24 Heures Motos – The n ° 11 Kawasaki wins the 2011 24H Moto du Mans! –

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Kawasaki n ° 11 wins the 2011 24H Moto du Mans !

24 Heures Motos - The n ° 11 Kawasaki wins the 2011 24H Moto du Mans! -

As if to confirm the title of our first point race (read MNC of 4:00 p.m.: Smells Like Green Spirit …), the Kawasaki n ° 11 SRC led by Julien da Costa, Gregory Leblanc and Olivier Four wins the 24H Moto du Mans for the second time in a row !

As if to confirm the title of our first race point (read), the Kawasaki n ° 11 SRC led by Julien da Costa, Gregory Leblanc and Olivier Four wins the 24H Moto du Mans for the !

Constantly threatened by the SERT, the ZX-10R n ° 11 is barely more than one lap ahead of the Suzuki n ° 1 of the SERT in the hands of Anthony Delhalle, Daisaku Sakai and Baptiste Guittet, who came to replace .

The Yamaha n ° 7 of the YART, brilliantly recovered from the bottom of the standings following its fall at the start of the race (read) thanks to the tenacity of Igor Jerman, Steve Marin and Loris Baz, climbs on a well-deserved third step of the podium.

10th victory for Kawasaki, 4th for Pirelli

By signing its tenth victory at Le Mans (1981, 1983, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2010), the Kawasaki n ° 11 also allows Pirelli to register its fourth victory at the 24H Moto after the 2001 editions ( GMT94 on Suzuki, read), 2005 (GMT94 on Yamaha, read) and 2010 (Kawasaki SRC with the same trio of riders as this year, read).

Motors Events wins in Superstock

Second behind the # 95 Suzuki of the Qatar Endurance Racing Team, the # 50 GSX-R of the Motors Events team won this year in Superstock after an impeccable race by Vincent Bocquet, William Grarre and Mathieu Ginès.

It is ahead of the Kawasaki n ° 83 of Maccio Racing led by Axel Maurin, Lionel Richier and Frederic Moreira and the Suzuki n ° 72 of the Junior Team Le Mans Sud in the hands of Cedric Tangre, Julien Enjolras and Loïc Napoleone, unfortunately victim of several mechanical problems..

Besides the cruel disappointment of GMT 94 (read), the big loser of this breathtaking 2011 edition – imagine a French Moto GP Grand Prix or a WSBK round that would last 24 hours! – is the promising BMW Motorrad France n ° 99…

Despite his and after having done his best to try to regain a place by achieving the best lap times in the race in the final hours, the official S1000RR of the double French Superbike champions Sebastien Gimbert and Erwan Nigon – accompanied by Damian Cudlin – finished in 7th place behind Kawasaki n ° 8 from Bolliger Switzerland 4th, the unexpected Honda TT Legends n ° 77 5th and Yamaha n ° 4 from Folch Endurance 6th. 

"Can’t wait for the next race in Qatar!"

Victim of electronic management problems of the acceleration (ride by wire), the S1000RR n ° 99 of the BMW Motorrad France team also lost in this battle of Le Mans its first place in the world endurance championship in favor of the GSX-R n ° 1 of the SERT, which is now 9 points ahead (90 to 81).

"We came to get a better result for the championship, but we lost a lot of time last night so strongly the next race in Qatar (the 8 Hours of Doha on November 12, Editor’s note), that may give!", Warns d ‘Ores and already Erwan Nigon barely got off his motorcycle !

Note also the beautiful family race of the Lussiana father and son team (Andre, Yann and Matthieu) which places his BMW S1000RR Superstock n ° 93 in the 32nd scratch place, and the victory in the Open (12th scratch) of the Metiss n ° 45 JLC Moto led by Christophe Michel, Cyril Huvier and Emmanuel Cheron, in front of MV Agusta n ° 116 and Kawasaki n ° 161.

Bravo to all the competitors and thank you to our readers for staying connected so many to follow the live video in partnership with, our and our !

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