By * It was the 62nd edition of IFDR (Internationales Frohburger Dreieckrennen).
* IFDR event no.62 marked the sixty-fifth anniversary since the first motorcycle race at Frohburg, in the summer of 1960 (shortened to current layout in 1993, non-active racing years were 1968, 1991, 2001 and 2020).
* Double IRRC Superbike winner last Sunday, Erno Kostamo is now official overall lap record holder at Imatranajo (1.48.473), Horice (2.11.416) and Frohburg (1.32.946). All his lap records were set during this season.
* Kostamo ensured the Frohburger Dreieck lap-record belongs again to BMW machinery, following previous lap-record holders with BMW apparatus, Vincent Lonbois (1.33.369 in 2016), Michael Dunlop (1.34.355 in 2014) and Didier Grams (1.34.875 in 2012).
* Newcomer, eminent TT exponent, Northern Irish rider Paul Jordan is the new IRRC Supersport lap record holder. He beat last years’ record time set by Jef Van Calster (1.37.145 also as newcomer on this track).
* Ballymoney’s Darryl Tweed is Northern Ireland’s first IRRC Champion and second overall NI IRRC medallist after Adam McLean (second in IRRC Supersport 2024).
* Marek Cerveny now has thirty-seven IRRC race wins, and he is now six-times IRRC Supersport Champion (2015, 2016 and four consecutive IRRC titles from 2022-2025).
* Didier Grams, IRRC wins record-holder (38 victories – not including 3 Nations Cup wins), five times IRRC Superbike Champion plus 3 Nations Cup Champion in 2009, bid an emotional farewell to his race career post the second SBK race.
His BMW within the races was piloted by Gary Johnson (2025 IRRC Supersport runner-up) Danke Didi – Thank you Didi!*
* Thirty-two riders set sub 1:30 lap-times in IRRC races last weekend.
* Eight different countries gained representation within the ten fastest racers of the meeting: Finland, Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic, England, Northern Ireland, Switzerland, and Netherlands.
* The same as at Schleizer Dreieck last month, P2 x2 in IRRC Superbike races for young talent, 20 years old German rider Freddie Heinrich, former Red Bull Rookies Cup entrant.
* 2024 IRRC SBK Champion David ‘Datziii’ Datzer premiered with the number one-plate on his own teams BMW, placed P4 in 1000cc Race 2/P19 in Race 1 (after Dymokury Superbike race win, two weeks back). Excellent comeback.
* The fastest female rider of the weekend was Czech Republic rider, 765 Triumph propelled Kristyna ‘Kiki’ Jakesch (1.51.854).
* Austrian Thomas ‘Uccio’ Altendorfer from Linz made his Frohburger Dreieck debut, not long post his first roads scene career podium finish in the Dymokury Superbike race.
Altendorfer, 2025 European Hill Climb Road Race Championship runner-up times two, is also a potential Manx Grand Prix newcomer in 2026.*
* Fellow Austrian rider Christopher Eder (Dymokury and Horice 125 cc lap-record holder) took double win from Two Strokes Classic races last weekend.
* Lightweight categories specialist, 53 years old German legend Chris Meyer (2025 also entrant of Cookstown 100, Tandragee 100, Armoy, Steve Henshaw Gold Cup, Barry Sheene Festival plus La Baneza, Hengelo, Horice, Dymokury, Kopcany and Stare Mesto) secured one win and a brace of second place finishes, in Two Strokes Classic/Two Strokes GP races at Frohburg.
* Czech youngster Matej Vit in his premiere season as a permanent IRRC Supersport rider, swooped a first IRRC podium finish.
* Fellow countryman, distinguished Autodroms racer, three times Alpe Adria Champion and World Superbike wildcard at Autodrom Most round in 2022, Michal Prasek, sampling for the first-time IRRC Frohburg Superbike competition, placed a very creditable P4 and P5 from big-bike endeavours.
* Johannes Schwimmbeck did not start in Sunday’s IRRC Superbike races because of his collision with Emil Krchnavy in Saturday qualifying. We wish him a very speedy recovery!
* Stay-tuned for 2026 Isle of Man racing plans for this season’s EST-RRC Champion (crowned post Frohburg Super Twin races), BeNeLux Supersport Champion and double Manx Grand Prix winner, JLG/NCE Racing’s Jamie Williams.
* Laurent Hoffmann (2025 IRRC Superbike Championship runner-up) announced in Sunday evening’s prize-giving ceremony, the creation of European Series Road Racing (Superbikes) for next year (further details to arise in the coming months).
* Huge thanks to the organisers, riders, spectators, sponsors, emergency services, everyone involved in the spectacular Frohburger Dreieck races.
Photo credit: Jan Vavra
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
