Vincon as the new “senior” in the EWC Kremer / Endurance World Championship team

“I felt good on the Yamaha machine,” says Dominik Vincon after the first official test at Le Mans. Knittlinger will start the new season there in a few days as a new addition to the Motobox Kremer Racing team.
World Endurance Championship. On Saturday, April 20, the start of the World Endurance Championship will take place in front of tens of thousands of spectators with a 24-hour session at Circuit Bugatti.

Inside the plane are 26-year-old Daniel Rubin from Schwanau and Marco Fetz from Ansbach (24). The alternative is Bastian Ubl. Vincon, who is over 30 years old, already has several years of EWC experience. Ever since he announced his team switch from BMW Team Poland to Motobox Kremer at the beginning of the year, Vincon has been looking forward to a prestigious start. But not only because of the fans. “I’m also looking forward to a new motorcycle. I was in the saddle of a BMW for the LRP Poland team, which I participated in for five years in the World Endurance Championship.”

“The orange Yamaha R1 with number 65, which I have to do in the future, brings a completely different character to the track,” he explains. “The BMW is faster on the straights, but the Yamaha can be driven faster and smoother in the corners. This also protects the body in view of the high stress of racing around the clock. And especially on the hilly circuit of Le Mans, which it is only about 4.1 km, this can be a decisive advantage.

Dominik Vincon is positive about the fact that it was not easy especially during the initial test at the end of March with wet and relatively dry conditions. This gave his teammates, mechanics and himself the opportunity to test and adjust the motorcycle in different track conditions. “There can be no more surprises in racing now,” Vincon says. “I’m glad it’s finally starting.”

The sporting goal that Vincon wants to achieve in the new season is clearly defined: “We want to finish in the top ten in the overall list,” he says. The Motobox Kremer team, which finished the season in eleventh place in 2023, would improve. In any case, Vincon sees this as a “very realistic goal” regarding his young teammates.

The fact that the trio only achieved top 20 results on the test does not undermine Vincon’s status. “I know from experience that the extreme stress in a 24-hour race is completely different from a previous event like that,” he assures, “and that not all teams have the material to hold on. On the other hand, I think the Yamaha of our racing team is stable enough.

The 32-year-old girl feels well prepared physically. “I’ve been riding a lot of motocross lately, which is great training because of the sequence of movements,” he says.

After qualifying on Thursday and next Friday before the race, the starting signal for the 24-hour classic will be given on Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. The tournament will be shown almost in its entirety on the pay-per-view channel Eurosport II and a preview on free-to-air TV on Eurosport I. The EWC breakfast can also be received via an internet stream on Servus TV.