Suzuki Clinches Endurance Title

Suzuki has won the 2007 World Endurance Championship after finishing second at the Bol d'Or 24 Hour race at Magny Cours in France.

Defending Champions Suzuki Endurance Racing Team - Vincent Philippe, Matthieu Lagrive and Julien da Costa - recovered from a crash five hours into the penultimate and fifth round, which put them down in 40th position, to fight back into second place behind race winners Yamaha GMT 94 as the GSX-R1000 riders' closest championship rivals Kawasaki France retired during the night.

SERT's second team of William Costes, Guillame Dietrich, Max Neukirchner and Stephane Duterne - winners of the opening round at Le Mans in April - raced to third position after recovering from a crash during the final quarter of the race.

The World Champions led from the start from SERT 2 until just before the five-hour mark when da Costa crashed. SERT 2 led throughout the night and battled with Yamaha GMT 94 on the same lap and just 2.4 seconds adrift. The Yamaha team took the lead when Suzuki pitted and then crashed shortly afterwards.

By this time the GSX-R1000 of Philippe, Lagrive and da Costa was back into a championship-winning position of second, where they remained until the flag at 1500 hrs local time.

Results

Yamaha GMT 94 (Yamaha) 801 laps
SERT 1 (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 794 laps
SERT 2 (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 791 laps
Phase One Endurance (Yamaha) 789 laps
Acropolis Moto Expert (Yamaha) 782 laps
National Motos (Honda) 779 laps
Endurance Moto 38 Yamaha (Yamaha) 772 laps
Junior Team Suzuki LMS (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 771 laps
Igol Team 18 Sapeurs Pompiers (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 769 laps
Igol AM Moto Racing Competition (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 768 laps

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Suzuki Clinches Endurance Title

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