By Fedrik Matthys is officially the inaugural ESR (European Series Road Racing) Champion.
Whilst team-mate, mentor, co ESR organiser Laurent Hoffmann vaulted to Horice Superbike Race Two victory, Matthys eighth place finish, fourth in terms of full-time ESR competitors, proved enough for his first major real roads Championship glory.
Race winner Hoffmann, who finished just five points shy of Matthys in the final ESR Championship points table, top SBK Race 2 pursuer, ending 6.710 adrift was pending Manx Grand Prix newcomer Markus Karlsson.
Nico Muller, putting aside an incident from yesterday’s big bike contest, bested Tomas Toth for third.
Anssi Koski (Florian Astner (P6), leading Horice debutant Kevin De Haan (P7), afore-mentioned ESR Champion Matthys, Dominik Haslinger (P9), Jakub ‘Kuba’ Sprojcar (P10) netted placings fifth to tenth.
ESR Horice – Superbike Race Two Result:
1st – Laurent Hoffmann
2nd – Markus Karlsson
3rd – Nico Muller
4th – Tomas Toth
5th – Anssi Koski
6th – Florian Astner
7th – Kevin De Haan
8th – Fedrik Matthys
9th – Dominik Haslinger
10th – Jakub Sprojcar
11th – Christoph Kreller
12th – Antoine Brault
13th – Rasmus Lindstrom
14th – Bohdan Schaal
15th – Jan Myslivecek
16th – Paul Manx
17th – Michal Podrabsky
18th – David Kuzela
19th – Martin Polak
Photo credit: Jan Vavra
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
