[IDM] German Superbike Championship

[Wim_Impreza]

Last weekend, there were the last races of the IDM (Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaft), the German Superbike Championship. There was an excellent performance for the Belgium driver Werner Daemen. He was second in the first race and won the second. The Austrian driver Martin Bauer won the championship, before the Norwegian Kai-Borre Andersen and another Austrian Andreas Meklau.

Jörg Teuchert, the champion of last year and WSS champion in the past, was now 4th in the championship with a MV Agusta. Werner Daemen, who was born and lives in the same village as me, was 5th in the championship.

Race 1:
1 Martin Bauer (A – Honda CBR 1000RR) in 28’20”021
2 Werner Daemen (B – Honda CBR 1000RR) +7”292
3 Arie Vos (NL – Honda CBR 1000RR) +7”403
4 Kai-Borre Andersen (N – Honda CBR 1000RR) +7”532
5 Stefan Nebel (D – Suzuki GSX-R 1000) +14”682

Race 2:
1 Werner Daemen (B – Honda CBR 1000RR) in 28’32”467
2 Kai-Borre Andersen (N – Honda CBR 1000RR) +0”269
3 Jörg Teuchert (D – MV Agusta F1000 R) +0”270
4 Dominic Lammert (D – Suzuki GSX-R 1000) +2”383
5 Stefan Nebel (D – Suzuki GSX-R 1000) +3”307

Championship IDM (Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaft) 2007:
1 Martin Bauer (A – Honda CBR 1000RR) 293
2 Kai-Borre Andersen (N – Honda CBR 1000RR) 204
3 Andreas Meklau (A – Suzuki GSX-R 1000) 199
4 Jörg Teuchert (D – MV Agusta F1000 R) 190
5 Werner Daemen (B – Honda CBR 1000RR) 188
6 Stefan Nebel (D – Suzuki GSX-R 1000) 183
7 Dominic Lammert (D – Suzuki GSX-R 1000) 151
8 Roman Stamm (CH - Suzuki GSX-R 1000) 139
9 Max Neukirchner (D - Suzuki GSX-R 1000) 101
10 Michael Schulten (D – Kawasaki ZX-10 R) 88

The German 125cc champion Georg Fröhlich, who was riding for the Dutch Abbink Bos Racing Team this year, will be in the IDM next year on a MV Agusta.
125cc Championship 2007:
1 Georg Fröhlich (D – Honda RS 125) 170 points
2 Toni Wirsing (D – Honda RS 125) 100 points
3 Marvin Fritz (D – Honda RS 125) 94 points

German Supersport 2007:
1 Sébastien Diss (F – Kawasaki ZX-6R) 189 points
2 Günther Knobloch (A – Yamaha YZF-R6) 184 points
3 Herbert Kaufmann (D – Suzuki GSX-R 600) 172 points

[ChrisS]

I must say that I know absolutely nothing about German Superbikes, are they racing true superbikes/supersports or more tuned superstocks?

[Wim_Impreza]

I must say I do not know that much about these classes. WSB driver Max Neukirchner won a race in this championship at Assen and both races on the Salzburgring this year. Honda won the constructorschampionship (586 points) before Suzuki (513 points) and Yamaha (104 points).

Yesterday there was in the newspaper here that 36-years old Belgian driver Werner Daemen had contacts with Yamaha, Honda, Suzuki and Kawasaki for next year. He can drive again a year in this championship or in the WSS or in the World Championship Endurance.

The official site: http://www.idm.de
For photos click on 'Fit for fans' and then on 'IDM-fotos'.
You can check full results here: http://www.racesport.nl/uitslagen.php

If you want to know something what you couldn't understand, please ask for a translation by me.

[NinjaMaster]

Wow, there's some names from the past! Werner Daemen, Jorg Teuchert and Andy Meklau have been around for a while.
The supersport championship looks like it was an exciting one. 17 points covering the top 3.
I saw Martin Bauer got a wildcard ride at Lausitz but he dnf'd both races I think. Hopefully we see some young Germans come through to join the likes of Neuchkirchner in WSB and Arne Tode in Superstock 1000.

[Wim_Impreza]

It was a pity that Meklau couldn’t race in Hockenheim last weekend. He lost his second place in the championship to Andersen.

Some statistics
Wins:
Martin Bauer 7
Max Neukirchner 3, Andreas Meklau 3
Jörg Teuchert 1, Werner Daemen 1, Dominic Lammert 1

Podium places:
Martin Bauer 11
Kai-Borre Andersen 10 (10 podium places, but no win)
Jörg Teuchert 7
Andreas Meklau 5
Max Neukirchner 4, Werner Daemen 4, Roman Stamm 4
Stefan Nebel 2
Dominic Lammert 1

[axxexs]

I must say that I know absolutely nothing about German Superbikes, are they racing true superbikes/supersports or more tuned superstocks?

More tuned Superstock in SBK and Superstock regulations in Supersport.

Arne Tode is going to replace Robbin Harms in the last race in WSS this year. Robbin will have his arm fixed.