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Motorbike. The Junior Team is getting back to it the hard way. Sport

So far, everything has been going well. After having worked well on its Suzuki on Tuesday, the Junior Team was doing very well on the track, until taking advantage of the rain to secure the third provisional time in the Superstock category. And then, the fall. Reserve rider, Alexis Lamire loses the bike at the end of the pit straight line. “It is above all not for me to bring her down”, he regretted, a few minutes after his fall.

“Of course, it’s not easy for Alexis, confirmed Benjamin Bricard, manager of the team. He also blames himself for giving the guys work, for damaging the bike. But it is also the role of the Junior, we train the mechanics, but also the pilots. The most important thing is that there is no injury. It’s up to us to get the bike ready for tonight. “

And for once, there was work on the Suzuki of Kevin Denis, Valentin Suchet and Guillaume Raymond. “There is obviously bodywork, like on every crash, but we also have a little work on the handlebars, the tank, and the rear arm. “ This Thursday evening, during night testing, the bike was back on the track, “To check if all is well”.

“A managerial approach now”

In short, a kind of final examination for the young mechanics of the Junior, present for a year in the team, and who can now speak about the experience of the 24 Hours, last June. “The gestures, the knowledge, were already of a high level in June. It is more on decision-making, on autonomy, on putting into action that we see the difference, analyzes Benjamin Bricard. In my role, I have more of a managerial approach, rather than a teacher. Even if we keep an eye on the work done. “

Enough to give some ambitions to the Sarthoise team: “We know that we are a little less quick in the dry, that we still have to work, which we will do during the sessions this Friday. But in the rain, we saw that we were very well. So maybe with the showers, the thunderstorms, we could hope for a Top 5, or even a little more. But endurance is still endurance, you have to stay away from worries. “

Especially as the Superstock, like the Le Mans plateau, and raised on this Bol d’or. After a year of apprenticeship, however, a nice result in the Var, for the Junior mechanics would be a very nice reward.

Renaudin. Good debut for Martin Renaudin, on the Yamaha n ° 36 entered in EWC. Yesterday evening, the Sarthois held sixth place on the grid.

OG Motorsport by Sarazin. The other Sarthoise team in Superstock rode its new Yamaha, and its new riders. After Thursday’s practice, the No. 66 Yamaha was 22nd.

Metiss. The experimental motorcycle, developed in Sarthe, held 38th place, out of 41 motorcycles on the track.

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