12th Sunday Ride Classic behind closed doors: Intimist like the first edition and always of great quality!
Despite a closed session imposed by health rules, maintaining the SRC was the organizer's key word for this 12th edition on May 21/22/23, 2021 on the Paul Ricard circuit.
“It’s a strange year, but my wish was to allow everyone who registered in 2020 to ride on the Paul Ricard track. It is important that everyone can find a moment of pleasure during this gloomy period, even if we cannot welcome the public. This 2021 edition will therefore be in very small groups without an audience in the paddock, like the first one we did in 2009; it’s a way of closing the loop and returning to where it all began.
As always there will be a hand-picked selection of high-level machines: From GP Kawasaki 500 H1Rs from 69/71 to the latest Moto2: We maintain this line of sporting heritage through the ages of modern racing. Races, but also demonstrations will be on the program of the Var track as we have always done,” says Jean Pierre Bonato, organizer of the Sunday Ride Classic and the Alpes Aventure Motofestival.
Races. Tall categories are represented: speed, superbike, endurance, sidecars!
A classic endurance test with 4 hours of the FIM Classic European Championship.
The great machines of the years 75/89: The most beautiful era of motorcycle endurance.
This event takes place on Saturday evening from 19 p.m. to 23 p.m. for a magnificent night finale: This FIM-certified European championship is the pinnacle of classic racing. There we find Laverda RGS, Norton F1, up to the superb Honda RC 30, including the Yamaha 0W01, Suzuki GSX and GSXR, Katana, Yamaha FJ 1100. The entry list also includes numerous special machines with Martin and Harris frames. , Verlicchi, Nico Bakker etc.
Rombo from the Ducati Club of France
A “vintage motorcycle” race open to all 4-stroke single cylinders with a displacement greater than 250 cm3 and less than 600 cm3, of European manufacture, before 1975, sounds, images and a unique atmosphere!
KLASS GRAND PRIX 250: The last 2 strokes!
Find on the same grid all the generations of
250 2-stroke Grand Prix, from the famous customer competitions of the 70s to the latest, most advanced models, the latest 2-stroke Grand Prix with the fastest 250s ever built for racing: Honda RS 250, Aprilia RSV and Yamaha TZ from the 2000s will have their own race .
This generation of machines with V2 2-stroke engines is the most technically advanced stage with 100 horsepower for less than 100 kg.
For example, we will find Arnaud Vincent, 125 World Champion, but also Guy Bertin, the only Frenchman to have won the Bol d'Or, the 24 hours of Le Mans and the French GP.
France Sidecar Competition:
Sidecars are not only ultra spectacular but they are an integral part of the history of motorcycle Grand Prix. This year the round will concern sidecars from the 1970s – 1980s: The “classic” (when the passenger exits on the side of the side).
Pro Classic Championship: The beginning of Superbikes
The first Superbike machines will be in the spotlight with the Pro Classic: The 4-cylinder Yamaha 0W01, Honda RC 30, Kawsaki ZXR, Suzuki GSXR will meet their great rivals of the time, the Ducati 851 / 888. A fast race, and a grid full of 50 entrants.
Challenge Pro Twin: Current hypersports
The race in a contemporary version: The big Ducati Panigale, the legendary Aprilia RSV4 against the KTM. The Pro Twin is the clash of modern Superbikes. An extremely tough field, ultra impressive machines to bring you up to date in motorcycle competition.
Demonstrations: Illustrious pilots and machines!
Even behind closed doors, the standing of the SRC remains the same with a formidable panel of the history of motorcycle competition over the last 50 years, from 1970 to today: original production road and sports cars, road and sports cars with 2-stroke engines, prepared machines, café racers and racing motorcycles, Grand Prix machines, endurance machines, Superbike motorcycles, and exceptional modern motorcycles!
In the stands and on the track, we will note for example:
- Le TZ club of France with more than 30 Yamaha Grand Prix.
- The presence of Tech 3 Classic including Guy Coulon and incredible machines like the 50 Kreidler.
- Suter 500 2-stroke, Honda RC51 111 ex HRC, recent racing motorcycles will also be there.
THEFriendly Spirit Of Speed will bring together some exceptional machines as usual. Recent Moto2 cars will also be on track alongside several historic MV 500s to celebrate the technical progress of motorcycle racing. All enhanced by the presence of famous drivers like Alain Genoud, Guy Bertin, Philippe Bouzanne, Alain Michel, etc.
Even behind closed doors, the SRC maintains the quality of its sets for this 12th edition under the Paul Ricard sun!
The Facebook page will bring the event to life through photo galleries during the weekend:
https://www.facebook.com/SundayRideClassic
https://www.sundayrideclassic.com
12th Sunday Ride Classic, Paul Ricard circuit, 22/23 May 2021
