Pirelli notes from the Nürburgring
"This year, unlike in 2011, the Nürburgring track provided a weekend of decidedly pleasant temperatures which favoured some particularly spectacular races. With just two rounds left in the World Superbike season, the Championship is still wide open and anything could happen with 5 riders on bikes from 5 different manufacturers, all mathematically still within a shout of the title. Realistically, however, the circle is closing in around Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing Team), Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) and Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team). The weekend just ended was definitely a favourable one for the Aprilia Racing Team factory bikes and the satellite Aprilia ridden under the ParkinGO MTC Racing colours, which managed to pull off a historic hat-trick in Race 1 and a one-two in Race 2. My congratulations to them for a job well done. Leon Camier and the FIXI Crescent Suzuki team also put in a noteworthy performance, taking an important third place in Race 2. Regarding the tyres Pirelli provided for the riders this round, it is interesting to see how all 3 solutions which were brought for the rear (1 SC0 and 2 SC1) were used in both Race 1 and Race 2, with an overall preference for the P1060, the reference 2012 SC1 which is also available on the market for end users."
"Pirelli also obtained two important victories today in the racing world which we are very proud of: the MX1 Motocross World Championship with Tony Cairoli and the MX2 Championship with Jeffrey Herlings, which bring the number of titles the Milan-based manufacturer has won in this discipline to 58. On top of this there is the success achieved in the 24 Hour Le Mans with the Kawasaki SRC team which repeats the Bol D'Or victory from April, allowing Pirelli to win the Masters of Endurance, the only non control tyre world motorcycle championship, in confirmation or our supremacy over our competitors."
Pirelli BEST LAP Awards:
SBK Race 1 - Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing Team) 1'55.267 (Lap 3)
SBK Race 2 - Carlos Checa (Althea Racing) 1'56.148 (Lap 4)
Total BEST LAP (SBK): Checa (Althea Racing) 7; Biaggi (Aprilia Racing Team) 5; Melandri (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) 4; Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) 3; Guintoli (Team Effenbert Liberty Racing) 1; Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team) 1; Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia Goldbet) 1; Haslam (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) 1
WSS - Sam Lowes (Bogdanka PTR Honda) 2'00.222 (Lap 12)
Total BEST LAP (WSS): Lowes (Bogdanka PTR Honda) 3; Foret (Kawasaki Intermoto Step) 2; Parkes (Ten Kate Racing Products Honda) 2; Cluzel (PTR Honda) 2; Lanzi (Prorace Honda) 1; Morais (Kawasaki Lorenzini) 1
STK1000 - Sylvain Barrier (BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet) 1'58.994 (Lap 5)
STK600 - Michael VD Mark (EAB Ten Kate Junior Team) 2'02.736 (Lap 7)
