Britain’s Graeme Gowland debut in the World Endurance Championship nearly ended with the perfect result of a podium on the Phase One Yamaha but less than a minute denied the British team that final podium place. When the chequered flag came out at the end of the 8 hours at the German Oschersleben circuit the Phase One team took fourth, just 56 seconds off third place finishers SERT Suzuki, in the race which was won by Kawasaki France with Yamaha Austria taking second.
Steve Martin finished last weekend's Oschersleben 24 Hour race of the World Endurance Championship on the podium with a third place finish. Riding for Yamaha Austria again after a successful outing at the Suzuka 8 Hour two weeks ago, Steve and team mates Igor Jerman - another SBK old-hand - and fellow Aussie Damian Cudlin rode their Yamaha YZF-R1 onto third place. Despite making a poor tyre choice at the start of the race and Igor Jerman suffering a minor crash, the team made its way to second place with four hours of the race left to run.