Coup de theater at Le Mans: BMW without Sebastien Charpentier !

Face closed at the back of the stand, Sebastien Charpentier abruptly interrupts his adventure with the BMW Michelin team … While replacing Matthieu Lagrive on the S1000RR n ° 17 of the BMW Michelin team in Endurance (read MNC of March 15, 2010 and MNC of March 23, 2010) after giving up the Mondial Supersport with Triumph (read MNC of March 17, 2010), Sebastien…

Face closed at the back of the stand, Sebastien Charpentier abruptly interrupts his adventure with the BMW Michelin team…

While replacing Matthieu Lagrive on the S1000RR n ° 17 of the BMW Michelin team in Endurance (read and) after having given up the Mondial Supersport with Triumph (read), Sebastien Charpentier has just returned to the pits prematurely 7 minutes from the end of the free practice session !

Everything seemed to be going well for Bernard Rigoni’s team, who managed to secure the third fastest time in free practice behind the Suzuki n ° 2 of SETR and the Kawasaki n ° 11 of GSR, after having made its first laps of the wheel. Tuesday only after many twists (read).

According to the BMW Michelin team manager interviewed by Site, the two-time Supersport world champion has just been placed "reserve driver". This means that except for a racing incident, he will not take the handlebars of the BMW S1000RR n ° 17, now in the hands of Sebastien Gimbert, Erwan Nigon and Bertrand Stey…

To be continued: stay connected !

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