By Matthieu Lagrive ended his extremely tumultuous, prodigious 2019 IRRC tenure with success in a dramatic second 10 lap IRRC Frohburg Supersport race.
Involved throughout within a close fought battle for honours with Wepol Road Racing team mate, Frohburg debutant Sheridan Morais, it was the South African star who held the race lead as the tenth and final lap beckoned.
Ultimately though French IRRC great Lagrive emerged victorious, as Morais endured a challenging final lap, dropping back to eighth as Laurent Hoffmann and LSE Racing’s Christian Schmitz finalised the rostrum finishers.
Photo by Damon Teerink Photography
Open Supersport/Superstock 600 Race 2 runner-up Jorn Hamberg finished fourth, Performance Racing Achterhoek’s Ilja Caljouw banked fifth as Optimark Road Racing’s Xavier Denis wrapped up the top six finishers.
Anssi Koski took seventh, improving Mountain Course exponent Julian Trummer placed a creditable ninth as Tomas Toth rounded out the first ten finishers.
Others to record creditable finishes included Mauro Poncini 12th, Martin Riedl 13th, Kai Zentner 14th, sole Moto 2 competitor Henrik Voit 15th and MV Agusta mounted Stefan Wauter 19th.
IRRC Frohburg – Supersport Race 2 result is as follows:
1 Matthieu Lagrive
2 Laurent Hoffmann
3 Christian Schmitz
4 Jorn Hamberg
5 Ilja Caljouw
6 Xavier Denis
7 Anssi Koski
8 Sheridan Morais
9 Julian Trummer
10 Tomas Toth
11 Kamil Holan
12 Mauro Poncini
13 Martin Riedl
14 Kai Zentner
15 Henrik Voit
16 Christian Steinhauser
17 Robert Rohde
18 Yann Galli
19 Stefan Wauter
20 Sascha Prahl
21 Maxime Gresoviac
22 Daniel Wiesinger
Words by Stevie Rial
