24 Heures Motos – BMW in pole position at the 2016 24 Heures Motos –

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BMW in pole position at the 2016 24 Heures Motos

24 Heures Motos - BMW in pole position at the 2016 24 Heures Motos -

While the Suzuki n ° 50 April Moto Motors Events created a surprise yesterday in the first qualifying session with the best time (1’55.416) at the average of the three riders (Gregg Black, Gregory Fastre and Alex Cudlin), it is finally the BMW n ° 13 of the Penz13 team which will start at the head of the 24H Motos 2016 tomorrow at Le Mans, the first event …

While the Suzuki n ° 50 April Moto Motors Events created a surprise yesterday in the first qualifying session with the best time (1’55.416) at the average of the three riders (Gregg Black, Gregory Fastre and Alex Cudlin), it is finally the BMW n ° 13 of the Penz13 team which will start at the head of tomorrow at Le Mans, the first round of the .

Author of a cumulative time of 1’38 "201, Mathieu Gines, Kenny Foray and Lukas Pesek riding their S1000RR will start in front of the # 11 ZX-10R of Team SRC Kawasaki (Gregory Leblanc, Matthieu Lagrive and Fabien Foret), slowed down by a fall from Fabien Foret, and the Yamaha n ° 7 of YART (Broc Parkes, Max Neukirchner and Ivan Silva), third on the grid.

Despite a track that remained dry, which improved the lap times, three major drivers made a mistake in this last qualifying session: Fabien Foret for Team SRC Kawasaki, who suffers from "collarbone pain", Louis Rossi for the GMT 94 Yamaha and Ivan Silva for the YART, both unharmed.

"We have a good pace for the race"

BMW had already started from pole position at the 24 Heures Motos in and, but this is a first for the crew Mathieu Gines, Kenny Foray and Lukas Pesek. "We have done the forcing and it is rather positive for us", rejoices Kenny: "we understood that the fall of Fabien Foret was a factor which could allow us to take pole. We know that we have a good rhythm for the race ".

"We have proven that we have good cards in hand for the race", confirms Mathieu Gines, hoping that "it would be good for the wheel to turn for BMW", while Lukas Pesek admits that it is "surprising to be on pole, but my teammates are experienced, hardworking and very fast. The most difficult thing would be for me to ensure the night shifts in the rain ".

MD Motorsport / Cottard Motos team
will not take the start of the 24 Heures Motos

Only 57 machines on the were at the start of these qualifying tests: declared "not in conformity with the category in which it entered" (Superstock), the Suzuki GSX S Roadster n ° 34 of the team MD Motorsport Cottard Motos (Kevin Rambure, Arnaud Dejean, Aurelien Chevallier and Julien Gillet) will not start the race.

"After 12 months of work, the FIM announces to us 24 hours before qualifying that registration in the" Open "category is no longer possible for Roadsters, due to the new regulations which appeared after the closing date for entries", regrets the team that had achieved the 17th time in the rain during pre-Mans testing, while stressing that "Suzuki wishes to take the necessary steps for the homologation which will allow to participate in the next endurance races. We are confident … It is only a postponement!"

The Suzuki n ° 1 of SERT, reigning world champion (Vincent Philippe, Anthony Delhalle and Etienne Masson) will start in fourth place ahead of the Yamaha n ° 94 of the GMT (Louis Rossi, Niccolo Canepa and David Checa) and the Honda n ° 111 (Julien da Costa, Sebastien Gimbert and Freddy Foray), while the Suzuki n ° 50 April Moto Motors Events (Gregg Black, Gregory Fastre and Alex Cudlin), on provisional pole yesterday, finally finished 7th.

In Superstock, pole position goes to the n ° 33 Kawasaki of Team Traqueur Louit Moto 33 (Emeric Jonchiere, Anthony Loiseau and Morgan Berchet), 8th on the grid ahead of the n ° 72 Suzuki of the Junior Team Le Mans Sud Suzuki () and Yamaha n ° 333 from the Viltaïs Yamaha Experience ().

Finally the Metiss n ° 45, the only machine in the "Experimental" category (formerly "Open") ranks 33rd in the hands of Christophe Michel, Cyril Huvier and Emmanuel Cheron who are aiming for a place in the top 10.

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