#Endurance: Yamaha Austria Racing Team Monster Energy shows its hand at #Oschersleben Ahead of Yamaha Racing GMT94 Guyot Motorcycle Team Michelin and penz13 Franks Autowelt Racing Team The first skirmishes at the Oschersleben 8 Hours took place today, Thursday. Monster Energy Yamaha clocked up the best performance in the free practice ahead of Yamaha Racing GMT 94 Michelin and the astonishing BMW Superst ock of Penz13 Franks Autowelt Racing Team. Broc Parkes was expected to be among the fastest although his best lap here in 2013 remains to be equalled. The MotoGP rider from Australia has sent Monster Energy Yamaha #07 to the top of the time sheets following the free practice with a lap in 1’27.404. At the very end of the session in Germany at noon today, David Checa almost squeaked ahead of him on the Yamaha Racing GMT 94 Michelin which took second place in 1’27.440. But the biggest surprise came from the German Superstock team Penz13 Franks Autowelt Racing Team, which clocked up the 3rd time of this first session in 1’27.532. Rico Penzkofer’s team is much fancied in the race for the 2014 FIM Superstock World Cup and will be hoping to do well on its home track. Honda Racing was top of the time sheets for some time, ending up with the 4th time ahead of another candidate for victory at the Oschersleben 8 Hours, Team SRC Kawasaki, winners of the Bol d’Or at the start of the season. This factory Kawasaki team is ahead of Suzuki Endurance Racing Team which has recovered Vincent Philippe, now fit again after his crash at the Bol d’Or. QMMF Racing Team is showing its hand in Superstock with a 7th place ahead of several teams in Formula EWC, Monster Energy Yamaha YART, the BMW of RS Speedbikes Racing and Team R2CL. Leader of the provisional Superstock rankings, Junior Team LMS Suzuki is currently in 3rd position in its category ahead of AM Moto Racing Compétition while Yamaha Viltaïs Expériences was held back somewhat by a major crash for Fred Besnard, who broke his femur yesterday during private tests. The first qualifying practice session will doubtless provide more clues as to the shape the various teams are in going into the Oschersleben 8 Hours. The session will be starting this afternoon at 15 h 45.
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 15:28:12 +0000