07/09/2026
Thrilling Battles at Slovakia Ring
SSP 300
The fifth round of the Alpe Adria International Championship at Slovakia Ring delivered an exciting weekend of racing in the Supersport 300 class, with extremely close battles at the front throughout the event.
In the first qualifying session, Antonis Ventouras set the pace with a 2:25.906 lap, ahead of Jan Winkler and Ales Malina. In Qualifying 2, Winkler responded with the fastest time of 2:25.971, just 0.033 seconds ahead of Ventouras.
Race 1 produced a dramatic finish, with Bas Hasan Huseyin taking victory by just 0.183 seconds from Tashan Oguz. Ishak Demir Donmez completed the podium, while Jakub Adamik finished fourth after another strong performance.
Sunday's Sprint Race saw Ales Malina claim victory after five laps. The Czech rider finished only 0.041 seconds ahead of Oguz, with Ventouras third and Adamik fourth. The Sprint was particularly intense, with the leading six riders separated by just over 1.3 seconds.
The weekend concluded with another incredibly close Race 2. Antonis Ventouras took the win, just 0.077 seconds ahead of Oguz. Malina finished third, while Adamik crossed the line fourth, only 0.403 seconds behind the winner.
SSP
Benjamin Baumgartner was the leading SSP 600 rider throughout the weekend. He set the fastest SSP time in Qualifying 1 with 2:10.214, while in Qualifying 2 he was again the fastest SSP rider with 2:11.163.
Baumgartner continued his strong form by winning Race 1. He also finished as the best SSP rider in the Sprint Race and repeated the achievement in Race 2, completing a perfect weekend for the class.
STK 600 After the crash of Karlo Gršić t practices who was unable to procede with the weekend, the Superstock 600 class was dominated by Riccardo Micahielin, who was fastest in Qualifying 2 with a 2:10.049 lap after Fourthiotis Spyridon Marios had been the leading STK rider in Qualifying 1.
Michielin then took victory in both Race 1 and the Sprint Race. In Race 1 he won by just 0.064 seconds, while the Sprint victory margin was 5.728 seconds. In Race 2, Fourthiotis claimed the STK 600 victory, giving the class a different winner in the final race.
600 NG
The 600 NG class also provided plenty of action. Vaclav Bittman was the fastest NG rider in Qualifying 1, while Ladislav Veverka set the best NG time in Qualifying 2.
Veverka took the NG victory in both Race 1 and the Sprint Race, with Patrycja Sowa finishing second in Race 1. The final Race 2 belonged to Vaclav Bittman, who took a convincing NG victory with a best lap of 2:09.989, finishing just 0.196 seconds ahead of Veverka.
STK 1000
The STK 1000 class delivered an exciting weekend at Slovakia Ring during Round 5 of the Alpe Adria International Championship, with Bartlomiej Moranski emerging as the dominant rider.
Moranski set the pace in the first qualifying session with a 2:06.103, ahead of Grzegorz Hanuszewicz and Croatian rider Leon Jurcak. In Qualifying 2, Hanuszewicz responded with the fastest lap of 2:06.689, while Moranski did not set a time.
Moranski converted his strong qualifying pace into victory in Race 1, winning after 11 laps in 23:30.088. Hanuszewicz finished second, while Martin Tritscher completed the podium. Leon Jurcak finished an impressive fourth, just 0.432 seconds behind Tritscher.
The Sprint produced another close battle between Moranski and Hanuszewicz. Moranski took the win by only 0.288 seconds, with Tritscher third and Jurcak fourth.
Moranski completed a perfect weekend by winning Race 2 with another strong performance, setting the fastest lap at 2:06.372. Tritscher finished second, while Leon Jurcak secured another podium with third place, just over 11 seconds behind the winner.
SBK
The SBK class delivered an exciting weekend at the Slovakia Ring during Round 5 of the Alpe Adria International Championship.
Qualifying: Michal Filla was the benchmark from the opening session, taking pole with a 2:02.330, with Croatian Dominik Buterin second. Filla was again fastest in Qualifying 2 with a 2:02.325, while Buterin finished third.
Race 1: Filla controlled the 11-lap race to take victory in 22:48.053. Buterin delivered a strong performance to finish second, 23.671 seconds behind the winner.
Sprint Race: Filla continued his winning form in the six-lap Sprint, taking another victory. Hannes Schafzahl finished second and David Checa third, while Buterin was forced to retire after three laps.
Race 2: The final race followed the same pattern, with Filla claiming his third victory of the weekend. Buterin again finished second, while David Checa completed the podium.
Filla was therefore unbeaten throughout the SBK weekend, while Buterin’s two second-place finishes in the main races highlighted a strong performance for the Croatian rider and Spark Racing Team.
CUP 600
Qualifying: Kacper Wójcik set the pace in both qualifying sessions. He took pole in Q1 with a 2:11.084 and was again fastest in Q2 with 2:12.763.
Race 1: Wójcik converted pole position into victory, winning the nine-lap race with a best lap of 2:10.859. William Benedet finished second, followed by Croatian rider Teo Sekulic in third.
Race 2: Wójcik completed a perfect weekend by taking his second victory. He won Race 2 with a best lap of 2:09.956, ahead of Vaclav Balvin and William Benedet. Teo Sekulic again delivered a strong performance, finishing fourth.
Wójcik therefore dominated the CUP 600 weekend at Slovakia Ring, securing pole position in both qualifying sessions and victories in both races.
CUP 1000
Qualifying: Strahinja Kovacevic was the fastest rider in both qualifying sessions, taking pole with 2:05.903 in Q1 and improving to 2:05.351 in Q2. Luka Sadric was among the leading Croatian riders, setting a best time of 2:09.109 in Q1.
Race 1: Kovacevic continued his dominant form and took victory after nine laps, setting the fastest lap of 2:04.758. Krzysztof Szypula finished second, with Attila Nagy third. Luka Sadric unfortunately retired after the opening lap.
Race 2: Kovacevic completed a perfect weekend with another victory, this time setting the fastest lap at 2:04.646. Szypula finished second, while Ales Senekovic took third. The race was again highly competitive, with several riders finishing within seconds of each other.
Kovacevic therefore dominated Round 5, taking both qualifying sessions and both CUP 1000 races at Slovakia Ring.
SPORTBIKE
In Qualifying 1, Daniel Turecek set the pace with a best lap of 2:15.261, ahead of Patrycja Sowa and Razvan Teodorescu. In the second qualifying session, Nejc Petric was fastest among the riders who took to the track, recording 2:25.618.
Race 1 saw Turecek continue his strong form, taking a convincing victory after nine laps. Sowa finished second, followed by Owen Lukacs, while Petric crossed the line fourth.
Sunday's Sprint Race brought another win for Turecek. Over five laps, he finished more than 11 seconds ahead of Sowa, with Lukacs completing the podium. Petric finished fourth, while Zuran Tai and Konstantinos Kapoudalis battled closely for fifth and sixth.
The weekend concluded with Race 2, and once again Turecek was unbeatable. He secured his third victory of the weekend with a fastest lap of 2:14.795. Sowa again finished second, while Lukacs took third. Petric was fourth, followed by Zuran Tai and Kapoudalis.
Daniel Turecek therefore completed a perfect SPORTBIKE weekend at Slovakia Ring, winning Race 1, the Sprint Race and Race 2.
Photo by Pavel Salaba