SUZUKI ENDURANCE RACING
TEAM AWARDED 1ST ANTHONY
DELHALLE TROPHY
S
uzuki Endurance Racing
Team was awarded the first
Anthony Delhalle EWC Spirit
Trophy on Sunday, April 16,
after the finish of the 24 Heures
Motos in Le Mans.
Their will to stay the course,
their ability to pick themselves
back up after the toughest of
ordeals, and the motivation of
the entire team, faithful to the
spirit of Endurance so dear to
Anthony Delhalle: these were
the reasons behind the jury's de-
cision to award the first Anthony
Delhalle EWC Spirit Trophy to
the Suzuki Endurance Racing
Team, who finished the 24 Heu-
res Motos in fourth place.
The Suzuki Endurance Racing
Team had to come to grips with
the demise of their rider Anthony
Delhalle a few weeks before
the second round of the FIM
EWC. Despite the shock of his
untimely death and the absence
of team manager Dominique
Méliand, an iconic figure who
has withdrawn from the circuit
for a few months for health rea-
sons, the entire squad banded
together in a fine demonstration
of the spirit of Endurance.
Anthony Delhalle's wife, Jes-
sie, gave away the first trophy
to the whole team, represented
on the podium by riders Vincent
Philippe, Etienne Masson and
Alex Cudlin, and by Dominique
Hébrard, SERT's team manager
at Le Mans.
The Anthony Delhalle EWC
Spirit Trophy will be given out
after each FIM EWC Champion-
ship race to keep the sporting
spirit and character of a great
rider of the caliber of Anthony
Delhalle alive on the racing cir-
cuit for a long time to come. CN
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SUZUKI
RACING
Suzuki Endurance Racing Team
was awarded the first Anthony
Delhalle EWC Spirit Trophy.
