 0,167 Sekunden Rückstand folgt Marvin Siebdrath (Wildenfels, 16, RT Motorsports by SKM-Kawasaki) auf Kawasaki.

Siebdrath leads the fast trio from Rob Vennegoor and Frank Krekeler’s team in second place. Behind him is his teammate Colin Velthuizen (16, NL). The fourth-place driver in the championship thus completes the front row for now. Behind him is Luca de Vleeschauwer (18, B, both RT Motorsports by SKM-Kawasaki). Rick Dunnik’s closest rival in the championship is 0.691 seconds behind his compatriot’s fastest lap time.

Behind de Vleeschauwer are his teammate Harry Khouri (16, AUS, Benjan Racing Team) on a Kawasaki and Ruben Bijman (16, NL, Pearle Gebben Racing) on a Yamaha. The fastest KTM riders are only able to place behind Melvin van der Voort (15, NL, Team SWPN) on a Yamaha. Junior World Championship rider Dirk Geiger (18, Mannheim) sits ahead of Lennox Lehmann (14, Dresden, both Freudenberg SMC WorldSSP Academy) on KTM after the first qualifying session. Lehmann, who is fifth in the IDM overall standings, has thus not yet been able to repeat his strong performance from the Lausitzring.