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ahead of SRC Kawasaki and Yamaha France GMT 94 Michelin YamalubeReigning World Champions Suzuki Endurance Racing Team (SERT) made a powerful impression in the first qualifying session of the Bol d’Or in Magny Cours this afternoon. The SERT takes the provisional pole position on the back of the two best times of the day signed Vincent Philippe (1’39.769) and Fabien Forêt (1’40.256). Based on the av...

Kawasaki, BMW and Suzuki all within one secondThe season’s first major confrontation took place around mid-day on the Nevers Magny-Cours circuit with the free practice session for the 76th Bol d’Or. There are 55 teams gearing up to take to the track for this first round of the 2012 FIM Endurance World Championship. The SRC Kawasaki pulled off the best time just ahead of BMW Motorrad France Team Th...

The Bol d’Or with 55 teams, 7 manufacturers and 18 countriesThe Bol d’Or is the opening event of the season for the 2012 FIM World Endurance Championship. This traditional 24-hour event, held on the Nevers Magny-Cours circuit, has attracted 55 teams, seven manufacturers and over 170 riders from 18 different countries. We can expect a tough battle for victory among the official factory teams this s...

BMW Motorrad France Team Thevent head to Magny-Cours for this weekend's 76th edition of the Bol d'Or determined to get their 2012 Endurance World Championship campaign off to a flying start.For BMW Motorrad France Team Thevent's four riders - Sébastien Gimbert, Erwan Nigon, Damian Cudlin and Hugo Marchand - the main aim this weekend will be to secure a good result and as many championship points a...

The FIM Endurance World Championship will enjoy TV coverage on all five continents in 2012. There will also be live broadcast coverage on MOTORS TV, Sport + and FIM TV.com for the “Bol d’Or” and the “24 Heures du Mans” rounds. FIM Communications & Marketing Director Olivier Godallier welcomes the extensive coverage: “We are delighted to see that in 2012 this magnificent championship will be b...

The team DGSPORT HEROCK just finished two days of official testing on the track of Magny-Cours in order to prepare their participation at the Bol d’Or, on the 14th and 15th of April.K-Tech, the suspensions partner of the team, did a lot of hard work to prepare for this test. And the result was very good, the riders immediately had a good feeling about the bike. The Yamaha R1 DGSPORT, for the first...

Magny-Cours is set for a great vintage on 14 AprilThere was a special excitement in the air at Magny-Cours for the opening tests of the FIM Endurance World Championship which will get under way on the Nevers circuit on 14 and 15 April. The main contenders for the 2012 title were there and all of them are announcing improved performance levels that augur a season packed with suspense.At the front o...

BMW Motorrad France Team Thevent head into the 2012 season with confidence, after successfully completing the two-day Pre-Bol d'Or test at Magny-Cours this week. With no official timing during the two-day test, direct comparisons between teams proved difficult, but BMW Motorrad France Team Thevent was, once again, one of the fastest teams on track, as Sébastien Gimbert, Erwan Nigon, Damian ...

Having recently concluded successful tests at Almeria and Mugello, BMW Motorrad France Team Thevent are confident of a strong start to the 2012 Endurance World Championship, which gets underway with the Bol d'Or at Magny-Cours in just one month's time.A close second in last year's championship, the team have been busy since the final round of the 2011 season in Qatar. Over the winter the team have...

For the second year in a row, Team DGSPORT will participate at the FIM Endurance World Championship in the Superstock category, this thanks to our title sponsor : Herock Workwear. Given the very positive feedback that came from being implicated in the Team, the Belgian manufacturer of working clothes and professional security has renewed the partnership.Laurent Van Laere, Marketing manager Herock ...