nant performers throughout the
night was Kawasaki Webike
Trickstar with riders Gregory Leb
-
lanc, Mike Di Meglio and Roman
Ramos Alvaro, who inherited the
lead during the eighth hour and
maintained control of the race
deep into Sunday morning.
However, with just under an
hour remaining, disaster struck. A
sudden downpour hit the circuit
once again, and Ramos Alvaro
lost control at the final Raccor
-
dement corner leading onto the
start-finish straight, crashing
while holding a two-lap lead.
Though the bike was recovered,
and the team managed to rejoin,
the incident handed the lead—and
ultimately the win—to YART.
YART's victory marks only their
second win at Le Mans, their first
since 2009.
Kawasaki Webike Trickstar
finished second, with third place
claimed by ERC Endurance BMW
with riders Illya Mykhalchyk,
Kenny Foray, David Checa and
Julian Puffe.
The BMW Motorrad World
Endurance Team of Markus Reit
-
erberger, Sylvain Guintoli, Steven
Odendaal and Hannes Soomer
took fourth, a good result consid-
ering the team suffered several
unscheduled pit stops due to
electronics issues and a minor
crash in the night.
In the Superstock class, the
National Motos Honda FMA team
of Valentin Suchet, Guillaume Ray
-
mond and Johan Nigon emerged
victorious after a battle with the
second-placed Dafy-RAC41 Honda
team of Chris Leesch, Kevin
Manfredi, Takeshi Ishizuka and
Diego Poncet, with third in class
going the 3ART Best of Bike Ya
-
maha with James Westmoreland,
Doriano Vietti-Ramus, Jan Mohr
and Alexy Negrier on board.
Previous EWC champions
F.C.C. TSR Honda France with rid-
ers Alan Techer, Corentin Perolari,
Taiga Hada and Loris Baz en-
dured a tough race with repeated
technical issues and a crash that
set them back. The team would
eventually finish eighth overall.
The next round of EWC 2025
heads to Spa-Francorchamps in
Belgium for the 8 Hours of Spa
Motos on June 7.
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OVERALL (Top 5)
1. Yamaha Austria Racing Team
2. Kawasaki Webike Trickstar
3. ERC Endurance #6
4. BMW Motorrad World
Endurance Team
5. Maxxes By BMRT 3D
WIND
IN THE
P60
It was late heartbreak
for long-time race
leaders Kawasaki Webike
Trickstar. A crash in the
final hour while leading
meant they had to settle
for second behind YART.
