Ducati’s Max Neukirchner and Martin Bauer took wins at the Sachsenring.

The sixth round of the IDM German Superbike Championship at the Sachsenring saw a dramatic shakeup with two guest entrants stealing the spotlight from the series regulars.

Recent MotoGP wildcard rider, Austrian Martin Bauer rode his 3C-Racing Team Ducati Panigale to a win in the 16-lap opener, holding off Van Zon Rehema BMW’s Markus Reiterberger by a 0.168-second margin.

Honda Holzhauer Racing’s Michael Ranseder claimed third, from RAC Racing Aussie Damian Cudlin and teammate Freddy Foray. Gareth Jones managed a 10th place finish aboard his Monster Energy Yamaha.

Race two belonged to another familiar face, World Superbike Championship regular Max Neukirchner.

Neukirchner piloted his Superstock-spec Ducati to a comfortable race win over Bauer, though the latter would take top points as the lead Superbike finisher.

Reiterberger was again in the mix in third, with Ranseder displaced to fourth and Foray claiming fifth, ahead of a recovering Jones.

Cudlin made just half-race distance, classified a non-finisher in what was a tough weekend.

Defending champion Erwan Nigon and title favourite Matej Smrz were also ruled out of the running, both suffering injuries that has allowed Reiterberger to take a commanding lead in the class.

Kevin Wahr won both Supersport races from Roman Stamm, with Luca Grunwald and Jan Buhn sharing the minor placings.

Aussie Jed Metcher had a solid run, scoring fifth and sixth place finishes on his Team Suzuki Mayer entry and maintaining sixth on the points ladder.

The championship now moves to Hockenheim for its penultimate round on 20-22 September.

IDM German Superbike Championship
Round six – Sachsenring

Superbike race one:
1. Martin Bauer
2. Markus Reiterberger
3. Michael Ranseder
4. Damian Cudlin
5. Freddy Foray
6. Bastien Mackels
7. Stefan Nebel
8. Arie Vos
9. Kevin Valk
10. Gareth Jones
18. Alex Phillis (AUS)

Superbike race two:
1. Max Neukirchner
2. Martin Bauer Ducati
3. Markus Reiterberger
4. Michael Ranseder
5. Freddy Foray
6. Gareth Jones
7. Arie Vos
8. Roland Resch
9. Lucy Glöckner
10. Dominik Vincon
13. Alex Phillis (AUS)

Superbike championship standings (after six of eight rounds):
1. Markus Reiterberger 214
2. Erwan Nigon 148
3. Damian Cudlin 146
4. Michael Ranseder 145
5. Gareth Jones 124
6. Matej Smrz 113
7. Arie Vos Oss 111
8. Freddy Foray 109
9. Stefan Nebel 91
10. Kevin Valk 87

Supersport race one:
1. Kevin Wahr
2. Roman Stamm
3. Luca Grünwald
4. Stefan Kerschbaumer
5. Jed Metcher
6. Jan Bühn
7. Leon Bovee
8. Christian von Gunten
9. Marvin Fritz
10. Manou Antweiler

Supersport race two:
1. Kevin Wahr
2. Roman Stamm
3. Jan Bühn
4. Luca Grünwald
5. Stefan Kerschbaumer
6. Jed Metcher
7. Tatu Lauslehto
8. Christian von Gunten
9. Philippe von Gunten
10. Marvin Fritz

Supersport championship standings (after six of eight rounds):
1. Kevin Wahr  236
2. Roman Stamm 225
3. Stefan Kerschbaumer 191
4. Jan Bühn 130
5. Leon Bovee 125
6. Jed Metcher 119
7. Luca Grünwald 114
8. Tatu Lauslehto 95
9. Pepijn Bijsterbosch 85
10. Christian von Gunten 70

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