Motorcycle endurance: the participants of the 24H of Le Mans 2012

They were 62 in 2011, they will be 55 this year: the teams entered for the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans motorcycle have just been confirmed. Four motorcycles will race for the world title: Suzuki No.1, BMW 99, Honda 77 and Yamaha 94. Request the program !

"The registration deadline was August 3 and 55 teams registered to compete in the 2012 24 Hours Moto on September 8 and 9.", informs the ACO (Automobile Club de l’Ouest). Among these crews, 21 compete in the entire FIM World Endurance Championship which will end on the Bugatti circuit..

Fifth and last race on the calendar this year, the 24 Heures Moto will crown the 2012 champions. In the starting blocks: the SERT victorious this Saturday at the 8 Hours of Oschersleben (read), GMT 94 third in the 8 Hours of Suzuka ( read), the BMW Motorrad France 99 team, winner of the 8 Hours of Doha ((read) and the Honda TT Legends team, increasingly sharp…

Practical information 24H Moto 2012

Dates: September 8 and 9, 2012 General enclosure ticket: € 50 by pre-booking until August 19, then € 61 Free for young people born after September 9, 1996 Wednesday 5 and Thursday 6: technical verifications Thursday 6 and Friday 7: free practice and qualifying Saturday 8 at 3 p.m .: start of this 35th edition ! Sunday 9 am to 3 pm: victory of …? Information and reservations:

These four top teams are only 21 points apart. This is to say if this final at Le Mans is decisive! Remember that these are 40 points that the winner will collect on September 9 at 3 p.m., against 33 for the second, 28 for the third, 24 for the fourth, 21 for the fifth … and zero for the one who breaks down or falls too much. heavily !

Team SRC Kawasaki meanwhile only participates in the two main races on the calendar. Victorious at Magny-Cours last April (barely against Meliand’s men, read our), the ZX-10R n ° 11 will therefore play the referee by trying to win the treble on the grounds of Le Mans. !

Alongside the 27 teams entered in the prestigious "Formula EWC", 24 will battle in the Superstock category. The Motors Events AMT Assurances team will have a lot to do to keep its 1st place in Germany this Saturday !

The Suzuki n ° 50 is in fact only four points ahead of its two direct rivals: 73 against 69! This is the French 3D Endurance Moto Center team (Kawa ‘n ° 24) who has the same number of points as the Germans of the Penz13 Kraftwerk Herpigny Racing Team (BMW n ° 13).

With 66 and 60 points respectively, the Belgian team DG Sport Herock (Yam ‘n ° 9) and the Qatari team QERT (Suz’ n ° 95) are also eyeing the World Cup! Note also that it is in STK that the youngest of the event will ride: Eddy Dupuy, local driver of just 18 years old !

Finally, the Open category will be made up of four machines: the famous Metiss n ° 45 of JLC Moto – victorious on its land in 2011 -, the MV Agusta n ° 16 of the Raffin Motos team, the Ducati Panigale n ° 82 of the Scuderia Zone Red and the Yamaha FZ1 n ° 113 of the Moto Racing 113 team.

You will find below, in the blue box aptly titled "To know more", the entry list. Be careful, however,"the names of the pilots are not all final yet", warn the organizers,"but this list gives an overview of the forces present that will be at the start of the 35th edition"… to follow on Site of course: stay connected !

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