MEKLAU MOVES TO 3RD IN IDM SERIES
 Suzuki
International Europe's Andy Meklau has moved into third place
in the German IDM Superbike series after finishing fourth
and seventh at the weekend's rain-lashed Oschersleben round.
Both races were won by Jorg Teuchert (Yamaha). In the second
heat Roman Stamm (Suzuki Switzerland) and Gabor Rizmayer (Suzuki
Hungary) joined him on the podium.
Andreas Meklau:
"Hats off to Roman and Gabor. They rode a high-risk
race in spite of the bad weather. They could afford to, though,
because they didn't have much to lose. I had to be more careful
because I wanted to gain third place in the overall positioning.
In wet conditions the rules are different and it's a whole
other ball game. This time titleholders Martin Bauer (Honda)
and Werner Daemen (Yoshimura Van Zon Schafer Motorsport Suzuki)
came off badly."
Evren Bischoff - Team Manager:
"Once again the results depended on whether the tyre
gamble paid off or not. The state of the championships counted
a lot for us as well. Andy Meklau is now the best Suzuki rider
and has moved up from fourth place to third place in the table.
His other Suzuki colleagues, Werner Daemen and Roman Stamm,
have taken up positions behind him. We might not be able to
win the title, but we will show everyone just how strong we
are in the final."
1st heat: 1st Jörg Teuchert (D-Yamaha),
2nd Gwen Giabbani (F-Kawasaki), 3rd Martin Bauer (A-Honda),
4th Andy Meklau (A-Suzuki), 5th Andrzej Pawelec (PL-Yamaha),
6th Dominic Lammert (D-Suzuki), 7th Roman Stamm (CH-Suzuki),
8th Günther Knobloch (A-Ducati), 9th Diego Lozano Ortiz
(ESP-Honda), 10th Nina Prinz (D-Yamaha).
2nd heat: 1st Jörg Teuchert (D-Yamaha),
2nd Roman Stamm (CH-Suzuki), 3rd Gábor Rizmayer (H-Suzuki),
4th Gwen Giabbani (F-Kawasaki), 5th Werner Daemen (B-Suzuki),
6th Martin Bauer (A-Honda), 7th Andy Meklau (A-Suzuki), 8th
Kari Vehniäinen (FIN-Yamaha), 9th Christian Kellner (D-Ducati),
10th Andrzej Pawelec (PL-Yamaha).
Points: 1st Bauer 282, 2nd Teuchert 265,
3rd Meklau 204, 4th Daemen 199, 5th Stamm 139, 6th Andersen
78, 7th Rizmayer 76, 8th Lammert 75, 9th Knobloch 74, 10th
Depoorter.
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