EWC Inside Line with Gregg Black

Gregg Black and his Yoshimura SERT Motul team-mates just came up short in their efforts to win the FIM Endurance World Championship for a third season running in 2022. But with a tweaked Suzuki GSX-R1000R and the addition of the experienced Étienne Masson to the rider line-up, the 34-year-old British-born French racer is expecting to be in the thick of the title chase during the 2023 season.

This is what he’s had to say. Ad The 2023 EWC season is a little more than a month away from starting, how’s everything looking?“I’m feeling good and looking forward to getting back on the bike.

I had a little test at Motegi in Japan last November, but I haven’t really been on a proper bike since then and before that was the Bol d’Or, so it’s been a long time. Last year we did some testing in February and spent a month and a half without riding and then got to Le Mans.

This year we’re doing it all in one go, going to Jerez for the Bridgestone test and then to the Pre-Test for Le Mans at the end of March and then the race so that’s going to be good.” FIM EWCEWC champion Hook back on track and feeling “really good” following Honda Suzuka shakedownA DAY AGO Although you haven’t been testing so far this season it’s fair to say you’ve been keeping busy, right?“I went to Spain to do some training with some French riders and some Spanish riders that I know. Instead of going there two or three times during the winter I went down there for about a month and did quite a bit of riding and I’ve been working on a client project for SERT.

Also, a mate of mine, is the Flat Track world champion Gerard Bailo and I did some training with him, a bit of enduro riding and also some cycling so I’ve kept quite busy. With only four EWC races it’s important