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Special report 24H Moto du Mans 2014: relive the race !

24 Heures Motos - Special report 24H Moto du Mans 2014: relive the race! -

As part of our Special Report 24H Moto du Mans 2014, find below our report of the race, our exclusive photo galleries and the live video with FIM TV to follow the last round of the endurance world championship live while the weekend. Stay connected !

As part of our, find below our race report, our and the live video with FIM TV to follow the last round of the World Endurance Championship live all weekend. Stay connected !

Relive the race on Site !

3:00 p.m. : collective fall when braking the Dunlop a few seconds after the start !

3:30 p.m. : the BMW n ° 31 in the lead! Who would’ve believed that !? While the official BMW team has, it is the S1000RR n ° 31 of the German team Penz13, entered in the Open category, which is currently in the lead with the hands of the Kawasaki n ° 11 and the Honda Racing n ° 111 after to have shone during and during the warm-up !

After an eventful start which led to David Checa returning to the stand on the Yamaha n ° 94 from GMT 94, involved in a collective fall when braking the Dunlop, took command after a superb fight with Gregory Leblanc on the Kawasaki n ° 11 and Julien da Costa on the Honda n ° 111.

While Kenny Foray was able to set off again at 3:06 pm on the Yamaha n ° 94, Christophe Guyot simply explains that "a priori David has nothing but it is our strategy, when a rider falls another rider leaves".

Good start to the race also for the Kawasaki (Superstock) of the Qatar Endurance Racing Team (QERT) which seized the third place at the expense of the Honda n ° 111, the Suzuki n ° 1 of the SERT in the hands of Vincent Philippe and firefighters who rank in 8th position. 

3:41 p.m. : the Kawasaki n ° 95 of QERT passed in second position !

3:44 p.m. : fall of Gwen Giabbani on the handlebars of the Suzuki n ° 2 of the R2CL team which returns to the stand: "I was climbing up on the leaders when I crossed the front and in the gravel pit a stone was blocking the disc, but it should start again very quickly ". Indeed, 3 minutes later the Australian Gareth Jones takes the track.

3:51 p.m. : the BMW n ° 31 leading the race is idling, visibly the victim of a fuel problem! Kawasaki n ° 111 takes back the controls of 24H Moto on the 30th lap before stopping to refuel.

4:01 p.m. : Sebastien Gimbert fell on the handlebars of Honda Racing n ° 111 who returned to the pit to check his motorcycle but left without problem a few minutes later.

Kawasaki in the lead

After an hour of racing, the # 11 Kawasaki SRC is in the lead ahead of the # 1 SERT Suzuki and the # 95 QERT Kawasaki, the first Superstock. The surprising BMW Penz13 n ° 31 is 4th while the Honda Racing n ° 111 is 15th and the Yamaha n ° 94 of GMT, in race for the title, points to a distant 35th position…

4:12 p.m. : Fall of the Kawasaki n ° 5 from Hall Moto 2 in the Dunlop at the hands of Camille Hedelin who returns to the pit by the safety lanes, while Gregory Fastre on the Suzuki n ° 50 of Team Motors Events April Moto leaves after a comeback surprise at the box due to engine overheating.

4:22 p.m. : due to a rain warning, the No. 11 Kawasaki in the lead, which was turning in 1’40, slows down in 1’43. Our colleague from Moto Journal, David Dumain, would be injured in the arm following his fall on the handlebars of the Suzuki n ° 63 of the AZ Motos team: it is the abandonment for Stephane Mezard and the pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie…

4:30 p.m. : the rain alert is lifted and the race resumes its rhythm !

4:40 p.m. : the Yamaha n ° 94, 26th three laps behind the leaders, does not give up and gradually climbs back to the front of the race. Suzuki # 50 appears to be the victim of engine temperature again and is in safety lanes.

4:45 p.m. : a new appearance of rain leads to many pit stops (Kawasaki n ° 5, Honda n ° 111, Suzuki n ° 1) … "We have a fairly good view of the track for now, we keep the slick tires ", testifies Anthony Delhalle on the handlebars of the Suzuki n ° 1 of SERT.

5:08 p.m. : Sebastien Gimbert on the handlebars of Honda n ° 111 seems to be plagued by technical problems with the rear wheel axle. He returns to the stand and leaves quickly.

5:35 p.m. : first neutralization under safety car following a crash of Suzuki n ° 76 which caught fire in the corner of the Connexion. The race starts again at 5.44 p.m..

6:11 p.m. : the Yamaha n ° 7 from YART, in 3rd position, suffers a "ride through" penalty and will have to return through the pit lane.

6:20 p.m. : Non-serious fall of Lucas de Carolis on the Kawasaki n ° 5, which enters by the safety lanes while the Suzuki n ° 76 of Cottard Moto Sport takes again the track after its fire.

6.30 p.m. : after 3h30 of racing, the Suzuki n ° 1 of SERT is in 2nd position behind the Kawasaki n ° 11. "We are at 12 seconds, that’s correct, it’s a good picture of progress", rejoices Dominique Meliand: "We are seeing what we can do by letting the race settle down a bit. Contrary to usual we took a cautious start and avoided the setbacks of the competition, which allows us to be now in a position of attack "…

Honda n ° 111 is ninth: "we are not the only ones to make mistakes, there are more than 20 hours of racing left so it is up to us to be good for 20 hours!", Says Sebastien Gimbert.

6:31 p.m. : fall of Suzuki n ° 44 from No Limit Motor Team, without gravity for the pilot.

6:38 p.m. : the Yamaha n ° 7 of the YART makes its stop and go.

7:11 p.m. : the official Honda n ° 111 returned to third place, neck and neck with its private colleague from National Motos, while the Yamaha n ° 94 from GMT, raised to 11th, turns in 1’39 like the leading motorcycles.

19:25 : the Suzuki n ° 27 of City Bike TRT 27 returns to the pits for a mechanical problem while the BMW Open n ° 31 of Penz13, in fourth position behind the three leading EWC motorcycles (SRC Kawasaki, SERT and National Motos), holds still the fastest lap in 1’38.133. His colleague n ° 13 is in 37th position.

"It’s too early to count"

7:33 p.m. : the riders of the Yamaha n ° 94 of the GMT redouble their efforts to come back up. Currently in 11th position, they are three laps behind the leaders. "We will definitely not let go like that, we are in the same rhythm as the leading machines and we will do everything we can, that’s what the pilots do on the track", summarizes Christophe Guyot. "For now we have to move forward, it’s up to us to go and find the first ones, taking all the risks. There are no instructions, it is fully to return to the 111 (one lap, NLDR). It’s too early to count, you have to be faster than the friends! "

7:50 p.m. : Matthieu Lagrive takes the reins of the n ° 11 Kawasaki SRC still leading the race with about twenty seconds ahead of Erwan Nigon on the handlebars of the n ° 1 SERT Suzuki. "For the moment everything is fine, it is in line with our market chart", rejoices Gilles Stafler, team manager of the Greens..

Sylvain Barrier, "man of the day"

8:04 p.m. : "Sylvain is the man of the day, he puts enormous pressure on us!" Said Jason Pridmore of his teammate in the n ° 31 BMW of Penz13, impressing him. "I took the lead of the race because the bike was really good but the objective is to finish, not to seek victory", modestly relativizes the world Superbike rider, yet author of a real performance in start of the race after starting from the grid !

8:30 p.m. : the Yamaha Michelin n ° 94 of the GMT moved up to the 7th position at the expense of the Kawasaki n ° 95 of the Qatar Endurance Racing Team and David Checa should soon tackle Olivier Four on the Honda n ° 55 of National Motos, before to arrive on his Austrian colleague from YART in 5th position, still in the same lap at 4 laps of the Kawasaki SRC n ° 11.

8:34 p.m. : it is now done, David Checa has placed the Yamaha n ° 94 in 6th position while Erwan Nigon passes the handlebars of the Suzuki n ° 1 of SERT in 2nd position to Vincent Philippe. Penz13’s BMW n ° 31 makes an extended pit stop dropping it down to 9th place…

8:43 p.m. ; second retirement of this 37th edition of the 24H Moto du Mans with that of n ° 44 of the No Limit Motor Team (Andrea Boscoscuro, Giovanni Bussei and Victor Casas), following his crash at the end of the afternoon.

9:24 p.m. : Kenny Foray on the Yamaha n ° 94 of the GMT places the official R1, still in contention for the world title, in front of Michael Laverty (brother of Eugene) at the handlebars of the Yamaha n ° 7 of the YART. Sylvain Barrier on the BMW n ° 31 returns to the pits for a rear wheel change while the Suzuki n ° 1, still second 16 seconds behind the Kawasaki SRC n ° 11, is about to refuel so that Vincent Philippe leaves the handlebars to Anthony Delhalle. "If I see that it is clear I drive, otherwise when there is a little traffic I go quieter", says Sylvain before going to take a little well-deserved rest !

"You have to fight at every turn and we’ll see tomorrow …"

9:35 p.m. : after a debriefing with Dominique Meliand, Vincent Philippe explains that he "knew that I needed another winter to be as before my, but on the handlebars things are not bad, we give up nothing, we have to fight at each turn and we’ll see tomorrow! "

9:37 p.m. : new appearance of rain in the pit straight, but the track is still dry … Fall at La Chapelle without seriousness for Stephane Millochau on the Kawasaki n ° 28 of Racing Team 28 ADSL Moto.

9:44 p.m. : Mathieu Ginès on the Yamaha n ° 94 took fifth place at the expense of Gregory Junod on the Honda National Motos. The GMT rider runs roughly the same time as Michael Laverty on the No.7 Yamaha YART, which leads him in fourth position, one lap behind the No.111 Honda Racing and three laps behind the leaders…

Suzuki n ° 1 takes control … and Kawasaki n ° 11 falls !

21:51 : Thanks to the supply of the Kawasaki n ° 11, the Suzuki n ° 1 takes control of the race. "I gave up my hand a little because of the rain because it is better to know how to lose 10 seconds than to risk falling on the ground, but now it’s good", explains Gregory Leblanc who leaves the green bomb to Fabien Foret.

9:54 p.m. : fall of Fabien Foret on the Kawasaki n ° 11! The pitstop marshals take the bike out of the gravel and Fabien sets off again in the stroller in the safety lanes while his team prepares to welcome him to the pits … The Honda n ° 111 therefore takes second place one lap ahead of Yamahya n ° 7 of YART third and Yamaha n ° 94 of GMT fourth.

21:58 : Fabien Foret has managed to restart and returns to his stand, still via the safety lanes. Two minutes later, Gilles Stafler’s entire team is busy around the Kawasaki SRC n ° 11 and Gregory Leblanc is getting ready to set off again. Kawasaki n ° 11 fell back to 12th place…

22:07 : Gregrory Leblanc sets off again on the handlebars of the Kawasaki SRC n ° 11 in 16th position, 8 laps from the Suzuki n ° 1 of SERT in the lead … The night will be hot !

GMT 94 climbed to third place

10:15 p.m. : the Yamaha n ° 94 still whipped by Mathieu Ginès continues its fantastic comeback and takes third place ahead of its Austrian colleague n ° 7 of the YART !

11:00 p.m. : the points awarded according to the new regulations to the top ten in the standings after 8 hours and then 16 hours of racing allow the No. 1 SERT Suzuki at the top to pocket 10 points. Honda n ° 111 takes 8 and GMT n ° 94 recovers 8 points for 3rd place, which could be precious to him at the end of the race for the title !

In the world championship, the Yamaha n ° 94 of the GMT therefore slightly accentuates its advantage over the Kawasaki Bolliger n ° 8 (99 points against 74), while the Kawasaki SRC n ° 11 climbs on the virtual podium with 71 points in front of the Honda Racing n ° 111 (63).

11:23 p.m. : Soheil Ayarai, racing driver on Aprilia n ° 40 of the RSV4 Experience team alongside the quadruple Supermoto world champion and our colleague Bertrand Gold from Moto Revue, stops at the pit to refuel. He occupies the 38th place.

Midnight : the Kawasaki SRC n ° 11 in the hands of Matthieu Lagrive goes back to 11th position and will soon be able to tackle its Swiss colleague n ° 8 of the Bolliger team. Fabien Foret sets off again on his handlebars while the rain is again reported on the circuit between the Dunlop footbridge and the Museum bend…

12:05 am : fall of the Kawasaki n ° 199 Moto et Motards in the bend of the Museum. Several motorcycles stop at the pit to put on rain tires, including the Suzuki n ° 1 of the SERT and the Yamaha n ° 94 of the GMT.

00:32 : refueling of Honda n ° 111 still second. Julien da Costa whips the official CBR to try to get back on Suzuki n ° 1. In Superstock, the n ° 72 Suzuki of the Junior Team, 5th scratch, leads by about thirty seconds the n ° 95 Kawasaki of the Qatar Endurance Racing Team, 6th. Third in the category, David Perret riding the No. 33 Kawasaki of Team Traqueur Louit Moto is 12th.

00:55 : Abandonment of Kawasaki n ° 5 from Hall Moto 02 due to an electrical problem. This is the fourth retirement, all in Superstock, after Suzuki n ° 63 AZ Moto, Kawasaki n ° 114 Motos Actives Sport and No Limit Motors Team.

New fall of the Kawasaki n ° 11

02:18 : new fall of the Kawasaki SRC n ° 11 in the hands of Matthieu Lagrive, while it had risen to tenth place … Yamaha n ° 94 returns to the pits and David Checa gives way to Kenny Foray, who starts again in third position.

02:22 : the intervention on the No. 11 Kawasaki continued in the pits and Gilles Stafler’s team fell in the standings, 14th to 13 laps from the leaders … Change of driver and quick refueling on the No. 1 Suzuki of the SERT. Vincent Philippe is still in the lead, now almost three laps ahead of the n ° 111 Honda Racing.

02:30 : Sylvain Barrier continues to make the powder talk on the handlebars of the S1000RR n ° 31 in 10th position and sets a time of 1’39.142, the fastest on the track !

02:32 : end of the repairs on the Kawasaki SRC n ° 11 which starts again in 18th position in the hands of Matthieu Lagrive, with 18 laps behind the leaders. Hope for the Greens to move away…

03:30 : victim of vibrations on Honda n ° 111, Julien da Costa returns to the pits. Mechanics identify the problem with a gear on the driveshaft and work two hours to try to fix the motorcycle.

05:30 : Julien da Costa takes the track on the handlebars of the Honda n ° 111 in 40th position 60 laps behind the leaders … but comes back a few minutes later … The Yamaha n ° 94 of the GMT therefore takes 2nd place at 5 laps Suzuki n ° 1 from SERT, ahead of Yamaha n ° 7 from YART third. Christophe Guyot’s team should be able to seriously claim his !

05.50 a.m. : problem on Kawasaki SRTC n ° 11 which returns to the pits. She is 17th, 23 laps behind the leaders.

Retirement of Honda n ° 111 and Kawasaki SRC n ° 11

05:51 : the official Honda Racing n ° 111 throws in the towel "for safety reasons" following its transmission problem while the Kawasaki n ° 11 seems ready to imitate it … "It’s over for us", lets go of the official Honda team, "sad end to a season with ups and downs".

 

06:04 : official abandonment of the Kawasaki SRC n ° 11, victim of a new fall in the Blue Esses without Matthieu Lagrive understanding what is happening to him … The team diagnoses a crack on the lower fork, probably due to both previous falls, and lower the iron curtain…

 

07h00 : after 16 hours of racing, Suzuki n ° 1 from SERT still leads the way ahead of Yamaha n ° 94 from GMT 94, Yamaha n ° 7 from YART, Suzuki n ° 72 from Junior Team LMS, Kawasaki n ° 95 from Qatar Endurance Racing Team, Kawasaki n ° 8 from Team Bolliger, Honda National Motos n ° 55, Kawasaki n ° 33 from Team Traqueur Louit Moto, Suzuki n ° 2 from Team R2CL and BMW n ° 31 from Penz 13.

07:30 : retirement of the n ° 66 Kawasaki from Racing Team Sarrazin. 43 crews are still on the track out of 55 registered at the start.

08:28 : under an autumn sky, the rain continues to make a few appearances and a double fall in the corner of the Connection involves the Kawasaki n ° 24 of 3D Endurance and the Suzuki n ° 72 of the Junior Team, which is fighting for the title of Superstock world champion! Baptiste Guittet brings the motorbike of the Le Mans Sud high school students back to the stand.

08:39 : Gwen Giabbani on the Suzuki n ° 2 of Team R2CL falls in turn in the corner of the Connection, without gravity. Gareth Jones takes over the handlebars.

08:57 : minor fall of the n ° 85 Kawasaki of Team Racing 85.

09h00 : while the Suzuki n ° 72 of the Junior Team leads the category and is heading towards the title of Superstock world champion, in the Open category the BMW n ° 31 of Penz13, 9th scratch, fights with two laps ahead of the Metiss n ° 45, 10th.

09:22 : the Yamaha n ° 94 of the GMT, still second at 3 laps of the Suzuki n ° 1, now has between 6 and 7 laps ahead on its first chaser, the Yamaha n ° 7 of the YART. Even if the SERT won the event, the GMT could pocket its, since Christophe Guyot’s men just have to score a point !

10:12 : fall of Marc Wildisen on the Swiss Kawasaki Bolliger n ° 8 which must return to the pit. Daniel Sutter starts again 3 minutes later without losing his sixth place.

10:16 : harmless fall of Bruno Jouis at the Connection on Suzuki n ° 53 of Mana’au Competition (Superstock) which returns to the stand.

10:21 am : drama in the SERT box, while Suzuki n ° 1 returns to the hands of Vincent Philippe, it seems to be the victim of engine problems! The Bisontin pilot had to turn around in the pitlane before leaving without problem a few seconds later. "It was only a small electronic problem, nothing very bad", tempers Dominique Meliand.

10h24 : on the Yamaha n ° 94 of the GMT in second position, Mathieu Ginès took the opportunity to reduce his delay to two laps of the SERT while Alexander Cudlin on the Kawasaki n ° 95 of the QERT, leader in Superstock, occupies the third place in the general. Follow the Yamaha n ° 7 of the YART with 9 laps of the leaders and the Suzuki n ° 72 of the Junior Team at 10 laps. The track is still wet but the trajectory is drying.

Faces relax in the GMT booth

10:50 a.m. : Vincent Philippe brings Suzuki n ° 1 back to the SERT stand to change its tire, because its wet tires are completely rinsed and its lap times are affected. He leaves with a rain at the front and a mixed one at the back.

Even if there are more than four hours of racing left, the faces are gradually relaxing in the GMT stand … Yamaha n ° 94 is heading towards its second world championship title and has only one lap left. behind the Suzuki n ° 1: a gap of only 1’47 separates the two leading bikes !

10h54 : the Kawasaki n ° 18 of the firefighters seems to be the victim of a transmission problem in the pit lane, while Cedric Tangre on the n ° 24 Kawasaki of BMRT 3D Endurance and Jimmy Maccio on the n ° 69 Kawasaki of Ecurie Chrono Sport 1 fall at Garave vert.

11:00 : the Yamaha n ° 7 of the YART seizes the third place at the expense of the Kawasaki n ° 95 of QERT, still leader in Superstock with two laps ahead of the Suzuki n ° 72 of the Junior Team. Starteam’s Suzuki # 67 is third in the category.

11:05 : Mathieu Ginès passes the handlebars of Yamaha n ° 94 to David Checa who leaves with a rain tire at the front and a mixed tire at the rear, like Vincent Philippe a few minutes earlier on the Suzuki n ° 1 of SERT.

11:09 am : abandonment on cracked crankcase for the Yamaha n ° 333 of Viltais Experience, while the Kawasaki n ° 18 of the firefighters is also preparing to throw in the towel on a transmission problem. 42 motorcycles are still in the race.

The two Superstock leaders switch to slicks

11:12 : Poker shot on the side of the Kawasaki n ° 95 of the QERT which opts for a rise in slicks while the weather forecast still foresees "rare showers" … Objective: to return on the Yamaha n ° 7 of the YART and to climb on the scratch podium of the 24H Moto du mans 2014! A few minutes later, same tire choice on Suzuki n ° 72, second in the Supertock category !

11:16 : the Kawasaki n ° 24 of BMRT 3D Endurance arrives at the pits badly damaged following its fall at the Green Garage.

11:19 am : as usual, David Checa masterfully whips the Yamaha n ° 94 of the GMT and turns in 1’48, still one lap of the Suzuki n ° 1 of the SERT. Team Space Moto 37 Suzuki n ° 37 crashed at the Musee bend.

11:22 am : the Kawasaki n ° 8 of Bolliger, which is no longer a real threat for the Yamaha n ° 94 at the world championship, returns to its stand to redo the water levels.

Superb duel at the top between Vincent Philippe and David Checa !

11:33 : SERT Suzuki n ° 1 gets 30 seconds of pit stop and a penalty point for having taken the pit lane in the opposite direction with the engine running! The team of the Yamaha n ° 94 of the GMT, already almost 2014 world champion, can more than ever continue to nourish its hopes of victory at Le Mans !

11:36 : David Checa overtakes Vincent Philippe and places the Yamaha n ° 94 in the same lap as the Suzuki n ° 1! But the bisontin did not let himself be impressed by the Spanish and the two pilots, still on wet tires, engaged in a superb fight in the following laps. !

11:43 am : Vincent Philippe returns to David Checa while Broc Parkes, third at nine laps on the Yamaha n ° 7 of the YART, also joins in the fight !!!

11:45 a.m. : David Checa in his 698th lap brings the Yamaha n ° 94 back to the pits to immediately start again on slicks and lower his lap times.

11:55 a.m. : Vincent Philippe, still in the lead, passes the handlebars of Suzuki n ° 1 to Erwan Nigon who sets off again on slicks.

12:16 : fall of the Suzuki n ° 53 from Mana’au Competition in the Dunlop curve.

12:40 : the positions are stable at the head of the race with the Suzuki n ° 1 of SERT still in the lead one lap ahead of Yamaha n ° 94 and nine laps ahead of Yamaha n ° 7 of YART. 4th and 5th scratch, the Kawasaki n ° 95 of QERT and Suzuki n ° 72 of the Junior Team lead the Superstock category with respectively 9 and 11 laps of the leaders.

1:00 p.m. : at two o’clock in the morning, the rain reappears on the Bugatti circuit but the pilots remain on slicks … "We have been energized since 5 am with this capricious weather forecast but for the moment we are still in slicks ", confirms Christophe Guyot for the Yamaha n ° 94, on his way to the title of 2014 world endurance champion.

13:16 : Baptiste Guittet leaves the handlebars of the Suzuki n ° 72 of Junior Team Le Mans Sud to Etienne Masson who sets out again for the race for the Superstock title 2014.

13:32 : abandonment of the Suzuki n ° 53 of Mana’au Competition following its fall in the Dunlop curve.

"Kenny rode like a god!"

13:40 : Kenny Foray stops at the pit to refuel and leave the handlebars of the Yamaha n ° 94 GMT to Mathieu Ginès, all in 20 seconds. "It was Kenny’s last stint, he rode like a god and I know how exhausting it is" testifies, the voice broken, the future double endurance world champion Christophe Guyot, hugging his driver. .. There is less than 1h30 of racing left !

13:49 : Anthony Delhalle entrusts the handlebars of Suzuki n ° 1 to Vincent Philippe. The official SERT bike is still in the lead with two laps ahead of the GMT # 94 Yamaha and should, except bad luck, be able to brilliantly win these 24H Moto du Mans 2014.

2:15 p.m. : the Suzuki Junior Team n ° 72 of the students of the Lycee Le Mans Sud refueled and set off again in the hands of Gregg Black in fifth position with 7 laps ahead of the Honda National Motos n ° 55, the only Honda in the race. The Kawasaki Bolliger n ° 8 in 13th position, victim of overheating at the end of the morning, is stopped on the circuit in the hands of Marc Wildisen who brings it back by pushing…

2:22 p.m. : the Suzuki n ° 1 of the SERT and the Yamaha n ° 94 of the GMT race together, but Vincent Philippe on the GSX-R is still nearly two laps ahead of Mathieu Ginès on the R1. Half an hour from the finish line, the two leaders naturally take no risk and are driving "cool" – so to speak! – in 1’43. Everyone now knows that their own goal has almost been achieved: victory for Suz ‘and the title for Yam’.

2:25 p.m. : the Kawasaki n ° 8 arrives at the pits and goes into its box so that the mechanics can refill its radiator with water…

2:30 p.m. : less than 30 minutes from the checkered flag, only Broc Parkes on the Yamaha n ° 7 of YART, third at 8 laps from the leader, continues to light up in 1’40 while on the podium, the organizers begin to lay out the trophies which will be awarded to the winners of each category.

2:35 p.m. : the Kawasaki n ° 8 takes the track in 14th position, as does Guy Martin on the handlebars of the Suzuki n ° 2 of the R2CL team in 8th place.

2:36 p.m. : Mathieu Ginès stops and lets the star GMT rider, David "Cherokee" Checa, complete the last stint on the handlebars of the Yamaha Racing GMT94 Michelin, en route to his !

"It’s a great teamwork, thank you to Yamaha, thank you to Christophe Guyot and thank you to all of you", declares Mathieu Ginès without realizing that he will be officially 2014 world endurance champion in less than 22 minutes, in front of the 70,500 spectators counted by the organization.

2:55 p.m. : 5 minutes from the issue, Vincent Philippe on Suzuki n ° 1 from SERT and David Checa on Yamaha n ° 94 from GMT position themselves wheel to wheel, in the same time (1’44) and in this order – the GSX-R having two laps ahead of the R1! -, to cross the finish line together for this superb edition of the 24H Moto du Mans !

GMT 94: "Ten Years After" !

3:00 p.m. : the SERT returns to the victory at Le Mans which it has since escaped, while the GMT 94 wins its world endurance champion, ten years after its 2004 while the Yamaha n ° 7 of the YART finishes in third position.

In Superstock, the n ° 95 Kawasaki of the Qatar Endurance Racing Team (Al Naimi, Cudlin and West) had to contend until this morning with the n ° 72 Suzuki of the Junior Team Le Mans Sud (Guittet, Masson and Black) which finished second Superstock ahead of Suzuki Starteam PAM-Racing (Lucas, Hardt and Longearet), third in the category. The Suzuki n ° 72 of the Junior Team nevertheless wins the 2014 Superstock world champion title.

To be continued from tomorrow on MNC with all the declarations of the pilots and team managers as well as the rest of our: stay connected !

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