IN
THE
WIND
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In fifth place behind Musashi
RT Harc-Pro Honda (Takumi
Takahashi, Jack Miller and Takaa-
ki Nakagami), the Yamaha Official
EWC Team ran a flawless race
with riders Broc Parkes, Kohta
Nozane and Marvin Fritz, the
Austrian team finished ahead of
Japanese heavyweights Honda
Dream Racing and Yoshimura
Suzuki Motul Racing, who
climbed back up to seventh after
an early crash, earning riders
Sylvain Guintoli, Josh Brookes
and Takuya Tsuda the Anthony
Delhalle EWC Spirit Trophy.
Satu Hati Honda Team Asia,
MotoMap Supply FutureAccess
and Honda Dream RT Sakurai
Honda rounded off the top 10,
just ahead of new World Cham-
pions GMT94 Yamaha.
The 11th-place finish by
GMT94 Yamaha's David Checa,
Niccolò Canepa and Mike Di
Meglio enabled Christophe Guy-
ot's team to take the 2016-2017
FIM Endurance World Champi-
onship, the team's third title after
their previous wins in 2004 and
2014. GMT94 Yamaha overtook
Suzuki Endurance Racing Team
in the championship standings
in the final race at Suzuka, with
YART Yamaha Official EWC
Team taking third place in the
2016-2017 FIM EWC. CN
Team Green
Kawasaki had
no answer to the
flying pace of the
Yamaha Factory
Racing Team.
Jack Miller and
the Musashi RT
Harc-Pro Honda
outfit just missed
the podium in
fourth place.
