By Tuesday afternoon, stats burst thanks to Czech road racing statistician extraordinaire Jan Vavra, whose latest statistical compilation sees him investigate the one hundred speediest racers at Nordic nations no.1 road race, Imatranajo.
Principally, centre staging racers best lap-times from Imatranajo events since 2016, 95 racers have chalked up laps below 2 minutes.
In numerical order, the 1-100 fastest Jarno Saarinen Circuit Imatra competitors (2016-2024), featuring participants from eighteen nations, are-spotlighted below:
(Quickest Imatranajo race lap time located near racers name)
1 – Come Geenen (Belgium) – 1.50.355 (as fastest newcomer in 2024)
2 – Erno Kostamo (Finland) – 1.50.409
3 – Michael Dunlop (Northern Ireland) – 1.50.419
4 – David Datzer (Germany) – 1.50.609
5 – Danny Webb (England) – 1.50.616 (2nd fastest newcomer)
6 – Sebastien Le Grelle (Belgium) – 1.50.874
7 – Lukas Maurer (Switzerland) – 1.50.979
8 – Eemeli Lahti (Finland) – 1.51.099
9 – Vincent Lonbois (Belgium) – 1.51.213
10 – Michael Rutter (England) – 1.51.227
11 – Dan Kneen (Isle of Man) – 1.51.279
12 – Pauli Pekkanen (Finland) – 1.51.448
13 – Alex Polita (Italy) – 1.51.521
14 – Davey Todd (England) – 1.51.910
15 – Didier Grams (Germany) – 1.51.949
16 – Marek Cerveny (Czech Republic) – 1.52.123
17 – Ville Valtonen (Finland) – 1.52.242
18 – Juha Kallio (Finland – 1.52.313
19 – Kenny Koskinen (Finland) – 1.52.355
20 – Jamie Coward (England) – 1.52.756
21 – Markus Karlsson (Sweden) – 1.52.885
22 – Pierre Yves Bian (France) – 1.52.926
23 – Joey den Besten (Netherlands) – 1.53.190
24 – Magnus Collin (Finland) – 1.53.221
25 – Jorn Hamberg (Netherlands) – 1.53.377
26 – Martin Partelpoig (Estonia) – 1.53.652
27 – Martin Jessopp (England) – 1.53.680
28 – Marko Ratto (Finland) – 1.53.873
29 – Luca Gottardi (Italy) – 1.54.007
30 – Petr Biciste (Czech Republic) – 1.54.300
31 – Jochem van den Hoek (Netherlands) – 1.54.305
32 – Jani Ratto (Finland) – 1.54.308
33 – Horst Saiger (Austria) – 1.54.353
34 – Virgil-Amber Bloemhard (Netherlands) – 1.54.720
35 – Toni Torpakko (Finland) – 1.54.738
36 – Kamil Holan (Czech Republic) – 1.54.778
37 – Vladimir Strelnik (Russia) – 1.54.909
38 – Marcel Elsner (Germany) – 1.54.955
39 – Marco Pagani (Italy) – 1.54.984
40 – Johan Fredriks (Netherlands) – 1.55.013
41 – Patrick Hoff (Germany) – 1.55.038
42 – Johannes Schwimmbeck (Germany) – 1.55.227
43 – Adam McLean (Northern Ireland) – 1.55.283 (Supersport lap record holder as newcomer in 2024)
44 – Niko Lehtiranta (Finland) – 1.55.376
45 – Jan Kopponen (Finland) – 1.55.378
46 – Tomas Borovka (Czech Republic) – 1.55.382
47 – Amalric Blanc (France) – 1.55.664
48 – Wally Jacobs (Netherlands) – 1.55.922
49 – Laurent Hoffmann (Belgium) – 1.56.026
50 – Gary Johnson (England) – 1.56.182
51 – Niko Tanskanen (Finland) – 1.56.188
52 – Rhys Hardisty (Wales) – 1.56.203
53 – Lukas Karlsson (Sweden) – 1.56.429
54 – Nico Muller (Germany) – 1.56.437
55 – Matthieu Lagrive (France) – 1.56.445
56 – Jonathan Goetschy (France) – 1.56.563
57 – Pavel Tomecek (Czech Republic) – 1.56.589
58 – Petr Najman (Czech Republic) – 1.56.701
59 – Thomas Wendel (Germany) – 1.56.726
60 – Lasse Karki (Finland) – 1.56.830
61 – Sami Penna (Finland) – 1.56.895
62 – Tiziano Rosati (Italy) – 1.56.988
63 – Anssi Koski (Finland) – 1.57.072
64 – Thomas Berghammer (Austria) – 1.57.089
65 – Mikhail Shumilin (Russia) – 1.57.260
66 – Heikki Mannila (Finland) – 1.57.345
67 – Romain Cleaz-Savoyen (France) – 1.57.390
68 – John Pilloud (Switzerland) – 1.57.721
69 – Thomas Walther (Germany) – 1.57.949
70 – Timo Schonhals (Germany) – 1.58.027
71 – Ludovic Paureau (France) – 1.58.127
72 – Dan Kruger (Canada) – 1.58.165
73 – Mauro Poncini (Switzerland) – 1.58.210
74 – Ales Nechvatal (Czech Republic) – 1.58.254
75 – Christian Schmitz (Germany) – 1.58.256
76 – Jean-Luc David (France) – 1.58.413
77 – Andreas Jochum (Germany) – 1.58.446
78 – Ilja Caljouw (Netherlands) – 1.58.510
79 – Ilari Nieminen (Finland) – 1.58.519
80 – Carl-Johan Kallman (Finland) – 1.58.674
81 – Felix Nassi (Finland) – 1.58.724
82 – Pontus Roestlinger (Sweden) – 1.58.766
83 – Herve Somson (France) – 1.58.779
84 – Mikael Karlsson (Sweden) – 1.58.780
85 – Jochen Rotter (Austria) – 1.58.798
86 – Peter Paloranta (Finland) – 1.58.901
87 – Nadieh Schoots (Netherlands) – 1.59.240 (fastest female racer)
88 – Fredrik Enlund (Finland) – 1.59.261
89 – Jean-Pierre Polet (Belgium) – 1.59.358
90 – Olivier Lupberger (Switzerland) – 1.59.471
91 – Rico Vetter (Germany) – 1.59.515
92 – Sebastian Frotscher (Germany) – 1.59.602
93 – Eddy Ferre (France) – 1.59.649
94 – Rene Grundei (Germany) – 1.59.882
95 – Emil Krchnavy (Slovakia) – 1.59.947
96 – Josef Luksik (Czech Republic) – 2.00.014
97 – Kalle Mantysaari (Finland) – 2.00.039
98 – Max Gaube (Germany) – 2.00.189
99 – Vertti Takala (Finland) – 2.00.245
100 – Reinhard Strack (Germany) – 2.00.301
Photo credit: Thijs Van Der Horst
Words by Jan Vavra
