FIM-E Super Twin Bike

Samu Kemppainen (Rose Hughes photo)

Ronny Aasen (Ivan Sansom photo)

The Super Twin category was seemingly more straightforward with six entries and Samu Kemppainen leading the list with a 6.602 second pass. The field bunched up a bit in eliminations with Kemppainen (6.560), Martijn de Haas (6.834) and Ronny Aasen (6.826 over Roman Sixta’s 6.936) progressing to the semifinals. From the trio Kemppainen belted out a 6.499/212.93 (which we are pretty sure is a new Hockenheim track record) on a solo onboard his Victory-backed injected V60, whilst de Haas carded a 6.815/208.58 to defeat Aasen; the Zodiac blower bike succumbing to valve train issues yet again.

Martijn de Haas (Ivan Sansom photo)

De Haas got the leap off the line in the final and rumbled to a 6.742/211.99, but the Finn in the other lane rode past with a 6.512/209.13 to remain undefeated in his chase for at least three championship titles in 2016. The de Haas brothers were also upbeat after the event as they appear to have left some of their early season troubles behind them.