Bol d’Or: Suzuki aims for two world endurance championship titles

Favorite for the Bol d’Or this weekend at Le Castellet, the fourth and final round of the 2015 World Endurance Championship, Suzuki is aiming for both the EWC title with the SERT (Vincent Philippe, Anthony Delhalle and Etienne Masson), leader of the classification with 23 points ahead of the Yamaha n ° 94 of GMT, and in Superstock thanks to the Junior Team Le Mans Sud (Baptiste…

Favorite for the fourth and last round of the 2015 World Endurance Championship, Suzuki is aiming for both the EWC title with SERT (Vincent Philippe, Anthony Delhalle and Etienne Masson), leader of the standings with 23 points ahead of la, and in Superstock thanks to the Junior Team Le Mans Sud (Baptiste Guittet, Greg Black and Romain Maitre) leading the category with 15 points ahead of the Kawasaki of the Traqueur Louit Motos 33 team.

The only downside for the team manager of the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team, 13 times endurance world champion who is celebrating his 35th birthday this year with a special livery (see below): the famous loooong straight line of the Mistral (1 , 8 km!), Where motorcycles can take more than 320 km / h…

"At full throttle for at least 18 seconds …"

"It’s a fantastic place for spectators, but for us there are advantages and disadvantages, as on the other circuits", explains Dominique Meliand: "the circuit has changed and the first tests allowed us to rough the first settings, but the long straight line of the Mistral will be the decisive element, for sure, because the engines will run at full speed for at least 18 seconds! ”

Will the official and private motorcycles succeed in doing this straight line thoroughly, lap after lap, for 24 hours straight? This is one of the mechanical challenges of this 79th Bol d’Or !

Special livery 35 years of SERT

To celebrate SERT’s 35th anniversary, the n ° 30 Suzuki GSX-R 1000 takes over the colors of the GS 1000R this weekend at Le Castellet, which won the team’s first victory in 1980 on the same circuit..

"In 1985, the team raced on the GSX-R750 directly inspired by the GS1000 R", recalls Suzuki, who was then preparing to experience "another impressive series of victories and titles, first with 750 cc, then from 1000 cm3 ". And a 14th world champion title Sunday at 3 p.m. ?

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