By 2025 roads season, fastest racers per nation edition take eight. Today it’s centred on last August’s IRRC Schleizer Dreieck action, fifth edition of titled Thuringer Motorsport Meeting, (seventh visit of IRRC competitors there).
Fourteen nations swiftest 2025 IRRC Schleizer Dreieck exponents, are revealed below:
(Best 2025 lap time positioned near racer’s name)
Germany: Julian Puffe – 1.25.821
Switzerland: Roger Bantli – 1.28.088 (plus 1.27.846 set during qualifying)
Netherlands: Martin Van Ruitenbeek – 1.28.596
Czech Republic: Marek Cerveny – 1.29.270
Northern Ireland: Darryl Tweed – 1.29.531
England: Gary Johnson – 1.29.713 (now fastest English IRRC racer)
Belgium: Laurent Hoffmann – 1.29.728
France: Stephane Bednarek – 1.30.021 (now fastest French IRRC racer)
Finland: Anssi Koski – 1.30.673
Italy: Francesco Maria Piva – 1.30.720
Austria: Florian Astner – 1.31.348
Sweden: Pontus Rostlinger – 1.31.723
Slovakia: Emil Krchnavy – 1.32.779 (now fastest Slovak IRRC racer)
India: Rushab Shah – 1.36.672 (first Indian IRRC racer ever)
An added bonus, covering quickest Supersport pilots:
Germany: Marvin Siebdrath – 1.27.836 (new IRRC Supersport lap record holder)
Switzerland: Damien Raemy – 1.28.199 (now second fastest IRRC Supersport racer at Schleiz)
Czech Republic: Marek Cerveny – 1.29.270
England: Gary Johnson – 1.29.713 (now fastest English IRRC Supersport racer)
Netherlands: Ilja Caljouw – 1.31.456
France: Mathieu Rieder – 1.33.697
Slovakia: Daniel Chovanec – 1.33.461 (now fastest Slovak IRRC Supersport racer)
Belgium: Gregory Botty – 1.36.666
India: Rushab Shah – 1.36.672 (first Indian IRRC Supersport racer ever)
Northern Ireland: Darryl Tweed – 1.33.061 (lap time set in qualifying, did not start in the Supersport races)
Plus just for comparing of the lap times, IDM exponents 2025 stats:
Fastest 2025 IDM racer: Lukas Tulovic (Germany) – 1.23.943 / plus unofficial IDM 2025 fastest rider Jan-Ole Jahnig (Germany) – 1.23.546 set during super-pole qualifying
Fastest 2025 Supersport IDM racer: Dirk Geiger (Germany) – 1.26.707 (new IDM Supersport class lap record, plus unofficial 1.26.610 – set during qualifying)
Photo credit: Jan Vavra
Words by Jan Vavra
