By Originally red flagged, following Karel Pesek’s incident on the start-finish straight, the re-run IRRC Horice, Superbike second qualifying session boasted truly astronomical turns of speed!
2023 IRRC SBK Champion Lukas Maurer (Maurer Racing – Yamaha), sampling his first IRRC round of 2025, ‘King of Imatranajo’ Erno Kostamo (RVS Motorsport – BMW) traded unofficial lap-records.
Top TT newcomer from 2019 Maurer was first to best David Datzer’s qualifying/race lap-record, going below 2 mins 12 seconds (2.11.831).
The Swiss rider’s next roller coaster trek around Horice, yielded an even faster time, 2.11.688 seconds.
Next across the line, 2019 Macau GP winner Kostamo, pace had also intensified and how! surpassing Maurer’s prosperous pace injection, winning Q2 with a sensational, 2 minutes 11.403 seconds lap.
Third on the timing screens, Johannes Schwimmbeck (2.15.439 – KFZ-Schwimmbeck – BMW) was plus four seconds astray of Kostamo’s history making heroics.
Behind Schwimmbeck, remaining SBK Q2 first ten leader board positions, were banked by:
Markus Karlsson (Karlsson Motorsport – BMW – 2.15.751), the above-showcased Karel Pesek (Uniserv Moto 82 – Kawasaki – 2.15.840), Laurent Hoffmann (Hoffmann by MRP – BMW – 2.16.496).
Darryl Tweed (Never Be Clever Racing – Yamaha – 2.16.848), former Manx GP race winner Kamil Holan (Hefty 74 – BMW – 2.16.975), Tomas Toth (Garo Racing – Kawasaki- 2.17.207) and 311-plate carrier Florian Astner (FA Road Racing – Kawasaki – 2.17.861).
IRRC Horice – Superbike Second Qualifying Result:
1 – Erno Kostamo – 2.11.403
2 – Lukas Maurer – 2.11.688
3 – Johannes Schwimmbeck – 2.15.439
4 – Markus Karlsson – 2.15.751
5 – Karel Pesek – 2.15.840
6 – Laurent Hoffmann – 2.16.496
7 – Darryl Tweed – 2.16.848
8 – Kamil Holan – 2.16.975
9 – Tomas Toth – 2.17.207
10 – Florian Astner – 2.17.861
11 – Anssi Koski – 2.18.239
12 – Thomas Altendorfer – 2.18.937
13 – Nico Muller – 2.19.257
14 – Oliver Lupberger – 2.21.070
15 – Jakub Sprojcar – 2.21.265
16 – Rene Grundei – 2.21.462
17 – Stephane Bednarek – 2.22.731
18 – Emil Krchnavy – 2.22.809
19 – Christoph Kreller – 2.24.251
20 – Fedrik Matthys – 2.24.955
21 – Jan Myslivecek – 2.25.270
22 – David Brook – 2.26.316
23 – Bohdan Schaal – 2.26.498
24 – Lasse Karki – 2.26.966
25 – Martin Hajek – 2.27.484
26 – Michal Podrabsky – 2.27.800
27 – Pontus Roestlinger – 2.28.424
28 – Rene MIkvy – 2.28.736
29 – Morgan Baplu – 2.231.881
30 – Rob Van Eijs – 2.37.001
Photo credit: Jan Vavra
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
