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24H Moto du Mans 2014: classifications and reactions

24 Heures Motos - 24H Moto du Mans 2014: classifications and reactions -

The 24H Moto du Mans 2014, to (re) live fully on MNC thanks to our race points and our photo galleries, therefore saw the Suzuki n ° 1 of SERT return to victory and the official Yamaha n ° 94 of GMT s ‘to offer a second title of world endurance champion, after having started from the depths of the standings following a collision …

The 24H Moto du Mans 2014, to (re) live entirely on MNC thanks to our and our, therefore saw the Suzuki n ° 1 of SERT return to victory and the official Yamaha n ° 94 of GMT afford a second title of world endurance champion, after starting from the depths of the standings following a collision in the very first corner !

While waiting for the 2015 world endurance championship – which should count (including three in France) and could be placed under the aegis of a private promoter -, room for the declarations of the pilots and team managers. And once is not custom … honor to the vanquished, who are far from being unworthy !

Honda Racing n ° 111 (retirement and 7th in the world championship)

With three retirements in four races, the official Honda Racing team clearly missed its mark in the endurance world championship. Despite a great victory for those who had given them balm to their hearts, its talented pilots – Freddy Foray, Julien da Costa and Sebastien Gimbert – had to give up again, victims this time of a transmission problem.

Sebastien Gimbert, pilot. "Obviously I would have preferred to win the last event at Le Mans but I would also have preferred to finish and win the. It goes without saying … The whole team worked really hard giving a lot and I can’t blame them. There is always next year and we will come back stronger ".

Freddy Foray, pilot. "This is not how we wanted to end the season and I’m disappointed. It was a difficult year for the team who worked very hard, and after we had hoped to finish with another victory. It didn’t. been possible, but it is endurance ".

Julien da Costa, pilot. "It’s very disappointing to have had problems in three out of four events this year. We’re a good team and we know we can win, but we suffered from a big bad luck with the bike.".

Neil Tuxworth, team manager. "It’s an incredibly disappointing and frustrating end to the season for us … The drivers and the team worked really hard throughout the season and we didn’t deserve to end like this, but the positive side is that we won our first victory in the endurance world championship this year and we know that we have the capacity to lead and win races. Endurance is a difficult discipline and we has to do with the ups and downs. I’m proud of the team and I think we can keep our heads up. ".

Kawasaki SRC n ° 11 (retirement and 5th in the world championship)

After having won the last four editions in,, and, winning three times in a row the last three Bol d’Or at Magny-Cours in, and finally having qualified in Le Mans, the talented team of Gilles Stafler in the championship of world also had to be abandoned, victim of several falls which ended up being the best of the ZX-10R.

Gilles Stafler, team manager. "Of course it’s a huge disappointment, but that’s how it works in endurance racing. Each race is different from the last. I decided to give up because we were too far after our third stop to hope for a place. on the podium. I’m so sorry for Kawasaki and my whole team. We did a perfect job during practice and the first part of the race, but in endurance you never know what to expect during the race. will be back even stronger in April to achieve this victory we deserved ".

Gregory Leblanc, pilot. "It is the abandonment, after two falls our machine does not want to go further … An unfortunate observation that does not call into question the work of the whole team! Thank you to the mechanics, thank you to the team, to my Mamat teammates (Matthieu Lagrive, Editor’s note) and FF (Fabien Foret, Editor’s note), to the sponsors, family, friends and fans, in short, thank you to all of you! Gilles made the right decision. We couldn’t finish on the podium. is a big disappointment for me and I won’t be the 1st rider to have five wins in a row. It’s endurance. I’m sorry for the team as the mechanics did their best after the crashes to fix damage as quickly as possible. I’m sure we’ll get back here. We’ll be back! "

Fabien Foret, pilot. "I’m really sorry for my mistake. I was in my lap after a pit stop and didn’t understand what exactly happened. Maybe I hit a white stripe under braking and that I lost the front. Last year we shared a victory for my first race in the Kawasaki SRC team, but this year was not for us. That’s all! "

Matthieu Lagrive, pilot. "We led a good part of the race until nightfall, before the fall of Fabien (Foret, Editor’s note) which unfortunately had serious consequences because it caused a lot of technical problems. I fell back very strangely into the night, I left around 5am and after ten laps I broke a mechanical part, without damage for me because I did not fall, but for safety the team manager (Gilles Stafler, Editor’s note) preferred not to It’s a shame, it was off to a good start, the whole week went well and in the race we were fast … Le Mans is still not for me, but I still have a few years left! ‘It’s a shame because we were on a good pace and we really had the right package to win this race. But as everyone has said, it’s endurance! Like Fabien, I still wonder what happened when I crashed. I lost the front end of the turn and from my point of view it’s not normal. But hey, it’s here. in the race and sometimes it’s not the most competitive crew that wins ".

April Moto (Suzuki n ° 50 Motors Events and Suzuki n ° 63 AZ Motos)

For its first year in the EWC category, the Suzuki n ° 50 Motors Events April Moto () finished 17th in the race and 8th in the world championship while the Suzuki n ° 63 AZ Motos April, 25th in 2013, had to retire after a crash at the start of the race.

"After 34 minutes of racing, David Dumain left the track at the end of the pit straight, the front tire having given way while he was driving at very high speed", explains the insurer, not forgetting to specify that "this spectacular incident reminds us that the competition motorcycle is a particularly risky discipline"…

The entire MNC editorial team wishes a speedy recovery to our colleague from Moto Journal !

Gregory Fastre, pilot. "If only with 50% fewer incidents, we ensured at least a Top 10"…

Penz13 (winner in the Open and 3rd in the Superstock World Championship)

The German team Penz13 entered no less than two BMW S1000RR this year: n ° 13 in Supertock with the Spanish Pedro Vallcaneras Flores, the English Stephen Mercer and the Belgian Didier van Keymeulen, and the n ° 31 in the hands of the French Sylvain Barrier, of the American Jason Pridmore and the Australian Glenn Allerton.

Objective to prepare for 2015 … and the official return of BMW in world endurance after its this year? Still, the S1000RR n ° 13, 15th scratch at Le Mans, climbed on the third step of the world podium in Superstock while the n ° 31, 7th overall, won the Open category ahead of the Metiss n ° 45 of JLC Moto , Aprilia RSV4 n ° 40 by RSV4 Experience and BMW HP4 n ° 12 by KSB One Racing.

Rico Penzkofer, team manager. "For our Open bike, the objective was to finish the race. Our test in real conditions went even better than expected as Sylvain Barrier set the fastest lap in the race in 1’38.133. As at the Bol d’Or, the weather was changeable here, sometimes the luck is not on the good side but it was also the case for our competitors. It is the race, but the Junior Team Suzuki was strong and deserved the title, just like the Qatar Endurance Racing Team deserved the race. I congratulate them for their efforts! "

Suzuki Junior Team Le Mans Sud n ° 72 (2nd and Superstock world champion)

Once again, the motorcycle mechanics students of the Lycee Le Mans Sud, second behind the # 95 Kawasaki of the Qatar Endurance Racing Team (QERT), honor their team manager Damien Saulnier by winning the Superstock World Cup.

Baptiste Guittet, pilot. "This morning I made a small mistake which cost us two laps, but the first objective was the title because in previous years we had missed it. We celebrate the title more than this second place, it was the goal of this weekend ".

Etienne Masson, pilot. "The QERT drivers were in another dimension here and we couldn’t follow Anthony (West, who was new to the race, Editor’s note), who had a fantastic first session!"

Gregg Black, pilot. "For me it was a good season, with the French Superbike championship title (in: not to confuse Black and Leblanc, Editor’s note) and now the Superstock World Cup!"

Damien Saulnier, team manager. “Since the start of the training, 180 mechanics have moved to the Junior Team in 18 years. We change the team in a month, a new promotion of young people will arrive, tears were more linked to victory today than future departure of our structure. The pilots have placed their trust in this young technical team to whom I wish a successful career in the industry ".

Kawasaki n ° 95 Qatar Endurance Racing Team (1st Superstock and 4th scratch)

Luis Sorano, team coordinator. "It’s a great result, very satisfying. We got back to our titles from three years ago. As for the future, even if we are able to change for a Superbike, we will already see how to approach things with the increase in the number of races in 2015 "(including three in France and a sixth remains to be confirmed, Editor’s note).

Anthony West, pilot. "This is my first 24 Hours Moto and I finished first, I am delighted for the whole team, they did a great job. I got off to a good start, I pushed to the maximum and I was not expecting I may have presumed my strength a little too much, given the difficulties in holding the entire race. At 6:00 am I said to myself "but what am I doing here?" … In the end, I will keep the memory of a great and beautiful experience. In the end, the efforts paid off ".

Suzuki Endurance Racing Team n ° 1 (winner and vice-world champion)

Dominique Meliand, team manager. "It’s still a little early to talk about 2015, but this win at the end of the season will open new doors for us. We have already received congratulations from Japan!"

Vincent Philippe, pilot. "It had been 11 years since I had won here and 2014 was a very difficult year for the SERT and for me (Vincent is just back after a big one that led to the abandonment of the SERT, Editor’s note). C t is really special to win here today. On Friday we would never have bet on our chances of winning but in 2015 we will be back to fight ".

Erwan Nigon, pilot. "This is my first victory in a 24 hour race! I would like to give a special mention to the team, my teammates and all their work. The track was tricky this weekend, but we managed to avoid the pitfalls".

Anthony Delhalle, pilot. “It’s really good to win at home. I live just a quarter of an hour from the circuit and I’ve been watching the drivers on the Bugatti since I was little. It’s the third time I’ve tried to win. a victory and it ended up paying ".

Yamaha Racing GMT 94 Michelin (2nd and EWC World Champion)

Ten years later – or rather "Ten Years After" for rock fans such as Christophe Guyot – sound, the talented team from Val-de-Marne (94) returns to the title of world champion !

Without having won a single race of the season – but "always playing for victory", underlines David Checa -, the R1 ends its career in a very good way while waiting for the next generation. .

Second in, ninth in, second in and again second in, the GMT had a regular race this weekend, bypassing the traps of the weather, after the cold sweats at the start of the event….

Hit by another competitor at the first corner, David Checa left the handlebars to Kenny Foray, then the whole team gave their all to move up from 48th place to 2nd, behind the SERT and ahead of another R1, the n ° 7 of YART .

Christophe Guyot, team manager. "It was a difficult race, but a fun race! We knew we had lost the victory after our crash in the first lap, but we are above all competitors and we had to perform in order, beyond the world title, to obtain the best possible result. The title was almost played after 8 hours (thanks to the new points awarded to the top ten after 8 hours and 16 hours of racing, Editor’s note) but when the opportunity to win presented itself, we tried to We have given Suzuki a few cold sweats and we are proud of it. Today, both the team and the drivers are world champions, it is the result of a homogeneity and a state of mind that brings together and has allowed us to have a regular season. The title that we win is very important for our three drivers ".

David Checa, pilot. “To be on the ground after 24 seconds of racing and world champion after 24 hours, it shows how very difficult the competition was! But I’m still lucky to be there. little to change everything! Just after the crash, I was afraid of being injured and not being able to start again. We were consistent all season. Without necessarily getting it, we always played for the victory and today this title of world champion is a great reward ".

Kenny Foray, pilot. "This is my fifth season with GMT and we have all been waiting for this moment for a long time! It is the result of a lot of work and a very united team in which I feel really good. I will be able to share this title with each member of the team, my family, my friends, all the people who have shared our joys and our difficulties during all these years ".

Mathieu Ginès, pilot. "I’m finishing my first season in GMT on a high note. I knew the team had great potential, I knew my teammates and Michelin before joining the team. Of course, I don’t regret my choice because I have lived an exceptional human adventure with a formidable technical team! "

Eric de Seynes, Director of Yamaha Europe. "This title rewards the quality of the commitment of a team, a spirit and professionalism that have been able to blend into the specificities of endurance. Yamaha has managed to evolve in this championship thanks to a shared motivation and the R1, well born, which has evolved considerably over the past three years. If MotoGP is for us the expression of extreme know-how, endurance is the complementary championship par excellence which not only allows us to operate our machines in the most difficult conditions. difficult, but also to get closer to our customers. It is a good image for motorcycle sport ".

2014 Le Mans 24H Moto Rankings

Scratch ranking

  1. Suzuki Endurance Racing Team
  2. 94 Yamaha Racing – GMT 94 – Michelin
  3. 7 Monster Energy Yamaha – YART
  4. 95 Qatar Endurance Racing Team
  5. 72 Junior Team LMS Suzuki
  6. 55 National Motorcycles
  7. 31 Penz13.com Racing Team
  8. 2 Team R2CL
  9. 45 Metiss JLC Moto
  10. 67 Starteam PAM-Racing

EWC classification

  1. 1 Suzuki Endurance Racing Team
  2. 94 Yamaha Racing – GMT 94 – Michelin
  3. 7 Monster Energy Yamaha – YART
  4. 55 National Motorcycles
  5. 2 Team R2CL
  6. 8 Team Bolliger Switzerland # 8
  7. 46 Flembbo Leader Team
  8. 50 Team Motors Events April Moto
  9. 65 Motobox Kremer Racing by Shell Advance
  10. 27 TMC City Bike TRT 27

Superstock Ranking

  1. 95 Qatar Endurance Racing Team
  2. 72 Junior Team Le Mans South
  3. 67 Starteam PAM-Racing
  4. 33 Louit Moto Tracker Team 33
  5. 3 AM Moto Racing Competition
  6. 4 Tati Team Beaujolais Racing
  7. Penz13.com Franks Autowelt Racing Team
  8. 48 Volpker NRT 48 Schubert Motors
  9. 24 BMRT 3D Endurance
  10. 211 Team Dunlop Motors Events

Open Ranking

  1. 31 Penz13.com Racing Team
  2. 45 Metiss JLC Moto
  3. 40 RSV4 Experience
  4. 12 KSB One Racing

2014 World Championship Rankings

Category EWC

  1. Yamaha Racing – GMT 94 – Michelin – Yamaha n ° 94 (141 points)
  2. Suzuki Endurance Racing Team – Suzuki n ° 1 (104)
  3. Team Bolliger Switzerland – Kawasaki n ° 8 (100)
  4. National Motos – Honda n ° 55 (80)
  5. SRC Kawasaki – Kawasaki n ° 11 (72)
  6. Monster Energy Yamaha YART – Yamaha n ° 7 (70)
  7. Honda Racing – Honda n ° 111 (63)
  8. Team Motors Events April Moto – Suzuki n ° 50 (60)
  9. Team R2CL – Suzuki n ° 2 (54)
  10. Flembbo Leader Team – Kawasaki n ° 46 (47)

Superstock Category

  1. Junior Team Le Mans Sud – Suzuki n ° 72 (134 points)
  2. Qatar Endurance Racing Team – Kawasaki No.95 (96)
  3. Penz13.com Franks Autowelt Racing Team – BMW n ° 13 (93)
  4. AM Moto Racing – Suzuki n ° 3 (86)
  5. Starteam PAM-Racing – Suzuki n ° 67 (60)
  6. Volpker NRT 48 Schubert Motors – BMW n ° 48 (54)
  7. Tati Team Beaujolais racing – Kawasaki n ° 4 (54)
  8. Yamaha Viltaïs Experience – Yamaha n ° 333 (53)
  9. BMRT 3D Endurance – Kawasaki n ° 24 (52)
  10. Team Tracker Louit Moto 33 – Kawasaki n ° 33 (40)

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