The two leading machines, the #7 YART Yamaha and the #1 FCC TSR Honda are still within a handful of seconds on the track, to the advantage of the Austrian representative from Iwata.
4h52 of race and the gap between bike #7 and bike #1 is still so close… less than 4 seconds now!#8hOscherslebenFIM #FIMEWC pic.twitter.com/ESTRysb3Qo
— FIM EWC (@FIM_EWC) June 9, 2019
But, run after run, the Honda gradually shifts its refueling and now enters the pit lane a quarter of an hour later than the Yamaha.
After 5 hours of racing, this does not seem a sufficient pace to make one refueling less than his opponent but this is nevertheless what the FCC TSR team is aiming for, which, moreover, is currently taking all its time to refuel. and take your exit tour…
Is this a strategy that will soon change?
Furthermore, we learn that David Checa has still not taken the handlebars of the Kawasaki number 11 which occupies 3rd place because he uses more gasoline than his teammates Jeremy Guarnoni et Erwan Nigon.
Will he make his entrance before the finish line?
These are two questions whose answers will undoubtedly be crucial to determine the order of finish between these 3 motorcycles still in the running for the podium.
