IDM in Assen 2019

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IDM in Assen 2019
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IDM in Assen 2019

IDM in Assen 2019

IDM in Assen 2019

IDM in Assen 2019

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In the IDM-Superbike 1000, the defending champion Ilya Mikhalchik started the weekend as the favorite.

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Mikhalchik slipped into the master’s T-shirt and was honored at the podium ceremony with the extra-long version of the Ukrainian national anthem.

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Left: Defending champion in the IDM Supersport 600 class Max Enderlein. Right: Defending champion IDM Superbike 1000 Ilya Mikhalchik.

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In the IDM Supersport 600, defending champion Max Enderlein closed the sack in the first run.

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There was only one race in the IDM Sidecar, but it was a spectacle at its finest.

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For Tim Reeves and Mark Wilkes (Adolf RS F1 Yamaha) it was about winning the title early in the 600 cc class.

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Nothing has yet been decided in the IDM Supersport 300. In the junior class, the title will only be awarded at the Hockenheimring.

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IDM in Assen 2019

IDM in Assen 2019
Battle for championship title in 3 classes decided

What a spectacle in Assen: In three out of five classes of the IDM (International German Motorcycle Championship) the championship titles were awarded early on the weekend at the TT Circuit Assen.


Anke Wieczorek

09.09.2019

Ilya Mikhalchik (alpha Racing-Van Zon-BMW) and Max Enderlein (Freudenberg WorldSSP Academy / Yamaha) defended their titles in the IDM Superbike 1000 and IDM Supersport 600. Tim Reeves / Mark Wilkes (Berlin Express / Adolf RS1 Yamaha) celebrated the Overall victory in the IDM Sidecar up to 600 cm³. The races on the Dutch Grand Prix circuit, known as the Cathedral of Speed, delivered thrilling duels and were the best advertisement for the highest German series in motorcycle road racing.

IDM Superbike 1000

In the IDM Superbike 1000, the defending champion Ilya Mikhalchik started the weekend as the favorite. With his pole position, the 23-year-old BMW driver from Kiev created the best conditions. The weekend began anything but perfect for his team-mate and challenger Julian Puffe. Schleizer fell in free practice. The team had to rebuild the BMW overnight. But the German never really got going during the whole weekend and had to be content with places in the midfield of the IDM premier class. This cleared the way for Mikhalchik to defend his title. But with Bastien Mackels (Wilbers-BMW-Racing), last year’s runner-up returned to the IDM event. The Belgian played his part in making both races more exciting than expected.


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Mikhalchik slipped into the master’s T-shirt and was honored at the podium ceremony with the extra-long version of the Ukrainian national anthem.

Pole setter Mikhalchik got off to a bad start in the first run and initially fell back a few places. But the IDM iceman turned up in the best possible way halfway through the race: He won ahead of Mackels and local hero Ricardo Brink (Yamaha / Team SWPN), who even led the field in the early stages. The 23-year-old also made no compromises in the second run. Starting from the third row in the Reversed Grid race from ninth place, he fought his way up place by place. Mikhalchik won with a margin of 0.264 seconds over Dominic Schmitter (HESS Racing, Yamaha) and was beaming. “After the two technical failures this season, it’s good to have defended the title early. I can play with my opponents at Hockenheim. ”Mikhalchik slipped into his championship T-shirt and was honored at the podium ceremony with the extra-long version of the Ukrainian national anthem. Third place went to Dutchman Pepijn Bijsterbosch (Team Dutch Comfort Houses) on his BMW.

IDM Supersport 600

In the IDM Supersport 600, defending champion Max Enderlein closed the sack in the first run. The Hohenstein Ernstthaler did not let himself be disturbed by the postponement of the race after a huge oil spill and the shortening to nine instead of 13 laps. Third place behind Marc Buchner (Buchner Motosport / Yamaha) and local hero Sander Kroeze (MGM Racing Performance, Yamaha) was enough for Enderlein to win the title early. With that he also defeated his Assen curse: Last year, the title in Assen was also within reach, but then the Saxon broke his collarbone in a fall in free practice. He was able to secure the title at the final in Hockenheim, but it was a tremendous game.


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Left: Defending champion in the IDM Supersport 600 class Max Enderlein. Right: Defending champion IDM Superbike 1000 Ilya Mikhalchik.

In the second run Enderlein retired after a fall. Sander Kroeze won the race ahead of Marc Buchner and Dominik Rubin (Yamaha / Rubin Racing Team). The decision in the DMSB Superstock 600 Cup was just as exciting as in the Supersport 600 championship. Here Stefan Strohlein (Yamaha / Neumann Racing) secured the overall victory early. Fourth place was enough for him in the second run. In the race, Milan Merckelbagh (Yamaha / MGM Racing Performance) won the cup drivers’ classification.

IDM sidecar

There was only one race in the IDM Sidecar, but it was a spectacle at its finest. For Tim Reeves / Mark Wilkes (Adolf RS F1 Yamaha) it was about winning the title early in the 600 cc class. The seven-time world champion started from pole position and took a risk: the Briton had already put on slicks despite the sometimes wet track. His starting place was, of all places, on a damp place. A drama seemed to be looming. Reeves almost stopped when the light turned green. The wheels did not find any grip. The superstar was passed on. In return, Josef Sattler / Uwe Neubert (Adolf RS F1 Kawasaki) pulled out all the stops and took the lead. Still, Reeves / Wilkes came back as leaders – and by a margin! The 47-year-old Reeves had put everything on one card and worked his way forward uncompromisingly. Reeves / Wilkes have won all IDM races in the 600cc class so far in the 2019 season and Reeves has now added his first IDM title to his track record. He is already seven times world champion and six times British champion. Sattler / Neubert was waved off in third place. They also had to bow to Markus Schlosser / Marcel Fries (LCR F1 Yamaha).


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For Tim Reeves and Mark Wilkes (Adolf RS F1 Yamaha) it was about winning the title early in the 600 cc class.

In the 1000 cm³ class, John Smits / Gunter Verbrugge (RCN F1 Yamaha) dominated ahead of Scott Lawrie / Emanuelle Clement (LCR F1 Suzuki) and Andres Nussbaum / Manuel Hirschi (LCR F1 Suzuki). That was not to the liking of Mike Roscher / Anna Burkard (LCR F1 BMW). The German-Swiss combination leads the overall championship, but was only waved off in sixth place. That cost important points. Nussbaum / Hirschi have now moved up to nine points again and are, so to speak, in the slipstream in the title fight. The final in Hockenheim (September 27th to 29th) will be a dicey affair.

IDM Supersport 300

Nothing has yet been decided in the IDM Supersport 300 either. In the junior class, the title will only be awarded in Hockenheim (September 27th to 29th). In Assen, the front runner Angelo Licciardi (Benjan Racing-Weber Motos, Kawasaki) ensured that he started the last two races with a comfortable cushion of 40 points.


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Nothing has yet been decided in the IDM Supersport 300. In the junior class, the title will only be awarded at the Hockenheimring.

At Hockenheim, sixth place is enough for the 21-year-old Belgian to secure his title. So Licciardi can stay calm when the strongest IDM Supersport 300 driver of the second half of the season also trumps in the IDM finals: Walid Khan (NUTEC-RT Motorsports by SKM-Kawasaki) celebrated a double victory in his hometown of Assen. The 19-year-old Dutchman won four of the last six races.

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