SERT’s virtual double before the final assault…
The Suzuki n ° 1 in 2nd position picked up the pace of its first part of the race which could well lead it to victory despite its big crash the night … The Yamaha n ° 99 of Acropolis remains in ambush while the Suzuki n ° 2 takes the lead.
We can now see more clearly at the head of the race and the motivation of the Suzuki n ° 1 of SERT seems unalterable: it resumed its sustained pace of the first part of the race, which could perfectly lead it to victory despite its big nightfall … Provided that her sister, Suzuki n ° 2 currently in the lead, lets her do it without reacting … Be careful, however, because in third position, the Yamaha n ° 99 Acropolis Moto Expert is in ambush at 16 leader’s turns
At 9:00 a.m., the Suzuki n ° 1 of SERT passes in front of the Yamaha n ° 99 of Team Acropolis Moto Expert, which comes out of the pits thirty seconds later.
At the same time, Magali Langlois fell on the Yamaha n ° 67 of the 3A Racing Team: she managed to bring the bike back to the pit for repair..
As for Suzuki n ° 44 which occupied the 17th position, it broke down and ended up giving up an hour later due to an electrical problem..
Mathieu Lagrive on Suzuki n ° 1 prints a hellish pace: he rolls behind his colleagues in Suzuki n ° 2 and is even preparing to overtake it on the track, but not yet in the standings since it is 15 behind. turns. If the Suzuki n ° 2 does not increase the pace, it can however pass by the n ° 1 before the finish.
Good news at 9:30 am: the Yamaha n ° 67 returns to the track with an exhausted but extremely motivated Jerôme Bard on his handlebars (see our video interview). He returned to 36th position, but fell again less than an hour later…
In 8th position, the No. 8 Kawasaki of the Bolliger team is threatening behind the No. 72 Suzuki, but the Junior Team’s bike races in the Superstock category..
At 10:00 am, the gap stabilized between the two leading Suzuki with 14 laps ahead for the No. 2 Suzuki over the survivor, the No. 1 Suzuki. The latter now struggles more to keep at a distance the Yamaha n ° 99 of the Acropolis team which confirms its very fine third position..
At 10:33 am, Vincent Lavandier fell in the sequence of the Blue Esses on his Yamaha n ° 35.
At 11:00 am, the classification by category is organized as follows:
- In EWC category, the No. 2 SERT Suzuki is still 14 laps ahead of the No. 1 Suzuki. Team Acropolis’ Yamaha n ° 99 completes the provisional podium two laps behind n ° 1.
- In the Superstock category, This is the status quo between the leader, Suzuki Junior Team n ° 72 (6th overall) and his pursuer, Suzuki Qatar Endurance (8th scratch) at one and a half laps. Note that these two stables have the same team manager, Damien Saulnier.
- In Open category, the only surviving BMW, n ° 71, 16th overall, is well ahead of, uh … very much the Ducati n ° 98 which occupies 39th scratch place.
Four hours from the finish, there are 17 withdrawals.
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