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The edition “ENDURANCE 2011” will be published in January 2012. This book contains 160 pages showing images (photos by David Reygondeau) and telling stories (texts by Valerie Moreno), including all races, the great moments and the complete racing results of the 2012 Qtel FIM Endurance World Championship and Cup. You will also meet the teams who took part in this sporting season. Published in ...

The 2011 Qtel FIM Endurance World Championship prize-giving ceremony took place on Sunday, November 13th on the Losail International Racetrack, in Qatar, the day after the 8 Hours of Doha race. This season’s ultimate race managed to give consecration to the two 2011 world title contenders, the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team and the BMW Motorrad France 99, and to reallocate the final s...

A hard fought second place in today's 8 Hours of Doha, the final race of the 2011 Endurance World Championship, wasn't quite enough to see Team BMW Motorrad France 99 crowned as the 2011 Endurance World Champions, as third place for SERT saw them retain the title by just four points. Having dominated practice and qualifying, Sébastien Gimbert, Erwan Nigon and Damian Cudlin were confident of figh...

Yamaha Racing France GMT 94 Ipone riders David Checa, Kenny Foray and Matthieu Lagrive closed the season with a first victory and hence, offered their French official Yamaha the third place of the 2011 Qtel FIM Endurance World Championship at the last race, in Qatar. Reaching the end of the race through a very fast pace, BMW Motorrad France 99 finished second in Doha. For the honours, Sébastien ...

After four hours of racing, Yamaha Racing France GMT 94 Ipone leads the race on the Losail racetrack in Qatar. The French official Yamaha managed to hold back the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team, trying to win an eleventh world title. At mid-race, the SERT leads his direct competitor, the BMW Motorrad France 99 and the Monster Yamaha YART.There was some high tension on the track already from the star...

The Michelin clan puts his strengths behind his best contender, BMW Motorrad France 99. The official Belgian team starts from pole position at the 8 Hours of Doha, this afternoon, to try to get in Qatar its first world title. BMW Motorrad France 99 sits nine points behind the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team, ten times and current world champion. BMW is racing here for victory, but also needs to keep ...

There is more and more pressure on the Losail racetrack. The second qualifying session of the 8 Hours of Doha will stay an impressive one after the incredible BMW Motorrad France 99 pole position, with a 1'59.928 lap which astonished the competition. The Belgium official team seems untouchable and has major assets to target the victory and the 2011 world title: the S1000RR is incredibly fast, thei...

The stakes are very high for the 8 Hour Endurance race in Doha. During the first qualifying session this afternoon in Qatar each team presented their best assets. BMW Motorrad France 99 was still the fastest with their S1000RR power, Michelin tyres and three very homogenous riders-. All three riders lapped the Losail racetrack in the low 2’00’s. Sin second place and using on Dunlop tyres, the Suzu...

The QMMF, Qatar Motor & Motorcycle Federation, is making history in Doha. With the support of the FIM ‘Women in Motorcycling’ Commission, the Qatar Endurance Racing Team entered an extra team, composed with 3 female riders alongside their regular team. The QERT Suzuki # 96 motorcycle has three European women, with German rider Nina Prinz who has proven herself in the IDM, the International Ger...

There is some electricity in the air on the Losail racetrack, in Qatar. The 2011 Qtel FIM Endurance World title will be decided this coming Saturday at the 8 Hours of Doha, between the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team and the BMW Motorrad France 99. During the first free practice session this morning, the official Belgian team BMW Motorrad France 99 was showing their victory and title ambitions. On th...