ERC-BMW Motorrad already out front

There were intermittent rain showers throughout the day at Le Mans. The 51 teams taking part in the 24 Heures Motos tests on the Bugatti circuit however used the first day of testing to fine-tune their settings in tricky track conditions.

Despite some minor spills, some of the favourites made use of the few laps run on a dry track to showcase their ambitions and their performance.

German team ERC-BMW Motorrad Endurance (Kenny Foray, Julien da Costa and Mathieu Gines) were a prime example, clocking the day’s quickest time, a 1:39.678, ahead of reigning champions and the 2018 24 Heures Motos winners F.C.C. TSR Honda France (Josh Hook, Freddy Foray and Mike Di Meglio), who set a lap time of 1:40.008.

VRD Igol Pierret Expériences, as the Viltaïs team (Florian Alt, Xavier Siméon and Florian Marino) are now known, have already made it into the leading trio with a 1:40.965 best lap, ahead of Team SRC Kawasaki France (Jérémy Guarnoni, David Checa and Erwan Nigon), who clocked 1:41.041.

The quickest Superstock squad on the track at Le Mans today were Junior Team Le Mans Sud Suzuki (Louis Rossi, Hugo Clère, Alexis Masbou and Eddy Dupuy) with a 1:42.201 lap.

The second day of testing tomorrow (Wednesday) is expected to be rainy too.

Top 12 of the 1st day of the 24 Heures Motos tests1 - ERC-BMW Motorrad Endurance – 1:39.678
2 - F.C.C. TSR Honda France – 1:40.008
3 - VRD Igol Pierret Expériences – 1:40.965
4 - Honda Endurance Racing – 1:40.976
5 - Team SRC Kawasaki France – 1:41.041
6 - Junior Team Le Mans Sud Suzuki – 1:42.201
7 - National Motos – 1:42.268
8 - Team R2CL Sun Chlorella – 1:42.818
9 - YART Yamaha – 1:42.919
10 - Suzuki Endurance Racing Team – 1:43.120
11 - Bolliger Team Switzerland – 1:43.506
12 – 3ART- Moto Team 95 – 1:43.660

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