By Road racing, hill-climb racing aficionados in abundance turned out for yesterday’s Landshaag Hill Climb heat races, graced by sunny weather after Sunday morning practice was held in patchy, changeable conditions.
Superbike class winner, 2024 IRRC Horice experienced, Austrian home hero Thomas Altenhuber took his second overall title crown at Landshaag, following a previous triumph in 2024.
He set his fastest time of the day (1.11.339) within round two of heats (1.12.197 in round one), combined event time (2.23.536) covering both time-trial race bouts, gave him a winning advantage of just past half a second over fellow Austrian Markus Mitterbauer with IRRC SBK-Chimay Open Trophy, Manx Grand Prix experienced racer, Salvatore ‘Salvo’ Sallustro nigh on one second adrift of Mitterbauer in third.
Overall P4, Superstock 1000 class leader was Sallustro’s fellow Italian, Gabriele Peticca.
Landshaag 600cc category record time-holder (1.12.897 from 2025) Alexander Kastenhuber headed the Supersport field, finished a very creditable P8 in overall classification.
Prospective 2026 Manx Grand Prix competitors, Mountain Course newcomers Thomas ‘Uccio’ Altendorfer (P4 x2 in Superstock 1000, Special Bikes classes) and German speedster Moritz Klaus (P4 in Supersport) clinched top five category results.
Outright Landshaag lap-record holder (set last year – 1.08.795), Germany’s top TT pilot David ‘Datziii’ Datzer who knows how to entertain the spectators, fulfilled his showman reputation aboard a ‘Superhooligan’ BMW, winning the Naked Bikes class, placing ninth within the Special Bikes leaderboard.
The prize from organisers for the fastest female racer accolade, went to the Czech Republic’s Kristyna ‘Kiki’ Jakesch (PB time 1.27.340, P15 – Special Bikes / P3 – Supersport 300). She is a potential Cemetery Circuit Races debutant at the end of this season.
If your keen to experience the thrills of time trial action in Austria, check out the Julbach hill-climb, coming up in June (13th-14th).
Top 10 finishers per category from Landshaag 2026, not including yesteryear, young-timers classes are as follows:
(Overall classification regardless of category near racer´s name)
Superbike:
1st – Thomas Altenhuber (P1) – Best time 1.11.339
2nd – Markus Mitterbauer (P2)
3rd – Salvatore Sallustro (P3)
4th – Manuel Schleindlhuber (P5)
5th – Harald Schleindlhuber (P7)
6th – Harald Portschy (P16)
7th – Mario Nagl (P18)
8th – Dominik Haslinger (P24)
9th – Uwe Rademacher (P33)
10th – Leos Hlavacek (P36)
Superstock 1000:
1st – Gabriele Peticca (P4) – Best time 1.12.823
2nd – Thomas Altenhuber (P6)
3rd – Manuel Schleindlhuber (P9)
4th – Thomas Altendorfer (P10)
5th – Mario Grunwald (P11)
6th – Markus Mitterbauer (P12)
7th – Harald Schleindlhuber (P15)
8th – Florian Wahrstatter (P25)
9th – Roland Bahn (P26)
10th – Andreas Blazek (P30)
Supersport/Moto2:
1st – Alexander Kastenhuber (P8) – Best time 1.13.723
2nd – Emanuel Reisinger (P17)
3rd – Mario Gastinger (P19)
4th – Moritz Klaus (P22)
5th – Martin Hintringer (P27)
6th – Stefan Gastinger (P34)
7th – Simon Romieu (P35)
8th – Kevin Kolmhofer (P42)
9th – Kevin Kasper (P80)
10th – Julian Enzelsberger (P82)
Superstock 600:
1st – Emanuel Reisinger (P13) – Best time 1.14.419
2nd – Mario Gastinger (P14)
3rd – Alexander Kastenhuber (P20)
4th – Rene Kropfmuller (P74)
5th – Stefan Donninger (P79)
6th – Tobias Hoglinger (P102)
7th – Andreas Schopper (P118)
8th – Lukas Ameseder (P119)
9th – Alexander Samhaber (P122)
10th – Maximilian Heinzl (P125)
Special Bikes:
1st – Johann Hass (P21)
2nd – Ruldof Bauer (P23) – Best time 1.15.629
3rd – Daniel Kronschlager (P28)
4th – Thomas Altendorfer (P29)
5th – Kevin Kasper (P41)
6th – Marco Oblak (P45)
7th – Daniele Stolli (P51)
8th – Maximilian Bacher (P58)
9th – David Datzer (P60)
10th – Bernhard Hormann (P62)
Naked Bikes:
1st – David Datzer (P43) – Best time 1.18.043
2nd – Patrik Grainer (P71)
3rd – Samuel Edenhauser (P75)
4th – Ibrahim Kalac (P106)
5th – Martin Pischloger (P112)
6th – Lukas Randacher (P121)
7th – Stefan Hetzmannseder (P124)
8th – Moritz Poier (P128)
9th – Thomas Marco Kubinger (P129)
10th – Manuel Pichler (P130)
Supermoto Open:
1st – Philipp Neumuller (P98) – Best time 1.20.665
2nd – Rudolf Bauer (P136)
3rd – Stefan Kuktits (P143)
4th – Salvatore Sallustro (P144)
5th – Lieven Wehmann (P153)
6th – Ellias Wakolbinger (P173)
7th – Mikko Mariner (P180)
8th – Manuel Hofer (P192)
9th – Georg Albrecht (P196)
10th – Lorenz Auinger (P199)
Supermoto-Pokal:
1st – Philipp Neumuller (P99) – Best time 1.20.932
2nd – Stefan Kuktits (P123)
3rd – Lieven Wehmann (P154)
4th – Mikko Mariner (P170)
5th – Lorenz Auinger (P182)
6th – Georg Albrecht (P189)
7th – Manuel Hofer (P193)
8th – David Ganglbauer (P200)
9th – Werner Braunstingl (P229)
250 GP / 250 cc:
1st – Simon Romieu (P110) – Best time 1.21.220
2nd – Guido Testoni (P138)
3rd – Bernard Depierreux (P179)
4th – Manfred Binder (P185)
5th – Rolf Haller (P228)
6th – Angelo Testoni (P241)
7th – Alfred Sturzer (P253)
500 cc:
1st – Johann Karl (P155) – Best time 1.26.452
2nd – Stefan Grublbauer (P159)
3rd – Bernhard Hormann (P178)
4th – Roman Winklmuller (P195)
Supersport 300:
1st – Nicolas Stangl (P209) – Best time 1.35.194
2nd – Gionata Grassi (P220)
3rd – Kristyna Jakesch (P221)
4th – Nicola Fongaro (P232)
5th – Jindrich Madola (P238)
125 cc / Moto 3:
1st – Wilherlm Essl (P231) – Best time 1.42.062
Sidecars:
1st – Franz Kapeller/Markus Billich (P239) – Best time 1.48.448
2nd – Gerald Pointner/Jurgen Samhaber (P242)
Photos by Jan Vavra
Words by Jan Vavra
