Superpole 2/Most: Tulovic wins long-distance duel against Schrötter and secures pole

Lukas Tulovic, Hannes Soomer, Florian Alt, Markus Reiterberger, Toni Finsterbusch and Leon Orgis had secured direct qualification for Superpole 2 during Friday’s PrePractice. Before the battle for grid positions got underway on Saturday afternoon, Jan-Ole Jähnig, Marcel Schrötter and Twan Smits joined them after successfully completing Superpole 1.

Shortly after 2 pm, the lights at the end of the pit lane turned green and the final 15 minutes of Superbike Saturday got underway. Even earlier that morning, when it wasn’t exactly any cooler, the first Superbike riders had already clocked times in the 1:32s. But the riders were slow to get going. Florian Alt posted the fastest sector times and took the lead with a time of 1.32.915 minutes. However, this lasted only a few seconds before he was overtaken by Hannes Soomer. Yet the Estonian’s joy was also short-lived. Lukas Tulovic took the lead with a time of 1:32.589.

Erste Startreihe für Marcel Schrötter

Foto: Thorsten Horn

Markus Reiterberger had completed a full race distance in the third free practice session. Whilst he posted a string of times in the low 33s, he struggled to break the 1.32 mark. At the end of Superpole, he had to let Twan Smits – who had moved up to the front row – and Jan-Ole Jähnig pass him. Pole position remained with Tulovic, with Schrötter and Smits joining him on the front row. The second row went to Soomer, ahead of Alt and Jähnig. The third row was taken by Finsterbusch, Reiterberger and Leon Orgis.