At the start of the 11th hour, the Honda #111 of Sébastien Gimbert, Grégory Leblanc and Erwan Nigon, then in the lead ahead of the Kawasaki #11 of Randy de Puniet, Jeremy Guarnoni and David Checa, was forced to return to its box and to abandon command before beginning a serious mechanics session to remove the engine from the frame and remove the cylinder head.
As a result, of the 6 favorite bikes at the start, only the Kawasaki remained at the head of the race, 2 laps ahead of the #13 Yamaha of WEPOL Racing driven by Dany Webb, Mathieu Lagrive and Sheridan Morais, and the Kawasaki of the Bolliger Team Switzerland team. led by Roman Stamm, Sébastien Suchet and Jonathan Hugot.
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