Suzuki Endurance Racing Team will start todays opening round of the World Endurance Championship at Magny Cours in France from second place on the grid.

SERT's Vincent Philippe, Anthony Delhalle and Julien Da Costa improved their times aboard the GSX-R1000 in Friday's qualifying for the 77th Bol d'Or, finishing less than 400ths-of-a-second behind pole setters SRC Kawasaki after Philippe put in a sub-1:40-minute lap time.

Third place was Yamaha France GMT 94 Michelin Yamalube ahead of BMW Motorrad France Team Thevent and top Superstock qualifiers Junior Team Suzuki LMS riders Baptiste Guittet, Etienne Masson and Nans Chevaux in fifth.

After the warm-up, scheduled to start at 10:30 tomorrow, the 77th Bol d'Or will start at 15:00. Live coverage is available on www.fim-live.com.

Bol d'Or Qualifying: 1 SRC Kawasaki (Kawasaki) 1:39.610, Suzuki Endurance Racing Team will start tomorrow's opening round of the World Endurance Championship at Magny Cours in France from second place on the grid. , 3 Yamaha France GMT 94 (Yamaha) 1:40.489, 4 BMW Motorrad France (BMW) 1:40.690, 5 Junior Team Suzuki LMS (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 1:42.144.