2008

The 2009 Endurance World Championship will be held over six races. As usual, the season will open in France with the 24 Hours of Le Mans mid-April. On the other hand, the Oschersleben 8 Hours in Germany, traditionally organized in mid-August, will move forward to Saturday May 30, while the Albacete 6 Hours in Spain are programmed on Saturday 4 July. The remainder of the season 2009 is similar to t...

The last round of the Qtel FIM Endurance World Championship will take place on Saturday, November 8th at the Losail racetrack in Qatar. Although the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team and the Qatar Endurance Racing Team IJT have claimed the 2008 World Title and the FIM Superstock World Cup respectively, the 8 Hours of Doha will be an important event. Freed by their ninth World Champion title, the SERT ...

QERT IJT wins 2008 FIM World Cup Superstock. Press FIM Endurance : which is your assessment of this first Superstock season ?Mr. Nasser Khalifa Al Attiya : “This year is a great season for us to achieve a World Title in the Superstock class, in representing and building a strong team with a lot of support from French Education Government Greta and LMS School. I’m grateful to have a strong group, ...

Press FIM Endurance: was this season more difficult than others?Dominique Meliand: “Every season is difficult. You have to fight for every victory. A racing season is always difficult, even if you have the feeling that the things are going well for you, you have to pay attention to every detail, otherwise you won’t succeed. This season, we did a little mistake at some point, we had some small mech...

The last round of the Qtel FIM Endurance World Championship will take place in Qatar on Saturday, November 8th, for the 8 Hours of Doha on the Losail international racetrack. If the stakes are down for the 2008 World title and the Superstock FIM World Cup as well, there will be some intense battle for runner-up.After its Bol d’Or victory last September, Suzuki Endurance Racing Team has secured its...

Steve Plater got himself another podium with a third place in a British Supersport race held in Silverstone at the end of September. This was his fourth podium in this class this season, after two victories in Snetterton mid-June and Cadwell Park at the end of August, and a second place at Mallory Park. Steve Plater currently holds the British Supersport Championship overall fourth position, of wh...

Another World Title for SERTAfter the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Suzuki Endurance Racing Team takes another double at Nevers Magny-Cours. The Suzuki 1 of Vincent Philippe, Matthieu Lagrive and Julien Da Costa took victory with a gap of six laps over Suzuki 2 of William Costes, Guillaume Dietrich and Olivier Four. On the same occasion, SERT 1 takes the 2008 Qtel FIM Endurance World Championship title, fo...

After a wet and hectic night, Suzuki Endurance Racing Team is still leading the Bol d’Or. At 8 am, the SERT 1 of Vincent Philippe, Matthieu Lagrive and Julien Da Costa has a five lap lead over SERT 2 of William Costes, Guillaume Dietrich and Olivier Four.Yamaha Austria Racing Team did a fantastic race so far with Igor Jerman, Gwen Giabbani and Steve Plater. After a difficult start due to a crash, ...

Le retour de la pluie vers 23 heures sur le circuit de Magny-Cours a largement bouleversé le classement de tête du Bol d’Or. La Suzuki Endurance Racing Team 1 est en tête depuis la première heure de course mais elle est maintenant suivie par la Suzuki 2 du SERT. La Kawasaki France, qui s’accrochait depuis des heures à la roue de la Suzuki 1, a chuté à deux reprises juste avant minuit. Elle pointe ...

Suzuki Endurance Racing Team took the lead from the first hour of the race. Vincent Philippe, Matthieu Lagrive and Julien Da Costa, current World Champions on the Suzuki 1, are ahead the Kawasaki of Erwan Nigon, Ivan Silva and Julian Mazuecos at 7 pm.After a fantastic first shift, where Guillaume Dietrich took the lead, SERT Suzuki 2 is just behind the official Kawasaki and manage to resist to the...