Maehr and KTM continue to learn in tough Superstock class
 The
KTM Maehr Superstock Team with rider Rene Maehr continued
to learn and gather experience in Sunday's race at Germany's
Nuerburgring, even if race results did not reflect a top weekend.
It is the first year that the team is competing in the tough
FIM Superstock 1000 World Cup with the KTM 1190 RC8 machine.
The bike was launched in the spring of 2008 and KTM and the
team have declared their first season on the racing circuit
as one in which to learn and to gain experience.
Jump start penalty
Maehr's luck ran out even in the second qualifying when a
downpour of rain just before the session made it impossible
to improve on the thirtieth position registered in the first
qualifying. Then, probably hoping for a bit too much in the
line-up on the grid of forty riders, a nervous Maehr registered
a jump start in the race and incurred a ride through penalty.
In addition, a crash at the first curve, in which he was not
involved, proved a disruptive influence as riders struggled
to master the confusion. Maehr, out on the track in last position
after the ride through penalty, brought the KTM home safely
although he was far from satisfied with the end result, crossing
the line in thirty third position.
Focus on realistic goals
"Yes, I am certainly not satisfied with the final results.
But we have to accept that at this stage there are more important
goals than the results might reflect," Maehr said. "I
made a mistake at the start and it's very difficult to recover
from that in such a tough class of racing. I am sorry that
we didn't finish with a better result but the bike went well
the whole weekend and I am looking forward to the next race
in Italy."
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