At a time when the race has just been temporarily neutralized following the fall of the BMW Tecmas that Camille Hédelin shared with Alexis Masbou and Maxime Bonnot, we offer you this extraordinary 360° onboard camera video of the departure of Randy de Puniet who still leads the race with 4 laps ahead of the SERT Suzuki with 4 hours to go.
However, behind the Kawasaki of Randy de Puniet, Jérémy Guarnoni and David Checa, the Suzuki #2 of Vincent Philippe, Etienne Masson and Gregg Black has just returned to its box for what appears to be a clutch problem and should soon downgrade to benefit from the Yamaha #13 (Dany Webb, Mathieu Lagrive and Sheridan Morais), the Honda #1 of Josh Hook, Freddy Foray and Mike Di Meglio and the Kawasaki Bolliger of Roman Stamm, Sébastien Suchet and Jonathan Hugot…
Unexpected pit stop for bike #2.
What is the issue? Clutch?#BOL2018 #FIMEWC pic.twitter.com/xrPIEDkcSH— FIM EWC (@FIM_EWC) September 16, 2018
The YART Yamaha also came a long way after an oil leak followed by a fall by Niccolò Canepa.
Missing among the official teams are Honda Endurance Racing, delayed by engine problems, and ERC-BMW Motorrad Endurance which retired after a crash at the start of the race.
The Gert56 remains at the top of the Superstock
The first Superstock crew is still Gert56. The German team flawlessly follows a marching chart and points in 7e position ahead of the Yamaha Viltaïs Pierret Experiences which moved to EWC. The Webike Tati Team Trick Star, winner of the Superstock World Cup last season, takes 2e Superstock place in 9e position in the standings ahead of SET Racing (Yamaha EWC), new Swedish team in FIM EWC.
The Le Mans Sud Suzuki Junior Team, in the running for the Superstock podium, fell back in the standings last night following a fall.
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