Yoshimura SERT Motul Win
Bol d'Or 24, EWC Title
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The result meant YART rider
Niccolo Canepa, who was part-
nered by Marvin Fritz and Karel
Hanika, will retire from racing
without the third World title he
was chasing.
"This is not exactly the race we
were hoping for. We were hoping
to battle a bit more with SERT
and make their life a bit more
difficult," said Canepa. "Unfortu-
nately, we had a problem in the
first stint, and we were never in
the fight for the victory. But we
never expected to be on the podi-
um today, so we must be happy
for this third place because it's
been a tough race for us."
The final championship stand-
ings have Yoshimura SERT Motul
as champions on 173 points
from YART on 159. BMW Motor-
rad World Endurance is third on
119.
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OVERALL
1. Yoshimura SERT Motul (Suz)
24:01:28.767
2. KM 99 (Yam) 24:02:19.639
3. Yamalube YART Yamaha (Yam)
24:02:40.803
4. Team 18 Sapeurs Pompiers CMS
Motostore (Yam) 4:02:50.221
5. BMW Motorrad World Endurance
(BMW) 24:03:08.388
Y
oshimura SERT Motul
banked a win double in the
FIM Endurance World Cham-
pionship, coming out on top
in the 2024 title showdown by
taking back-to-back Bol d'Or
24 Hour victories at Circuit
Paul Ricard in France, Sep-
tember 14-15.
The Suzuki trio of Gregg
Black, Dan Linfoot and Etienne
Masson took Yoshimura SERT
Motul's second EWC crown
and its first since 2021 to go
with the 11 titles won when the
France-based squad ran under
the Suzuki Endurance Racing
Team banner.
Suzuki has now triumphed
in the legendary Bol d'Or 24-
hour race 20 times, and Black
and Masson have become
four-time winners of the long-
standing EWC event.
Yamaha-powered KM 99
team scored its first EWC
podium in its second year in
the championship, with sec-
ond place for Randy de Puniet,
Jeremy Guarnoni and Florian
Marino to end 2024 as the top
independent EWC team.
Yamalube YART Yamaha
EWC Official Team began the
Bol d'Or title decider leading
the standings as one of four
teams in championship conten-
tion. Although it completed the
Formula EWC podium in third,
the team fell short in its efforts
to defend the EWC title it won in
2023 after two time-consuming
unscheduled pitstops.
Yoshimura SERT Motul celebrate
after taking out the 2024 Bol d'Or 24
and EWC crown.
