24 Heures Motos – 61 teams entered for 56 places … –

61 teams entered for 56 places…

24 Heures Motos - 61 teams entered for 56 places ... -

56 teams will take the start of the 24H Moto du Mans, the fourth and final round of the 2013 World Endurance Championship, on Saturday September 21 at 3:00 p.m. on the Bugatti circuit. How many will pass the checkered flag on Sunday September 22 ?

56 teams will take the start of the 2013 24H Moto du Mans, the fourth and last round of the endurance world championship, on Saturday September 21 at 3:00 p.m. on the Bugatti circuit. How many will pass the checkered flag on Sunday, September 22? The suspense remains unresolved … and by then, it will first be necessary to designate the 56 best teams out of the, which will compete on Thursday, September 19 during the first qualifying tests of this 36th edition organized .

Last minute: Guy Martin on Suzuki n ° 2 R2CL

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The official SRC No. 11 Kawasaki, victorious in the last three editions 2010, 2011 and 2012, is naturally a favorite in the hands of Fabien Foret (Supersport world champion in 2002) who joins Gregory Leblanc, Jeremy Guarnoni and Nicolas Salchaud.

But the No. 1 Suzuki of SERT – both regional of the stage, reigning world champion and leader of the 2013 championship (84 points) – will give everything to get this victory that has eluded it since 2008, with the trio of shock Vincent Philippe, Anthony Delhalle, Julien da Costa, supported by Alexander Cudlin.

Without forgetting the Yamaha n ° 94 of the GMT led by David Checa, Kenny Foray, Matthieu Lagrive and Maxime Berger (3rd in the championship with 60 points), nor his Austrian colleague n ° 7 of the Yamaha Austria Racing Team in the hands of Igor Jerman, Broc Parkes and Josh Waters (2nd with 71 points) !

Especially since the Kawasaki n ° 11 only participates in French events and only drives for victory at Le Mans, while the SERT, YART and GMT are aiming for the 2013 world champion title…..

On the handlebars of BMW Motorrad France Team Thevent n ° 99 (9th in the championship with 29 points of his), Sebastien Gimbert, Sylvain Barrier, Damien Cudlin and Erwan Nigon will try again to win at Le Mans after their .

On the Honda side, TT legends John McGuiness, Michael Rutter, Simon Andrews and Michael Dunlop will also try to shine the No. 77 CBR, just like the No. 55 of National Motos – on which only Gregory Junod and Olivier Four are currently confirmed – and the promising drivers of FMA Assurances n ° 20 (Greg Black, Matthieu Lussiana, Valentin Debise and and Marc Fissette).

All you need to know about the 2013 24H Moto du Mans

  • General admission: € 50 in presale until September 8, € 62 thereafter (ACO members: € 48)

  • Free for children under 16 (born after September 22, 1997)

  • Pre 24 Hours Moto Testing: August 27 and 28, 2013

  • Scrutineering: Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 September 2013

  • Free practice and qualifying: Thursday 19 and Friday 20 September 2013

  • Departure Saturday September 21, 2013 at 3:00 p.m.

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  • Saturday concerts: Little Bob Blues Bastards at 8 p.m. (yes yes, THE Little Bob from Little Bob Story!), Caliber 12 at 9.15 p.m. and Bleech at 10.30 p.m.

In Superstock, the Suzuki n ° 72 of the always successful Junior Team will find one of its former pilots in the person of Guillaume Dietrich who will support Baptiste Guittet, Etienne Masson and Nicolas Pouhair.

We should also be able to count on the Kawasaki n ° 33 of Louit Moto 33 which keeps Florian Marino, Lorenzo Savadori and Emeric Jonchière), and on the German BMW of Penz 13, reigning champion of the category with Jason Pridmore, Pedro Vallcaneras and a third driver to be confirmed.

Note also the presence of the vice-world pole vault champion Renaud Lavillenie on the handlebars of the Suzuki n ° 63 of AZ Motos with Stephane Mezard, David Dumain and Philippe Monneret, and that of the CBR n ° 51 of the network Honda led by Sebastien Dupond, Sebastien Gerard and Pierre Bercot for the benefit of the fight against cancer (read)

The first free practice starts yesterday at Le Mans and continues today, pending the official opening of hostilities for this 36th edition of the 24H Moto du Mans to be followed on MNC !

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