Was war das für eine enge Kiste. Zehn Meter vor dem Zielstrich war noch völlig unklar, wer das erste Supersport-Rennen des Tages gewinnen würde. Am Ende war es Max Enderlein, der mit M32 Racing, sein eigenes Team betreibt. Er besiegte Thomas Gradinger mit einem Hauch von 22 Hundertstelsekunden Vorsprung.
“I realized that Thomas needed someone to race against today,” Enderlein laughed later. Former World Championship rider Gradinger had been leading for a long time and was pushing himself to the limit, while Enderlein clearly still had some reserves left. “Thomas was missing those last three-tenths of a second, so I took advantage of that.”
Gringer’s team manager, Thomas Eder, had wanted to bet that his driver would win. But the Austrian, whose airbag—now mandatory—suddenly deployed and then slowly deflated in the parc fermé, said, “It’s not just the car that’s lost its edge. That’s due to our crashes this weekend.”
Dritter wurde Luca de Vleeschauwer ein Aufsteiger aus der IDM Supersport 300. Die Umstellung von den kleinen Motorrädern mit gut 50 PS auf die hubraumstärkeren Supersportler mit 135 PS ist enorm. Der Belgier von Team Kawasaki Weber-Motos Racing hat damit offensichtlich keine Schwierigkeiten und fuhr im ersten Supersport-Rennen seines Lebens aufs Podium und verdrängte sogar den erfahreneren Andreas Kofler (Kawasaki Schnock Team Motorex).
Yves Stadelmann of the Kiefer Racing Team made quite an impression. The Swiss rider was absent from the morning warm-up. He wasn’t feeling well. “He’s probably coming down with a cold,” the team said. But by the start of the race, he had managed to pull himself together. The reward: sixth place. Incidentally, following its entry into the IDM Superbike last year, the Kiefer Racing Team now has riders competing in all three IDM solo classes.
Due to the many crashes during the race, only 15 riders crossed the finish line. Chris Beinlich (Roto-Store BRT) was the unluckiest of them all. Riding in third place with some gap to the riders ahead and behind him, he slipped over his front wheel.
Ergebnis IDM Supersport, 1. Lauf
1. Max ENDERLEIN (GER), Yamaha
2. Thomas GRADINGER (GER), Yamaha
3. Luca DE VLEESCHAUWER (BEL), Kawasaki
4. Andreas KOFLER (AUT), Kawasaki
5. Jan-Ole JÄHNIG (GER), Yamaha
6. Yves STADELMANN (CHE), Yamaha
7. Milan MERCKELBAGH (NLD), Yamaha
8. Koen MEUFFELS (NLD), Yamaha
9. Micky WINKLER (DEU), Kawasaki
10. Leon LAMBING (AUT), Yamaha