Everything is going perfectly for Dirk Geiger. He took pole position and won the first race of the EURO MOTO Supersport at Hockenheim. He now leads his closest rival, Daniel Blin, by 32 points. Mathematically speaking, the Yamaha rider could already be celebrating the championship title. But he’s not doing that just yet.
The reason lies in Assen. A protest from the race there has not yet been definitively resolved. If Blin (Ducati) were to have his forfeited points reinstated on appeal, Geiger’s current lead would suddenly be too small. So the 24-year-old has decided to postpone his championship celebration for now. He wants all doubts to be cleared up first before switching into party mode.
On the track, Geiger left nothing to be desired today. The Mannheim native was unstoppable and cruised to an unchallenged victory. He finished 3.769 seconds ahead of Blin. “Dirk’s speed was on a completely different level today,” his only remaining title rival had to admit.
Geiger, however, also knows who he has to thank. After the race, the Yamaha YZF-R9 rider graciously thanked his Apreco team and Yamaha Germany. Tomorrow, he hopes to secure his next victory on his home track—and, if possible, seal the championship once and for all.
Behind Geiger, things were significantly more chaotic. Blin, Luca de Vleeschauwer (Yamaha), Luca Göttlicher (MV Agusta), and Lennox Lehmann (Yamaha) initially formed the chasing pack. However, just as “Lucky Luc” had moved up to third place, de Vleeschauwer was dealt a harsh but fair rebuff during an overtaking attempt.
In the final third of the race, the dynamics shifted. De Vleeschauwer and Lehmann fell back, while Göttlicher attempted a move against Blin. The 19-year-old MV Agusta rider was too bold. He crashed, got back up, continued racing, and still managed to finish in ninth place. This incident moved Lehmann up to third place.
There was plenty of action further back in the field as well. Freddie Heinrich, the only Kawasaki rider in the field, had fought his way free from the clutches of Max Stauffer (Yamaha) and his Honda teammates Julius Caesar Rörig and Julius Ahrenkiel-Frellsen after a hard battle and finished seventh.
