After 16 hours: EWC world champion team Yoshimura SERT Motul leads at Le Mans

Yoshimura SERT Motul is on top heading into the final eight hours of the 24 Heures Motos, round one of the 2022 FIM Endurance World Championship. F.C.C. TSR Honda France was in front after eight hours, but the squad’s challenge soon unravelled with costly pitstops required to fix firstly a gear selector issue and then to replace a broken silencer.

A ride-through penalty caused further delay. Ad/> But it’s been an eight-hour stretch clear of significant issue for Yoshimura SERT Motul, which won the 24 Heures Motos last year as part of its FIM Endurance World Championship title triumph and claimed the 10 points handed out to the team in the lead after 16 hours. The Le Mans-based organisation could have been further ahead had it not lost vital moments when it ran dry of fuel on Saturday evening.

FIM EWCAfter six hours: F.C.C. TSR Honda France leads 24 Heures Motos following dramatic start to EWC12 HOURS AGO YART – Yamaha Official Team EWC is second and on the same lap as Yoshimura SERT Motul, a feat it achieved shortly before successive safety car periods just after sunrise. F.C.C.

TSR Honda France is third but Webike SRC Kawasaki France’s hopes of a podium were wrecked when it was forced to stop for more than one hour following a mechanical issue. Viltaïs Racing Igol is a strong fourth and the best independent squad ahead of Team 33 Louit April Moto, which leads the Dunlop Superstock Trophy followed by No Limits Motor Team and the category pole-sitting Team 18 Sapeurs Pompiers CMS Motostore outfit. National Motos is eighth with Team Bolliger Switzerland ninth and OG Motorsport by Sarazin 10th.