Trautmann goes from the beach to the EWC Superstock podium

New recruit Lukas Trautmann helped Team LH Racing claim Dunlop Superstock Trophy and FIM Endurance World Cup honours in eighth overall in the 24H SPA EWC Motos – and revealed afterwards he hadn’t expected to start the race. Trautmann linked up with riders Enzo de la Vega and Johan Nigon as a late stand-in for Hugo Robert and promptly celebrated victory after a dramatic conclusion to the Belgian event. Ad/> Team 33 Louit April Moto had led the Superstock category but lost out on glory when Kevin Calia crashed in wet conditions with his Kawasaki suffering a blown engine in the process.

Team 18 Sapeurs Pompiers CMS Motobase had been second at the time but appeared to be in trouble when Baptiste Guittet was one of several drivers to crash at Les Combes. FIM EWCRace report: BMW team stars at Spa in action-packed 24-hour EWC counter3 HOURS AGO However, Guittet managed to continue and hold onto second place ahead of OG Motorsport by Sarazin, which was hampered by traction issues, as Team LH Racing took top honours. “It’s incredible,” Trautmann said afterwards.

“For me I planned to be the spare rider for the team and after so many years of holiday I needed to get my feeling back and get some kilometres in the World Endurance Championship. It was not planned to be racing but it paid off. We had a super race, the bike didn’t have any issue, no one crashed, no mistakes.