24 Heures Motos – 24H Moto du Mans – 23h00: GMT 94 has given up … –

24H Moto du Mans – 23h00: GMT 94 has abandoned…

24 Heures Motos - 24H Moto du Mans - 23h00: GMT 94 has given up ... -

Already in big trouble after its double crash at the start of the race (read 4:00 p.m. MNC: Smells Like Green Spirit), the GMT # 94 Yamaha definitely threw in the towel after another crash shortly after 10 p.m. in the Dunlop. The emblematic motorcycle of Val-de-Marne, supported by the Mutuelle des Motards, will not pass…

Already in big trouble after its double crash at the start of the race (read), the Yamaha # 94 GMT definitely threw in the towel after another crash shortly after 10 p.m. in the Dunlop. The emblematic Val-de-Marne motorcycle, supported by the Mutuelle des Motards, will not cross the finish line of these 24H Moto du Mans 2011…

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"There are years when nothing smiles", notes the GMT: "at the bottom of 6 in the big curve on the right which controls the Dunlop chicane, Matthieu (Lagrive, Editor’s note) saw a machine brutally break (the Kawasaki n ° 24 from 3D Endurance Moto Center, editor’s note), he was able to avoid the collision but the track excursion was terrible. The machine was destroyed this time ".

"Essentially, the driver is unharmed, but his frustration was obvious", explains Christophe Guyot’s team. "The team, united and united, believed in it to the end, rebuilding after each stroke of fate, and totally behind its drivers in the face of their immense challenge. Its efforts were poorly rewarded, the race is thus made, but she can be proud of what she has given ".

The trace of oil left by the engine failure of the Kawasaki n ° 24 caused the fall of the Yamaha n ° 94 and that of the Suzuki n ° 65 of Motobox Kremer, causing a neutralization of the race under safety car during 13 minutes..

At the end of the neutralization, the BMW Motorrad France n ° 99 takes back the lead of the race, followed by the Kawasaki n ° 11 of SRC then by Suzuki n ° 1 of the SERT.

Behind the three fighter jets, Bolliger’s No. 8 Swiss Kawasaki took fourth place four laps from No. 11, followed by the No. 77 Honda TT Legends which surprised in fifth position while the No. 7 of the YART in 9th position gradually goes up towards the outposts.

Also note the very nice 6th scratch position of the Suzuki n ° 50 from Motors Events which turns faster than the Honda n ° 77 and could well come to titillate it for the fifth place! In the meantime, it leads the Superstock category ahead of the Suzuki n ° 72 of the Junor Team (8th scratch) and the Kawasaki n ° 83 (10th scratch) while the Suzuki n ° 110 AM Moto Racing has demoted to the 25th scratch place following a candle break.

The battle between the three leading motorcycles, almost the only ones to run in 1’40, and their many outsiders promises to be particularly tight until the checkered flag tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. … To be followed live and in full all week -end on Site: stay connected !

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