YART dominate final qualifying session at Estoril

2021 FIM Endurance World Championship
12 Hours of Estoril Final Qualifying


Yamaha’s Official EWC squad, Yamaha Austria Racing Team completely dominated the second and final qualifying session at Estoril overnight with all three riders topping their respective sessions to make for a combined team time that was almost a full-second ahead of Team BMW Motorrad World Endurance.

Karel Hanika was outright fastest

YART’s Karel Hanika set the outright individual benchmark and beat the record set in qualifying by Markus Reiterberger in 2020. The factory Yamaha’s Czech rider completed an impressive 1m37.674 fastest lap just ahead of his team-mate Marvin Fritz with a 1m37.857. They were the only two riders to come in under the 1m38 mark in the qualifying sessions.

Marvin Fritz was second fastest individual

The Yoshimura SERT Motul Suzuki team will start the 12 Hours of Estoril Endurance World Championship second round from third position on the starting grid tomorrow. Gregg Black was the first to set off in the morning session on the Portuguese track, under scorching sun and already high temperatures. Increasingly at ease with this new Bridgestone shod GSX-R1000R, Black improved his times from yesterday and finished third in his session with a time of 1m39.295. Xavier Simeon made his effort at the end of the session and recorded a 1m38.738. When the third team rider Sylvain Guintoli entered the track, the outside temperature had risen again but the Suzuki MotoGP test and development rider showed his talent in the very last lap with an exceptional time of 1m38.434. On the average of the three best times of the team (1.38.822), the Yoshimura SERT Motul squad ranked third on the timesheet.

YART lead Yoshimura SERT Motul Suzuki

F.C.C. TSR Honda France will start from fourth ahead of Tati Team Beringer Racing, who are among the leaders despite the absence of Alan Techer, with Tati followed by fellow independents VRD Igol Experiences, both privateer teams finished ahead of two factory teams, ERC Endurance-Ducati and Webike SRC Kawasaki France Trickstar.  The F.C.C. TSR squad had made big progress in their set-up to put them in a much stronger position for the gruielling 12-hour race ahead.

Mike Di Meglio – F.C.C. TSR Honda

In Superstock, a Kawasaki led the field. The first in class on the starting grid, BMRT 3D Maxxess Nevers, will start from ninth ahead of Moto Ain, who held back by crashes. Other rivals for the Superstock win who are well placed on the grid are Team 33 Louit April Moto, Wójcik Racing Team and National Motos.

Webike SRC Kawasaki France Trickstar

2021 FIM Endurance World Championship
12 Hours of Estoril Final Qualifying Results

Pos Team……………………………………………………………………………………. .Riders………………………….. Riders………………………….. Riders………………………….. Bike Class Time
1 YART – Yamaha Official Team EWC CANEPA Niccolò FRITZ Marvin HANIKA Karel Yamaha EWC 1m37.936
2 BMW MOTORRAD WORLD ENDURANCE TEAM FORES Javier REITERBERGER Markus FORAY Kenny BMW EWC 1m38.773
3 YOSHIMURA SERT MOTUL BLACK Gregg SIMEON Xavier GUINTOLI Sylvain Suzuki EWC 1m38.822
4 F.C.C. TSR Honda France HOOK Josh TAKAHASHI Yuki DI MEGLIO Mike Honda EWC 1m39.309
5 TATI TEAM BERINGER RACING SUCHET Sébastien BERCHET Morgan SUCHET Valentin Kawasaki EWC 1m39.662
6 VRD IGOL EXPÉRIENCES ALT Florian MARINO Florian TEROL Nicolas Yamaha EWC 1m39.681
7 ERC Endurance Ducati GINES Mathieu ROSSI Louis MASSON Etienne Ducati EWC 1m39.789
8 WEBIKE SRC KAWASAKI FRANCE TRICKSTAR GUARNONI Jérémy NIGON Erwan CHECA David Kawasaki EWC 1m39.839
9 BMRT 3D MAXXESS NEVERS HARDT Jonathan PILOT Julien CRESSON Loris Kawasaki SST 1m41.042
10 MOTO AIN DE PUNIET Randy MULHAUSER Robin ROLFO Roberto Yamaha EWC 1m41.074
11 TEAM 33 LOUIT APRIL MOTO GAMARINO Christian PEROLARI Corentin VITALI Luca Kawasaki SST 1m41.183
12 Wójcik Racing Team 2 SZKOPEK Marek BERGMAN Christoffer MANFREDI Kevin Yamaha SST 1m41.193
13 National Motos EGEA Stéphane ANTIGA Guillaume BOULOM Enzo Honda SST 1m41.233
14 Team LRP Poland WALRAVEN Nigel KERSCHBAUMER Stefan GRADINGER Thomas BMW EWC 1m41.252
15 Wójcik Racing Team REA Gino LAVERTY Michael FILLA Michal Yamaha EWC 1m41.413
16 RAC41-CHROMEBURNER FASTRÉ Grégory TESSELS Wayne LEESCH Chris Honda SST 1m41.531
17 Team Bolliger Switzerland #8 BÜHN Jan PELLIJEFF Jesper BRENNER Marcel Kawasaki EWC 1m41.699
18 TEAM 18 SAPEURS POMPIERS CMS MOTOSTORE CLERE Hugo NIGON Johan LUSSIANA Matthieu Yamaha SST 1m41.822
19 Team Aviobike BAGGI Giovanni BOSCOSCURO Andrea COCCO Francesco Yamaha SST 1m41.944
20 No Limits Motor Team MASBOU Alexis CALIA Kevin SCASSA Luca Suzuki SST 1m42.155
21 3ART BEST OF BIKE ESCUDIER Nicolas RENAUDIN Martin RIZZA Ludovic Yamaha EWC 1m42.626
22 PITLANE ENDURANCE 86 PELLIZOTTI Maxim SARRABAYROUSE Alex PARASSOL Adrian Yamaha SST 1m42.766
23 JMA MOTOS ACTION BIKE BONNET Julien CUDEVILLE Maxime CARRILLO Cyril Suzuki SST 1m43.018
24 Slider Endurance CORTOT Charles DILLER Charles BUISSON Dylan Yamaha SST 1m43.161
25 ENERGIE ENDURANCE 91 NAPOLI Christian ROUSSANGE Noel CHOY Martin Kawasaki SST 1m43.312
26 FALCON RACING CHEVALIER David EISEN Theo MILLET Loic Yamaha SST 1m43.909
27 British Endurance Racing Team RAILTON Jonathan AKROYD Joseph WIGLEY Kurt Suzuki SST 1m44.034
28 Motobox Kremer Racing #65 DEHAYE Geoffroy STRÖHLEIN Stefan JACOB Kevin Yamaha EWC 1m44.360
29 TRT27 BAZAR 2 LA BECANE GIRARDET Hugo NAPOLI Federico STOLTZ Regis Suzuki SST 1m44.606
30 PLAYERS / AYNIE Axel DE KIMPE Arnaud Kawasaki SST 1m45.187

Source: MCNews.com.au

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