Nordic nations leading pure road race, Imatranajo, returns today to Road Racing News, fastest road racers per nation series.
Recently Czech road racing statistician extraordinaire Jan Vavra, has put together an updated list of the speediest Supersport pilots at Imatranajo.
The list comprising of 22 nations most potent exponents, reads as follows:
(Personal best lap time located near racers name)
Northern Ireland: Adam McLean – 1.55.283 (Supersport lap record holder)
Finland: Niko Lehtiranta – 1.55.376
England: Gary Johnson – 1.56.182
Netherlands: Jorn Hamberg – 1.56.269
Czech Republic: Marek Cerveny – 1.56.375
France: Matthieu Lagrive – 1.56.445
Germany: Thomas Walther – 1.57.949
Belgium: Laurent Hoffmann – 1.57.980
Switzerland: Mauro Poncini – 1.58.210
Austria: Horst Saiger – 1.58.781
Wales: Rhys Hardisty – 1.59.969
Denmark: Anders Blacha – 2.00.468
Italy: Luca Gottardi – 2.00.686
Russia: Vladimir Strelnik – 2.00.981
Slovakia: Miroslav Sloboda – 2.01.747
South Africa: Sheridan Morais – 2.01.805
Ireland: Brian McCormack – 2.01.836
Sweden: Bjorn Gunnarsson – 2.02.098
Lithuania: Osvaldas Lazdauskas – 2.03.644
Norway: Erik Kjuus – 2.04.872
Slovenia: Leonard Mesojedec – 2.13.465
Estonia: Riko Kose – 2.26.934
Photo credit: Mark Corlett
Words by Jan Vavra