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| 04.07.2010 |
| Unlucky race day for KTM Superbikers at home race on the Salzburgring |
| After very promising results from the KTM Superbike Team Germany in Saturday’s training on the well known high speed circuit at Salzburg, there was to be no top results for the KTM RC8R riders in Sunday races. |
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Martin Bauer, who started his home races from the second row and in front of 15,000 motorcycle fans, finished his day with an eleventh and fourth place. Team-mate Stefan Nebel finished sixth in race one but crashed going into the first corner in the second race of the day. But this did not dampen the spirits of around 700 KTM employees, guests and fans from the company’s nearby plant at Mattighofen. The obvious passion of the Superbikers, the infernal sound of their KTM racing machines and not the least, the very exciting races in the 125 cc class, where the four KTM youngsters finished 2-3-4-5, transformed the company’s IDM home race into a success and a memorable weekend.
Superbike Race 1:
Both KTM riders were able to hold their own in the first of the 18-lap races as they fought their way together at speeds up to 300 km/h through the four-cylinder armada. Then it appeared as though the setups chosen for this very special circuit were not as good as they would have hoped. Martin Bauer and Stefan Nebel slipped back through the pack and ended the race in seventh and twelfth respectively. Finnish KTM privateer Vesa Kallio crashed in training on his debut ride on the Salzburgring on Saturday and was banned to 21st place on the sixth row for Saturday’s start. Kallio picked up one championship point for his 15th place.
Superbike Race 2:
The KTM twins got away well in race two and Bauer hung onto fourth place for the first five laps with Nebel in sixth in the leading pack. The .championship leader Muggeridge crashed out of second place and the race was stopped. Martin Bauer won the new start and hit the gas in round one of the second half to take the lead. The race was again halted after four more laps after Hungary’s Gabor Rizmayer crashed and his bike went up in flames. Bauer finished a thankless fourth in both parts of the race. Stefan Nebel didn’t experience the second half. Hard on the brakes as usual, the three times Superbike champion crashed in the first corner and was luckily not injured. In the overall standing Bauer and Nebel are on third and fifth place and both are within reach of the leader, the Australian Karl Muggeridge.
Martin Bauer (12./4.): “I would have liked to have been able to give the team and all the KTM visitors a top result but the reality was something different. Nothing went the way I wanted it to in race one, we gambled in matters of the setup and we lost. Race two went much better with the chassis setup but unfortunately a win, like in the Sachsenring, was a long way off.”
Stefan Nebel (6./DNF): “Today is one I just want to write off. I was very optimistic after training and I was up with the front runners today. The second race could have delivered a consolation result but I didn’t make it through the first chicane.“
IDM 125 – Super result for all the KTM youngsters
With his pole position in training Daniel Kartheininger from Team Freudenberg already proved that the Orange two-stroke rockets are to be reckoned with on the Salzburgring. The races were really something the fans enjoyed with all of the KTM riders being in contention at some point even though in the end Luca Gruenwald was not to be beaten. Toni Finsterbusch was second, Daniel Kartheininger third. Damien Raemy was a good fourth and the youngest rider, the 14-year-old Philipp Oettl finished fifth trailing by just 0.7 seconds.
Results:
Race 1:
1. Werner Daemen (BEL), BMW
2. Karl Muggeridge (AUS), Honda
3. Dario Giuseppetti (GER), Ducati
6.Stefan Nebel (GER), KTM
11. Martin Bauer, (AT), KTM
15. Vesa Kallio (FIN), KTM
Race 2:
1. Werner Daemen (BEL), BMW
2. Dario Giuseppetti (GER), Ducati
3. Barry Veneman (NL), BMW
4. Martin Bauer, (AT), KTM
DNF: Stefan Nebel (GER), KTM
15. Vesa Kallio (FIN), KTM
Championship standings IDM Superbike after 10 of 16 races:
1. Karl Muggeridge, Australia, 168
2. Werner Daemen, Belgium, 159
3. Martin Bauer, Austria KTM, 130
4. Barry Veneman, Netherlands, 117
5. Stefan Nebel, Germany, KTM 110
15. Vesa Kallio, (FIN), KTM, 30 Points
Championship Standings IDM 125
1. Luca Gruenwald, (GER), Seel, 172 Points
2. Toni Finsterbusch (GER), KTM, 114 Points
3. Matthew Scholtz (RSA), Aprilia, 111 Points
4. Damien Raemy, (SUI), KTM, 55 Points
5. Daniel Kartheininger (GER), KTM, 89 Points
6. Philipp Oettl (GER), KTM, 80 Points
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| The KTM twins in action
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| Vesa Kallio on the Salzburgring
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| KTM youngsters on the track
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| Podium-ready Orange 125 riders |
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