Reigning German IDM Superbike Champion Martin Bauer joined the HPC Power Racing Suzuki Superbike team as a guest rider at the weekend’s IDM fourth round at the Red Bull Ring in Austria.
The 36 year old was tempted out of retirement as a replacement rider for injured Sascha Hommel, set eighth place in qualifying in his first-ever on the team’s GSX-R1000 Superbike; before racing to fourth in the opening race. Unfortunately his challenge for the podium dried-up in race two on the seventh lap of 18 when he was forced to pull out with a gearbox issue, and, because he was entered as a guest rider was not elegible to score points.
In IDM Supersport class, Team Suzuki Mayer riders Jesco Günther and Roman Stamm put the GSX-R600 on the podium with third place in race two from Günther as Team Suzuki Laux rider Sarah Heide - the only woman in the race - rode her GSX-R 600 into the points in the first race.
Race 1: 1 Michael Ranseder (A), BMW, 27:10.944 min., 2 Erwan Nigon (F), BMW, 27:12.293 min., 3 Jörg Teuchert (D), BMW, 27:14.828 min., 4 Martin Bauer (A), Suzuki, 27:19.716 min., 5 Dario Giuseppetti (D), Ducati, 27:21.661 min. 11 Roland Resch (A), Suzuki, 27:40.789 min.
Race 2: 1 Erwan Nigon (F), BMW, 27:15.830 min., 2 Michael Ranseder (A), BMW, 27:20.788 min., 3 Gareth Jones (AUS), BMW, 27:21.205 min., 4 Jörg Teuchert (D), BMW, 27:21.366 min., 5 Ghisbert van Ginhoven (NL), BMW, 27:23.324 min. 9 Roland Resch (A), Suzuki, 27:36.927 min.
Points table (after 8 of 16 races): 1. Ranseder 151, 2. Nigon 137, 3. Teuchert 127, 4. Jones 107, 5. Muggeridge 82, 11. Resch 44, 14. Hommel 23.
Race 1: 1 David Linortner (A), Yamaha, 26:55.111 min., 2 Tatu Lausletho (FIN), Yamaha, 26:56.065 min. 3 Daniel Sutter (CH), Kawasaki, 26:56.254 min., 4 Jan Bühn (D), Yamaha, 26:57.508 min., 5 Dominic Schmitter (CH), Yamaha, 26:57.827 min. 7 Jesco Günther (D), Suzuki, 27:03.750 min. 14 Sarah Heide (D), Suzuki, 27:30.062 min.
Race 2: 1 Tatu Lausletho (FIN), Yamaha, 26:53.120 min., 2 Stefan Kerschbaumer (A), Yamaha, 26:53.468 min.,3 Jesco Günther (D), Suzuki, 26:53.812 min., Daniel Sutter (CH), Kawasaki, 26:56.285 min., 5 Dominic Schmitter (CH), Yamaha, 26:57.587 min. 17 Sarah Heide (D), Suzuki, 27:27.623 min. 19 Thomas Walther (D), Suzuki, 27:32.666 min.
Points table (after 8 of 16 races): 1. Lausletho 133, 2. Sutter 121, 3. Günther 108, 4. Linortner 101, 5. Wahr 82, 8. Stamm 54.