Czech road racing statistician, historian Jan Vavra, latest stats piece on Road Racing News, revolves around those capturing top ten finishes in IRRC Superbike contests during 2024.
35 racers from twelve nations, unlocked at least one top ten finish or more.
Those to achieve this after racing circulations at Hengelo (Varsselring), Schleizer Dreieck, Imatranajo, Circuit De Chimay, Horice and Frohburger Dreieck, read as follows:
(Amount of 2024 top ten finishes for competitors, including wild-card riders positioned near racer’s name)
David Datzer (Germany) – 12 (2024 IRRC Superbike Champion)
Lukas Maurer (Switzerland) – 12
Markus Karlsson (Sweden) – 9
Come Geenen (Belgium) – 8
Luca Gottardi (Italy) – 7
Erno Kostamo (Finland) – 6
Jorn Hamberg (Netherlands) – 6
Didier Grams (Germany) – 6
Laurent Hoffmann (Belgium) – 6
Johannes Schwimmbeck (Germany) – 5
Luca Salvadori (Italy) – 3
Thijs Peeters (Netherlands) – 3
Ville Valtonen (Finland) – 3
Rhys Hardisty (Wales) – 3
Julian Puffe (Germany) – 2
Eemeli Lahti (Finland) – 2
Gabriel Pons (France) – 2
Micky Winkler (Germany) – 2
Wally Jacobs (Netherlands) – 2
Mike Parmentier (Belgium) – 2
Marc Neumann (Germany) – 2
Tomas Toth (Slovakia) – 2
Freddie Heinrich (Germany) – 2
Jonathan Goetschy (France) – 2
Michael Dunlop (Northern Ireland) – 1
Nico Muller (Germany) – 1
Kenny Koskinen (Finland) – 1
Marcel Zuurbier (Netherlands) – 1
Darryl Tweed (Northern Ireland) – 1
Udo Reichmann (Germany) – 1
Tiziano Rosati (Italy) – 1
Florian Astner (Austria) – 1
Anssi Koski (Finland) – 1
Jan Buchel (Switzerland) – 1
Emil Krchnavy (Slovakia) – 1
(Racers with the exact same number of top 10 finishes, sorted by their personal best result across the season)
Photo credit: Thijs Van Der Horst
Words by Jan Vavra