The 24-Hour at Spa proved to be super-challenging, Siméon rode the last stint in adverse conditions16points in the process.The team was in perfect control and started the night with a significant lead over its closest competitors. At the tenth hour of the race, however, a technical issue put a temporary end to this domination. As ever, the Suzuki team crew pulled together and after just 25 minutes were able to send the Suzuki GSX-R1000R back out on track in 14th position.Two hours later, the team had hauled its way back to seventh place and was in the top three by early morning. The sudden arrival of rain changed the track situation and many riders, including Black, crashed on the slippery surface. Black managed to steer the heavily damaged GSX-R1000R back to the pits and the team pulled out all the stops to repair the bike in record time. A seemingly fearless Black returned to the race in fifth place. As the 24-hour race neared the final hours, all riders were returned to the pits because of an oil spillage on track. This led to a lengthy suspension of the race. Once restarted, the EWC competitors were behind a control car for a few laps. Siméon respected the safety instructions and, once clear, rode hard to chase down third position on a wet and challenging track. His charge was slowed when back markers came into play, however, he brought the team bike home in fourth place and consolidated the team’s position as leader in the championship. Damien Saulnier – Team Manager:“I am both disappointed and happy. Disappointed because we are not on the podium. As for Gregg’s crash, it was an unfortunate race event. By the way, several riders were trapped in the same place within a few minutes. Obviously, these two hard knocks did not make our job any easier. But each time, we came back to the front. I am TEAM SUZUKI RACING NEWS“In Spa we experienced the ups and downs of 24-hour endurance racing. Leading in the ffirst 10 hours, a technical issue, stop and-go penalty, crash, the race was mad. But our team did an amazing job to keep us going and repaired the bike with great speed after the crash. As riders, we never gave up and kept pushing until the end and came out with very important points for the World Championship. Suzuka 8H next…”very proud of our team’s work. In the end, we scored some important points and increased our lead in the championship.”Yohei Kato – Team Director: “There were ups and downs. We were performing well until the middle of the race; we led for a long time. The riders were very fast, and the technical team was also very efficient in the pits. Then we had some problems, but we managed to restart and move up in the standings to fight for the podium. Then the rain got in the way, and we moved up again. We showed great performances in the dry and in the wet. I’m really proud of the work of all the team members.”Sylvain Guintoli: Gregg Black: “The goal here was to score points for the championship and that’s what we did. Beyond that, we were above the rest in the race, whatever the conditions, day or night. We can really be satisfied with the work of the whole team, which was very good, once again. The team was amazing, and we were able to come back in the standings until I got trapped on a slippery track.Xavier Siméon:“The team did a great job fixing the bike on two occasions. Our trio of riders also did well with a very solid race. We really had the best pace of the whole ffield; the Suzuki was The crowds fiocked to get an autograph from local star Siméon at Spa2022 Summer Issue“Our team did an amazing job to keep us going, they changed the gearbox in 25 minutes.” Sylvain Guintoli EWC 2022
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