24 Heures Motos – 1:30 p.m. – Honda maintains its momentum –

1:30 p.m. – Honda maintains its momentum

24 Heures Motos - 1:30 p.m. - Honda maintains its momentum -

The No. 1 Suzuki has officially declared the hunt for the No. 55 Honda, which retains the lead with a four-lap lead. For the third step of the virtual podium, the Yamaha n ° 94 manages its lead of four laps on the Kawasaki n ° 8…

With this new situation in the rankings less than two hours ago, many positions are being called into question! The No.55 Honda held up against the No.1 Suzuki with a constant three laps ahead: "we reduced the refueling to two by lengthening the relays and we stick to the times of the Suzuki"explains Christian Lavieille, the team manager of National Motos, particularly focused and vigilant.

Tactical measured therefore for the Honda team n ° 55 90 minutes from the finish, but all in all paying off because the gap with the Suzuki grows little by little…

The Yamaha n ° 94 does not seem able to come to threaten the two leaders with its nine laps behind, but the GMT does not fall asleep for all that. !

"We do whatever it takes", summarizes Christophe Guyot,"and even if we have little chance of climbing further in the ranking, we are not going to give up! Well done in any case to Garry for being able to bring the bike back and too bad for Sebastien who also gives a lot and will not have been rewarded … But despite everything it is a good race !"

Still in the Superbike category, the Kawasaki n ° 8 from Bolliger took advantage of all these adventures to climb to fourth place four laps behind the Yamaha n ° 94, which it will not hesitate to threaten for the third step of the podium. at the slightest unexpected…

As for the Superstocks, the head of the race is now occupied by the Kawasaki n ° 83. "We manage our lead of five laps on Suzuki n ° 100 and then … we’ll see at 3:00 p.m. !", says Patrick Maccio, the team manager who refuses to play the dangerous game of predictions…

Eric MICHEL and Marcus HIMSELF

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