German Moto Masters 2024 final

My bike was delivered by Yart on Thursday evening. A new standard engine and the complete electronics were replaced.

Training and qualifying were on the agenda for Friday. I went out motivated and had to get used to the bike. I quickly realised that the engine brake setup didn't fit and that I didn't have one. In addition, the engine characteristics were different, I had a big power gap out of the corners and on the straights (reason: the bike was run in on the test bench but not set up).
I tried to get the best out of the material, but found it very difficult as I didn't have the SW to adjust the engine brake. The result was P10 for the race.

On the second day (race day 1) I went out one turn before the race and tried out a new setup for the engine brake for the first time (we were still able to organise the SW).

Adjusting the setup is very time-consuming, as you can only adjust and test it before the turn. Unfortunately, I had a technical fault on lap 3, which put my entire on-board power supply out of action. EVERYTHING went out, but I was just able to catch the bike in a fast corner and avoid a crash.

Now it was time to localise the fault in order to be ready for the race. Unfortunately, this troubleshooting was too time-consuming and I didn't find the fault in time. Another zero result due to a technical defect. The cause was a cable break in the emergency stop switch. Fortunately, the fault could be rectified in the evening.

On the third day (race day 2), I continued to experiment with the engine brake setting. It got better step by step, but unfortunately we only had one warm-up session that day, so I had to race with this setting. Due to the times achieved in the race the day before, I started from 12th position.

I got off to a good start, took the first corner in tenth place and overtook another competitor on the brakes in the following left-hand corner. I followed in 9th position and realised that my bike was unfortunately not running well. Even in the slipstream, I had difficulties in keeping up with the rider in front of me. So I tried to make up for the lost metres on the brakes and increase my cornering speed. I was able to overtake rider after rider with great difficulty and was in 7th position with three laps to go. I was getting faster with every lap and was able to close the gap to the opponent in front of me. Now I was at the rear of the driver in front of me. I took the last corner before the straight with more momentum and was able to follow in the slipstream, but unfortunately I couldn't pass because my bike just didn't have the power. But the overtaking manoeuvre had to be done now, so I left the throttle open longer and passed on the brake, but it was very late and my engine brake was not engaging strongly, so I went a little wide. Since the next corner was a right-hander, I was still able to get ahead of the rider and hold my position.

P6 was now mine and I held this position until the end.