IRRC 2027: Hořice twice on the calendar, Frohburg remains the finale

• Five race weekends in four countries, with two races every weekend
• Season opener on 1 and 2 May 2027 in Hengelo, finale on 18 and 19 September 2027 in Frohburg
• Hořice replaces Chimay as the double venue, Imatra and Schleiz are still missing

Seven weeks after the end of the 2026 season, the IRRC 2027 calendar is already set. Riders, teams and spectators can therefore start planning for next year right now. At first glance the calendar looks familiar: again five events, again ten races per class, again Frohburg as the final round. On closer inspection, however, the distribution has shifted noticeably.

When and where will the IRRC 2027 take place?

The 2027 season starts in early May in the Netherlands and ends in mid-September in Saxony. In between are two visits to the Czech Republic and one to Belgium.

The season opens on the 4.878-kilometre Varsselring near Hengelo. Just three weeks later, the series heads to Hořice. This is followed by the longest break of the first half of the season: seven weeks separate the first and second visits to the Czech Republic. Hardly is Hořice over for the second time than Chimay follows at the end of July. Chimay is the only event scheduled over three days. After that, almost eight weeks pass without IRRC racing until the finale in Frohburg.

What changes compared with the 2026 season?

The biggest change concerns which circuit appears twice on the calendar. In 2026 it was Chimay, with races in June and July, while in 2027 Hořice takes on this role.

As a reminder: the 2026 calendar was thrown into disarray at the start of the year. In Imatra, the Finnish federation had not included the event in the national calendar, which meant the IRRC riders’ licences would not have been valid there. In Schleiz, the organiser ended the cooperation without prior consultation. Because only four races were left after that, the IRRC management added a second date in Chimay in June within a single day. That way the season still reached five weekends.

For 2027 the number stays the same, but the dates shift noticeably. Hořice moves from August to May and July. Hengelo and Frohburg, on the other hand, remain on their usual weekends in early May and mid-September. Imatra and Schleiz do not appear in the new calendar either. The series has not given any reasons for this.

Why is Frohburg the season finale again?

Frohburg traditionally belongs at the end of the IRRC season and keeps that slot in 2027 as well. The roughly 4.8-kilometre road circuit south of Leipzig is thus once again the track where the champions are decided.

For German road racing fans, the Frohburger Dreieck is the championship’s only round in their home country in 2027. As in 2026, Germany’s entire involvement rests on this single event since Schleiz dropped out. At the same time, the late date carries sporting weight: after the busy programme from May to July, the title fight may already take shape in Chimay, but it will only be finally decided in September.

Which classes will race in the IRRC 2027?

Since 2026, the IRRC has been contested in the Sportbike and Supersport classes. The series dropped the former Superbike class for safety reasons.

The 1000cc superbikes have since been racing in the independent European Road Racing Series, which in 2026 visited Imatra and Hořice twice, among other venues. The IRRC itself stresses that the FIM and FIM Europe are not involved in the championship. The individual races are sanctioned by the respective national federations.

Who are the 2026 IRRC champions?

The 2026 titles went to Jamie Williams in the Sportbike class and to Marek Červený in Supersport. Both titles were decided at the finale in Frohburg in September.

Williams from the Isle of Man is thus the first champion of the new Sportbike category. Behind him finished Dutchman Wally Jacobs and Czech rider Patrik Serbousek. In Supersport, Červený sealed his seventh title. His Czech compatriots Petr Najman and Matej Vit took second and third place.

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