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Suzuki Endurance Racing Team Take Pole Position At The Doha 8 Hours
09 November 2007
Vincent Philippe and Matthieu Lagrive, riding for the QMMF Endurance World Champions, Suzuki Endurance Racing Team, confirmed their dominance this afternoon by taking pole position for tomorrow’s Doha 8 Hours. Yet again the pair improved on their lap times during the afternoon’s second qualifying session. Matthieu Lagrive recorded the best individual time of any session so far with a 2’03.566 lap, and his Suzuki 1 will start from the front in tomorrow’s race.
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Doha 8 Hours - SERT Fastest in Free Practice Ahead of Kawasaki QERT
09 November 2007
The 2007 Endurance World Champions recorded the fastest time in this afternoon’s free practice session for the Doha 8 Hours at the Losail circuit. Thanks to Vincent Philippe’s flying lap of 2’05.619, Suzuki Endurance Racing Team finished ahead of both the Kawasaki of the Qatar Endurance Racing Team (2’06.416) and the Yamaha Phase One team (2’07.910).
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Doha 8 Hours – Qatar Awaits The Final Race Of The 2007 Season
14 October 2007
The Doha 8 Hours, the final leg of the 2007 QMMF Endurance FIM World Championship, will roar into action on Saturday 10th November at the Losail circuit in Qatar. This final race of the year also marks an important precedent, as it will be the first ever Endurance World Championship race staged at Losail. The international circuit is 5.4km in length and was built in 2004 in the desert close to Doha, the capital of Qatar.
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Podium Finish for Martin At Oschersleben 24
16 August 2007
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.
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Suzuki Endurance Team Increases Lead At Oschersleben 24 Hours
12 August 2007
Suzuki Endurance Racing Team continues to be the lone leader this morning at the Oschersleben 24 Hours. SERT’s duel with Team Kawasaki France came to an end yesterday evening after two falls put the ZX-10R out of contention. SERT, as it has so often in the past, used the night session to consolidate its lead. This morning at 09:00 the Suzuki of Vincent Philippe, Matthieu Lagrive and Julien Da Costa was eight laps ahead of the Yamaha Austria Racing Team, who have also had an impressive race so far. The Austrian Yamaha had begun the race at the back of the pack following a fall from Igor Jerman.
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Team Kawasaki France To Start On Pole At Oschersleben 24 Hours
11 August 2007
The tone has been set at the qualifying rounds at Oschersleben. On the German track the struggle began on Thursday afternoon in the first qualifying session between the two favourites Suzuki Endurance Racing Team and Team Kawasaki France. A close-fought battle for the front of the grid saw Kawasaki France and SERT separated by only a tenth of a second. In the second session this morning Kawasaki France took pole position just ahead of SERT, who had initially taken a very small lead from the first qualifying session on Thursday afternoon.
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Championship Contenders To Meet Again At Oschersleben 24 Hours
08 August 2007
The Oschersleben 24 Hours is shaping up to be a decisive encounter in the race for the QMMF Endurance FIM World Championship. With 35 points on offer for the winner, the overall classifications could be turned on their head at this the fourth leg of the Championship, next weekend in Germany.
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Oschersleben 24 Hours Championship Race
04 August 2007
The fourth leg of the QMMF Endurance FIM World Championship, the Oschersleben 24 Hours in Germany, marks the start of the second half of the season and is set to be a decisive point in the race for the Championship. 35 points are on offer for the winner at Oschersleben on 12th August with only 25 points separating the two teams at the head of the classifications. Suzuki Endurance Racing Team, second in the Superbike class at Suzuka, lead Kawasaki Motor France who did not take part in Japan. A thrilling battle therefore looks likely in Germany between these two official French teams. SERT have recorded two consecutive victories at Oschersleben, however Kawasaki France, winners at Albacete last May, will be formidable challengers for the top podium spot with everything at stake in this race. FCC TSR 778, the Japanese team that was victorious in the Superbike class at Suzuka and lie third in the overall classifications, is not taking part in Germany.
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Carlos Checa Takes Superpole on The Honda HRC
30 July 2007
Carlos Checa stole the headlines in Saturday afternoon’s “Special Stage” qualifying session at Suzuka, with a lap of 2’07.587 on the Honda HRC 33. Behind the Honda is the Yamaha Racing 21 team of Nobuyuki Osaki and Katsuyuki Nakasuga (2’07.806) and the Suzuki Yoshimura with Jomo 34 team of Kosuke Akiyoshi and Yukio Kagayama (2’07.969).
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Yoshimura Suzuki Wins At Suzuka
30 July 2007
Team Yoshimura Suzuki's Yukio Kagayama and Kousuke Akiyoshi raced their GSX-R1000 to victory in the Suzuka 8 Hour World Endurance third round in Japan - the team's first Suzuka endurance win for almost 30 years. It was back in 1978 at the inaugural Suzuka 8 Hour race that the team tasted victory aboard their GS1000R. Kagayama led from the start from Honda's Ryuichi Kiyonari, Norick Abe (Yamaha) and Tady Okada (Honda), opening up a 15-second advantage by the one hour mark when Akiyoshi took over.
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An Imposing Line-Up Set To Start of Suzuka 8 Hours
13 July 2007
86 teams will take to the track for the ‘Coca Cola Zero Suzuka 8 Hours’, the third race in the QMMF Endurance FIM World Championship series, which kicks off in Japan on 29th July. 18 permanent teams will be on the start line and, as every year, the rest of the racers will be made up of official, semi-official and privateer Japanese teams. The official Honda team, HRC, will line-up with two CBR 1000RR machines. One will be ridden by two stars of world motorcycle racing - Ryuichi Kiyonari, current leader of the British Superbike Championship, and James Toseland, leader of the World Superbike Championship. Tadayuki Okada will be the replacement rider. On the second HRC Honda, Britain’s Jonathan Rea, currently lying second in the British Superbike Championship, will partner MotoGP star Carlos Checa. These two machines are the undoubted favourites to win in Japan. Ryuichi Kiyonari and Jonathan Rea, team-mates in the HM Plant British Superbike team, were the winners of the ‘Suzuka 300km’ race back on 10th June.
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BMW Out, But Not Down!
09 July 2007
After a successful and very positive qualifying, BMW Endurance racing teams attack on the 24 Hores Frigo at Barcelona came to a premature halt after eight laps due to a crash. Thomas Hinterreiter crashed at a long left-hander and although he was uninjured, the R1200S was too badly damaged to continue. The bike was later brought back to the pits and given a complete check-up, but the team was only able to confirm that their race was over.
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BMW Ready For Another Tough Challenge
07 July 2007
The BMW endurance racing team are in Barcelona preparing for their next challenge - the 24 Hores Frigo de Motociclisme at the Circuit Cataluyna in Barcelona. Although the race is not part of the World Endurance Championship series, it will give the team a chance to continue the development of the 1200s bike they raced so successfully in the Le Mans 24 hours earlier this year. Since then, the bike has benefited from a weight reduction of some five or six kilos, improved aerodynamics and other small touches. The rear Brembo disc and caliper are lighter then before, as is the lower triple clamp. A new windscreen and subtle revisions to some of the streamlining has given the bike a better shape through the air.
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30th Coca Cola Zero Suzuka - 8 Hours Race!!
01 July 2007
18 permanent teams will go head-to-head on 29th July in Japan at the ‘Coca Cola Zero Suzuka 8 Hours’ race, the third leg of the QMMF Endurance FIM World Championship. The 30th edition of this legendary endurance race is a special highlight of the racing calendar and is often a pivotal point in the World Championship race. At the top of the Championship standings is the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team (SERT), the favourites among the permanent teams. SERT has only a single Championship point advantage over Kawasaki Motor France but will have the opportunity to stretch its lead at Suzuka as Kawasaki Motor France will not be on the start line.
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Kawasaki France Takes Victory Ahead of Suzuki SERT In Albacete
06 May 2007
A relentless six-hour battle took place in today’s race, the second stage of the QMMF Endurance FIM World Championship at Albacete in Spain, which was fought out head to head by Kawasaki Motor France and the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team without a single moment of respite. At the chequered flag the Kawasaki machine of Steve Plater, Julian Mazuecos and Gwen Giabbani ended winning with one lap ahead of the Suzuki ridden by Vincent Philippe, Matthieu Lagrive and Julien Da Costa.
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Suzuki Lead The Grid Ahead Of Kawasaki's In Albacete 6hr Night-Time
05 May 2007
Suzuki Endurance Racing Team finished the second qualifying round of QMMF Endurance FIM World Championship at Albacete in first place on the grid. Vincent Philippe once again recorded the best time this morning in 1’31.268 and with the support of quick lap-times recorded by his team-mates, Matthieu Lagrive and Julian Da Costa, secured Suzuki’s advantage on the grid line-up at the Albacete 6hr Night-time Endurance. The line-up at the top of the grid is extremely close, making Suzuki’s pole-position more of a psychological boost than a physical advantage.
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Kawasaki QERT Take The Lead In Albacete 6hr Night-Time
05 May 2007
The Qatar Endurance Racing Team came away from the first qualifying round of the QMMF Endurance FIM World Championship at Albacete, with the advantage. The average of the rider’s best times will determine the grid line-up on completion of the second qualifying rounds which take place tomorrow. Looking strong on the Spanish track, Jose Luis Cardoso and Ivan Silva leave, unofficially, Kawasaki QERT leading the first qualifying round.
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SERT Dominate Free Tests In Albacete 6hr Endurance
05 May 2007
The race favourites took to the Albacete circuit in Spain on Friday morning for free testing in advance of the second round of the QMMF Endurance FIM World Championship. In spite of in spite of low temperature track conditions, the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team achieved the fastest lap-time courtesy of Vincent Philippe who recorded a time of 1’32.980, the only lap-time to come in under 1’33.
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Suzuki Set For Albacete 6 Hours
03 May 2007
Defending World Endurance Champions SERT are looking to take control of this year's series at this weekend's second round in Spain following their second place at the opening round at Le Mans in France. GSX-R1000-mounted Vincent Philippe, Matthieu Lagrive and Julien Da Costa head a field of 42 teams - 20 permanent series competitors and 22 others - for the Albacete 6 Hours which starts at 18.00hrs on Saturday.
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The Four Big Japanese Manufacturers Go Head To Head
02 May 2007
A clash of the titans is set to take place at the ‘Albacete 6 Hours Night-time Endurance’! Next weekend on Spanish soil the four giants of Japanese motorcycle construction will take their places among the highly competitive line-up of permanent teams in the second race of the 2007 QMMF Endurance FIM World Championship. A nail-bitingly exciting battle is expected between the big four rivals.
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