By Joining Gary Johnson on Imatranajo 2026 wins x4, Eemeli Lahti secured this afternoon, the premier ‘King of Imatra’ title.
Passing Niko Lehtiranta for race leadership on lap three, Lahti (Velt Motocenter Aprilia Estonia Team), controlled proceedings from here, finishing at the contest’s conclusion, 4.610 in front of RVS Motorsport backed Lehtiranta.
Third place finisher Nico Muller (Muller Motorsport – BMW), 2.228 behind Lehtiranta, banked top lap time honours, circulating the Jarno Saarinen Circuit Imatra, inside 1 minute 57.9 seconds (1.57.882).
Ville Valtonen (Team Sensetec/RRC – Ducati) took fourth, Sweden’s top IRRC racer of recent times Markus Karlsson (Karlsson Motorsport – BMW), poised to make his Manx Grand Prix debut in August, placed fifth.
Pekka Pouhakka (PP92/RRC – Yamaha) bagged sixth, Estonian rider Janus Saarmaa (SK Suzuki Team Estonia), Emil Krchnavy (KRS-Racing – Kawasaki) unlocked seventh, eighth position results.
Just two more competitors reached the full eight-lap distance of the re-started feature race, held in damp, mixed conditions, Lasse Karki (Team Vuokrakontti – BMW) and Heikki Mannila (DRM ProMoto/RRC – Kawasaki).
Podium finishing contender Kenny Koskinen retired on lap four whilst race non-starters included ESR front-runners Fedrik Matthys, Laurent Hoffmann and Classic Superbike/Retro Superbike class tour-de-force, Anssi Koski.
Imatranajo 2026 – Sunday Race Results:
Onto Sunday race results round-up, not including already detailed King of Imatra, Open Supersport/Superstock 600, ESR Supersport finishers.
Classic Superbike/Retro Superbike Race 2:
1st – Anssi Koski
2nd – Roope Pitkonen
3rd – Mikko Harsunen
4th – Sami Siimesto
5th – Juha Taina
6th – Juha Pesonen
7th – Ari-Petteri Kuivalainen
8th – Frank Ranes
9th – Ossi Vuori
10th – Patrik Elwing
ICGP Race 2:
1st – Ilari Nieminen
2nd – Matthias Bormann
3rd – Richard Peers-Jones
4th – Fernando Mendes
5th – Markku Taurama
6th – Stefan Tennstadt
7th – Jens Kohler
8th – Gunter Hinze
9th – Aimo Mauravaara
10th – Juha Kaljunen
11th – Raimo Hanninen
ESR Superbike Race 2:
1st – Eemeli Lahti
2nd – Niko Lehtiranta
3rd – Kenny Koskinen
4th – Lukas Maurer
5th – Ville Valtonen
6th – Fedrik Matthys
7th – Laurent Hoffmann
8th – Anssi Koski
9th – Rasmus Lindstrom
10th – Pekka Pouhakka
11th – Heikki Mannila
12th – Jakub Sprojcar
13th – Lasse Karki
14th – Olivier Lupberger
15th – Emil Krchnavy
16th – Jean-Pierre Polet
Sidecars Race 2:
1st – Pekka Paivarinta/Adam Christie
2nd – Sam Christie/Tom Christie
3rd – Bennie Streuer/Manon Vissenberg
4th – Tero Manninen/Jaana Soppa
5th – Jaanus Saarmaa/Sander Telve
6th – Jari Vainionkukka/Iina Musakka
7th – Jaakko Heiskari/Hanne Heiskari
8th – Geir Johnsen/Sophie Sattelberger
Photo credit: Jan Vavra
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
