He was considered one of the title contenders in the IDM Supersport class. But Lennox Lehmann is now a long way from that. The 19-year-old from Dresden has set different priorities on his Apreco Yamaha. Nevertheless, he hopes to make a comeback at the top with a podium finish at the third round of the IDM in Most this coming weekend.
Compared to last year, Lennox Lehmann isn’t on the ideal path after two races—he’s more on the back burner. He has only 15 championship points to his name. “Everything that could go wrong did,” reports the Yamaha YZF-R6 rider from Team Apreco, and he’s being honest when he says: “Last year, it was made easy for me. At Yamalube Kofler Racing, I was given a perfectly prepared motorcycle and just rolled out onto the track. Now everything was different. We started from scratch, and I have to learn how to get the best setup. This means a lot to Yamaha, and I’m getting support from them. I can make the mistakes now that I can’t afford to make later. It’s no longer about the championship; instead, I’m learning a lot that’s important for my future career.”
Lehmann is one of the young talents being supported by Yamaha through the bLU cRU development program. His contract expires at the end of 2026, but there are already plans in place that extend beyond that. Two-time world champion Sandro Cortese serves as a coach to support the young riders.
Lehmann had to navigate a bumpy start to the season, and he overcame the challenge. “Everything was new—crew chief, team, just everything. The first tests were extreme. We’d completely lost our way with the setup. At the season opener, I did everything I could just to get through the corners somehow,” says Lehmann, whose disappointment was plain to see at Magdeburger Börde. “In Schleiz, we reset everything to zero and started over. In qualifying, I didn’t manage the perfect lap, and it was incredibly tight in the top ten. But we noticed that the Yamaha had the right speed again.” After finishing seventh at the Schleizer Dreieck, Lehmann’s trajectory is pointing upward once more.
“Things are heading in the right direction,” he says, a weight lifted from his shoulders. What does he have to say about Most? “It should go pretty well. A podium finish is the plan; a top-5 finish should be within reach.” It’s Lehmann’s home race, even though it’s held abroad. Distance from Dresden: just under 100 kilometers.