8H Slovakia – 8H Slovakia 2018: The hour of revenge has sounded in the world endurance championship! –

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8H Slovakia 2018: The time for revenge has sounded in the World Endurance Championship !

8H Slovakia - 8H Slovakia 2018: The hour of revenge has sounded in the world endurance championship! -

The Honda n ° 5 FCC TSR Honda France will start at the head of the 8H of Slovakia tomorrow at 12:30 for the third round of the world championship, in front of the Yamaha n ° 7 of the YART and the Suzuki n ° 2 of the SERT. But the Japanese team, leading the world championship after winning the 24H Motos du Mans, will ride for the first time this season on the new CBR model 2018….

After his and his, the Japanese team supported by Honda France arrives in Slovakia, 3rd round of the season, with 4 points in the world championship on the Yamaha n ° 94 of the GMT, and .

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But for the first time this season, Josh Hook, Freddy Foray and Alan Techer will ride on the 2018 model of the CBR n ° 5, as Gregory Leblanc, Sebastien Gimbert and Erwan Nigon have already been doing since the start of the year on the n ° 111 of the Honda Endurance Racing team … The hour of revenge has sounded for the contenders for the world title !

"We are happy with this pole position of course, even if it was not the priority for us", relativizes Alan Techer while underlining that "the technical team worked hard to give us a very efficient bike". A priority confirmed by his teammate Freddy Foray: "the race is our priority when we come here to Slovakia. The tests have enabled us to prepare for the race in order to have the best possible motorcycle for the long stints that await us during the 8 hours of racing ".

Title objective for Honda

Finally, Josh Hook explains that "this pole position is the reward for all the work done this week by the whole team. We have not lost sight of our main objective which is the title at the end of July at Suzuka. We are all the three ready, just like the whole team in the stand! "

GMT 94 Yamaha, 4th on the starting grid tomorrow, can count on the consistency of its riders (David Checa, Niccolò Canepa and Mike Di Meglio) to hope to regain the lead in the provisional classification before the 8H Oschersleben in June, then the final at Suzuka this summer.

"After the best time set by Mike di Meglio during his session, Niccolò Canepa fell on his first lap", explains Christophe Guyot’s team while David Checa, after a "very good time yesterday, carried out the break-in of the brake pads. brakes before the race ".

SERT, distant 6th in the championship after two disappointing races (and …!), Will also try to catch up with the leaders, but the title promises to be difficult to regain this year for the official Suzuki…

Julien da Costa on the Kawasaki n ° 11

Second on the starting grid, Broc Parkes, Marvin Fritz and Max Neukirchner on the second official Yamaha (YART) are also hoping to score their first points of the season on Saturday, after having then to, just like the SRC Kawasaki team ( and) who will start in 5th position with Randy de Puniet, Jeremy Guarnoni and Julien da Costa, who replaces Mathieu Gines injured at Le Mans.

8H Slovakia - 8H Slovakia 2018: The hour of revenge has sounded in the world endurance championship! -

"I am very happy to find this team that I really appreciate and for which I rode in 2012", rejoices Julien da Costa who had then participated in the victory of the Kawasaki n ° 11 in the then. Gilles (Stafler, the team manager, Editor’s note) called me on Saturday evening to make up for Mathieu’s absence (Gines, Editor’s note). I said yes without hesitation because I was contractually free. I was very well received by Randy (from Puniet, NDLR) and Jeremy (Guarnoni, NDLR) with whom I get along wonderfully. No adaptation problem for me because the bike behaves wonderfully. I also have a good feeling with the Pirelli that I know very well. Tomorrow we will have a very good race pace, that’s for sure. So I am very confident and ready. Now we have to confirm all the hopes placed in us and aim again for the top step of the podium ".

6th at the start, the n ° 48 BMW of the new official BMW team in the hands of Kenny Foray, Stefan Kerschbaumer and Peter Hickman will also try to get out of the game but without, part on the BMW of the LRP Poland team with Arnaud Friedrich, talented 18-year-old IDM rider, and Jaroslav Cerny, the fastest Slovak rider in the Slovakia Ring.

We will also have to keep a close watch on the local Maco Racing Team, which will be on the track with three French riders (Anthony dos Santos, Louis Bulle and Alex Plancassagne) and is entering a second Yamaha entrusted to Czech and Slovak riders. Without forgetting the 100% Czech team Mercury Racing, nor the Team April Moto Motors Events or the Bolliger Team Switzerland, always in ambush in the shadow of the favorites.

Yamaha Viltaïs aims for victory in Superstock

In Superstock, the Yamaha Moto Ain (Roberto Rolfo, Alexis Masbou and Christoffer Bergman) will start ahead of the Suzuki n ° 72 of the Junior Team Le Mans Sud (Hugo Clere, Alex Sarrabayrouse and Louis Rossi), which has significantly improved its performance in second session and ahead of the Yamaha n ° 333 of Viltaïs Experiences (Florian Alt, Axel Maurin and Vincent Lonbois) and the Suzuki of Atomic 68.

"Axel had a great session and improved his times from last year by a second and a half," said Yannick Lucot, Viltaïs team manager. "Florian also drove very well. It was more complicated for Vincent. He shouldn’t focus on his times, we know that circuits do a little less well for some drivers. We also know that in racing , he will find the right pace as was the case at Le Mans. We are therefore confident for tomorrow and are doing everything possible to ensure that the energy of the team and the resources developed over the years translate into a victory on these Slovak lands! "

Finally, it should be noted that for safety reasons, the start was brought forward by two hours because certain areas of the circuit were deemed insufficiently lit at nightfall. At the request of the pilots, the start of the 34 competitors will therefore be given on Saturday at 12:30 p.m..

To be continued on MNC: stay connected !

Slovakia 8H qualifying results

  1. 5 F.C.C. TSR Honda France (HOOK Josh FORAY Freddy TECHER Alan) Honda (EWC) 2: 04.352
  2. 7 YART – YAMAHA (PARKES Broc FRITZ Marvin NEUKIRCHNER Max) Yamaha (EWC) 2: 04.432 (+0.080)
  3. 2 Suzuki Endurance Racing Team (PHILIPPE Vincent MASSON Etienne BLACK Gregg) Suzuki (EWC) 2: 04.812 (+0.460)
  4. 94 GMT94 YAMAHA (DI MEGLIO Mike CANEPA Niccolò CHECA David) Yamaha (EWC) 2: 04.911 (+0.559)
  5. 11 TEAM SRC KAWASAKI (DA COSTA Julien DE PUNIET Randy GUARNONI Jeremy) Kawasaki (EWC) 2: 04.934 (+0.582)
  6. 48 NRT48 (FORAY Kenny KERSCHBAUMER Stefan HICKMAN Peter) BMW (EWC) 2: 05.125 (+0.773)
  7. 111 Honda Endurance Racing (LEBLANC Gregory GIMBERT Sebastien NIGON Erwan) Honda (EWC) 2: 05.152 (+0.800)
  8. 21 MERCURY RACING (HANIKA Karel SMRZ Jakub SMRŽ Matej) BMW (EWC) 2: 05.247 (+0.895)
  9. 96 MOTO AIN (ROLFO Roberto MASBOU Alexis BERGMAN Christoffer) Yamaha (SST) 2: 06.058 (+1.706)
  10. 50 Team April Moto Motors Events (LAGRIVE Matthieu GUITTET Baptiste FASTRÉ Gregory) Suzuki (EWC) 2: 06.076 (+1.724)
  11. 8 Bolliger Team Switzerland (STAMM Roman MULHAUSER Robin SUCHET Sebastien) Kawasaki (EWC) 2: 06.438 (+2.086)
  12. 90 Team LRP Poland (CERNÝ Jaroslav GLOCKNER Lucy FRIEDRICH Arnaud) BMW (EWC) 2: 06.718 (+2.366)
  13. 72 Junior Team LMS Suzuki (CLERE Hugo SARRABAYROUSE Alex ROSSI Louis) Suzuki (SST) 2: 06.787 (+2.435)
  14. 333 Yamaha Viltaïs Experiences (ALT Florian MAURIN Axel LONBOIS Vincent) Yamaha (SST) 2: 06.795 (+2.443)
  15. 68 ATOMIC 68 (STOLL Clement ANTIGA Guillaume EGEA Stephane) Suzuki (SST) 2: 06.805 (+2.453)
  16. 14 MACO RACING Team (DOS SANTOS Anthony BULLE Louis PLANCASSAGNE Alex) Yamaha (EWC) 2: 06.888 (+2.536)
  17. 77 Wójcik Racing Team (PASEK Adrian SZKOPEK Pawel SZKOPEK Marek) Yamaha (EWC) 2: 07.082 (+2.730)
  18. 4 Tati Team Beaujolais Racing (PILOT Julien DENIS Kevin ENJOLRAS Julien) Kawasaki (SST) 2: 07.097 (+2.745)
  19. 65 Motobox Kremer Racing # 65 (DEHAYE Geoffroy VIEHMANN Jan KEMMER Christopher) Yamaha (EWC) 2: 07.248 (+2.896)
  20. 44 No Limits Motor Team (MAZZINA Michael GAMARINO Christian SCASSA Luca) Suzuki (SST) 2: 07.392 (+3.040)
  21. 56 Gert56 German Endurance Racing Team (PUFFE Julian ALTENDORFER Filip LOWE Rico) BMW (SST) 2: 07.767 (+3.415)
  22. 3 AM Moto Racing Competition (MASTER Romain CHARPIN Mathieu HARDT Jonathan) Kawasaki (SST) 2: 07.780 (+3.428)
  23. 101 Aviobike (NAPOLI Christian NAPOLI Federico BAGGI Giovanni) Yamaha (SST) 2: 08.655 (+4.303)
  24. 93 Exteria Eko Racing Team (CHMELÍK Ladislav CHOY Martin ZAJÍC Tomáš) BMW (SST) 2: 08.857 (+4.505)
  25. 99 WSB-Endurance (MAERTZ Danny HAINTHALER Thomas HOFFMANN Johannes) Kawasaki (EWC) 2: 08.881 (+4.529)
  26. 100 HRT 100 – Hertrampf Racing Endurance (VINCON Dominik NEKVASIL Marco SKACH Oliver) Ducati (EWC) 2: 09.541 (+5.189)
  27. 6 MACO RACING 2 (SVITOK Tomas OUREDNICEK David DULÍK Radoslav) Yamaha (EWC) 2: 09.638 (+5.286)
  28. 34 JMA MOTOS ACTION BIKE (MILLE Dylan ROUSSEAU Kevin AUZOUX Christopher) Suzuki (SST) 2: 10.031 (+5.679)
  29. 61 MOTOTECH EWC TEAM (DEBRUYNE Marty LAMBRECHTS Bram DE KIMPE Arnaud) Yamaha (EWC) 2: 10.271 (+5.919)
  30. 91 ENERGIE ENDURANCE 91 (ROUSSANGE Noel LAVAINNE Kevin BENICHOU Leon) Kawasaki (SST) 2: 10.985 (+6.633)
  31. 16 TEAM GP MOTO (MARTINEZ Jonathan JANTULÍK Jakub) Kawasaki (EWC) 2: 12.609 (+7.226)
  32. 41 Rac 41 (PONS Gabriel AYER Alexandre CORNUT Billy) Honda (SST) 2: 11.720 (+7.368)
  33. 71 Motomaxx Racing Team (RUŽA Vladimír KNEZOVIC Juraj DUCHYNA Peter) Kawasaki (SST) 2: 12.396 (+8.044)
  34. 97 PLUSRACE-GARAC (MOREAU Fabien JACOBY Kewin DUMAS Mathieu) Suzuki (SST) 2: 14.046 (+9.694)

World Championship ranking before Slovakia

  1. F.C.C. TSR Honda France (JPN): 95 points
  2. GMT94 Yamaha (FRA): 91 points
  3. Honda Endurance Racing (GBR): 82 points
  4. Wepol Racing by penz13.com BMW (GER): 81 points
  5. Mercury Racing Team BMW (CZE) 48 points
  6. Suzuki Endurance Racing Team (FRA): 41 points
  7. Bolliger Team Switzerland Kawasaki (SUI): 39 points
  8. NRT48 BMW (GER): 32 points
  9. Tati Team Beaujolais Racing Kawasaki (FRA): 31 points
  10. Junior Team LMS Suzuki (FRA): 29 points
  11. Team SRC Kawasaki (FRA): 27 points
  12. 3ART- Moto Team 95 Yamaha (FRA): 24 points
  13. Moto Ain Yamaha (FRA): 22 points
  14. Team 33 Accessoires Louit Moto Kawasaki (FRA): 16 points
  15. Team R2CL Kawasaki (FRA): 15 points
  16. Tecmas BMW (FRA): 12 points
  17. No Limits Motor Team Suzuki (ITA) 11 points
  18. Sarazin Motorsport by Hall Moto 02 Yamaha (FRA): 10 points
  19. WSB Endurance Kawasaki (GER): 8 points
  20. Aviobike Yamaha (FRA): 8 points
  21. Motobox Kremer Racing # 65 Yamaha (GER): 8 points
  22. Gert56 German Endurance Racing Team BMW (GER): 7 points
  23. AMSS-TRB Vidra Team Serbia Yamaha (SRB): 7 points
  24. Kawasaki Fire Department Team 18 (FRA): 6 points
  25. Mototech EWC Team Honda (BEL) 5 points
  26. Yamaha Viltaïs Experiences Yamaha (FRA): 5 points
  27. Energie Endurance 91 Kawasaki (FRA): 3 points
  28. Maco Racing Team Yamaha (SVK) 3 points
  29. Girls Racing Team Yamaha (FRA): 2 points
  30. Atomic 68 Suzuki (FRA): 1 point
  31. Zuff Racing Team Honda (SUI): 1 point
  32. National Motos Honda (FRA): 1 point
  33. Team April Moto Motors Events Honda (FRA): 1 point

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