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Former 500cc GP World Champion Kevin Schwantz is to make his international racing comeback this year at the Suzuka 8-Hour World Endurance Championship second round in Japan.The 48-year-old, who clinched the 1993 World Championship aboard his #34 Lucky Strike RGV500 Suzuki, will race a GSX-R1000 in a three-rider Suzuki team set-up by Yukio Kagayama that also includes former MotoGP, WSB and BSB ride...

The Red Bull KTM Ajo team arrive at Jerez with one of their riders, Luis Salom, leading the standings. After a maiden race at the Circuit of The Americas, the Spanish rider and teammates Arthur Sissis and Zulfahmi Khairuddin will share a track once more at the scene of a great preseason test. The Red Bull KTM Ajo will be looking to add a further podium to the fifteen that they have taken in consec...

The life-size laboratory of the 2013 Endurance World Championship’s opener brings Michelin second and fourth places. This weekend’s 77th Bol d’Or at Nevers-Magny-Cours, France, saw MICHELIN harvest second and fourth places thanks to its partners Yamaha Monster Austria and Yamaha GMT 94. Once again, the French motorcycle endurance racing classic produced a thrilling battle between the expected f...

The Monster Energy Yamaha Austria Racing Team (YART) kicked off their 2013 Endurance World Championship Challenge in style yesterday with a hard fought second place finish at the season opening Bol d’Or race at the Circuit de Nevers in Magny Cours. YART weren’t the only Yamaha YZF-R1 in contention for honours with the Yamaha France GMT94 team’s David Checa, Kenny Foray and Matthieu Lagrive battlin...

Defending World Champions Suzuki Endurance Racing Team staged a heroic race from the back of the field to finish third in the opening round of the 2013 World Endurance Championship at Magny-Cours in France today.Team riders Anthony Delhalle and Vincent Philippe both crashed the team's GSX-R1000 less than four hours into the 77th Bol d'Or, with Philippe refusing to be stretchered into the ambulance...

The main reactions after the 77th Bol d'Or. After winning at the wire in 2012, SRC Kawasaki triumphs again at the Bol d’Or with a 9-lap lead over Monster Energy Yamaha YART and 11 laps clear of the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team (SERT). Gilles Stafler, team manager SRC Kawasaki With an average age of 23, our crew is the youngest ever to win a Bol d’Or. They are young but experienced and profession...

After winning at the wire in 2012, SRC Kawasaki triumphs again at the Bol d’Or with a 9-lap lead over Monster Energy Yamaha YART and 11 laps clear of the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team (SERT). Riding the official Kawasaki, Gregory Leblanc, Loris Baz and Jérémy Guarnoni put together a perfectly crafted but exhausting race. The tricky conditions with intermittent showers on Saturday afternoon reshuf...

Penz13.com Franks Autowelt Racing Team secured a 2nd place in the FIM World Endurance Championship at the 77th Bol d’Or, the 24 hours of Magny Cours, today. The German squad of team principal Rico Penzkofer also got 6th overall with Pedro Vallcaneras (ESP), Jason Pridmore (USA) and Steve Mercer (GBR). The Penz13.com Franks Autowelt Racing Team the 24 hours of Magny Cours at the Bol d’Or went probl...

The Honda TT Legends team was forced to retire 18-hours in to the 2013 Bol d’Or 24-hour, breaking its seven-race stint of successful finishes in Endurance World Championship events. The disappointment also marks the first time that the team has had to withdraw from a 24-hour race. John McGuinness started the race for the Honda TT Legends and the first few hours saw him, Simon Andrews and Michael...

Suzuki Endurance Racing Team is fighting back at the Bol d'Or 24-Hour World Endurance Championship opening round at Magny-Cours in France after two crashes early on in the race put them at the back of the pack. The 12-times World Endurance Champions led the race initially and then team rider Anthony Delhalle crashed three hours into the race. After bringing the GSX-R1000 home to the pits for repa...