7th August 2008

Osch 8H: First Timed Qualifying

Teuchert Fastest - SERT Consistent - Schumi Crash...

First Qualifying: Fastest Riders in Each Team - Unofficial

20 Yamaha Deutschland - Teuchert - 1:27.710

1 SERT Suzuki - Da Costa - 1:27.826

11 Kawasaki France - Nigon - 1:28.047

7 Yamaha Austria - Martin - 1:28.221

8 Bolliger Kawasaki - Muff - 1:28.272

2 Yoshimura Suzuki - Van Keymeulen - 1:28.648

77 Holzauer Honda - Bauer - 1:28.681

3 Phase One - Gowland - 1:29.069

4 Folch Yamaha - Ribalta - 1:29.182

110 AM Moto Suzuki - Hernandez - 1:29.197

14 Maco Moto Yamaha - Nowland - 1:29.235

Kawasaki France chasing SERT Suzuki: Will this be the story of the race?

Vincent Philippe was the slowest of three SERT riders, but he is still scheduled to ride on Saturday. Because he was about one second slower than his team mates Da Costa (1:27.826) and Lagrive (1:27.877), including him in the race line up will affect the team's qualifying slightly. Each team's qualifying time will be the average of the fastest lap put in by each of that team's riders.

Michael Schumacher, not crashing. Yet.

Much to everyone's surprise, rookie Michael Schumacher was 7th quickest of the third riders' group, with a time of 1:29.466. This compares well with his Holzauer Honda team mates' times of 1:28.681 (Bauer) and 1:30.885 (Hammerstein). He is obviously not just here to make up the numbers, and a heavy crash at Hasseroder towards the end of the session shwed that he is pushing to the limit.

Nina Prinz, not crashing at all.

Yamaha Deutschland's Nina Prinz was also impressively quick, with a lap time of 1:29.403 putting her 8th fastest of the Group 1 riders.

Alex Cudlin, Already crashed.

Diablo Kawasaki's Alex Cudlin was another crasher, seen here hitching a ride back to the pits on the back of a trailer at the end of the session. Diablo's third rider will be Michael Weynand who rode with the team at Le Mans.

Graeme Gowland, nowhere near crashing. Ahem.

Yamaha Phase One's Gowland was over half a second quicker than his team mate Damian Cudlin. Phase One's third rider Sebastien Scarnato is not due to arrive at the circuit until tomorrow, but we're expecting both him and Cudlin to rise to the challenge.

Qualifying continues tomorrow…

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