Aruba.it Racing – Junior Team’s Leandro ‘Tati’ Mercado gave a stunning performance in the Superstock 1000 race at the Lausitzring to win with a 21 second lead ahead of Australian Bryan Staring on Agro On-Benjan-Kawasaki. Home in third was Pata Yamaha Official Stock Team’s Riccardo Russo. 

Toprak Razgatlioglu headed the STK1000 field into the first corner before being pushed wide by the field, while Leandro Mercado shot to the front. He quickly got comfortable with the track, consistently setting the fastest lap and pushed ahead to eventually win with a dramatic 21-second lead, and stealing the top spot in the overall championship standings.

Pedercini Racing Kawasaki’s Jeremy Guarnoni gave a solid performance, expertly maneuvering his bike on the drying track to finish in fourth ahead of Nuova M2 Racing’s Kevin Calia in fifth. Luca Salvadori (Team Motozoo by Motoxracing) made it home in sixth with Sebastian Suchet (Berclaz Racing by Motoxracing) finishing in seventh.

Team 2R Racing’s Luca Vitali was eighth man home ahead of Calia’s teammate Roberto Tamburini in ninth. Althea BMW Racing Team’s Raffaele De Rosa found the mixed conditions difficult and dropped through the field to finally finish in tenth place ahead of Team Trasimeno’s Fabio Massei in P11.

Further down the field Wayne Tessels (MTM / HS Kawasaki) battled with Pata Yamaha Official Stock Team’s Michael Mazzina, Alessandro Andreozzi (SK-Racing Team by Barni) and Toni Finsterbusch (BCC-Racing Team) for the last of the points. Tessels came out ahead of the group in P12 with Mazzina taking P13, Andreozzi P14 and Finsterbusch taking the last point in P15.

STK1000 will be back on track in two weeks time for the next Round at Magny-Cours.