By Just two races in and the battle to become 2026 IRRC Supersport Champion, is already heating up!
Hengelo, Varsserling Supersport Race 2 conqueror, Festa Tools by Najmanmotorsport’s Petr Najman tying Pierre-Yves Bian, Lukas Maurer, Timothy Baken on six IRRC race victories, is the new Championship leader (by four points), following a textbook, faultless performance.
New joint most winning rider in IRRC history, Marek Cerveny, made the initial best start before Najman in determined fashion dashed past Cerveny.
0.762 ahead as lap two dawned, Najman gradually lap by lap augmented the race-lead to an unassailable advantage, ending P1 by 3.51 seconds with Matej Vit producing one of the best performances in his pure road racing career to date, besting his illustrious compatriot Cerveny for second.
Opening SSP race rostrum finisher Ilja Caljouw placed fourth, twice TT winner, ‘130 Mph Club’ member Gary Johnson battled to fifth with Team Schleizer Dreieck team-mate Sebastian Frotscher, rounding out the leader-board top six.
IRRC 2026 Hengelo – Supersport Race 2 Result: (wet conditions)
1st – Petr Najman
2nd – Matej Vit
3rd – Marek Cerveny
4th – lIja Caljouw
5th – Gary Johnson
6th – Sebastian Frotscher
7th – Rico Vetter
8th – Kevin Mos
9th – Mauro Poncini
10th – Wesley Ankersmid
11th – Amalric Blanc
12th – Jonas Stracke
13th – Mike Mace
14th – Alexandre Bigot
15th – Brian Fuidge
Photo credit: Jan Vavra
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
