By 54 racers since 2009 have lapped under the 1 minute 38 seconds mark, at Germany’s most famous active roads course, Frohburger Dreieck.
Recently crowned IRRC Superbike Champion Vincent Lonbois, remains the fastest racer in history at Frohburg.
Belgian roads ace Lonbois set in 2016, during the second IRRC Superbike encounter, an incredible lap record of 1 minute 33.369 seconds.
In addition to Lonbois, five more racers have accomplished the sub 1.34 seconds feat, they are the following:
Macau GP wins record holder Michael Rutter (1.33.412), Sebastien Le Grelle (1.33.679), Danny Webb (1.33.838).
Armoy ‘Race of Legends’, Southern 100 Solo Championship winner Davey Todd (1.33.917) and the hugely respected Didier Grams (1.33.927).
Rounding out the ten quickest Frohburger Dreieck exponents over the past 13 years are triple Irish Road Race Superbike Champion Derek Sheils (1.34.112), Czech star Marek Cerveny (1.34.127).
21 times TT winner Michael Dunlop (1.34.335) and twice Steve Henshaw Gold Cup winner, Ashcourt Racing’s Lee Johnston (1.34.397).
The overall 1-50 fastest racers order, covering racing at Frohburg since 2009, is as follows:
1st – Vincent Lonbois – 1.33.369
2nd – Michael Rutter – 1.33.412
3rd – Sebastien Le Grelle – 1.33.679
4th – Danny Webb – 1.33.838
5th – Davey Todd – 1.33.917
6th – Didier Grams – 1.33.927
7th – Derek Sheils – 1.34.112
8th – Marek Cerveny – 1.34.127
9th – Michael Dunlop – 1.34.335
10th – Lee Johnston – 1.34.397
11th – Johan Fredriks – 1.34.491
12th – David Datzer – 1.34.611
13th – Come Geenen – 1.34.624
14th – Lukas Maurer – 1.34.755
15th – Laurent Hoffmann – 1.34.850
16th – Erno Kostamo – 1.35.263
17th – Gary Johnson – 1.35.316
18th – Virgil Amber Bloemhard – 1.35.462
19th – Jochem Van Den Hoek – 1.35.524
20th – Rico Lowe – 1.35.717
21st – Thomas Wendel – 1.35.830
22nd – Julian Trummer – 1.35.899
23rd – Petr Biciste – 1.35.986
24th – Matti Seidel – 1.36.021
25th – Markus Karlsson – 1.36.051
26th – Amalric Blanc – 1.36.104
27th – William Dunlop – 1.36.365
28th – David Drieghe – 1.36.366
29th – Joey Den Besten – 1.36.426
30th – Kamil Holan – 1.36.511
31st – Eddy Ferre – 1.36.512
32nd – Juha Kallio – 1.36.729
33rd – Marc Fissette – 1.36.734
34th – Branko Srdanov – 1.36.743
35th – Simon Andrews – 1.36.822
36th – Ales Nechvatal – 1.36.917
37th – Frank Bakker – 1.36.938
38th – Marko Ratto – 1.36.953
39th – Marcel Elsner – 1.36.971
40th – Udo Reichmann – 1.37.093
41st – Tomas Toth – 1.37.235
42nd – Nicky De Wit – 1.37.264
43rd – Patrick Hoff – 1.37.315
44th – Nico Muller – 1.37.414
45th – Thomas Kreutz – 1.37.433
46th – Shaun Anderson – 1.37.509
47th – Sheridan Morais – 1.37.623
48th – Mark Purslow – 1.37.629
49th – Rico Penzkofer – 1.37.672
50th – Matthieu Lagrive – 1.37.713
Photo credit: Robby Repsol
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
