Hockenheim

Hi readers

Hockenheim race was actually pretty good. We had again one test before race and there we found mistake why it was too hard for me to be fast on Sachsenring. There were some problems with exhaust. We had good two days of testing and we could get quite good speed. There was Aris also so it was good to practise together. On race weekend the first training was momently good. I felt perfect which was I think very important to be fast. I drove time for second place. We were very pleased with the result because time was also pretty good. Saturday morning first qualifying was wet from night so it was quite sure that it was going to dry and there was no idea to go crazy. We thought that most important was to stay on bike and drive with pleasure. Some guys crashed on first laps. I was in top ten in the end and it was okay because sun was shining and track was drying. To second qualifying track was completely dry and we could go full gas. I started momently alone and from first lap I tried to go as fast as possible. I didn't see any fast guys on the track so I got no help from slip-stream. In the end it looked like it was a good idea because I was fastest and so I started from pole position. To race it was hard to go because from pole position everybody expect you to win and the stress is pretty big. The start was not the best but I fixed it in the first corner. I stayed in the first group and had great fight. I felt comfortable with the pace. I felt like I could go faster and tried to escape the group. I think I had a second or two gap when I tried to push too hard and crashed in one slow corner. It was completely my mistake and there is nobody else to blame. No contact no anything. I was lucky that the bike was okay after crash and I could go forward with race. Only the gear lever was broken and the handlebar was loose. I finished the race in eight place. Finally it was good weekend because we had all the possibilitys to win but I tried too hard. At least we know that we are able to win. Sad that it was the final and there were no more races coming. Now it's the end of the season and we try to get our plans clear what we do next year. Many thanks to my father, Jean Stecher and my team PZ Motorsport this year who helped me a lot and without them the year would have been impossible. See you next year.

Sachsenring IDM

So Sachsenring

We went again to be fast and win but sadly the race didn't go as we planned. Before the race-weekend we had one test on Sachsenring and then we didn't get any speed. We didn't find the problem and thought that it will be better on friday with other drivers. On friday it wasn't any different. The times were same as in test and place was 10-something. This didn't satisfy me and team so we started to search maybe there's anything with bike. We changed exhaust and did many dynotests but finally only found +1hp with what we still didn't have the perfect power. We didn't know anything else to do and hoped that it was better. On saturday practises the bike was very little better but still I wasn't able to be competitive. In qualifying I was again around 10th place. The race start was okay. I didn't lose places but I didn't win any either. In first laps I undestood that it's very very hard to go with first group but I still tried. I tried too hard and I started to make mistakes. I stayed with the same group around ten. The group was full of normally fast riders and the race was intense. Many manouvers and much action. I won some time in corners but I lost it again on straights. I had to do much work on corners. In last laps I tried to do my best to finish in front of the group and to get as many points as possible. Finally there was some action in last corner. Somebody crashed and yellow flags so I couldn't finish my move what I had planned for last corner so I finished in second from the group. It wasn't the weekend we wanted it to be but thanks to my team PZ Motorsport who worked very hard friday evening to get bike to best condition. Maybe we can find the mistake to Hockenheim.