Bol d’Or 2017: big victory for the Yamaha n ° 94 of the GMT !

David Checa, Niccolò Canepa and Mike Di Meglio on the Yamaha n ° 94 reigning world champion give Christophe Guyot’s team a superb start to the 2017/2018 season, with a clean and flawless victory at the New Bol d’Or laps ahead of BMW n ° 13 and Honda n ° 111 !

Many twists and turns have punctuated this weekend on the Paul Ricard circuit in Le Castellet, which was uncompromising with several favorites like la or la. The two Honda n ° 5 and n ° 111, which had long led the race, have for their part experienced, as has the who finished 7th at 13 laps…

Baston of anthology for the third step of the podium !

Sebastien Gimbert on Honda n ° 111 however manages to save the furniture in the very last minutes by climbing on the third step of the podium, after a fierce fight with the astonishing Lucy Glockner at the handlebars of BMW n ° 48 !

A superb fight for the third step of the podium indeed pitted the incredible German Lucy Glockner in the BMW n ° 48 against the French Sebastien Gimbert in the Honda n ° 111! Lucy brilliantly resists the assaults of Sebastien who glues her back into the winding, and manages to regain the advantage in the straights … Sebastien ends up passing but Lucy regains the advantage in the straight, before being overtaken again among the retarded … Superb !

GMT94 therefore pocketed a large victory with nine laps in advance, but Christophe Guyot’s team, carefully prepared, always played at the forefront and could legitimately aim for the top step of the podium, even without the vagaries of its competitors.. 

9 tiny tenths…

This first race of the 2017/2018 world endurance championship ended in a very good operation for the two private BMWs of Penz13 (Allessandro Polita, Danny Webb and Pete Biciste) and of Volpker NRT 48. Special mention to the S1000RR n ° 48 led by Max Neukirchner – who plays -, whose mixed crew of two men and a woman (Stefan Kerschaumer, Jahn Buhn and Lucy Glockner) finished superb fourth, 9 tiny tenths off the third step of the podium !

In Superstock, the Tati Team Beaujolais Racing imposes its Kawasaki n ° 4 (8th scratch) in front of the Kawasaki n ° 33 of Team 33 (9th) and Suzuki n ° 72 of the Junior Team (10th).

Finally, we salute the remarkable performance of the only 100% female team, the Girls Racing Team, whose Yamaha n ° 19 finished 19th at the finish in the hands of Amandine Creusot, Jolanda Van Westrenen and Muriel Simorre.

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Ranking at the finish of the Bol d’Or 2017

1. 94 GMT94 YAMAHA (EWC) 683 laps
2. 13 WEPOL BMW Motorrad Team by penz13.com (EWC) 674 laps (+9 laps)
3. 111 Honda Endurance Racing (EWC) 673 laps (+10 laps)
4. 48 Voelpker NRT48 Schubert-Motors by ERC (EWC) 673 laps (+ 10 laps)
5. 21 IVRacing BMW CSEU (EWC) 671 laps (+12 laps)
6. 5 F.C.C. TSR Honda France (EWC) 670 laps (+13 laps)
7. 2 Suzuki Endurance Racing Team (EWC) 670 laps (+13 laps)
8. 4 Tati Team Beaujolais Racing (SST) 670 laps (+13 laps)
9. 33 Team 33 Accessoires – Louit Moto (SST) 667 laps (+16 laps)
10. 72 Junior Team LMS Suzuki (SST) 663 laps (+20 laps)
11. 66 sarazin motorsport by hall moto 02 (SST) 662 laps (+21 laps)
12. 44 No Limits Motor Team (SST) 650 laps (+33 laps)
13. 101 Aviobike (SST) 648 laps (+35 laps)
14. 32 AMSS-TRB VIDRA TEAM SERBIA (EWC) 647 laps (+36 laps)
15. 87 Team R2CL – MKS – Partelya (EWC) 646 laps (+37 laps)
16. 65 Motobox Kremer (EWC) 646 laps (+37 laps)
17. 8 Bolliger Team Switzerland (EWC) 645 laps (+38 laps)
18. 91 ENERGIE ENDURANCE 91 (SST) 637 laps (+46 laps)
19. 19 GIRLS RACING TEAM (SST) 630 laps (+53 laps)
20. 26 Zuff Racing Team (SST) 620 laps (+63 laps)
21. 12 SPEEDTEAM 72 (SST) 618 turns (+65 turns)
22. 64 ACRO RACING TEAM 64 (EWC) 608 laps (+75 laps)
23. 199 ARTEC # 199 (SST) 608 laps (+75 laps)
24. 16 TEAM GP MOTO (EWC) 606 laps (+77 laps)
25. 76 FLAM RACING (SST) 605 laps (+78 laps)
26. 97 LMC ENDURANCE (EWC) 603 laps (+80 laps)
27. 55 National Motos (EWC) 596 laps (+87 laps)
28. 116 TEAM BROKE RACING (EWC) 546 laps (+137 laps)
29. 71 Team Mongore 13 endurance (EWC) 525 laps (+158 laps)

Not classified

• 83 SKULL motor’s / Aquaserv (EWC): 504 laps in 24: 02: 23.088 (finish line not crossed)
• 3 AM Moto Racing Competition (SST): 404 laps in 15: 36: 17.647 (less than 75% of the leader’s laps)
• 36 3ART – YAM AVENUE – MOTO TEAM 95 (SST): 508 laps in 18: 25: 59.295
• 9 TECMAS – BMW (EWC): 418 laps in 15: 18: 53.844
• 22 Glazik Moto Sport Passion Endurance (EWC): 411 laps in 15: 42: 38.271
• 24 BMRT 3D MAXXESS NEVERS (SST): 394 laps in 14: 49: 03.618
• 69 Ecurie Chrono Sport (SST): 384 laps in 14: 08: 03.908
• 68 ATOMIC MOTORSPORT (SST): 379 laps in 14: 53: 05.547
• 50 Team April Moto Motors Events (EWC): 377 laps in 14: 31: 18.570
• 63 LMD 63 / ULTIMATE CUP (SST): 346 laps in 15: 11: 21.986
• 37 Space Moto 37 (EWC): 332 laps in 12: 34: 08.051
• 99 WSB-Endurance Team (EWC): 331 laps in 12: 07: 17.344
• 212 Team Dunlop Motors Events (SST): 328 laps in 12: 30: 50.508
• 96 MOTO AIN CRT (SST): 321 laps in 11: 54: 17.898
• 41 Rac 41 Honda (SST): 317 laps in 12: 21: 54.873
• 333 Yamaha Viltaïs Experience (SST): 288 laps in 11: 17: 38.955
• 57 DL MOTO Racing (SST): 260 laps in 09: 56: 41.069
• 77 Wójcik Racing Team (EWC): 259 laps in 09: 41: 34.269
• 89 PHI ENDURANCE (EWC): 252 laps in 09: 56: 53.630
• 34 JMA MOTOS ACTION BIKE (SST): 199 laps in 08: 16: 58.949
• 14 MACO RACING Team (EWC): 172 laps in 06: 32: 52.591
• 39 Moto 39 Competition (SST): 154 laps in 05: 45: 39.474
• 81 Z RACING (STW): 154 laps in 06: 05: 18.514
• 7 YART – YAMAHA (EWC): 152 laps in 05: 39: 53.492
• 90 Team LRP Poland (EWC): 104 laps in 07: 21: 38.444
• 61 MOTOTECH EWC TEAM (EWC): 91 laps in 06: 18: 39.083
• 74 CAMBODIA / ACR 74 (SST): 42 laps in 02: 55: 56.676
• 11 TEAM SRC KAWASAKI (EWC): 17 laps in 00: 34: 02.803
• 100 Hertrampf Racing Endurance (STW): 14 laps in 00: 30: 27.875
• 18 Team 18 Sapeurs Pompiers (SST): 3 laps in 00: 07: 04.778

LE JOURNAL MOTO DU NET – Photos Stephane VALEMBOIS

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