SRC Kawasaki, BMW Motorrad France 99 and SERT lead the way
The real action has started at last! The first qualifying session for the Bol d’Or, first round of the 2011 Qtel FIM Endurance World Championship, had to be decided within thousandths of a second. The team SRC Kawasaki finally took the front over the edge with the very best lap of the day in 1’40.048 by Julien da Costa. With the average time of its three riders, the official Kawasaki signed a 1’40.938 time. On the provisional starting grid, they are leading the BMW Motorrad France 99 only by a few thousandths of a second - as the German bike clocked a 1’40.951 - and the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team, on which Vincent Philippe signed the second best individual lap time (1’40.098).
The Monster YART Yamaha is not far behind, taking the fourth place with an average lap of 1’41.191 ahead of the Yamaha France GMT 94 Ipone in 1’41.722. Needless to say that the competition will be very tight once again for the second qualifying session tomorrow on the Magny Cours racetrack.
The National Motos Honda took an excellent sixth place after this first session, opening an advantage from the Maco Racing Team Yamaha, the TT Legends Honda and the Junior Team LMS Suzuki, first Superstock bike ahead of the AM Moto Racing Compétition Suzuki and the BMW of the team Van Zon Boenig Motorsportschool Penz13.
There is no more Superpole this season in the 2011 Qtel FIM Endurance World Championship. The starting grid of this 75th Bol d’Or will be determined by the average lap time of each team’s three riders. The second qualifying session will take place tomorrow late morning.
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