Hanik’s team was close to second at the end of the endurance World Championships in Most

Karel Hanika on the archive picture

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“I’m very upset. Losing a six-hour race by just seven hundredths of a second will freeze a lot. It started badly for us because the bike didn’t start and it happened to us on the first shift. we lost about forty seconds to those (technical) problems, “said Hanika.

After problems with starting the motorcycle, Hanik’s teammate Fritz left the penultimate. After a great chase, he reached the top at the end of the first hour. Hanika took over the machine, but problems with the starter delayed him for another valuable seconds. Both riders, supplemented by Canep, continued their chase. In the end, Fritz attacked compatriot Markus Reiterberger, but he did not make a single mistake in the finish and did not get overtaken on the finish line.

“In addition, we didn’t have pit stops, we had one more than our opponents. In the end I was very nervous, Marvin Fritz did what he could, but the experienced Reiterberger did not make a mistake,” Hanika added.

TME Racing eighth overall

The Czech TME Racing team took the eighth place overall, alternating between Filip Salač, who bounced back from the Moto3 World Championship, Oliver König and Dominik Jůda. The home trio finished second in the Dunlop Independent Trophy category.

“I started first, so it was very nervous because I don’t go for it and I don’t want to ruin the result for the whole team. Everyone here worked hard and it would be silly to make a mistake right at the beginning. during his second shift he saw that we were even the first, so it occurred to me, we really have it, “said König with a smile.

Salač had a severe fall in the Grand Prix of America, ending up in hospital

Salač was also satisfied. “It was physically demanding, but different than in Moto3. I rode fifty minutes, then paused for the same time and three times like this. I can’t imagine driving twenty-four hours and putting my hat off in front of everyone who can do it. During my third stay on the track I couldn’t “I actually sat on the motorcycle for the second time after one test and I enjoyed it,” said Salač.