14/08/2025
From a good and quick practice to a broken motor and a write off bike.
Last Saturday we travelled to Bad Hersfeld and I felt confident in my practice and flixstart. Due to the meeting starting quite late the conditions had changed and my bike setup wasn‘t quite right for heat 1, which we changed for the second heat. Unfortunately, in that heat I could feel the motor struggling, after the oil we found a lot of loose Metall, so I had to jump on my second bike, which was not the engine I intended to use at all.
Unfortunately, Mario Niedermaier slid off and was hit by Daniel Spiller, I managed to avoid Mario but then Daniel‘s bike came flying at me, so there was nowhere to go. I was lucky and only sprained my wrist but the bike is a complete write off.
Lucky again, I had taken a third bike which I jumped on in the re-run and the final. Coming joined 4th with a very sore wrist.
I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to ride in Rastede the next day but adrenaline and some ibuprofen made the pain manageable. It was a decent day and I managed to hold on , but in the final I got filled in and my roll offs broke which made finish 5th.
We had a few days of rest, which hopefully will have helped my wrist. Looking forward to 2 days of good racing at Nandlstadt and Hertingen.
