The champions have been crowned, the trophies awarded, and the champagne sprayed—but the journey to get there was pure thrills. Last weekend’s International German Motorcycle Championship (IDM) finale at Hockenheim offered top-tier motorsports and a tremendous build-up of suspense. Riders, teams, and nearly 25,000 fans experienced pure thrills, gripping duels right down to the finish line, and emotions that made the season finale unforgettable.
IDM Superbike: Tulovic, Alt, and Soomer, or Ducati, Honda, and BMW
After a turbulent first race in the IDM Superbike series and his eighth race victory, Lukas Tulovic was crowned the new champion. The Triple M Racing Team Frankfurt had always emphasized that this was precisely why they had brought the 25-year-old onto the team. Mission accomplished. Until then, the Ducati team had to weather a roller-coaster ride of emotions. At the start of the race, team rider Lorenzo Zanetti’s motorcycle caught fire during a serious crash on the first lap. The race had to be stopped and restarted. Both Tulovic and Zanetti will continue to race for Triple M Racing Ducati Frankfurt next year. The rider from Baden-Württemberg signed his contract immediately after winning the title.
Florian Alt (Holzhauer Racing Promotion) was the only rider who had been able to keep up with Tulovic throughout the entire season. The runner-up claimed the final victory of the year on his Honda CBR 1000 RR-R. It could have gone wrong, though. Alt ran out of fuel on the back straight during the final lap, and just before the checkered flag, the Honda began to sputter. Hannes Soomer from Estonia caused a bit of a scare when he briefly went off the track. Ultimately, however, that didn’t change the fact that the BMW rider finished the season in third place overall.
IDM Supersport: Andreas Kofler Defends His Title
Andreas Kofler defended his IDM title Supersport. Third place in Sunday’s race was enough. The Austrian, riding for the family-owned Yamalube Motorsport Kofler team, got off to a great start as usual, but Dirk Geiger (MCA Racing) came out of the first lap in the lead. The Honda rider bowed out in style with his sixth win of the season as runner-up in the championship. No other Supersport rider won as many races this year as the 23-year-old from Mannheim. Daniel Blin (AF Racing Team) from Poland edged out Belgian Luca de Vleeschauwer for third place in the overall standings after the final race. Following a protest by Blin against the unauthorized modification to de Vleeschauwer’s (Track and Trades Wixx Racing) Ducati, his Belgian teammate was disqualified.
IDM Sportbike: Five Points Give Iglesias the Win
A dramatic scene unfolded in the IDM Sportbike class. Spain’s Iñigo Iglesias (Wematik Racing by RT Motorsports) is the first champion in the new class, which replaced the smaller IDM Supersport 300 category in 2025. The title decision was an emotional challenge for both the rider and the team. After winning the first race, the 23-year-old crashed his Triumph Daytona 660 during the warm-up before the second race. The medical examination took him all the way to the University Hospital in Ludwigshafen. The title race had become completely irrelevant—until the announcement came that Iglesias had no serious injuries and could even compete in the race. So the 23-year-old rushed back onto the track, scored 16 points, and is now the champion.
Oliver Svendsen (Triumph Germany Racing Team) earned the full 25 points. That was the maximum possible, but it wasn’t enough to turn the tide. The 21-year-old from Denmark finished five points behind Iglesias and goes down in history as the runner-up. Because Rick Kooistra (Pearle Gebben Racing Team) finished the season in third place overall, the legendary British brand Triumph swept the top three spots in the standings.
IDM: “We’re on the right track with our approach”
“The IDM finale was like a powder keg,” says series manager Normann Broy, “Going into the event, not a single champion had been decided, and the tension remained at fever pitch right up to the very end. We gave the spectators exactly what they expected: world-class international racing at the Hockenheimring, yet a championship that felt within reach. The packed grandstands and the large number of guests at the pit walk showed that we’re on the right track with our concept.”
At the International German Championship in Hockenheim, 14-year-old Smilla Göttlich won the ADAC Junior Cup with two victories. In the Pro Superstock 1000 Cup, Dutch rider Ricardo Brink had already secured the title three weeks earlier. He won every race in the class, and Hockenheim was no exception. The Twin Cup title went to racing veteran Michael Götz for the first time.
As is tradition, Motor Presse Stuttgart—the promoter and organizer of the International German Motorcycle Championship—announced the event dates for next year at the 2025 season finale. The calendar includes seven rounds in three countries—including three internationally renowned MotoGP circuits.
2026 Schedule:
May 8–10, 2026 Sachsenring (DE)
May 29–31, 2026 Brno (CZ)
June 26–28, 2026 Most (CZ)
July 31–August 2, 2026 Oschersleben (DE)
August 14–16, 2026 Assen (NL)
September 4–6, 2026 Nürburgring (DE)
September 25–27, 2026 Hockenheim (DE)