The SRC Kawasaki’s times on the Magny-Cours circuit remain unbeaten. This morning, Gregory Leblanc, Loris Baz and Jérémy Guarnoni continued to fend off the assaults of their rivals who were looking more and more dangerous in this second qualifying session for the Bol d’Or. On the average of the crew’s best lap times, which determine the team’s place on the grid, the official Kawasaki still has a lead of just under half a second over the reigning FIM Endurance World Champion, Suzuki Endurance Racing Team (SERT). Although Vincent Philippe also broke the 1’40 barrier on the official Suzuki, he will be starting in second place on the grid tomorrow with team mates Anthony Delhalle and Julien Da Costa.
Yamaha France GMT 94 Michelin Yamalube had a great day, taking third place on the grid. David Checa improved his best time by half a second with a great performance this morning. Better still, Matthieu Lagrive, who was hampered by traffic on the circuit yesterday, gained over one second, allowing the French official Yamaha to snatch third place on the grid from BMW Motorrad France Team Thevent despite a fine performance by Sébastien Gimbert at the very end of the morning’s qualifying session.
Kudos goes to the riders of Junior Team Suzuki LMS ! Baptiste Guittet, Etienne Masson and Nans Chevaux all improved their best lap times. They are ahead of Honda National Motos, held up by a crash, and will take a well earned fifth place on the grid. Junior Team Suzuki LMS is positioning itself as the best Superstock entry, closely followed by the Kawasaki of Team Louit Motos 33, who take seventh place on the grid after finishing yesterday’s practice in twelfth place. Just behind them, another Superstock, the Suzuki AM Moto Racing Compétition, is snapping at their wheels ahead of the Monster Energy Yamaha YART. The Austrian official Yamaha and the British team Honda TT Legends still seem to be feeling their way with their rejigged crews.
After the warm-up, scheduled to start at 10 h 30 tomorrow, this 77th Bol d’Or will start at 15 h 00 and finish just 24 hours later.
Starting Grid