Bol d’Or 2012 – 1:00 p.m .: Kawasaki advantage…

The standoff continues between the two leading motorcycles: the Suzuki No. 1 SERT and Kawasaki No. 11 continue to lead the race and exchange first place over the refueling, even if the ZX-10R now seems able to maintain his lead to almost a minute.

The standoff continues between the two leading motorcycles: the Suzuki No. 1 SERT and Kawasaki No. 11 continue to lead the race and exchange first place over the refueling, even if the ZX-10R now seems able to maintain his lead to almost a minute.

At 12:30 pm, Anthony Delhalle on the handlebars of Suzuki n ° 1 returned to the pit to leave with intermediate tires at the front and rear. It’s not raining, but the track remains cold and struggles to dry out…

For a long time in ambush in third position three, four then five laps behind the leaders, the Yamaha n ° 94 will probably not be able to return to the regular, even if everything is possible in endurance until 3:00 p.m. !

The traction control in question on the R1 ?

The Yamaha n ° 94 will have missed a little top speed because it turned at "1 and a half seconds of the expected times, whatever the pilot on the handlebars", regrets the GMT…

According to the first information communicated by the team of Christophe Guyot, the problem could come from the traction control of the new 2012 model (read our) since "the pilots noticed that by neutralizing it the performances improved somewhat"…

Still, at three hours from the finish, the Yamaha R1 2012 are the bikes that have spent the least time immobilized in the pits: 14’49 after 21 hours of racing for the GMT bike and 15’27 for Yamalube Folch Endurance n ° 4, against 17’58 for the n ° 11 Kawasaki.

For its part, the # 77 Honda TT Legends returned to the track at 11:24 am after losing the front braking to Adelaide..

Loris Baz and Valentin Debise in another dimension !

In Superstock, the fight continues between the BMW n ° 13 and the Kawasaki n ° 24 of 3D Endurance, respectively 6th and 7th scratch ahead of the Suzuki n ° 67 of Starteam 67 on two laps. Note in particular the great performance of Valentin Debise on the handlebars of the ZX-10R n ° 24.

Finally, note the superb recovery of the Kawasaki n ° 33 of Louit Moto, 15th scratch and 7th Superstock at 12:30 pm, on which Loris Baz continues to make the powder speak in 1’55 while most of the riders roll in 2 minutes due of the track still tricky … And 10 minutes later, he came out with an interstellar time of 1’51.981 !

Just before 1:00 p.m., Olivier Four stopped at the stand and let Julien da Costa take control of the Kawasaki n ° 11. There are two hours of racing left, and only 23 seconds separate the two leading motorcycles … You said pressure ???

THE MOTORCYCLE JOURNAL DU NET – Photos Julien PATALONE

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