From a press release issued by Team Suzuki:

SUZUKI AIM FOR TOP IN GERMANY

Suzuki Castrol head to the German World Endurance fifth round at Oschersleben this weekend 14 points adrift of Yamaha GMT 94 following their crash at the Suzuka 8 Hour, but with double points available, the SERT squad are confident of remaining major contenders for the World Title.

An accident at Suzuka when Australian guest rider Shawn Giles was hit from behind, lost the French team more than 40 minutes, saw their chance of victory disappear, and a narrow two-point deficit on the series leaders increase dramatically.

Practice and qualifying for The 24 Stunden von Oschersleben – one of the most difficult and key events in the World Endurance calendar – starts on Thursday with the main race getting underway at 3pm local time on Saturday afternoon.

The event is the circuit’s centrepiece of its ‘Speedweek’ celebration which attracts a huge crowd from all over Europe and also includes support races from the European Supermono Championship, the German national championship, one-make championships, sidecar races, super moto and an old timers race for classic and historical machines.

The series is currently dominated by Suzuki with 12 of the 25 top teams mounted on Suzuki GSX-R1000s.

Current points (after 4 rounds) 1 Yamaha GMT 94 – 99 points, 2 Suzuki Castrol Team – 85, 3 Yamaha Endurance Moto 38 – 56, 4 Yamaha Austria Racing Team – 51, 5 Seven Stars Honda – 38, 6 Yoshimura Suzuki – 30, 7 Kawasaki Bolliger – 30, 8 Suzuki Jet Team – 30, 9 WRT Honda Austria – 28, 10 Shell Endurance Academy – 23.