By The 1.864 miles (3 kilometres) public roads Boecourt to La Caquerelle, Switzerland circuit, hosted last weekend at the same time as Imatranajo meeting, a traditional road-race hill-climb near the French border.
French rider Joffray Lelievre set on Sunday, a new overall track-record (1.17.94), beating the previous record time set by another Frenchman, Jean-Luc David (1.18.55 in 2022).
Winner of both Supersport Swissmoto Championship races, Swiss rider Matthieu Pauchard (1.22.65) is IRRC Supersport Championship experienced in recent times, claimed a twelfth-place finish from 600cc racing action at Horice in May (300 Curves of Gustav Havel) and is also an announced Manx Grand Prix newcomer, next month.
The track-record for Supersport category is none changed after the weekend, it-is still-held by Maurizio Bottalico (1.18.88 in 2022).
Fastest female rider of Boecourt to La Caquerelle event was Alder Siri (1.25.30) followed by Corinne Ott, Beatrice Mauroux, Florence Sauteur, Nuria Alder and Elise Voirol.
Additional noted names in results include former IRRC Supersport rider Erwan Bannwart, European Hill Climb Road Race Championship 2025 participants Rolf Haller, Uwe Rademacher and Frederic Bongard plus former rider of this Championship Raphael Peclat, who is also 2015 ‘300 Curves of Gustav Havel’ Horice Superbike race experienced.
(Class and best track time near the rider’s name)
The top 15 fastest overall for Saturday/Sunday races at Boecourt, read as follows:
Saturday Race:
1st – Michael Paratte (Promotion 600–1200 cc) – 1.19.49
2nd – Joffray Lelievre (Superbike) – 1.19.58
3rd – Loick Schwab (Promotion 600–1200 cc) – 1.21.16
4th – Erwan Bannwart (Superbike) – 1.22.04
5th – Bernard Bally (Promotion 600–1200 cc) – 1.22.18
6th – Uwe Rademacher (Superbike) – 1.22.78
7th – Beat Muff (Promotion 600–1200 cc) – 1.23.20
8th – Matthieu Pauchard (Supersport) – 1.23.28
9th – Michael Paratte (Promotion 300–600 cc) – 1.23.37
10th – Raphael Peclat (Promotion 600–1200 cc) – 1.23.71
11th – Frederic Bongard (Superbike) – 1.24.43
12th – Uwe Rademacher (Supersport) – 1.24.56
13th – Stanislas Devaud (Promotion 600–1200 cc) – 1.24.72
14th – Rohan Blandino (Supersport) – 1.25.05
15th – Andreas Miglar (Promotion 600–1200 cc) – 1.25.19
Sunday Race:
1st – Joffray Lelievre (Superbike) – 1.17.94 – New overall track record
2nd – Michael Paratte (Promotion 600–1200 cc) – 1.19.20
3rd – Erwan Bannwart (Superbike) – 1.19.37
4th – Loick Schwab (Promotion 600–1200 cc) – 1.20.36
5th – Bernard Bally (Promotion 600–1200 cc) – 1.20.64
6th – Raphael Peclat (Promotion 600–1200 cc) – 1.21.41
7th – Uwe Rademacher (Superbike) – 1.21.81
8th – Beat Muff (Promotion 600–1200 cc) – 1.22.13
9th – Matthieu Pauchard (Supersport) – 1.22.65
10th – Andreas Miglar (Promotion 600–1200 cc) – 1.22.66
11th – Michael Paratte (Promotion 300–600 cc) – 1.22.67
12th – Stanislas Devaud (Promotion 600–1200 cc) – 1.23.29
13th – Frederic Bongard (Superbike) – 1.23.69
14th – Uwe Rademacher (Superbike) – 1.24.46
15th – Alder Siri (Superbike / Women) – 1.25.30
Photo credit: Thijs Van Der Horst
Words by Jan Vavra
