By Two times Supersport TT victor Gary Johnson, vaulted to successive qualifying wins this morning at Imatranajo, beating HRT Racing’s Niko Tanskanen, Kallio Racing’s Rasmus Nurmi, Juho Kantola to Open SSP/Superstock 600, ESR Supersport times sheet titles.
Johnson’s Team Schleizer Dreieck team-mate Sebastian Frotscher took P4 in Osmo’s Cosmos sponsored ESR Supersport qualifying.
Outside ‘AKA Driver’ Johnson’s first-rate efforts, others thus far capturing pole-positions for Saturday’s races were Roope Pitkonen (Classic Superbike/Retro Superbike), ex BSB rider Eemeli Lahti (Open Superbike), Topi Mustonen (International Classic Grand Prix).
Imatranajo 2026 – latest second qualifying results (top ten per category), are as follows:
Open Supersport/Superstock 600:
1 – Gary Johnson – 2.07.728
2 – Niko Tanskanen – 2.08.353
3 – Rasmus Nurmi – 2.08.921
4 – Juho Kantola – 2.09.468
5 – Roope Pitkonen – 2.11.143
6 – Juho Mahonen – 2.11.496
7 – Erno Kivimaki – 2.11.939
8 – Ville Kultti – 2.11.967
9 – Topi Mustonen – 2.12.441
10 – Ari-Petteri Kuivalainen – 2.12.698
Classic Superbike/Retro Superbike:
1 – Roope Pitkonen – 2.14.185
2 – Ari-Petteri Kuivalainen – 2.15.500
3 – Anssi Koski – 2.16.147
4 – Mikko Harsunen – 2.18.652
5 – Toni Tapio – 2.21.123
6 – Juha Taina – 2.22.168
7 – Juha Pesonen – 2.23.650
8 – Sami Siimesto – 2.27.015
9 – Aku Korhonen – 2.30.287
10 – Frank Ranes – 2.31.628
Open Superbike:
1 – Eemeli Lahti – 1.59.564
2 – Niko Lehtiranta – 2.00.971
3 – Nico Muller – 2.01.930
4 – Kenny Koskinen – 2.02.123
5 – Ville Valtonen – 2.03.076
6 – Laurent Hoffmann – 2.04.113
7 – Anssi Koski – 2.06.343
8 – Fedrik Matthys – 2.06.785
9 – Rasmus Lindstrom – 2.08.308
10 – Jakub Sprojcar – 2.08.476
ICGP:
1 – Topi Mustonen – 2.15.614
2 – Fernando Mendes – 2.30.718
3 – Jens Kohler – 2.31.209
4 – Stefan Tennstadt – 2.34.415
5 – Rajko Wagner – 2.35.689
6 – Gunter Hinze – 2.36.324
7 – Markku Taurama – 2.36.378
8 – Pasi Huomanen – 2.39.068
9 – Raimo Hanninen – 2.57.610
ESR Supersport:
1 – Gary Johnson – 2.04.317
2 – Niko Tanskanen – 2.04.933
3 – Juho Kantola – 2.05.846
4 – Sebastian Frotscher – 2.07.650
5 – Rasmus Nurmi – 2.07.681
6 – Mikko Uski – 2.08.558
7 – Roope Pitkonen – 2.09.408
8 – Juho-Oskari Mahonen – 2.09.757
9 – Ari-Petteri Kuivalainen – 2.10.015
10 – Erno Kivimaki – 2.10.185
Sidecars:
1 – Pekka Paivarinta/Adam Christie – 2.06.328
2 – Sam Christie/Tom Christie – 2.09.238
3 – Jaanus Saarmaa/Sander Telve – 2.10.088
4 – Markku Artiola/Pia Koskela – 2.10.415
5 – Tero Manninen/Jaana Soppa – 2.10.856
6 – Bennie Streuer/Manon Vissenberg – 2.11.928
7 – Marko Hurme/Ville Hurme – 2.15.743
8 – Jari Vainionkukka/Iina Musakka – 2.21.763
9 – Jaakko Heiskari/Hanne Heiskari – 2.37.510
10 – Geir Johnsen/Sophie Sattelberger – 2.43.530
ESR Superbike:
1 – Eemeli Lahti – 1.50.472
2 – Niko Lehtiranta – 1.51.794
3 – Lukas Maurer – 1.52.914
4 – Kenny Koskinen – 1.53.004
5 – Fedrik Matthys – 1.54.518
6 – Laurent Hoffmann – 1.54.551
7 – Ville Valtonen – 1.55.635
8 – Nico Muller – 1.56.051
9 – Anssi Koski – 1.57.874
10 – Rasmus Lindstrom – 1.58.962
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
