Suzuki Endurance Racing Team is on Pole for todays's World Endurance Championship Oschersleben 8-Hours third round in Germany.

SERT riders Vincent Philippe, Anthony Delhalle and Julien Da Costa improved on their combined time Thursday aboard the French team's GSX-R1000 to top the timesheets with a 1:26.897 average around the 3,667m circuit in the north of the country; just under 200ths-of-a-second ahead of BMW Motorrad France's Sebastien Gimbert, Erwan Nigon and Damian Cudlin; who's third-best lap-time of 1:26.677 boosted the team's overall time to 1: 27.060.

Third is Monster Energy YART's Broc Parkes, Josh Waters and Igor Jerman on 1:27.168 - Parkes' best lap of 1:26.147 from yesterday remaining the best ahead of Philippe's 1:26.571. They are just ahead of Yamaha France GMT 94 (1:27.758) and the Bolliger Team Switzerland Kawasaki on 1:28.313.

GSX-R1000-mounted Junior Team LMS Suzuki's Baptiste Guittet, Etienne Masson and Gregg Black will start as the top Superstock Class qualifiers after posting the sixth overall best time of the day with a 1:28.513; and fellow Suzuki Superstock team, AM Moto Racing Competition (Anthony Loiseau, Romain Maitre and Jonathan Hardt), finished ninth overall and fourth-best in class with a time of 1:28.737.

Oschersleben 8-Hours Final Qualifying: 1 SERT (Suzuki GSX-R1000) - 1:26.897, 2 BMW Motorrad France (BMW) - 1: 27.060, 3 Monster Energy YART (Yamaha) - 1:27.168, 4 Yamaha France GMT 94 (Yamaha) - 1:27.758, 5 Bolliger Team Switzerland (Kawasaki) - 1:28.313, 6 Junior Team LSM (Suzuki GSX-R1000) - 1:28.513, 7 Team Louit Moto 33 (Kawasaki) - 1:28.540, 8 DGSPORT HEROK (Yamaha) - 1:28.697, 9 AM Moto Racing Competition (Suzuki GSX-R1000) - 1:28.737, 10 Penz13.com (BMW) - 1:29.003.

Revised Schedule - Saturday August 17th:12-45-20.45 - Oschersleben 8-Hours Race