Phase One Finish Fifth at Bol d’Or
Yamaha Phase One Endurance have finished in fifth place at the Bol d’Or 24 Hour round of the Endurance FIM World Championship at Magny Cours, France.
The incident packed race ended with a tense final hour
battle between fourth place Team Kawasaki
Team manager Russell Benney was pleased with the result: “I’m delighted with fifth place. It’s very useful to us in terms of the championship, and it builds nicely on the last two rounds.
“A great points scoring results but, oh, it could have been so much better. There were a few little glitches that prevented us from being third; A little off by Graeme Gowland in the middle of the night meant two or three minutes of repairs, we had some tyres that wouldn’t come up to temperature that cost us two or three minutes, and a broken magnet in a calliper that cost us another couple of minutes early in the race. We think we would have been five laps better off, which would have put us on the rostrum, but that’s an “if only” story.
“We can go to
Race winners SERT Suzuki have also claimed their fourth world endurance championship in a row. The final round of the championship is the Qatar 8 Hour in November.
Article Date: 14th September 2008 |
