Sam and Tom Christie secured pole position in the second qualifying session on Saturday afternoon at the Schleizer Dreieck. IDM leaders Ted and Vincent Peugeot will start from third place.
Pole position in the sidecar class of the International German Motorcycle Championship (IDM) at the Schleizer Dreieck belongs to road racing enthusiasts Sam and Tom Christie (Hannafin/LCR Yamaha). Although this is the British brothers’ first time racing on Germany’s oldest natural racetrack, they quickly took to the ups and downs of this circuit. “It’s really fun to ride here—especially down the Seng,” said Tom Christie with a smile after the second practice session. His brother Sam was also delighted to have secured pole position on the final lap—but even more so that he’d made it through qualifying unscathed despite an upset stomach.
Trailing by 0.637 seconds, Markus Schlosser and Luca Schmidt (Team Schlosser/LCR Yamaha) will start from second place. Schmidt, who is from Zeulenroda and knows the area like the back of his hand, was in good spirits in the parc fermé and predicted perfect racing weather for the afternoon. “It has to stay dry—then it’ll be even more fun to race here in front of all the spectators,” said the 20-year-old, who now lives just 500 meters from the Schleizer Dreieck.
Unlike the Christies and Schlosser, who are participating as guest starters, the team of Ted and Vincent Peugeot (Seventy Four Racing Team/LCR Yamaha) is competing for important IDM points. They’ll start from third place and hope to head home with a high points total once again this weekend. That’s because the father-son duo is aiming to defend their titles in both the German and French championships.
Lennard Göttlich and Lucas Krieg (Bonovo Action Junior Team ADAC Sachsen e.V./ARS Yamaha) are also vying for important points in the IDM standings. They will start from seventh place, followed by Patrick Werkstetter and his German substitute co-driver Enrico Roick (Team Bonovo Action/Sattler Motorsport/ARS Yamaha).
The first race takes place on Saturday evening at 5:45 p.m. On Sunday, the action begins at 4:20 p.m. All races can be watched live and for free at www.idm.de/live.
IDM Sidecar Results, Qualifying 1+2
- CHRISTIE / CHRISTIE (GBR/GBR)
- SCHLOSSER / SCHMIDT (CHE/GER)
- PEUGEOT / PEUGEOT (FRA/FRA)
- STREUER / KÖLSCH (NLD/DEU)
- PÄIVÄRINTA / CHRISTIE (FIN/GBR)
- ELLIS / CLÉMENT (GBR/FRA)
- DIVINE / WAR (GER/GER)
- WERKSTETTER / ROICK (GER/GER)
- WIRTH / LÜTTKE (GER/GER)
- VENUS / SEDLACEK (GER/CZE)
- WEEKERS / MOERS (NLD/NLD)