By Thanks to Czech road racing statistician, historian Jan Vavra, Road Racing News is-able to showcase today another interesting stats-based piece.
This time, the topic delved into is top five finishers from IRRC Superbike races in 2024.
16 riders (including wild-card riders) from eight nations accrued top five placings across the six Championship rounds, Hengelo-Varsselring through to Frohburger Dreieck.
In descending order, those to score top 5’s within this year’s IRRC SBK contests, are as follows:
(Amount of 2024 top five finishes positioned near racer’s name)
Lukas Maurer (Switzerland) – 12
David Datzer (Germany) – 9 (IRRC 2024 Champion)
Come Geenen (Belgium) – 8
Erno Kostamo (Finland) – 6
Luca Gottardi (Italy) – 4
Luca Salvadori (Italy) – 3
Julian Puffe (Germany) – 2
Eemeli Lahti (Finland) – 2
Thijs Peeters (Netherlands) – 2
Ville Valtonen (Finland) – 2
Jorn Hamberg (Netherlands) – 2
Gabriel Pons (France) – 2
Didier Grams (Germany) – 2
Markus Karlsson (Sweden) – 2
Johannes Schwimmbeck (Germany) – 1
Laurent Hoffmann (Belgium) – 1
Photo credit: Thijs Van Der Horst
Words by Jan Vavra
