Night time racing tests the skills and strengths of the riders and crew 13Siméon and Black and team watch anxiously as Guintoli brings the Suzuki GSX-R1000R safely home at Le Manshis opponents right out of the ffirst corner. After spending much of the race in a steady third place, the team moved to the front on Saturday evening; a position they dominated with a strong race plan, reliable machine and fast, eficient pit stops by the team’s technical stafi.Through the night, the trio of riders remained ffixed on the plan and Black took the event lap record at daybreak with a time of 1.36.195. Always focused on its goals, the Franco-Japanese team gave everything to maintain its lead in the race against strong competition. On the track, the Suzuki riders did not make any mistakes, maintaining control throughout the challenging 24-hour event, which witnessed the deployment of a safety car no less than eight times. The team even overcame a tricky incident during the outing of the second safety car when Guintoli ran out of fuel but, as ever, in the pits, the technical team provided the perfect back-up until the chequered fiag fell.In addition to the extra 23 points acquired in qualifying, and at the 8th and 16th hours of the race, 40 points were earned for the victory, which gave Yoshimura SERT Motul a total of 63 points and a strong start to its title defence.Damien Saulnier – Team Manager:“What a week! What a race! I was impressed TEAM SUZUKI RACING NEWSby the level of performance of all the teams. I am really admiring the work of our three riders. I am also very proud of the whole technical team around me, with Yohei, with the Yoshimura stafi in Japan, with the SERT team in Le Mans. I think we are all happy with this race, which was exceptional.”“I am glad to start the second season with such a brilliant result and I am very satisfied with the work done by the whole team. We put a lot of efiort into preparing for the 2022 season over the winter and it has paid offi. We have the same team as when we won the 24 Heures Motos last year, and their hard work has once again been rewarded by a victory!”“I was expected to do the start because I usually do pretty well. This year it was a bit difierent. I crashed heavily in the preparatory practice a few days ago where I broke my heel. In the end I managed to get over it and ensure a good start. Then it was an incredible race, with a very strong pace from the beginning to the end. We had to push as hard as we could in every stint because we had some really strong competitors. My teammates were also very strong and the whole team did a great job.”Guintoli shares hand-over info with Black at Le MansYohei Kato – Team Director: Gregg Black: 2022 Summer Issue“I am glad to start the second season with such a brilliant result.” Yohei KatoEWC 2022
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