24 Heures Motos – 24H Moto du Mans: abandonment of the Honda n ° 77 TT Legends –

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24H Moto du Mans: abandonment of Honda n ° 77 TT Legends

24 Heures Motos - 24H Moto du Mans: abandonment of the Honda n ° 77 TT Legends -

A big collective fall at the Musee bend leads to the fourth interruption of the race shortly before 9 p.m. The motorcycles involved in the crash would be the Kawasaki n ° 46 of Team Flembbo, the Honda n ° 77 TT Legends, the Kawasaki n ° 33 of Louit Moto, the Kawasaki n ° 24 of 3D Endurance, the Kawasaki n ° 66 of the Racing Team Sarazin and the # 411 Suzuki from MCS Racing.

A big collective fall at the Musee bend leads to the fourth interruption of the race shortly before 9 p.m. The motorcycles involved in the crash would be the Kawasaki n ° 46 of Team Flembbo, the Honda n ° 77 TT Legends, the Kawasaki n ° 33 of Louit Moto, the Kawasaki n ° 24 of 3D Endurance, the Kawasaki n ° 66 of the Racing Team Sarazin and Suzuki # 411 from MCS Racing.

"Simon Andrews had to be transferred to the medical center, he is aware and his words are consistent but he is currently under medical supervision", explains the Honda TT Legends team before pronouncing his official retirement: "the bike is irreparable and we are abandoning the race".

A few minutes later, Simon Andrews was admitted to hospital with "a broken left ankle and possible chest injuries," his team said, adding that he will also "take x-rays to check that there is no no other injuries ".

Collective fall and multiple dropouts

3D Endurance’s Kawasaki # 24 and Team Flembbo’s # 46 Kawasaki, also involved in the Museum’s collective downfall, must also retire.

"Christophe Guerouah has just fallen, he is standing but we do not know where the bike is and where it could come back to the pits", explains Racing Team Sarazin just after the crash, before seeing Christophe return to the stroller. , who returns the bike to the pit at 9:21 p.m. for a mechanical intervention.

Suzuki n ° 1 in 53rd position … but the fastest on the track !

The race resumed at 9:09 pm with the n ° 99 BMW in the lead, followed one lap by the n ° 7 Yamaha of the YART and one lap further by the n ° 2 Suzuki of the R2CL team. The No. 94 Yamaha continues its recovery and is now in fourth position three laps from the leaders, just ahead of the No. 11 Kawasaki SRC, but must return to the pits for a quick intervention before leaving almost immediately..

For its part, the No. 1 Suzuki of SERT finally got out of its box around 8:00 p.m. and set off again in 53rd position, 73 laps behind the leader. Shortly before 22:00, it climbed back to 49th position, but it still shows the same 73 laps behind the lead BMW.

It will be a long way to get back to the outposts, but Dominique Meliand’s men are among the fastest on the track: 1’39.548 in his 152nd lap, against 1’40, 1’41 or 1’43 for the three pilots of head (BMW n ° 99, Yamaha n ° 7 and Kawasaki n ° 11).

Note the beautiful 6th place of the Kawasaki n ° 18 of the Firemen in front of the leader of the Superstock, the Suzuki n ° 50 of the Team Motors Events.

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