SERT 3RD IN FINAL LE MANS QUALIFYING
Defending Champions Suzuki Endurance Racing Team will start tomorrow's final round of the 2012 World Endurance Championship at Le Mans in France from third position after this afternoon's final qualifying sessions.
With just 600ths-of-a-second separating the top three teams; BMW Motorrad France, SRC Kawasaki and SERT's Vincent Philippe, Anthony Delhalle and Takuya Tsuda - the same top three from yesterday's first qualifying sessions - only BMW improved its time at the historic Bugatti circuit, 200kms south-west of Paris as Damian Cudlin beat his lap time from yesterday to record a 1:37.039 to boost the team's combined average to 1:37.323. But the fastest lap - set yesterday by SRC Kawasaki's Julien da Costa - stands at 1:36.826; the only sub 1:37 time of the event so far.
In the Superstock class, Suzuki GSX-Rs filled the top three positions: Current Championship leaders Team Motors Events AMT Assurances Michael Savary, Frdric Chabosseau and Guillaume Dietrich topped the timesheets with a lap of 1:39.914 ahead of MCP Starteam 67 (1:39.941) and Junior Team LMS Suzuki (1:40.128) in third.
There will be a further warm-up session tomorrow morning between 10:30 - 11:15 local time (GMT + 2) with the sprint start to the 35th Anniversary Le Mans 24 Hour Race scheduled for 15:00hrs.
There is a free live-stream during the race at the following link: www.youtube.com/user/tvfim. The event will also be broadcast with regular live updates on global Satellite TV Channels including Motors TV and Sport+.
Le Mans Qualifying 2 Results: 1 BMW Motorrad France (BMW) 1:37.323, 2 SRC Kawasaki (Kawasaki) 1:37.640, 3 SERT (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 1:37.845, 4 Yamaha France GMT 94 (Yamaha) 1:37.937, 5 Monster Energy YART (Yamaha) 1:38.751, 6 Maco Racing Team (Yamaha) 1:39.532, 7 Bolliger Team Switzerland (Kawasaki) 1:39.656, 8 Honda TT Legends (Honda) 1:39.864, 9 Motors Events AMT Assurance (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 1:39.914 / 1st SST Qualifier, 10 National Motos (Honda) 1:39.938, 11 MCP Starteam 67 (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 1:39.941/ 2nd SST. 13 Junior Team LMS (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 1:40.128/ 3rd SST.
