GRANDys duo Suzuki rider Andy Meklau dominated both races at the Alpe Adria Superbike Championship at Pannoniaring in Hungary at the weekend to open-up a dominating lead in the series from team-mate Marko Jerman.
The Austrian - a long-time member of the Polish GRANDys duo Suzuki team - also clinched the opening Superstock 1000 race and raced to the second in race two to put him into second in the series.
Meklau set pole for both classes aboard the GSX-R1000 and an outright motorcycle lap record of 1:53.164 for the circuit in the process. He said after Saturday's victory: "It was a perfect day and everything went according to plan. I hope that tomorrow will be as good as today and I'd like to thank the team for their support."
In the Superstock 600 class Daniel Bukowski raced his GSX-R600 to the second step of the podium in race two on Sunday after leading for several laps. This, combined with Polish rider's third place in race one, put him second in the standings just 11 points behind the leader.
Said Bukowski after the opening race: "There was a chance of winning, but I only finished in third position. I was going very well today and I hope that tomorrow again we will fight for the win."
Suzuki GRANDys duo Team Manager Jacek Grandys said: "The Hungarian weekend was very successful for us. We have won half of the races which we started and in the other half we finished on podium. I think fans were also satisfied because each of the races had its own drama and riders fought to the flag. After three races, all of our riders are in the top of overall standings. I would like to thank all my riders and whole team for hard work done this weekend."
Overall Alpe Adria Standings:
Superbike:
1 Andy Meklau (Suzuki) AUT 72 pts. 2 Marko Jerman (Suzuki) SLO 56 pts. 3 Jan Halbich (Kawasaki) CZE 42 pts. 4 Roland Resch (Suzuki) AUT 40 pts. 5 Janez Prosenik (BMW) CZE 37 pts.
Superstock 600:
1 Janos Chrobak (Kawasaki) HUN 67 pts. 2 Daniel Bukowski (Suzuki) POL 56 pts. 3 Kevin Koller (Yamaha) AUT 37 pts. 4 Luca Tommasini (Triumph) ITA 32 pts. 5 Adrian Gyutai (Honda) HUN 28 pts.
Superstock 1000:
1 Michal Filla (BMW) CZE 72 pts. 2 Andy Meklau (Suzuki) AUT 58 pts. 3 Marko Jerman (Suzuki) SLO 51 pts. 4 Martin Choy (BMW) BLG 45 pts. 5 Michal Sembera (BMW) CZE 33 pts.
