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Title-winning Japanese squad Yoshimura SERT Motul will contest its home round of the 2022 FIM Endurance World Championship with a tweaked rider line-up. Having excelled in the opening two events of the EWC season, Gregg Black will take on the fourth rider role, leaving home hero Kazuki Watanabe to join forces with Sylvain Guintoli and Xavier Siméon in the main line-up for the Suzuka 8 Hours.
After failing to go the distance in the 24H SPA EWC Motos due to a technical issue, the ERC Endurance-Ducati team’s riders have reflected on a frustrating second round of the 2022 FIM Endurance World Championship. David Checa, Xavi Forès and new recruit Chaz Davies managed to complete 280 laps of the 6.985-kilometre Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps but were forced to retire after 11 hours and 45 minutes due to ongoing problems with the Ducati Panigale V4R’s fuel pump system, which was changed twice during the race albeit to no avail.
Xavier Siméon’s bid for a famous home win when the FIM Endurance World Championship visited his native Belgium for the 24H SPA EWC Motos earlier this month was knocked off course by a technical issue that “never happens”. Yoshimura SERT Motul had been on top after 10 hours only for Sylvain Guintoli to be forced to pit for a replacement clutch and gearbox for his Bridgestone-equipped Suzuki GSX-R1000R after faults developed. The work took more than 25 minutes to complete.
Mike Di Meglio was full of praise for his F.C.C. TSR Honda France team-mate Gino Rea following the thrilling finish to the 24H SPA EWC Motos earlier this month. Rea, a new Honda-powered recruit for 2022, beat home hero Xavier Siméon to the final podium spot after the pair engaged in a dramatic on-track tussle, despite the demanding weather conditions making riding extremely challenging.
Just like the good old days Ducati’s top brass came to Misano, which gave us a chance to speak to Sporting Director Paolo Ciabatti about Bautista, balancing rules, customer programmes and 2023 riders…
Motobox Kremer Racing battled to the finish of the 24H SPA EWC Motos, placing 30th in the overall rankings and 11th among the Formula EWC contenders, despite an injury to Stefan Ströhlein. After the opening seven hours went according to plan, the German team was targeting a top-20 finish from 29th on the grid. Ad/> Unfortunately, a broken chain just before nightfall before a crash for Lukas Walchhütter following a collision with another rider required rapid repairs and cost vital minutes.
Niccolò Canepa and Marvin Fritz have spoken of their devastation after the YART – Yamaha Official Team EWC was forced out of the lead on the final morning of the 24H SPA EWC Motos last weekend. Despite the delay of more than four minutes when the team was forced to make an unscheduled pit stop for a replacement speed sensor after three hours, stellar performances from Canepa, Fritz and polesitter Karel Hanika put the Austrian squad back into contention. Ad/> Following a battle for the lead between Fritz and BMW rider Mykhalchyk, it was the Japanese marque in front after 18 hours.
Viltaïs Racing Igol went the distance in the 24H SPA EWC Motos, running in the top four before finishing sixth. Following its early exit from the 24 Heures Motos at Le Mans in April, the result was fitting reward for the French team’s efforts. But as Team Manager Yannick Lucot explained, a return to the podium remains the target in this season’s FIM Endurance World Championship.