06h00: Yamaha n ° 94 downgraded to 5th place…

Dramatic change at 4:15 am: the Yamaha GMT 94 lets smoke escape in the pits, suggesting an engine overheating … Long minutes then elapse to cool it with water, before Sebastien Gimbert can ride…

At 2.20 am, the Kawasaki n ° 8 Bolliger gives up on engine failure.

Change of brake calipers for the BMW Motorrad Motorsport n ° 17, the only survivor of the Open category, which left soon after.

At 2:40 am Matthieu Lagrive, driver of the SERT Suzuki n ° 1, stopped at the pits when he was 14 seconds behind the leading Yamaha GMT 94. The second Suzuki of SERT is still third at 2 minutes.

Suzuki n ° 110 returns to the stroller at 2:53 am after a fall: it is the final abandonment…

A new neutralization – the fifth – is caused by the oil on the track lost by the 110. At 3:00 am, the neutralization ends..

3:05: Abandonment of Yamaha n ° 113 on failure of its gearbox, following its fall on the previous lap during which the selector had been damaged. The pilot who took over the machine had to force excessively to change gears and the gearbox did not hold.

3h25: retirement due to engine failure of Suzuki n ° 75 from Action Bike Racing Unisson. A fall to the blue esses at 3:29 am involves the intervention of the safety car for safety reasons: new and sixth neutralization! The gap between the Yamaha GMT 94 and the Suzuki n ° 1 of the SERT is then one minute and two seconds.

At 3:37 am, the race finally started again, but not for long for the Yamaha n ° 9 Amadeus X One which returned to the stroller at 3:40 am. She will start again last … in 40th place !

The gap is now narrowing between Yamaha n ° 94 and Suzuki n ° 1 with Vincent Phillipe on the handlebars: on lap 429, at 3:45 am, 46 seconds separate the two motorcycles.

New retirement: No Limits Suzuki n ° 44 forfeits mechanical problems at 3:52 a.m..

At 3:55 am, Motors TV MV n ° 31 undergoes a clutch change.

The SERT Suzuki n ° 1 takes the lead again with Julien Da Costa at the controls at 4:00 am! But Sebastien Gimbert does not let go and keeps the Yamaha n ° 94 wheel to wheel with the Suzuki, before passing it again to take the lead again. !

But at 4:15 am, a dramatic turn of events: the Yamaha GMT 94 lets smoke escape in the pit, suggesting an engine overheating … Long minutes then elapse to cool it with water before Sebastien Gimbert can ride it.

And it’s not over: he immediately fell into the Dunlop curve, perhaps because of too wet tires, but started again with the engine to regain his stand. !

Meanwhile, the two official Suzuki have taken the first two places. The No. 11 Kawasaki sees its consistency rewarded with third place and Yamaha is now defended at the highest point in the provisional classification by the No. 7 Yamaha Austria Racing Team, which inherits the fourth place.

Long, very long minutes pass while the Yamaha GMT 94 remains stuck in its pit … 6 minutes later it finally sets off again, fifth in the standings eight laps from the lead machine.

At 4:45 am, the Suzuki 39 RT Racing Team retires after engine failure.

Eric MICHEL, Fred RENARD and Marcus HIMSELF

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