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Cycle News 2023 Issue 31 August 8

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by claiming the runner-up spot, only for Gregg Black to crash nearing the seven-hour mark. Having led early on, Black's Suzuki-powered team respond - ed to late-race rain by switching the UK-born French rider onto wet weather tires. Returning to the track for what would have been a double stint in the hot and humid conditions, Black slid off at the 'S' Curves and the team lost eight minutes in the pits while repairs were made. Sylvain Guintoli complet - ed the race for the team in P12. Yoshimura SERT Motul's mis- fortunate let in TOHO Racing for second onboard its Honda after it had clocked the third-fastest time in Saturday afternoon's Top 10 Trial. AutoRace Ube Racing Team relied on two riders—Britain's Dan Linfoot and Japan's Takuya Tsuda—following an injury to Hafizh Syahrin in pre-race testing to finish fifth behind F.C.C. TSR Honda France, which dropped out of contention with a sensor issue that contributed to a fall for Mike Di Meglio in the opening hour. The BMW Motorrrad World Endurance Team scored some decent EWC points in seventh, one place behind Honda Dream RT Sakurai Honda. Honda Asia- Dream Racing with Showa fin - ished eighth followed by S-Pulse Dream Racing-ITEC and Astemo Honda Racing Dream SI Racing, which completed the provisional top 10. Team Kawasaki Webike Trickstar finished 13th after it was delayed by two unsched- uled pitstops. Honda Viltais Racing came home 14th as Motobox Kremer Racing equaled its previous best finish of 25th. KM99 was delayed by more than 20 minutes, however, when its Yamaha ran out of fuel. F.C.C. TSR Honda France now leads the series by 14 points over YART, which finished 23rd following electrical gremlins on the Yamaha YZF-R1. The FIM Endurance World Championship now heads to the Circuit Paul Ricard finale from September 14-17. CN (Right) Karel Hannika is shattered after pushing his R1 halfway around the track in sweltering conditions to get it back to the pits. (Bottom) F.C.C. TSR Honda (1) retook the EWC points lead with fourth place at Suzuka. VOLUME ISSUE AUGUST , P41

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