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Daemen ‘does the double’ at the Salzburgring!

09/07/2010
Belgian rider Werner Daemen scored a double victory on his BMW S 1000 RR at rounds 9 and 10 of the German Superbike Championship (IDM) at the Salzburgring circuit on 4 July.
 
In front of more than 15,000 spectators at the famous Austrian circuit, the Team alpha Technik - van Zon - BMW rider performed flawlessly and rode two fantastic races to score maximum points and elevate himself to second place in the overall points table, just 9 behind championship leader and former World Supersport Champion Karl Muggeridge.

Having secured a double victory here on the S 1000 RR in 2009, the veteran racer of 17 years felt confident on one of his favourite tracks, especially having qualified in pole position on the Saturday afternoon with a lap time of 1:19.292 – almost three-tenths of a second faster than his nearest challenger Stefan Nebel. His Dutch team-mate Barry Veneman qualified in fifth place and headed up the second row on the other alpha Technik - van Zon - BMW - S 1000 RR.

Temperatures around 30 degrees Celsius on race day didn’t make life easy for the two BMW riders or their machines, but Daemen stamped his authority right from the first race. The Belgian rider lead the race from start to finish, eventually crossing the chequered flag more than three-and-a-half seconds in front of second-placed rider Karl Muggeridge.

“I thought that Karl would be strong out there,” said Werner after his race one victory. “In fact, I thought there would be a big group of riders battling it out at the front, but there was only Karl who could keep up. I decided to try and shake him off and put in three fast laps of around one minute and 19 seconds. When I looked around, he was still there, so I really went for it and managed to increase my advantage, although I nearly fell off twice in the process!”

Although Muggeridge actually put in the fastest lap of race one, he couldn’t match Daemen’s overall race pace and ended up backing off the throttle to conserve his tyres and safeguard a second-place finish.

Daemen’s team-mate Barry Veneman had bad luck in the first race. Running in third position with the chance of a podium position, he encountered some difficulties with his gear selection on lap 11 of 17 and was quickly passed by several riders. However, the hard-charging Dutchman did manage to fight his way back up to fifth place and earn 11 vital championship points in the process.

In race two, a crash by Muggeridge brought out the red flag, resulting in a two-part race that would be decided over 12-laps. However, this second-leg only lasted for four laps when Suzuki rider Gabor Rizmayer crashed in a dangerous place, breaking his foot in the process, as well as his GSX-R1000 catching fire. As Daemen had been leading prior to the crashes, victory was awarded to the Belgian on his S 1000 RR, who also secured the fastest lap of race two. Barry Veneman finally got his wish of a podium finish, ending up in third place.

All in all, it was a very successful weekend for team alpha Technik van Zon. One pole position, two race wins, a fastest lap by Daemen and a podium for Veneman means that the BMW team is now leading the Manufacturers Standings by 28 points over KTM, with Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki rounding out the top five.

Daemen’s double victory also sees him close the gap to just nine points behind IDM championship leader Muggeridge, with Veneman in fourth position in the points standings. And last but not least, Daemen’s success at Salzburgring means that the 38-year-old has won the last five consecutive IDM races at the Austrian circuit – four of them on the BMW S 1000 RR.

The next round of the 2010 IDM German Superbike Championship will take place on the first weekend of August at the Schleizer triangle.

Results IDM race one
1. Werner Daemen (BEL/BMW) 24:05,251, 2. Karl Muggeridge (Honda) + 3,539 sec, 3. Dario Giuseppetti (Ducati) + 10,858 sec, 4. Roman Stamm (Suzuki) + 12,454 sec, 5. Barry Veneman (NED/BMW) + 12,755 sec, 6. Stefan fog (KTM) + 13,565 sec

Results IDM race two
1.    Daemen 12: 15,163, 2. Giuseppetti + 1,271 sec, 3. Veneman + 1,347, 4. Martin + 1.841 seconds, 5. Root + 2.590, 6. Filip Altendorfer (BMW) + 3,096

Points (after 10 of 16 rounds)
1. Muggeridge 168, 2. Daemen 159, 3. Bauer 130, 4. Veneman 117, 5. fog 110, 6. root 89

Manufacturers Championship
1. BMW 281, 2. KTM 253, 3. Honda 250, 4. Yamaha 185, 5. Suzuki 165