ESR Hengelo: Maurer P1 Again As 1000cc Racing Era Ends At Varsselring

Reminding everyone of his top draw ability on roads circuits, Lukas Maurer splashed to back-to-back Hengelo BeNeLux Trophy-BK Superbike/ESR race successes.

In unpleasant wet all-round conditions, Swiss ace Maurer jockeying his own outfits YZF R1M Yamaha, emerged at the race’s optimisation, 5.45 seconds + in front of Yan Ancia.

Uniquely the top six finishers, finished in the same order as from this morning’s 1000cc competition burst, 1^st Maurer, 2^nd Ancia, 3^rd Sander Claessen, 4^th Thijs Peeters, 5^th Mike Parmentier, 6^th, once again leading home the permanent ESR riders’ fraternity, Laurent Hoffmann.

Poignantly once the race ended, all the finishers (twenty overall) stopped on the start-line with a banner held up near them (held by afore-mentioned Laurent Hoffmann), stating ‘end of an era,’ recognising that this is the last time Superstock 1000/Superbikes will take to the Netherlands only active real roads venue, the Varsselring.

Hengelo Benelux Trophy-BK Superbike/ESR Race 2 Result:

1st – Lukas Maurer
2nd – Yan Ancia
3rd – Sander Claessen
4th – Thijs Peeters
5th – Mike Parmentier
6th – Laurent Hoffmann
7th – Thibault De Hert
8th – Fedrik Matthys
9th – Anssi Koski
10th – Kees Boekel

11th – Amalric Blanc
12th – Wouter De Cooman
13th – Wesley Ankersmid
14th – Marcel Elsner
15th – Wally Jacobs
16th – Lukas Vaclavovic
17th – Paul Manx
18th – Rob Van Eijs
19th – Mike Cleutjes
20th – Karel De Groote

Photo credit: Jan Vavra

Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou