Julien Da Costa, Grégory Leblanc and Olivier Four, and their Kawasaki SRC team won the 34th edition of Le Mans 24 endurance race for motorcycles. They beat the last record by four laps, completing total of 834 laps, taking the second straight victory. Suzuki Endurance Racing Team (SERT) took the second while Monster Yamaha took third.
Although the S1000RR no.99 were the quickest team from the start, after the series of mechanical and electrical problems they only managed seventh position.
With this second postion SERT Suzuki is back at the top of the Endurance World Championship standings. They lead by 11 points over BMW Motorrad.
Results
1 11 SRC KAWASAKI EWC ==834== 1’38.640
2 1 S.E.R.T. EWC ==833== 1’39.130
3 7 MONSTER YAMAHA YART EWC ==826== 1’39.023
4 8 BOLLIGER TEAM SWITZERLAND EWC ==823== 1’40.260
5 77 HONDA TT LEGENDS EWC ==819== 1’39.948
6 4 YMES FOLCH ENDURANCE EWC ==817== 1’41.341
7 99 BMW MOTORRAD France 99 EWC 1’14.758 1’39.148
8 50 MOTORS EVENTS BODYGUARD AMT SST ==813== 1’38.797
9 83 MACCIO RACING SST ==811== 1’40.316
10 27 TRT 27 CITY BIKE EWC ==810== 1’40.914
2011 FIM World Endurance Championship Points:
1. S.E.R.T., 90
2. BMW Motorrad France 99, 81
3. SRC Kawasaki, 63
4. Yamaha Racing France GMT 94 Ipone, 46
5. YMES Folch Endurance, 39
6. Monster Yamaha YART, 38
7. Bolliger Team Switzerland, 36
8. FCC TSR Honda, 30
9. Honda TT Legends, 30
10. Yoshimura Suzuki Racing Team, 24
Tags: 2011, BMW, endurance, Le Mans, motorcycles, Motorrad, Racing, SERT, SRC Kawasaki, team
