Andreas Meklau raced to two fourth places at the weekend's International German Superbike Championships second round at Oschersleben and stands third in the series. However it was Belgian Werner Daemen who was the top Suzuki team member to cross the finish line, finishing third in both races. Dominic Lammert was also on the starting grid. The 20-year old new talent recently underwent an operation on his meniscus, and took two respectable finishes in 7th and 6th place.
Both heats at the Motorsport Arena were won by Martin Bauer (Honda), followed by Jarg Teuchert (Yamaha).
Andreas Meklau: "I'm disappointed with the result. Martin Bauer is riding in another league at the moment. That shows that we've got a lot of work ahead of us. The only highlight for me was the last three rounds in the first heat. I was able to catch up with Werner Daemen and Kai Borre Andersen (MV Agusta). Andersen then wanted to overtake Daemen but missed the racing line in a wide arc. I immediately took advantage of this opportunity, dived into the gap, and took the place away from Andersen."
Dominic Lammert: "I didn't have any big expectations for these heats. It was touch and go right up to the start whether I could race because of my leg. The injured area really started to hurt on the tenth lap but I wanted to hang in there and get some important points."
Evren Bischof - Team manager: "Andreas Meklau made the best of his starting position after the changeable training conditions but we have to re-evaluate his chassis settings as he is clearly lacking grip on acceleration out of the corners. And we can build on Dominic Lammert's results. He hasn't ridden in dry conditions for one month so we couldn't adjust the bike any further - that's our next task. If he is healthy again in two weeks, a place in the top five is possible."
1st heat:
1st Martin Bauer (A-Honda)
2nd Jarg Teuchert (D-Yamaha)
3rd Werner Daemen (B-Suzuki)
4th Andreas Meklau (A-Suzuki International Europe)
5th Kai-Borre Andersen (NOR-MV Agusta)
6th Roman Stamm (CH-Suzuki Switzerland)
7th Dominic Lammert (D-Suzuki International Europe)
8th Chris Zaiser (A-Ducati)
9th Christian Kellner (D-Ducati)
10th Ganther Knobloch (A-Ducati)
2nd heat:
1st Martin Bauer (A-Honda)
2nd Jarg Teuchert (D-Yamaha)
3rd Werner Daemen (B-Suzuki)
4th Andreas Meklau (A-Suzuki International Europe)
5th Roman Stamm (CH-Suzuki Switzerland)
6th Dominic Lammert (D-Suzuki International Europe)
7th Olivier Depoorter (B-Suzuki)
8th Ganther Knobloch (A-Ducati)
9th Kari Vehniainen (FIN-Yamaha)
10th Mattias von Hammerstein (D-Honda)
Points:
1st Bauer 100
2nd Teuchert 80
3rd Meklau 58
4th Daemen 56
5th Stamm 37
6th Andersen 24
7th Zaiser 23
8th Vehniainen 22
