World Endurance Championship: the RAC41 team (Honda) goes down to the Superstock category
As the new Honda CBR1000RR 2017 does not yet have specific racing parts, the RAC41 team entered in the endurance world championship prefers to descend to the Superstock category from the start of the new season at the Bol d’Or in September.. Explanations.
"The new 2017 CBR that we are going to use has mobilized a lot of work and financial resources because everything has to be changed and rethought to adapt it to endurance races", indicates the RAC41 team..
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However, in the absence of specific racing parts to date, "the new 2017 CBR has the same power as a 2016 CBR after a big preparation (around 200 hp)", notes the 100% independent team which therefore decided to leave the EWC category to line up in Superstock from September 16 and 17, the opening round of the new season of .
"Play a higher ranking in the Stock category"
The objective of Cyprien Schmidt, Gaetan Gouget, Axel Aynie and Sebastien Dupond, pilots of the new Fireblade 2017 n ° 41 who "know this mount and are familiar with the functioning of the team", will be to use the bike "as it is. ‘it is to play a better ranking in the Stock category ", specifies Ludovic Reze, team manager of the team based in Saint-Ouen (41), who had finished in the last 24H Motos du Mans.
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We remember that the RAC41 team, in 2010 and 4th in the world championship the same year, had been severely affected by the in 2011. The entire MNC team wishes them good luck in this new adventure. !
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