8H Oschersleben – Endurance: SERT wins the 8H Oschersleben 2013 –

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Endurance: the SERT wins the 8H Oschersleben 2013

8H Oschersleben - Endurance: SERT wins the 8H Oschersleben 2013 -

Like last year (read MNC of August 13, 2012), the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team (SERT) won the 8 Hours of Oschersleben (Germany), third and penultimate round of the 2013 World Endurance Championship: " our strength is to have a very homogeneous crew and very good tires ", commented Julien da Costa, pilot…

Like last year (read), the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team (SERT) won the 8 Hours of Oschersleben (Germany), the third and penultimate event of: "our strength is to have a very homogeneous crew and to very good tires ", commented Julien da Costa, SERT driver.

Vincent Philipe, Anthony Delhalle and Julien da Costa on Suzuki n ° 1 finished with two laps ahead of Sebastien Gimbert, Erwan Nigon and Damian Cudlin riding BMW Motorrad France Team Thevent n ° 99 while Broc Parkes, Josh Waters and Igor Jerman place the Yamaha n ° 7 of the YART on the third step of the podium.

"We came to Oschersleben to take points by finishing on the podium and the objective is fulfilled", rejoices Michael Bartholemy, director of the BMW Motorrad France Thevent team: "this weekend was not without problems but the three drivers, as well as everyone in the team and at Michelin, worked hard for this result and I thank them for their efforts. We have won our first points in the championship, but now we have to prepare for the last race at Le Mans, where a good result would allow us to end the season much closer to the top of the table ".

The Austrian Yamaha had nevertheless animated the start of the race and Broc Parkes had lined up the best laps on the track to finish with a 1’27.151, but a fire onset during one of his last refueling lost his second position..

The n ° 8 Kawasaki of Bolliger Team Switzerland of Horst Saiger, Roman Stamm and Daniel Sutter, still at the forefront, tried to defend a place on the podium but finished fourth in front of the Yamaha France GMT 94 Michelin Yamalube, fifth: after a fall in the second round, David Checa, Kenny Foray and Maxime Berger managed to climb from the depths of the standings !

"We can have big ambitions for the 24 Hours of Le Mans"

“We are obviously disappointed but it’s the race”, philosopher Christophe Guyot, team manager of GMT94: “Fortunately, the pilots came out without damage from a violent fall. Our Yamaha R1 worked perfectly. The Michelin tires were constant. ‘throughout each stint. Our team was efficient in refueling. They were able to repair a lot of damage in less than 10 minutes. All three drivers were efficient. We are scoring points for the world championship and we remain in third position in the provisional classification. We can have great ambitions for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in September ".

For its part, the Suzuki R2CL stood up to the top teams until halfway through the race, clinging to a superb 4th place between the official BMW and the Kawasaki of Bolliger Team Switzerland, but an oil leak then a fall ruined the efforts of Gwen Giabbani, Guillaume Dietrich and Dylan Buisson who finished 20th in scratch and saved the points for 9th place in EWC.

In Superstock, Junior Team LMS Suzuki seemed headed for another victory but a crash shortly after halfway allowed Team Motors Events April Moto to take over. The French Suzuki led by Baptiste Guittet, Etienne Masson and Gregg Black was however overwhelmed by the BMW of the Penz13.com Franks Autowelt Racing Team in the hands of Jason Pridmore, Pedro Vallcaneras and Steve Mercer, who finished 6th and won in Superstock ahead Team Motors Events April Moto and the Yamaha of DG Sport Herock of Didier Van Keymeulen, Raymond Schouten and Lucas Mahias.

A crash took the Suzuki AM Moto Racing Competition away from the podium, which finished 4th in the category ahead of the Suzuki No Limits, the Yamaha Viltais Experiences and the BMW of Volpker Team Schubert Motors.

The Junior Team LMS Suzuki finished 22nd scratch and 11th Superstock while the Honda TT Legends n ° 77 finished 9th, supervised by these Superstock teams. The English team couldn’t compete with the leading bikes in the clock but relied on their fuel efficiency strategy to make the difference. Unfortunately, when they ran out of fuel, they lost contact with the leading teams: Michael Rutter, Simon Andrews and John McGuinness had to be content with 6th place in EWC.

In the championship, SERT therefore consolidates its position as provisional leader with 13 points ahead of Monster Energy Yamaha YART and 24 points over Yamaha France GMT 94 Michelin Yamalube. The n ° 99 BMW Motorrad France Team Thevent scores its first points of the season at Oschersleben, as does the n ° 77 Honda TT Legends and Team 18 Sapeurs pompiers.

Next meeting on September 21 and 22 in France for the 24 Hours of Le Mans: stay tuned !

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