Bol d’Or EWC podium for injured Fastre, says Tassels

Wayne Tassels used his summing up of RAC41-Chromeburner’s Superstock category win in the FIM Endurance World Championship season-deciding Bol d’Or to shine a spotlight on his team-mate mate Grégory Fastré. Fastré, from Belgium, was seriously injured in a high-speed crash during practice for the 24 Heures Motos at Le Mans in April and hasn’t raced since.

Ad Following Honda-powered RAC41-Chromeburner’s victory at Circuit Paul Ricard earlier this month – its first in the EWC – Dutchman Tassels said: “I am really happy we took this win because at Le Mans Grégory Fastré, our team-mate, had an injury, which was pretty bad, and it’s also for him that we finally won and I’m happy to be on the podium here. FIM EWCDavies: EWC victory loss one of the toughest moments of my careerYESTERDAY AT 04:05 “For us [the Bol d’Or] was a really good race.

The second part was quite difficult for me personally, but I was very happy that the bike worked well and also my colleagues Jonathan [Hardt] and Chris [Leesch] did a hell of a job, a really good job.” Luxembourg rider Leesch added: “It was very nice to get this victory at the 100th anniversary of the Bol d’Or. We have been fighting for this for a long time, we scored some podiums and finally, we managed to get a victory.

As usual, the Honda Fireblade worked very well around the year, we knew from last year. We were lucky to have a good bike that was up to the task and let us push until the end because the gap was very close when we got into the last stint. The bike was running the whole time, which is the most important thing in the endurance racing and very happy with the performance of the Fireblade this weekend.” RAC41-Chromeburner claimed Superstock category honours in the Bol d’Or ahead