Suzuki Endurance Racing Team riders Vincent Philippe, Anthony Delhalle and Julien Da Costa put their GSX-R1000 into a provisional Pole position after the first day of free practice and qualifying for Saturday's Oschersleben 8-Hour World Endurance third round in Germany. The defending World Champions and 2012 Oschersleben race winners topped the morning's fastest practice times from Monster Energy YART's Broc Parkes, Josh Waters and Igor Jerman with a combined time of 1:26.903 around the 3,667m circuit; Philippe setting the second-fastest lap of the session at 1:26.571; just behind Parkes' 1:26.147. Third on the timesheets was Yamaha France GMT94 ahead of BMW Motorrad France and Kawasaki's Bolliger Team Switzerland, as top Superstock team, Junior Team LMS posted the sixth-fastest lap-time with 1:28.624 aboard its GSX-R1000. Oschersleben 8-Hour 1st Qualifying Results: 1 SERT - Philippe/Dehalle/Da Costa (Suzuki GSX-R1000) - 1:26.903, 2 Monster Energy YART - Parkes/Waters/Jerman (Yamaha) - 1:27.168, 3 Yamaha France GMT94 - Checa/Foray/ Berger (Yamaha) - 1:27.985, 4 BMW Motorrad France - Gimbert/Nigon/Cudlin (BMW) - 1:28.072, 5 Bolliger Team Switzerland - Saiger/Stamm/ Sutter (Kawasaki) - 1:28.410, 6 Junior Team LMS Suzuki - Guittet/Masson/Black (Suzuki GSX-R1000) - 1:28.624, 7 Team Louit Moto 33 - Marino/Savadori/Jonchiere (Kawasaki) - 1:28.653, 8 DGSPORT HEROCK - van Keymeulen/Schouten/Mahias (Yamaha) - 1:28.720, 9 AM Moto Racing Competition - Loiseau/Maitre/Hardt (Suzuki GSX-R1000) - 1:28.793, 10 Penz13.com Franks Autowelt - Pridmore/Vallcaneras/Mercer (BMW) - 1:29.022. Oschersleben 8-Hour 1st Practice Results: 1 Monster Energy YART (Yamaha) 1:27.013, 2 SERT (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 1:27.372, 3 Yamaha France GMT 94 (Yamaha) 1:27.537, 4 BMW Motorrad France (BMW) 1:27.771, 5 Bolliger Team Switzerland (Kawasaki) 1:28.660, 6 Team Louit Moto 33 (Kawasaki) 1:28.867, 7 Team R2CL (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 1:29.008, 8 Penz13.com Franks Autowelt (BMW) 1:29.047 9 AM Moto Racing Competition (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 1:29.231, 10 Team 18 Sapeurs-Pompiers (Kawasaki) 1:29.328.
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