24 Heures Motos – Update at 11pm: Honda France is back on the front run! –

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Update at 11 p.m.: Honda France is back on the lead !

24 Heures Motos - Update at 11pm: Honda France is back on the front run! -

While the YART is still in the lead, followed by the SERT and the Junior Team, the Honda n ° 111 continues its rise in the rankings! Live reactions from Jean-Luc Mars, director of Honda France, as the rain threatens the race again…

Author of a very good race so far, the 2008 Suzuki GSX-R of AM Moto Racing Competition was at fault around 9:40 pm! At the same time, the Kawasaki n ° 39 goes to garden in the Dunlop, while the official bike of the Greens returns once again to the pits, a priori plagued by problems in the gasoline circuit..

On lap 294, Honda n ° 111 moved to third position thanks to a good comeback from Sebastien Charpentier: now, only five laps separate the Honda France team from the Suzuki of the SERT! "In the dry, it will be difficult to quickly reduce this gap, although Sebastien (Charpentier, NDLR) and Matthieu (Lagrive, NDLR) are really very fast !, analysis for Site the director of Honda France, Jean-Luc Mars, his eyes riveted on the lap times of his pilots.

Because, the boss Honda France has bet big on the two French Endurance races: following the current bad economic situation, the French subsidiary has already had to give up many national events and its presence at the Mondial du deux-Roues n ‘ is still not confirmed…

Under these conditions, we imagine that maintaining an official commitment to the 24 Hours and the Bol d’Or should not have been easy for the new manager of Honda France. !

"They announce rain for tonight: this could speed up our ascent, because our package is really excellent in these conditions.", continues Jean-Luc Mars, when the race management warns the drivers that the rain is at the gates of the Bugatti.

Light drops do indeed slow down the pace of the race, while the weather service announces serious showers at around 11:00 p.m….

Falls and interruption of the race at 10:25 p.m.

At 10:08 p.m. Honda n ° 55 takes to the track after a pit stop of nearly 20 minutes: less than halfway through the clock, the National Motorcycles team will have already experienced its share of difficulties! A few minutes later, the Suzuki 27 crashed, followed by the Suzuki n ° 100 which was forced to return to the pits.

At 22:25 hrs another fall at the Dunlop curve: the machine, the Yamaha n ° 119 of Slider Endurance, remained in full swing, was quickly cleared by the race marshals. But the race is immediately neutralized: it is the first interruption of the race of these 32nd 24H Heures Moto du Mans.

A few droplets of rain began to fall on the circuit as expected, as the "second" start was given. Of course, the classification is picked up where it left off and the arrival of the rain helping, the Honda n ° 111 may well not stop its fantastic comeback there.!

Yamaha # 119 – the bike that triggered the stoppage of the race – returned to its somewhat "crumpled" stand at 10:44 pm. Shortly before 23:00, we find the Suzuki n ° 72 of the Junior Team LMS – driven by Cedric Tangre – in fourth place behind the Honda n ° 111.

In Superstock, the # 95 Suzuki of QERT in the hands of Anthony Delhalle, is in 8th position, while the # 50 Suzuki of Motor Events with Fred Bernon at its handlebars which occupies the 10th position.

Another fall of the Honda n ° 55 of National Moto which returns to the stand in slow motion with Diego Lozano at the controls at 11:03 pm. Motivated by their return to the front of the race, the Honda France riders continue to whip to try to bridge the gap between them from SERT (2nd) and YART (1st): Will Charpentier, Lagrive and Plater succeed in meeting this challenge? , when night has definitely set in on the Bugatti ?

Only one way to find out: stay tuned until our next report !

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