Good Luck to @QMMF Qatar Endurance Racing Team today in the 24 Heures Moto Le Mans - they started in 6th place - First of the Superstock teams - riders are Anthony WEST, Alexander CUDLIN and Mashel AL NAIMI - watch LIVE online here https://youtube/watch?v=wpJRiI69QsU&feature=share -----Qualifying Press Release here -- Team SRC Kawasaki made a comeback in the first qualifying practice session of this year’s 24 Heures Moto. Taking the average of the three riders’ best times, SRC Kawasaki came out ahead of Honda Racing, Monster Energy Yamaha YART, Suzuki Endurance Racing Team, Yamaha Racing GMT 94 Michelin and the Honda of National Motos. Qatar Endurance Racing Team Gregory Leblanc, Matthieu Lagrive and Fabien Forêt produced a superb exhibition of riding this afternoon on the ZX-10R of Team SRC Kawasaki. So far, they are the only ones to have clocked up a best lap time of under 1’37.500 at Le Mans. The factory Kawasaki is therefore comfortably in the lead on the provisional starting grid. The only other rider to break through the 1’38 mark on the Bugatti circuit was Sébastien Gimbert. With Julien Da Costa and Freddy Foray, he propelled Honda Racing to a promising second spot coming out of these first qualifying sessions. Also impressive was the performance of Monster Energy Yamaha YART, currently in third place with Broc Parkes, Michael Laverty and Sheridan Morais. The Austrian factory Yamaha is out of the running for the world title but is a definite contender for a win. On the provisional grid, it is ahead of both the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team (Vincent Philippe, Anthony Delhalle and Erwan Nigon) and Yamaha Racing GMT 94 Michelin (David Checa, Kenny Foray and Mathieu Gines). The first placed private team, Honda National Motos, is already shaping up as a challenger capable of upsetting the top teams with its crew of Valentin Debise, Arturo Tizon and Olivier Four. The Honda #55 is currently in sixth place on the provisional grid ahead of a trio of Superstock teams: Qatar Endurance Racing Team with Anthony West, Alex Cudlin and Mashel Al Naimi, ahead of Team Traqueur Louit Moto 33 (Julien Pilot, David Perret and Emeric Jonchière) and Junior Team LMS Suzuki (Baptiste Guittet, Etienne Masson and Having spared Le Mans this afternoon, the rain seems to be moving away and the local met office is announcing a dry morning tomorrow. The second qualifying session will start tomorrow, Friday, at 11 h 20. The 37th edition of the 24 Heures Moto will start at 15 h on Saturday.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 16:15:20 +0000
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