12:06 – Sad abandonment of Yamaha n ° 94…

Victim of another twist of fate just before noon, the Yamaha n ° 94 was forced to retire. She leaves her second place to her little sister and friend, the No. 7 Yamaha from Austria Racing, thanks to which she was able to race the Bol last year….

Extremely disappointed, Christophe Guyot officially announces at 12:06 pm the abandonment of the Yamaha n ° 94 on engine failure…

Almost on the verge of tears, the GMT team manager assured of his support the Yamaha n ° 7 of Yamaha Austria, which inherited the second place left vacant by the 94 following an incomprehensible engine blockage which caused the fall of Sebastien Gimbert. . Brought back to the stand with the stroller, machine n ° 94 will refuse to restart.

Is GMT 94 cursed at the Bol d’Or? At 11:20 am, Sebastien Gimbert had already returned to the pit to change tires after completing a last frankly wet lap in 2’32, more than 20 seconds from the SERT Suzuki n ° 1 mounted in rain.

The Yamaha n ° 94 set off again in rain and began to lower its lap times, while the Suzuki n ° 1 completed its lap in 2’07…

Following a delay – considerable at this stage of the race – of ten laps on the Suzuki n ° 1, the GMT n ° 94 retained its second position until a new twist of fate forced it to retire, engine broken..

"The only idea is to finish the race, we had a great battle and the drivers were extraordinary, but now we have a podium that is reaching out to us so the only objective is to stay there."said Christophe Guyot after Didier Van Keymeulen crashed at 10:45 am in the Estoril bend. The machine seemed to be well affected, but managed to start the race again in the hands of Sebastien Gimbert just before 11:00 am, after a change of wheels and fairings…

But the Gods of the Bowl – decidedly very stubborn … – had decided otherwise: at 11:55 a.m., light straight from Sebastien Gimbert who looks behind him, visibly worried, and returns to the track in slow motion without even having bitten into the gravel: the No. 94 Yamaha crashes at a very low speed as it slides off as it raises its arm to signal its release. Engine blocked … Sebastien quickly raises the machine and returns to the pits with the stroller.

At 12 noon, the mechanics are busy on the Yamaha R1 then quickly turn away and the chopper falls: "the engine cannot restart", says Christophe with almost sobs in his voice:"it’s obviously very hard to give up, but we have no choice … we will come back !"

"The Yamaha n ° 7, they are my friends and the misfortune of some makes the happiness of others … I would be very happy that they take this second place which left us"…

Last year, the GMT was indeed able to participate in the Bol thanks to the Yamaha Austria team, which lent it equipment after the Val-de-Marne team was robbed (read)…

Eric MICHEL and Marcus HIMSELF

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