8:00 am: the official Kawasaki n ° 11 plays for the win !

"We’re not interested in being third," the Greens team manager told Moto-Net just before the n ° 11 ZX-10R took 2nd place after one lap of the n ° 2 Suzuki … also listen to the interviews of Dominique Meliand and Christophe Guyot.

At 7:30 a.m., as the sun rises over Le Mans, the official Kawasaki # 11 now occupies second place one lap behind the # 2 leading Suzuki, while the # 1 Suzuki has demoted to third place. at an extended pit stop.

Behind, Olivier Four on the handlebars of the n ° 94 Yamaha managed to steal fourth place from his little sister of Austria Racing, the n ° 7 Yamaha in the hands of Damien Cudlin.

A look back at a dawn rich in twists and turns…

At 6:45 am, the Yamaha n ° 6 Zone Rouge fell at the top of the Superproductions and 8th overall at the exit of the oxen road. The motorcycle leaves immediately but stops in the safety lanes and must return to its pit.

Suzuki # 18 could return to the top of Blockbuster category if Yamaha # 6 missed two laps…

On Yamaha n ° 94, David Checa in fifth position put pressure on Yamaha n ° 7, 18 seconds ahead of him by lining up laps in 1’41.5. Igor Jerman’s reply, determined to keep fourth place on the handlebars of n ° 7, was not long in coming: 1’40.4 !

Just before 7 am, express stop of the 94: David Checa leaves the levers to Olivier Four who sets out again to assault the Yamaha n ° 7 in 4th position, the official Kawasaki n ° 11 (3rd) and the two Suzuki of the SERT who are leading the race (listen to our audio interview with Dominique Meliand) … But the disappointment is great in the GMT stand (listen to our audio interview with Christophe Guyot)…

However, Kawasaki n ° 11 team manager Christian Bourgeois tells us: "being third does not interest us"! (Listen to our audio interview with Christian Bourgeois).

Update at 8 a.m.

At 8 hours from the finish, there are only 36 motorcycles left in the race out of 67 registered and 56 entered on the starting grid on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. The SERT Suzuki n ° 1 precedes its n ° 2 teammate by a few seconds, a minute and a half ahead of the n ° 11 Kawasaki Motor France.

The first Yamaha is the No. 7 of the Austrian Austria Racing Team, just ahead of the Yamaha GMT 94 relegated to fifth place.

In the Superstock category, it is still the immovable Suzuki n ° 72 of the Junior Team which leads the way in sixth position overall, just ahead of the Yamaha n ° 57 of the LTG team..

In the Blockbuster category, the firefighters logically lead after the small problems of the Yamaha n ° 6 shortly before 7 o’clock.

New twist at 07:25 !

But drama at 07:25: Suzuki n ° 1 enters its stand … Suzuki n ° 2 therefore automatically takes the lead and Kawasaki n ° 11 the second position. !

Meanwhile, the # 94 GMT Yamaha managed to pass the Austrian team’s Yamaha Austria and therefore seize fourth place … The race starts to move ahead … Stay tuned !

Eric MICHEL, Fred RENARD and Marcus HIMSELF

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