FIM EWC 12 Hours of Estoril: FCC TSR Honda France wins by elimination

When it doesn't want, it doesn't want!

While the three successive leaders, the BMW #37, the Suzuki #1 and the Yamaha #7, saw their chances of victory reduced to nothing following minor falls, we can imagine that the riders of the Kawasaki #11 , who then inherited command, showed no zeal in their piloting...

Unfortunately, having committed no fault, it was not enough for the WEBIKE SRC KAWASAKI FRANCE TRICKSTAR team to climb to the highest step of the podium since, followed a few seconds behind by the FCC TSR Honda France #5 which came back strong , the machine of Jérémy Guarnoni, Erwan Nigon and David Checa simply fell, but this time out of fuel, less than two hours from the checkered flag.

What followed was a breathtaking end to the race, particularly for 2nd place between the Kawasaki #11 (with Jérémy Guarnoni), the Yamaha #333 (with Florian Marino) and the BMW #37 (with Markus Reiterberger) .

As a result, it was the FCC TSR Honda France #5 which, despite small electronic and tire problems having taken away some of its splendor from the CB R1000, made no mistake and crossed the finish line. victoriously, while the other two steps of the podium fought it out until the last lap, to the detriment of the Yamaha #333 which finished behind the Kawasaki #11 and the BMW #37.

Among the top teams mistreated during this race, YART – Yamaha Official EWC Team finished 10th after its fall.

Yoshimura SERT Motul takes 17th place. A second fall prevented the Suzuki team from regaining a foothold in the leading square. Xavier Simeon, riding the official Suzuki, collided with Morgan Berchet (Tati Team Beringer Racing) as he approached a delayed rider.

Morgan Berchet, who came to support Xavier Simeon, stunned by his fall, receives the Anthony Delhalle EWC Spirit Trophy for this gesture of solidarity. Tati Team Beringer Racing was then 4th and able to compete for the podium.

In Superstock, Kawasaki #24 of BMRT 3D MAXXESS NEVERS pulls the chestnuts out of the fire and finishes sixth overall, ahead of 2 EWCs.

Change of leader in the championship, where WEBIKE SRC KAWASAKI FRANCE TRICKSTAR now has 5 points ahead of FCC TSR Honda France, 7 over BMW MOTORRAD WORLD ENDURANCE TEAM and 11 over YOSHIMURA SERT MOTUL.