08h00: GMT 94 lost 8 minutes on a pierced radiator…

Dramatic change in the GMT stand shortly before 4.30am: while David Checa made his maximum in second place in the leading trio against the Kawasaki n ° 11 and Suzuki n ° 1 from SERT, he returned to the pits, radiator pierced by a stone… Christophe Guyot’s men are busy changing the radiator but the Yamaha n ° 94 loses two …

Dramatic change in the GMT stand shortly before 4.30am: while David Checa made his maximum in second place in the leading trio against the Kawasaki n ° 11 and Suzuki n ° 1 from SERT, he returned to the pits, radiator pierced by a stone … Christophe Guyot’s men are busy changing the radiator but the Yamaha n ° 94 loses two places after an intervention of 8 minutes.

Is GMT 94 spellbound ?

Since its superb, Yamaha n ° 94 has hardly had any luck on the Bugatti circuit:,,,, and …

"It’s racing," says Christophe Guyot: "the radiator is protected by a thick protective grid but faced with such an impact, nothing could have protected us from such a mishap. The work of the mechanics was a once again breathtaking. David left with a knife between his teeth. Going for third place will not be easy because Matthieu is in bad shape but we will fight ".

The GMT mishap allows the BMW n ° 99 to reconnect with the leading trio, third three laps away from the leaders, while a handful of seconds separate the Kawasaki n ° 11 and the Suzuki n ° 1. The race for the title of world champion of endurance 2012 is restarted between the BMW n ° 99 and Suzuki n ° 1 !

Also noteworthy was the engine failure of the Metiss n ° 45 at 6:07 am (broken rod), which left the Ducati n ° 82 to take the lead in the Open category ahead of the Yamaha FZ1 n ° 113, as well as a mysterious new record for the race lap which would have been established this morning by Gregory Junod on the Yamaha n ° 14 of Maco Racing, then in 30th position: 1’37.181 (while David Checa on the Yamaha n ° 94 had achieved the best time in race in 1 ’38 .562) … Checks made, it was a timing error: the best lap of these 24H Moto du Mans 2012 is to be credited to David Checa on Yamaha n ° 94 with a 275th lap completed in 1’38.562 !

In Superstock, the No.67 Suzuki of Starteam leads ahead of the No.13 BMW of Penz13 Kraftwerk and the No.24 Kawasaki of 3D Endurance.

At 8:45 am, the n ° 55 National Motos Honda returns to the pit to change the tank while the n ° 24 Kawasaki of 3D Endurance seems in difficulty…

THE MOTORCYCLE JOURNAL DU NET – Photos Julien PATALONE

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