A private team world endurance champion in Oschersleben ?
The # 50 Suzuki from April Moto Motors Events team, leading the world championship with 8 points ahead of the # 11 Kawasaki SRC and the # 7 Yamaha from YART (which will call on Bradley Smith in Germany!) , will she be titled 2016 world endurance champion on Saturday at the end of the 8 Hours of Oschersleben ?
The # 50 Suzuki of April Moto Motors Events team, leading the world championship with 8 points ahead of the # 11 Kawasaki SRC and the # 7 Yamaha of YART (which will call in Germany!), Will be -was she titled 2016 world endurance champion on Saturday after the 8 Hours of Oschersleben ?
This is the noble ambition of the private team led by Herve Moineau, whose pilots are on the cleat to end this season in style with good regularity: no victory, no retirement, but a beautiful podium from the first test and points carefully gleaned throughout the year (, and)…
"We’re going to have that title!"
"On my way to winning the FIM EWC endurance title at the 8 Hours of Oschersleben, I am more than motivated and determined for this final", warns Gregg Black in particular..
"We are going to have this title!", Proclaims for its part the Motors Events team on its Facebook page while the Suzuki France sales director, Guillaume Vuillardot, recalls that "two Suzuki teams are in the race for the title: the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team (4th in the provisional standings, Editor’s note) and the April Motors Events team, both on their GSX-R1000. We wish them the best for Oschersleben, and that they bring us back first and second place! "
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The over-motivated YART (almost) at home |
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"We’re going to Oschersleben with one goal: to win the title," warns Mandy Kainz, team manager of the official Yamaha Austria team (YART). "Oschersleben is a bit like home and we are going to give 100% to make another good performance", continues the boss of Yamaha n ° 7 after one and two 4th places in and in . |
But with the 35 points that will be awarded to the winner of the Oscherslenen 8H, several crews can still claim the supreme title. This is notably the case of the Yamaha n ° 7 of the YART with Bradley Smith alongside Broc Parkes and Marvin Fritz, without forgetting the Kawasaki SRC n ° 11, the Suzuki n ° 1 of the SERT reigning world champion, the Yamaha GMT # 94, FCC TSR Honda (CBR1000RR, 56 points), Honda Endurance (51 points), etc.
"The last tenths will be important"
"Obviously it won’t be easy", admits Bradley Smith for the official Yamaha n ° 7: "all these guys are used to riding their bikes in endurance configuration, Oschersleben is a smaller circuit than I’m used to, and from what I understand it’s going to be a tight race with 1’26 laps where the last tenths will be important ".
"I don’t know Oschersleben well, whereas the other riders who are used to it, so it’s going to be tough," continues the Yamaha Tech 3 rider in MotoGP, who is about to "study the track well" before doing the maximum of testing laps to gain as much information as possible.
The last round of the 2016 World Championship is to be followed on Saturday live and in full on Team 21 (free TNT) from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m., with comments from Eric Celis and Christian Lavieille. The first free practice will take place Thursday at 10 a.m. and the first qualifying session at 3 p.m..
Provisional Top 10 of the 2016 World Endurance Championship
- April Moto Motors Events – Suzuki GSX-R1000 (68 points)
- SRC – Kawasaki ZX-10R (60 points)
- YART – Yamaha YZF-R1 (60 points)
- SERT – Suzuki GSX-R1000 (59 points)
- F.C.C. TSR – Honda CBR1000RR (56 points)
- GMT94 – Yamaha YZF-R1 (52 points)
- Honda Endurance – Honda CBR1000RR (51 points)
- Team R2CL – Suzuki GSX-R1000 (45 points)
- Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZF-R1 (35 points)
- Voelpker NRT48 Schubert-Motors – BMW S 1000 RR (35 points)
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