24 Heures Motos – 24H Moto du Mans – 09h00: Suz ‘and Kawa shoulder to shoulder –

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24H Moto du Mans – 09h00: Suz ‘and Kawa shoulder to shoulder

24 Heures Motos - 24H Moto du Mans - 09h00: Suz 'and Kawa shoulder to shoulder -

While BMW, Suzuki and Kawasaki dominated the 24H Moto since the start yesterday at 3:00 p.m., the S1000RR n ° 99 was delayed this night shortly after 4 a.m.: it must now be explained alone in the lead by the GSX-R n # 1 from SERT and Kawasaki # 11 SRC…

While BMW, Suzuki and Kawasaki have dominated the 24H Moto since the start yesterday at 3:00 p.m., the S1000RR n ° 99 was delayed this night shortly after 4 a.m.: it must now be explained alone in the lead by the GSX-R n # 1 from SERT and Kawasaki # 11 SRC…

Victim of technical problems during the night, the BMW n ° 99 had to remain immobilized for more than a quarter of an hour in the pits to change its injection rail, its electronic box and its tank. Set off again at 4:24 a.m. after a 16-minute stop, it was nearly 15 laps behind the Kawasaki n ° 11 and Suzuki n ° 1 and was in 7th position at 9:00 a.m..

Let us note all the same that like Suzuki n ° 1 and Kawasaki n ° 11, BMW n ° 99 continues to turn in regular 1’39. It should therefore be able to get back on the Yamaha n ° 4 of Folch Endurance for 6th place, before tackling the Honda TT Legends n ° 77 to try to take the points of 5th place, precious in the world championship….

"It will be a very difficult end of the race, pleasant to watch for the spectators but stressful for us", warns Dominique Meliand at dawn: "the guys had to be brave, they were and for the moment it was not going too badly ", notes with satisfaction the old pope of endurance, however handicapped on paper by .

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Entrusted to Anthony Delhalle, Daisaku Sakai and Baptiste Guittet, the SERT’s GSX-R indeed had an impeccable race, as did the ZX-10R n ° 11 led by Julien da Costa, Gregory Leblanc and Olivier Four.

"We will not let go!"

Separated by around thirty seconds at the top of the 24 Hours of Le Mans last night at 5.30 a.m., after two and a half hours of racing and more than 500 laps, the two leading motorcycles are only 229 thousandths this morning at 9 a.m. , after 624 laps and 18 hours of racing !

On the 624th lap, Julien da Costa on Kawasaki n ° 11 even passed Baptiste Guittet on the handlebars of Suzuki n ° 1. "We will not let go," warns SRC Kawasaki team manager Gilles Stafler, determined to play again !

At the world championship, the Suzuki n ° 1 behind by six points is for the moment the good deal while as we announced it last night, the Yamaha n ° 7 of YART returned to the forefront: 25th after its Fall in the early evening, it is now 3rd with eight laps behind the leaders and ahead of the Kawasaki n ° 8 Bolliger, the Honda TT Legends n ° 77, the Yamaha n ° 4 Folch Endurance and the BMW n ° 99.

8th scratch, the Suzuki n ° 72 of the Junior Team currently leads the Superstock category ahead of the n ° 50 of Motors Events and the Kawasaki n ° 83 of Maccio Racing.

Note also the abandonment of the Honda n ° 55 National Moto and the Metiss n ° 91, following a collision without bodily injury in the Dunlop which led to a second neutralization of the race shortly after 6 a.m., while they were 23rd and 30th respectively.

This double fall brings to 14 the total number of withdrawals during these 24H Moto 2011:

  • Honda National Motorcycles n ° 55
  • Metiss n ° 91
  • BMW n ° 31 Boenig Penz 13
  • Suzuki n ° 61 Normand’Urance Exo7
  • Aprilia n ° 6 Le Mans 2 Wheels
  • BMW n ° 18 Fire brigade
  • Kawasaki n ° 24 3D Endurance Moto Center
  • Suzuki n ° 65 Motobox
  • Yamaha n ° 94 Yamaha France GMT 94 Ipone
  • Yamaha n ° 9 DG Sport
  • Honda n ° 109 FMA Assurances
  • Suzuki n ° 2 R2CL
  • Yamaha n ° 74 Motoplanète Racing Team
  • Suzuki n ° 38 TMS Racing

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