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The 3rd hour of the race is led by the leading duo, Alex Lowes (Yamaha Factory #21) and Leon Haslam (Kawasaki Team Green #11). The two men go wheel to wheel and there are numerous attacks as the laggards move.
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Still in the race, the Red Bull Honda led by Takaaki Nakagami was only about thirty seconds behind when the safety car returned to the track following the fire of an accident motorcycle. This allows the Honda to catch up with the leading duo and promises additional intensity when the machines are released.
When the safety car disappears, we actually go so far as to touch each other between alex lowes et Leon Haslam, and you could almost believe yourself in British Superbike…
The one who did the right operation and therefore Takaaki Nakagami who now only concedes 3 seconds to the 2 leading men.
Behind, we now provisionally find the FCC TSR Honda is a very good start to the race, while the GMT 94 Yamaha now gives him a turn.
The 2 leading men refuel at the same time, after 2h45 of racing and 72 laps. There Kawasaki by Jonathan Rea spring with a slight advantage over the Yamaha by Michel Van Der Mark, an advantage which increases to 5 seconds following a faster pace setting for the British driver.
During that time Honda by Takaaki Nakagami has taken command and is trying to extend her relays to possibly save one with the help of a racing event...
She finally returns after 76 laps and it's Takumi Takahashi who takes the handlebars to stabilize for around ten seconds behind the Kawasaki by Jonathan Rea.
At the other end of the ranking, we note that Dominique Aegerter has already brought back the Honda MuSAHI #634 in 26th position while the YART Yamaha #7 will not be able to leave, its chassis having been damaged.
Ranking after the third hour:
Behind the leading trio, one lap away, we find the Honda #90 at Teluru MotoUP racing Team driven by Kosuke AkiYoshi, Tetsuta Nagashima and Isaac Vinales in front of the FCC TSR Honda of Freddy Foray, Alan Techer and Josh Hook, first representative of the permanent teams.
They can also count on the Suzuki from SERT (Vincent Philippe, Gregg Black and Étienne Masson) currently 9th, the GMT 94 Yamaha (Mike Di Meglio, David Checa and Niccolo Canepa) 11th and Honda Endurance Racing #111 (Yonny Hernandez, Sébastien Gimbert and Erwan Nigon) in 13th position.
In the lead, after 99 laps, the Yamaha Factory stops first and alex lowes takes the handlebars again. Getting back into rhythm again seems a little laborious because of the tires which need to be brought back to temperature.
Spectacular turn of events, Jonathan Rhea, who tried to stay one lap longer than the Yamaha, returned to the pit lane freewheeling, visibly out of fuel.
In the operation, also with a rather slow exit turn, the Kawasaki from Team Green loses a good thirty seconds and 2nd place in the general classification, once the official Honda has refueled.
The 3 leading motorcycles nevertheless remain grouped within around thirty seconds.
Ranking after the fourth hour:
