Racing.
What should I tell you? For more or less three years I have been working
non-stop on my company, motorcycles and especially on myself to get
better and better. During that time I lost a lot of money, love or
friends but nothing was as emotional as the last two weeks.
It started with the Speedweek in Oschersleben. We lost the engine in
quali and had to build a new engine overnight in the workshop, so 1200km - build racing engine - test bench everything within 24 hours. Then came
the race 1, we started from 28 and result was 13 so points.
In the race, a fateful accident happened, which still haunts me today.
Unfortunately, on Tuesday last week I hearned that my friend Dennis Lippert had
died as a result of the accident. My thoughts are still with his family,
his friends and his team.
# Team26 #StayStrong
The week I spent with Ian in the workshop and we talked a lot about
Dennis, Racing, Life, ... on Thursday we went to Schleiz for a test weekend.
Last year there was a 1.33.8 here in quali1, but after a huge highside
gameover in 2018. Friday and Saturday we were on used tires and Ian
managed a 1.30.88 with 45 Laps old tires. We were motivated to crack the
1.30. Then the next practice was on, after the third lap Ian had an
accident in turn 1. He slipped the front wheel away and unfortunately he
clamped his hand between the handlebar and asphalt.
He was immediately provided first at the racetrack and then taken to the
hospital. In the hospital it was soon clear that he has to be operated today in the Uniklink in Jena. So he was transported by ambulance to
Jena, I was back on racetrack to pack everything and then drive directly
to Jena. In Jena was then the next shock it showed up after another
X-ray that half of the middle joint of the little finger probably still
in Schleiz.
In a 3-hour surgery, the joint was replaced by a titanium rod. When I
tried to visit Ian in his room at 11pm I was told that he was in
intensive care. After two nights in
the parking lot of the university hospital, taking a shower from bottles It was all okay again.
Head up brother!
Thx to my family-friends-sponsors!
#motolife #racing #comebackstronger
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