By Under a dark cloud after yesterday’s tragic incident, those sampling today’s IRRC Superbike race opener at Frohburg, were competing with heavy hearts.
David Datzer, hoping to become just the second rider from Germany, to secure an IRRC title, strengthened greatly his chances with success in the ten-lap race.
The Horice lap-record holder persistently led throughout, held off the attentions of 2022 Macau Motorcycle GP winner Erno Kostamo, finishing first by close to 2.6 seconds.
With Lukas Maurer finishing third in terms of full time IRRC competitors, Datzer’s Championship lead expands to fourteen points.
Besting no.1 Yamaha pilot Maurer for P3 overall this afternoon was Performance Racing Achterhoek’s Jorn Hamberg.
Luca Gottardi placed fifth, Markus Karlsson obtained sixth, Johannes Schwimmbeck swooped seventh with Laurent Hoffmann, Udo Reichmann, Jan Buchel respectively eighth, ninth and tenth.
Three UK riders banked finishes eleventh to thirteenth, Never Be Clever Racing’s Rhys Hardisty (11th), team-mate Darryl Tweed (13th) and Frohburger Dreieck debutant, David Brook (13th).
IRRC Frohburg – Superbike Race 1 Result:
1st – David Datzer
2nd – Erno Kostamo
3rd – Jorn Hamberg
4th – Lukas Maurer
5th – Luca Gottardi
6th – Markus Karlsson
7th – Johannes Schwimmbeck
8th – Laurent Hoffmann
9th – Udo Reichmann
10th – Jan Buchel
11th – Rhys Hardisty
12th – David Brook
13th – Darryl Tweed
14th – Tiziano Rosati
15th – Rene Grundei
16th – Christoph Kreller
17th – Daniel Widmer
18th – Christian Steinhauser
19th – Dominik Haslinger
20th – Stephane Bednarek
21st – Nico Muller
22nd – Lasse Karki
23rd – Dirk Walter
24th – Olivier Lupberger
25th – Emil Krchnavy
26th – Jakub Sprojcar
27th – Daniel Wiesinger
28th – Rene Mlkvy
Photo credit: Thijs Van Der Horst
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
