By On a day when unofficially, 125 Sport Production, Supermono, Supersport 400, Super Twins lap records fell, second Supersport 300 Curves of Gustav Havel, qualifying saw Gary ‘AKA Driver’ Johnson make his mark at Horice, beating to pole position, six times IRRC Champion Marek Cerveny.
Twice TT winner Johnson (Team Schleizer Dreieck – Suzuki), who will be on Manx shores for TT 2026 but not competing, finished 0.114 faster than Czech roads scene icon Cerveny (WRP Racing – Triumph).
Fellow Czech IRRC front runner Matej Vit was third quickest, only 0.162 further in arrears.
2026 300 Curves of Gustav Havel, second qualifying, top six leaderboards, read as follows:
(Best lap time achieved, near competitors names)
Superbike/ESR (European Series Road Racing):
1 – Laurent Hoffmann – 2.16.212
2 – Petr Najman – 2.18.028
3 – Florian Astner – 2.18.413
4 – Anssi Koski – 2.18.801
5 – Nico Muller – 2.19.704
6 – Fedrik Matthys – 2.20.108
Super Twins:
1 – Marek Cerveny – 2.19.939
2 – Karel Pesek – 2.22.277
3 – Martin Hrstka – 2.22.340
4 – Lukas Walter – 2.25.067
5 – Ludovit Krusina – 2.26.441
6 – Vaclav Vrbas – 2.27.097
Supermono:
1 – Petr Najman – 2.21.723
2 – Matous Ondrusz – 2.24.370
3 – Moritz Nestler – 2.26.165
4 – Ondrej Bulvas – 2.27.771
5 – Jan Huk – 2.31.478
6 – Pavel Jancik – 2.34.405
Supersport 400:
1 – Zbynek Prochazka – 2.32.461
2 – Boris Korcak – 2.33.182
3 – Patrik Horak – 2.33.453
4 – Petr Plichta – 2.35.660
5 – Bruno Gohy – 2.36.563
6 – Pavel Kacena – 2.39.066
125 Sport Production:
1 – Michal Vecko – 2.37.474
2 – Lukas Fikker – 2.38.049
3 – Marek Zima – 2.41.641
4 – Pavel Nechanicky – 2.41.954
5 – Matyas Kapral – 2.43.952
6 – Ondrej Fryda – 2.44.150
Supersport:
1 – Gary Johnson – 2.17.096
2 – Marek Cerveny – 2.17.210
3 – Matej Vit – 2.17.372
4 – Wolfgang Schuster – 2.20.053
5 – Karel Brandtner – 2.21.365
6 – Thomas Altendorfer – 2.23.140
Photo credit: Jan Vavra
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
