Motorcycle endurance: Bradley Smith at YART for the Oschersleben 8H

For the second time in his career, the Moto GP rider of the Yamaha Tech3 team Bradley Smith will taste the joys of motorcycle endurance by taking the start of the 8H Oschersleben (Germany) on August 27, the last round of the 2016 world championship, on the handlebars of the R1 n ° 7 of the YART with Broc Parkes and Marvin Fritz.

For the second time in his career, the Moto GP rider of the Yamaha Tech3 team Bradley Smith will taste the joys of motorcycle endurance by taking the start of the 8H Oschersleben (Germany) on August 27, the last round of the 2016 world championship, on the handlebars of the R1 n ° 7 of the YART with Broc Parkes and Marvin Fritz.

Goal of the Briton, currently before moving to: help the Austrian team, second overall after his, to seize the supreme title against the eight other teams still in contention for the first place in the 2016 World Endurance Championship…

With its 60 points on the clock (tied with the Kawasaki SRC team), the YART still has to catch up with the 8 points that separate it from the Suzuki April Moto Motors Events, the first private motorcycle and above all first in the provisional classification in front of the official teams after three rounds! Because the goal of his team manager, Mandy Kainz, is to win the world championship as in …

alongside Pol Espargaro and Katsuyuki Nakasuga, Bradley Smith (opposite) does not hide his joy at trying his luck again at Oschersleben: "the team is very close to a victory in the championship and everything will be played at Oschersleben, so I I’m proud they chose me as the rider in the very last event. I love endurance racing, I loved the Suzuka 8H last year and I thank the Monster Yamaha Tech3 team for their support. will live five very busy weeks (with successively the Austrian GP this weekend, the Czech Republic GP the following week, the 8H Oschersleben on August 27 then the GP of Great Britain and San Marino the September 4 and 11, Editor’s note!) But I can’t wait to end the season on a positive note! "

"We are very happy and proud that Bradley is joining the team for this last round which will be very important for us," said Mandy Kainz. "The road to success has been strewn with pitfalls this year. In the first round at Le Mans, we only had two drivers to finish the race and at Portimão we were a bit unlucky as we had to make an extra stop, but our determination to fight has never dropped. Thanks to the result of Suzuka and the continuous efforts of the team, we are now very close to a victory in the championship. With the arrival of Bradley among our already successful drivers, we are sure of have every chance of being able to fight for the title ".

Provisional Top 10 of the 2016 World Endurance Championship

1. April Moto Motors Events – Suzuki GSX-R1000 (68 points)
2. SRC – Kawasaki ZX-10R (60 points)
3. YART – Yamaha YZF-R1 (60 points)
4. SERT – Suzuki GSX-R1000 (59 points)
5. F.C.C. TSR – Honda CBR1000RR (56 points)
6. GMT94 – Yamaha YZF-R1 (52 points)
7. Honda Endurance – Honda CBR1000RR (51 points)
8. Team R2CL – Suzuki GSX-R1000 (45 points)
9. Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZF-R1 (35 points)
10. Voelpker NRT48 Schubert-Motors – BMW S 1000 RR (35 points)

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