Suzuki GRANDys duo rider Marko Jerman dominated the third round of this year's Alpe Adria series on the Rijeka circuit in Croatia, winning both the Superbike and Superstock 1000 races and earning bonus points for fastest qualifications and the best race laps.
GSX-R1000-mounted Jerman, racing on his home circuit, also took over the lead in the Superbike Championship from team-mate Andy Meklau - who was a non-starter at Rijeka - and also moved closer to the Championship lead in the Superstock 1000 series.
GRANDys duo Superstock 600 rider Daniel Bukowski was unlucky and suffered a heavy crash in Sunday's warm-up, but despite serious damage to his GSX-R600, made the start line and finished sixth - the first time Bukowski had finished off the podium this season.
Said Suzuki GRANDys duo Team Manager Jacek Grandys: "I am very pleased with Marko's wins. And despite his fall, Daniel did not lose too much distance to the series leader. I thank the whole team for the work done and we are looking forward to the next event."
Said Bukowski: "We changed some set-up after qualifying and wanted to check it out during the warm-up. Unfortunately, one of the riders in front of me made an unexpected high-speed move and pushed me off the track. The team did a great job after my crash rebuilding the bike so I could start the race. I'm still second overall in the championship with real chances to fight for the title and I hope the next race at the Most circuit will be much better for us."
Race results:
Superbike:
1 Marko Jerman (GRANDys duo Suzuki) SLO 2 Jan Halbich (Kawasaki) CZE 3 Janez Prosenik (BMW) SLO 4 Berto Camlek (Yamaha) SLO 5 Irek Sikora (BMW) PL
Superstock 1000:
1 Marko Jerman (GRANDys duo Suzuki) SLO 2 Michal Filla (BMW) CZE 3 Martin Choy (BMW) BUL 4 Marko Erceg (BMW) CRO 5 Stefan Schrammel (BMW) AUT
Superstock 600:
1 Luka Decko (Yamaha) SLO 2 Luca Tommasini (Triumph) ITA 3 Viktor Kispataki (Yamaha) HUN 4 Janos Chrobak ( Kawasaki) HUN 5 Martin Ivanov (Yamaha) CRO 6 Daniel Bukowski (GRANDys duo Suzuki) PL
Championship Points:
Superbike:
1 Marko Jerman (GRANDys duo Suzuki) SLO 83 pts 2 Andy Meklau (GRANDys duo Suzuki) AUT 72 pts 3 Jan Halbich (Kawasaki) CZE 62 pts 4 Janez Prosenik (BMW) SLO 53 pts 5 Berto Camlek (Yamaha) SLO 43 pts
Superstock 1000:
1 Michal Filla (BMW) CZE 92pts 2 Marko Jerman (GRANDys duo Suzuki) SLO 78 pts 3 Martin Choy (BMW) BUL 61 pts 4 Andy Meklau (GRANDys duo Suzuki) AUT 58 pts 5 Michal Sembera (BMW) CZE 33 pts
Superstock 600:
1 Janos Chrobak (Kawasaki) HUN 80 pts 2 Daniel Bukowski (GRANDys duo Suzuki) PL 66 pts 3 Luca Tommasini (Triumph) ITA 52 pts 4 Kevin Koller (Yamaha) AUT 37 pts 5 Adrian Gyutai (Honda) HUN 36 pts