Bol d’Or 2013: new abandonment of the BMW n ° 99

Shortly after 8:30 p.m., when he was in third position on the handlebars of the BMW n ° 99 in a lap of the leaders, Karl Muggeridge fell and returned to the pit..

Shortly after 8:30 p.m., when he was in third position on the handlebars of the BMW n ° 99 in a lap of the leaders, Karl Muggeridge fell and returned to the pit..

In front, the Yamaha n ° 94 contested the first place with the Kawasaki n ° 11 while the Suzuki n ° 1 of SERT gradually climbed (27th) following its. The Honda n ° 11 TT Legends takes advantage of the misadventure of the BMW to seize the third place in front of its colleague n ° 55 of National Moto and the Yamaha n ° 7 of YART.

Twisted frame

The 6th and 7th place are occupied by two Superstocks: the Suzuki n ° 72 of the Junior Team and the BMW n ° 13 of Penz 13.

BMW n ° 99 set off again at 8:47 p.m. in 17th position in the hands of Sebastien Gimbert … who stopped shortly after and returned to the pit due to a plume of smoke escaping from the motorcycle !

The BMW Motorrad France Thevent team ended up lowering the iron curtain, signing another failure of the official S1000RR at the Bol d’Or after its. The world championship promises to be difficult for BMW Motorrad France, who starts with a handicap difficult to overcome in just …

"We naturally wanted to do well", regrets Sebastien Gimbert, "but the bike rolled over in Karl’s fall, the frame is completely twisted, I was getting oil on the boot and I didn’t want to drop another pilot. But we’ll be back! "

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