Road Racing News is indebted again to Czech Road Racing statistician Jan Vavra, for putting together another intriguing stats piece.
This one spotlights the 34 riders to have reeled in top three IRRC Supersport, Superbike Championship finishing positions.
The leader of this is Didier Grams (five IRRC titles – all Superbike, four times runner-up and three times third) before Marek Cerveny (also five IRRC crowns – all Supersport, 2nd x1, 3rd x2).
IRRC medal winners 2010-2024, read as follows:
(Racers with the exact same number of IRRC medals, sorted by best result and earlier achievement)
Didier Grams (Germany) – 12
Marek Cerveny (Czech Republic) – 8
Laurent Hoffmann (Belgium) – 5
Joey den Besten (Netherlands) – 5
Lukas Maurer (Switzerland) – 4
Thomas Walther (Germany) – 4
Sebastien Le Grelle (Belgium) – 3
Frank Bakker (Netherlands) – 3
Ilja Caljouw (Netherlands) – 3
Matthieu Lagrive (France) – 2
Vincent Lonbois (Belgium) – 2
David Datzer (Germany) – 2
Pierre Yves Bian (France) – 2
Johan Fredriks (Netherlands) – 2
Jorn Hamberg (Netherlands) – 2
Branko Srdanov (Netherlands) – 1
Danny Webb (England) – 1
Davey Todd (England) – 1
Wim Theunissen (Netherlands) – 1
Torben Reuels (Germany) – 1
Nicky De Wit (Belgium) – 1
Thomas Wendel/Kreutz (Germany) – 1
Adam McLean (Northern Ireland) – 1
Thilo Hafele (Germany) – 1
Tom Van Looy (Belgium) – 1
Hans Smees (Netherlands) – 1
Vick De Cooremeter (Belgium) – 1
Marcel Zuurbier (Netherlands) – 1
Erno Kostamo (Finland) – 1
Christian Schmitz (Germany) – 1
Petr Najman (Czech Republic) – 1
Patrick Hoff (Germany) – 1
Come Geenen (Belgium) – 1
Photo credit: Thijs Van Der Horst
Words by Jan Vavra