Suzuki International Europe rider Andreas Meklau has increased his lead in the German Superbike Championship after 8 rounds despite suffering poor starts at the weekend’s Nurburgring round. The Austrian rider, who qualified his GSX-R1000 on pole, clawed from the back to fourth and fifth positions and now heads the 16-race Superbike IDM series by 17 points over Wibers Racing-sponsored Christian Kellner on his GSX-R1000 Suzuki.
Meklau’s team mate Roman Stam raced to eighth place in both races and currently holds ninth in the championship.
German Superbike Points (after 8 rounds): 1 Andreas Meklau (Suzuki GSX-R 1000) 131,
2 Christian Kellner (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 114,
3 Jorg Teuschert (Yamaha) 113,
4 Martin Bauer (Honda) 110,
5 Stefan Nebel (Kawasaki) 95.
9 Roman Stamm (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 71.
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