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PS-Cup-Checker at the GSX-R 750-Cup

The PS Cup Checker at the Suzuki GSX-R 750 Cup in Oschersleben
What does the new Suzuki Cup offer?

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The PS Cup-Checker is back in 2013 for hobby drivers and those who want to become one. This time Rene Raub is testing the completely new Suzuki GSX-R 750 Cup.

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05/21/2013

PS-Cup-Checker at the GSX-R 750-Cup

Somehow it feels like I’m coming back home after years. The new GSX-R 750-Cup is much closer to the beginning of my racing career than it might first appear. Because in 2001 I just wanted to try out what it’s like to be “real” racing in an organized cup and at that time started as a freshman in Suzuki’s SV 650 S-Cup. The GSX-R 750 Cup now gives a similar picture as it did back then. Everything still looks fresh and new. For example, there is only a small group of around two or three drivers who are really fast and a large midfield with many motivated people of all ages who get faster with the GSX-R Cup, really enjoy racing and use the same material want to measure – just like I did in the SV Cup. This is exactly why the current makers Dirk Schnieders, Manuel da Silva and Peter Bales created the Cup.

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For me, the Suzuki has proven to be the perfect protagonist for this job GSX-R 750 exposed. The L1 model I piloted is so handy that I had to get used to it after my 1000s. At the beginning of the first free practice session, I would have even almost hit the inside of the grass in the Oschersleben hotel curve. The 750 is very easy to turn, but you don’t have to squeeze it out like a 600 barrel organ. At the exit of the curve you have enough steam, but not as much as with the 1000s, which inexperienced can easily overwhelm and quickly get into the fresh air of the Borde. With such a 750 you can concentrate on the essentials, namely fast driving, without being distracted. Proof of this is, for example, my best time with the GSX-R, which is just a little more than a second above my fastest time ever with a long-distance World Cup 1000. And that, mind you, on over-the-counter Conti Race Attack tread tires that are street legal.

A bulging field with 42 drivers

Some regular drivers also benefited from the character of the 750s. From the introductory training to the end of the first racing event, their lap times tumbled tremendously, sometimes up to 20 seconds per lap.

In the run-up there were enough skeptics who would not have considered a brand cup with the GSX-R 750 possible. But already in the first year of the new Cup there is a packed field with 42 drivers at the start. The makers have also given a lot of thought and so it is possible to take part with GSX-R 750 models built from 2004 onwards. That saves the budget of the supposed amateur pilots and lowers the hurdle to enter a well-organized cup. Or you can afford the big package for the GSX-R 750 Cup with a new motorcycle and complete conversion parts for the racetrack, including driver and team clothing. The drivers and the team are supported by Suzuki Germany, who provide the cup truck with a large awning, which serves as a communication center and meeting point for the entire cup family. At the start in Oschersleben, worthwhile information seminars were held in which, for example, the ideal line and special route features or the technology of the GSX-R 750 were explained in order to avoid mistakes when screwing the bike.

The troops sometimes screw up until one at night


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The GSX-R 750 perfectly prepared for the PS man.

The idea of ​​the so-called “Tough Enough Bike” is unique and really cool. This bike is raffled off to a potential guest starter at every race, who only has to apply in advance (www.gsxr750-cup.de). The motorcycle will then be made available free of charge for the corresponding GSX-R 750 Cup event. The first Tough Enough Rider, Stefan Sollterbeck, who says he has already done around fifteen to twenty thousand laps in Oschersleben, was immediately faster with the GSX-R 750, which was unknown to him, than with his own 1000.

The technical support in the GSX-R 750-Cup is done by Klaus Bretter and his team from Bretters Zweiradshop from Burgwald-Bottendorf. Not a stranger to PS, because he has been successfully sending his tuning creations to our TunerGP for two years, and Bretter had also perfectly prepared my racing motorcycle. The troop tinkers with wounded cup bikes until one at night in order to get them back on the road for the next training session or race. But as far as I can tell, there are no unreasonable drivers or cross drivers in the field for which you have to obtain at least a B license. Everything on the track was extremely fair, there were no serious falls to complain about during the whole weekend.

By the way, the fast Nina Prinz was an additional guest starter this weekend. After qualifying in third place on the grid, she then showed the competition in both races where the hammer is. She left the entire field of drivers behind. I myself achieved fifth place in the first qualifying session, which fell by one place in the decisive second qualifying lap due to braking problems. Then there were new pads for the race and the problem was solved.

Unfortunately, I got off to a really bad start in the first race and fell back to tenth place. On the first lap, however, I was able to quickly make up five places again. Unfortunately, the train, or rather the leading group, had already left at the very front and so I had a problem-free, but also lonely race.

The perfect start into the new season


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irk Schnieders (right) explains Raub (middle) about the motorcycle. Peter Bales is silent!

The second round was more to my liking. Even the start was much better, I was able to maintain my starting position and tried to quickly find a good rhythm. Unfortunately, the first four slowly drove away again. Nevertheless, I kept biting and was rewarded for it. When the first laps started, I was slowly able to catch up with fourth. Something like that motivates and makes you more courageous – after all, I got faster and faster and on the last lap I managed my fastest lap ever with 1.33.9 minutes. To the displeasure of Malte Bigge, who in front of me, blindly trusting his Contis, was driving with impressive inclines, but whom I was still able to overtake at the start and finish of the last lap. Despite all the attempts, which his scratched paneling and the half-sanded gearshift lever later gave evidence of, Malte can no longer get past me. And so I was able to cross the finish line behind Nina, Dirk Schnieders and the superbly driving Danny Martz. Fortunately for me, the organizers took the two fastest runners out of the ranking as guest starters, and so I got two nice trophies for a second and a third place to take home.

After almost six months of motorbike-free time, this event was the perfect start into the new season for me. A great motorcycle is used here by a fun group in a family atmosphere among like-minded people. Additional goodies, such as a camera team from DCH Distribution that is always on site, which takes moving images of the pilots that can be seen on the Facebook page of the GSX-R 750 Cup, or, for example, the cup moderator and pit lane comedian who is always chatting There is also Peter Bales. I envy all the riders who are registered, who are also able to enjoy the rest of the races this year in the Cup – I would have loved to have returned home.

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The GSX-R 750 Cup moves really fast on street-legal Contis.

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Rene Raub started in the Suzuki SV 650 Cup in 2001, and a year later he took second place in the Oschersleben 24 Hours. In series sport, the 37-year-old won the small twin class several times and in 2004 the 750 class. In 2006, the Heiligenstadt native came third in the World Endurance Championship / Superproduction and won the Oschersleben 24 Hours with his team. There he won two more open classes. With the PS-LSL-X-Lite 61 team, Rene took third place in the 2011 24-hour classic in Le Mans, France.  

Cup checker facts

positive

  • Great basic motorcycle
  • Money-saving regulations without tuning, Suzuki approved from 2004
  • Good organization, supported by Suzuki Germany
  • Good cup package at a fair price
  • Technical support from professionals for the cup drivers
  • Guest starts are possible
  • Relaxed, familiar mood
  • Unique: the “Tough Enough Bike”

negative

  • Only one can win
  • One or the other talks too much (fun!)

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