Paul Jordan spearheading Jackson Racing team's IRRC debut on Ducati V2 at Frohburg in Germany
Paul Jordan will spearhead the Jackson Racing team’s debut in the International Road Racing Championship (IRRC) at Frohburg in Germany this weekend.
The Magherafelt man raced at Frohburg for the first time in 2025 as a guest rider for the Laserscanning Europe by PSB Motorsport team on a Yamaha R6 and clinched a brilliant double.
Jordan, who also set a new Supersport lap record 12 months ago, will ride the Ducati Panigale V2 he has raced this year at major events including the North West 200 and Isle of Man TT as he bids for further success at the European road race.
“I’m looking forward to going back and it’s the first time the Jackson Racing boys have done an IRRC round,” Jordan said.
“I’m going back with a bike that I’ve rode all year, whereas last year I rode a bike that I’d never been on before and we had good success.
“I believe I’m going back as a more improved version of myself. Last year was a great year for me but I think this year has been even better.
“Everywhere we went this year we’ve been a lot faster.”
Jordan finished fourth and fifth in the two Supersport races at the TT and was back on the podium in the Sportbike race, securing third position on the Jackson Racing Aprilia behind the Paton machines of Michael Dunlop and Mike Browne.
He achieved a long-held goal of joining the ‘130 Club’, earning a best result in the Superbike class of 10th on his Honda Fireblade Superstock machine and lapping at 130.656mph.
“We got a lot of track time on the Ducati but out of all the classes [at the TT], that’s the one class I had a question mark over because I don’t think I performed as good as I could have performed,” said Jordan, who won the Historic Junior race at the Classic TT in August for the second successive year.
“I think it was just due to a lack of proper time on the bike, as in just getting proper seat time, whereas with the Honda I had two years on it and knew it; it was the same thing with the twin, I jumped on it and went fast on the twin, jumped on the big bike and went quicker on the big bike.
“Yes, I went faster on the Supersport but I don’t think I fully capitalised on what the bike is capable of.”
Frohburg is the final IRRC round of 2026