By Vincent Lonbois claimed this evening a 14th IRRC race victory, following a comprehensive performance in the second IRRC Chimay Superbike encounter.
Closing pursued during opening laps by Sweden’s Markus Karlsson, once mid-race distance arrived Lonbois relentless pace, consistency was baring fruit.
Despite easing his pace, a touch across final race stages, Lonbois still enjoyed an imposing, final race winning margin of 3.39 seconds over impressive first IRRC podium finisher Karlsson.
Outside the top ten following lap one’s finalisation, IRRC SBK Championship leader David Datzer made a stirring up the order, slotting into third as the eighth, final lap beckoned.
Despite Datzer’s heroics, he wouldn’t make it to the rostrum as Lukas Maurer took a battling third place finish ahead of his fellow TT Races exponent.
Virgil Amber Bloemhard, despite not feeling 100 percent today, finished a more than creditable fifth ahead of prospective Manx GP newcomer Amalric Blanc.
Patrick Hoff occupied seventh whilst another pilot quietly catching the eye, finishing eighth sandwiching IRRC Champions Joey Den Besten and Didier Grams, was event wildcard Gabriel Pons.
IRRC Chimay – Superbike Race 2 Result:
1st – Vincent Lonbois
2nd – Markus Karlsson
3rd – Lukas Maurer
4th – David Datzer
5th – Virgil Amber Bloemhard
6th – Amalric Blanc
7th – Patrick Hoff
8th – Joey Den Besten
9th – Gabriel Pons
10th – Didier Grams
11th – Laurent Hoffmann
12th – Davy Maes
13th – Eddy Ferre
14th – Marcel Elsner
15th – Ilja Caljouw
16th – Jean Pierre Polet
17th – John Ross Billega
18th – Koen Brusten
19th – Antoine Brault
20th – Wally Jacobs
21st – Andreas Jochum
22nd – Olivier Lupberger
23rd – Stephane Bednarek
24th – Rene Grundei
25th – Rob Van Eijs
26th – Patrick Van Der Eecken
27th – Emil Krchnavy
28th – Pontus Roestlinger
29th – Karl Verandah
30th – Mike Ceuppens
31st – Hanno Brandenburger
32nd – Cedric Assouvie
Photo credit: Nick Wheeler
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
