24H Moto du Mans – 7:00 p.m .: BMW, Kawa and Suz in the lead

From the second hour of the race, Sebastien Gimbert in the n ° 99 BMW went on the attack without succeeding in gaining the advantage over the n ° 11 Kawasaki, masterfully led by Gregory Leblanc. It was done at 4:40 p.m. in the 60th lap: the BMW led the 24H Moto du Mans… but go back to the stand to refuel …

From the second hour of the race, Sebastien Gimbert in the n ° 99 BMW went on the attack without succeeding in gaining the advantage over the n ° 11 Kawasaki, masterfully led by Gregory Leblanc. It was done at 4:40 p.m. in the 60th lap: the BMW led the 24H Moto du Mans … but returned to the pits to refuel after 31 laps !

The Kawasaki took advantage of its greater autonomy (about one additional lap) to take control while the Suzuki n ° 1 also refueled: Anthony Delhalle remained at his handlebars for a second stint. The Yamaha n ° 7 of the YART in fourth position refuels in turn.

In a pocket square

At 4:48 p.m., Kawasaki n ° 11 refueled after 34 laps: Olivier Four set off again like a green bomb, but BMW n ° 99 and Suzuki n ° 1 did not let go of a sole: the three leading motorcycles were hold in the same second after almost two hours of racing, then it’s the Suzuki n ° 1’s turn to take control.

Small minor fall of the BMW S1000RR n ° 18 at 5:04 pm, but David Brière immediately leaves.

The five leading motorcycles are held in the same second: Kawasaki n ° 11, Suzuki n ° 1, BMW n ° 99, Yamaha n ° 7, very slightly behind but in ambush behind the three leaders, and finally the Honda TT Legends n ° 77 just under 1’40 (best lap in 1’39.948).

48th at 17 laps, the unlucky Yamaha n ° 94 of the GMT turns at the same times as the leaders in 1’40. At 5:51 p.m., Yamaha n ° 41 of the RAC fell at the connection, Cyril Brivet returned to the stand.

At 6:00 p.m., in the 105th lap, Julien da Costa riding the Kawasaki n ° 11 in third position 25 seconds from the Suzuki n ° 1 and 14 seconds from the BMW n ° 99, broke the lap record in the race in 1’38.640! At 6:05 p.m., the Yamaha n ° 7 of YART fell, which returned to the pits, lost the advantage of its good position in the top 4.

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At 6:33 pm, Baptiste Guittet finally took the handlebars of Suzuki n ° 1 in the lead, which had been rolling from the start with Anthony Delhalle and Daisaku Sakai. The Kawasaki n ° 11 takes the opportunity to take control on the 128th lap.

18h38: 2nd official retirement with that of the Yamaha n ° 74, victim of an engine failure, while the Suzuki n ° 110 stops 3 minutes at the pits to repair its broken exhaust.

Motors Events at the top of the Superstock

6:41 p.m.: Julien da Costa gives up the handlebars of Kawasaki n ° 11 to Gregory Leblanc … and the first place of the race to Baptiste Guittet on Suzuki n ° 1, but Sebastien Gimbert on BMW n ° 99 takes the advantage four minutes later !

In Superstock, a trio of motorcycles are held in a pocket handkerchief in 7th, 8th and 9th scratch places. At 7:00 p.m., Suzuki n ° 50 of the Motors Events team ahead of Kawasaki n ° 83 of Maccio Racing and Suzuki n ° 72 of Junior Team. Also worth noting is a broken water hose on the Honda n ° 55 of National Moto which returns to the pit and leaves at 7.15 p.m..

"An intense fight with surprises during the night!"

As the night begins to fall on the Bugatti circuit, at the forefront, none of the three leading teams seems ready to give up. "It’s an intense fight", confirms Dominique Meliand: "Baptiste Guittet is still a little tense but for us no problem, he is going quietly and then our strategy will be to attack a little more, we have surprises in store for you during the night !"

The fight, to be followed live and in full all weekend on Site, promises to be hot until the checkered flag tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. !

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