Kawasaki SRC on provisional pole at the 24H Moto du Mans

While the BMW Penz13 n ° 31 (Open) in the hands of Jason Pridmore, Sylvain Barrier and Glenn Allerton had taken the advantage during the first free practice on wet track by beating the official teams Honda Racing, Kawasaki SRC, SERT, GMT 94 and YART, the Kawasaki n ° 11 set the record straight in the dry during the first qualifying session.

While the BMW Penz13 n ° 31 (Open) in the hands of Jason Pridmore, Sylvain Barrier and Glenn Allerton had taken the advantage during the first free practice on wet track by beating the official teams Honda Racing, Kawasaki SRC, SERT, GMT 94 and YART, the Kawasaki n ° 11 set the record straight in the dry during the first qualifying session.

Riding the green bomb at Le Mans, Gregory Leblanc, Matthieu Lagrive and Fabien Foret set the best time on average for the three drivers, being the only ones to have turned below the 1’37.500 mark..

While waiting for the second qualifying session which will take place this morning at 11:20 am, the official Kawasaki is therefore currently in the lead on the provisional starting grid ahead of Honda Racing, which signs a promising second place at the end of these first qualifying practices. : alongside Julien da Costa and Freddy Foray, Sebastien Gimbert is the only other driver below 1’38.

The victorious Honda n ° 111 ahead of the Austrian Yamaha of YART (Broc Parkes, Michael Laverty and Sheridan Morais) which can no longer claim the world title, the Suzuki n ° 1 of SERT (Vincent Philippe, Anthony Delhalle and Erwan Nigon) and the official French R1 n ° 94 of Yamaha Racing GMT 94 Michelin (David Checa, Kenny Foray and Mathieu Gines), which aims for a ten years after its .

"Hungry for victory!"

"We are aware of our chance to arrive in this race in a leading position", explains Christophe Guyot, team manager of GMT 94: "we know that it is not over yet, that our competitors are strong, but we have good assets for the world title. We have three extraordinary drivers, motivated and fast in all conditions, we have regained our cohesion despite the difficulties and we are hungry for victory! "

The Honda National Motos n ° 55 (Valentin Debise, Arturo Tizon and Olivier Four), the first private motorcycle at the end of this qualifying session, is ahead of five Superstock motorcycles: the Kawasaki n ° 95 of the Qatar Endurance Racing Team (Anthony West, Alex Cudlin and Mashel Al Naimi), Kawasaki n ° 33 of Team Traqueur Louit Moto 33 (Julien Pilot, David Perret and Emeric Jonchière), Suzuki n ° 72 of Junior Team LMS Suzuki (Baptiste Guittet, Etienne Masson and Gregg Black), Kawasaki # 4 from Tati Team Beaujolais Racing (Julien Enjolras, Nans Chevaux and Sebastien Prulhière) and Suzuki # 3 from AM Moto Racing Competition (Anthony Loiseau, Romain Maître and Alexandre Ayer).

Ranking of the first qualifying session

1. SRC Kawasaki (Kawasaki) 1’37.273 (EWC)
2. Honda Racing (Honda) 1’38.067 (EWC)
3. Monster Energy YART (Yamaha) 1’38.449 (EWC)
4. SERT (Suzuki) 1’38.641 (EWC)
5. Yamaha Racing GMT 94 (Yamaha) 1’39.111 (EWC)
6. National Motos (Honda) 1’39.283 (EWC)
7. QERT (Kawasaki) 1’39.287 (SST)
8. Louit Moto Tracker (Kawasaki) 1’39.723 (SST)
9. Junior Team Le Mans Sud (Suzuki) 1’39.869 (SST)
10. Tati Team Beaujolais Racing (Kawasaki) 1’40.067 (SST)

Matthieu Lagrive and Fabien Foret (Kawasaki SRC) after the 1st qualifying session

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