Bol d’Or 2011: the BMW Motorrad France n ° 99 opens the ball
The first free practice session of the Bol d’Or 2011, which takes place this weekend on the Magny Cours circuit (58), saw the S1000RR of the BMW Motorrad France 99 team immediately stand out in front of the 52 others. committed teams.
The first free practice session of the Bol d’Or 2011, which is contested, saw the S1000RR of the BMW Motorrad France 99 team immediately stand out in front of the 52 other teams entered.
As in 2010, the German bomb starts the tests of the first round of the endurance world championship on the hats of wheels, masterfully led by the French pilots Sebastien Gimbert and Erwan Nigon and their Australian teammate Damian Cudlin.
"I can’t wait to ride tomorrow because we worked well during the last tests and we managed to adjust the bike so that it is efficient and comfortable for a 24 hour race", explained Sebastien Gimbert yesterday, who knows the S1000RR perfectly. with which he also competes in the French Superbike championship.
The BMW n ° 99 thus stuck three tenths to the Suzuki n ° 1 of SERT (1’41.122 against 1’41.435), nearly six tenths to the Kawasaki n ° 11 of the SRC team (1’41.702) and more than seven tenths to the Yamaha n ° 7 of the YART (1’41.886).
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Christophe Guyot’s GMT 94 team, who took advantage of this session to work on the fork of his Yamaha YZF-R1 n ° 94, took 5th time in 1’42.549, just ahead of the prestigious Honda TT Legends team (1 ’42 .966) in which Steve Plater, John Mc Guinness and Amor Keith run.
Note also the encouraging thirteenth time of the Suzuki of the AM Moto Racing team (1’44.320) which has Anthony Loiseau, Kevin Denis and the Reims Fabrice Auger racing, a pilot with whom Site regularly writes files on the practice of motorcycling. on circuit.
The first qualifying session will take place at 4.30 p.m.: see the Bol dOr 2011 schedules below.
Bol d’Or 2011 schedules
Thursday April 14
- 12h00 – 14h00 BOL D’OR (free practice) / 120 mn
- 2:40 p.m. – 3:05 p.m. MICHELIN POWER CUP – Series 2 (qualifying practice 1) / 25 min
- 3:15 p.m. – 3:40 p.m. MICHELIN POWER CUP – Series 3 (qualifying practice 1) / 25 min
- 4:00 p.m. – 4:20 p.m. E-POWER MOTORCYCLES (qualifying practice) / 20 mn
- 4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. BOL D’OR Blue armbands (qualifying practice) / 30 min
- 5:10 p.m. – 5:40 p.m. BOL D’OR White armbands (qualifying practice) / 30 min
- 5:50 p.m. – 6:20 p.m. BOL D’OR Red armbands (qualifying practice) / 30 min
- 6.30 p.m. – 7.00 p.m. BOL D’OR Green armbands (qualifying practice) / 30 min
BOL D’OR night testing
- 9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. BOL D’OR / 60 mn
Friday April 15
- 9:30 am – 9:55 am Challenge PROTWIN (qualifying practice 1) / 25 mn
- 10:00 – 10:20 E-POWER MOTORCYCLES (qualifying practice) / 20 mn
- 10:40 – 11:10 BOL D’OR Blue armbands (qualifying practice) / 30 mn
- 11:20 am – 11:50 am BOL D’OR White armbands (qualifying practice) / 30 mn
- 12h00 – 12h30 BOL D’OR Red armbands (qualifying practice) / 30 mn
- 12:40 – 13:10 BOL D’OR Green armbands (qualifying practice) / 30 min
- 2:30 p.m. – 2:55 p.m. MICHELIN POWER CUP – Series 1 (qualifying practice 2) / 25 min
- 3:05 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. MICHELIN POWER CUP – Series 2 (qualifying practice 2) / 25 min
- 3:40 p.m. – 4:05 p.m. MICHELIN POWER CUP – Series 3 (qualifying practice 2) / 25 min
- 4:15 p.m. – 4:40 p.m. PROTWIN Challenge (qualifying practice 2) / 25 min
- 5:00 p.m. – 5:35 p.m. MOTOS E-POWER – 7-lap race
- From 5:50 p.m. Entertainment, then visit of the stands
Saturday April 16, 201
- 09h00 – 09h30 MICHELIN POWER CUP – FINALE C 10 laps
- 9:45 am – 10:15 am FINAL Challenge PROTWIN 10 laps
- 10:30 am – 11:15 am WARM UP BOL D’OR / 45 mn
- 11:30 am – 12 noon MICHELIN POWER CUP – FINALE B 10 laps
- 12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. MICHELIN POWER CUP – FINAL AT 10 laps
- 12:45 – 2:10 p.m. Visit of the VIP stands – ANIMATIONS
- 2.15 p.m. Preparation of machines + pilots in front of the pits (epi)
- 2:30 p.m. Start of the departure procedure
- 3:00 p.m. Departure of the 75th Bol d’Or
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