SBK, Suzuki Yoshimura SERT wins the 24 Hours of Le Mans ahead of BMW and Yamaha

Yoshimura SERT won the first round of the 2024 FIM World Endurance Championship, the 47th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Suzuki team managed to recover from an early crash and then took the lead when YART Yamaha rider Karel Hanika crashed before the 16th hour.

The crew of Black, Masson and Linfoot topped the BMW Motorrad Endurance World Team and Mykhalchyk, Guintoli and Reitenberger took second place. The YART team, driven by Niccolò Canepa, managed to grab the 3rd stage of the podium after an 18-minute pit stop to repair the damaged R1.

National Motos Honda won the Superstock class, followed by Chromeburner-RAC41-Honda and 3ART Best of Bike, the team for which Doriano Vietti Ramus, brother of Celestino, races.

Suzuki Yoshimura SERT team rider Gregg Black said: “It’s amazing to be back on the top stage of the microphone, just great. Dan Linfoot, Étienne Masson and the whole team did a great job all winter, we showed our speed and got revenge for last year. It’s just amazing“.

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