Prinz extends her lead with an outstanding performance at Assen

In the second round of the Women’s Road Racing European Championship at the TT circuit of Assen Nina Prinz again showed her class leading abilities on her Yamaha YZF-R1. As with the first round, there was no real competition for the German Yamaha rider. The reigning European champion from Mannheim / Leutkirch was quickest all weekend, and never looked as if she was going to struggle with the competition. In the qualifying sessions, the Superstock Yamaha YZF-R1 proved it’s superior abilities in the hands of the German rider, she went on to set a new women’s record with an impressive 1’44.2. time, setting her up for pole position for the race. On race day Nina dominated from the start, leaving the pack behind and running her own race from the front.The Yamaha rider went on to take the win with a comfortable 20 second lead over second place rider Italian Lara Cordioli (MV Augusta). Third place went to Dutch rider Bernice Sangers (Ducati). The final round will be held on the 12th October in Albacete, Spain. Nina Currently leads the championship with 50 points, followed by second ranked Lara Cordioli on 33 points. Michael Galinski (Team Manager – Team Yamaha Motor Company) “Nina is exceptional and for sure the fastest woman on two wheels. She finds her Yamaha R1 easy to handle, we know that she can keep winning races in the future. It was a perfect weekend, with pole in qualifying and a perfect win in the race. We are happy that she’s riding for our team!” Nina Prinz “The meeting at the TT-Circuit in Assen was again very successful for me. The weather was nice and we were able to find a good setup quite fast, so we could concentrate on trying different race tyre compounds afterwards. In the second qualifying we found a tyre I felt very confident with and that helped me take the pole-position very easily. The weather on Sunday wasn’t as nice as on Saturday and 15 minutes before the race a short rain-shower came up. Luckily with the start of the race the track was dry again and we could go on dry-tyres.I had a really good start and could go in front from the first corner. With a row of fast laps I could reach a gap of about 15 sec, which I kept until the end of the race.The team and I are very happy with the result and we hope to continue like this!”