Honda Racing Press Release: The Honda Endurance Racing team finished the Oschersleben 8 Hours this evening in the top-five, after placing the Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade SP fifth at the 3.667km Oschersleben circuit in Germany. After completing 306-laps and after eight hours of racing, Honda’s endurance specialists Julien Da Costa, Freddy Foray and Sébastien Gimbert crossed finish line in fifth position with a six-lap gap. The race got underway at 12:00am (GMT+1) on Saturday with Gimbert, starting the race from fifth position. During the first hours, the Honda Endurance Racing team was fighting between first and third place, but the race pace was really strong and during the third hour, Da Costa ran out of fuel before entering the pits. Quickly back on track in 18th position aboard the Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade SP, Honda’s endurance specialists Da Costa, Foray and Gimbert pushed hard and made up positions. But while the team was back up to sixth place, Da Costa crashed out. The team worked hard to get the bike out on track only four minutes after the crash with two and a half hours to go. Despite these issues, the squad did not lose their race pace and continued to make up positions. They eventually crossed the finish line fifth, collecting 18 valuable championship points. 
The next and last Endurance World Championship round is the 24-hour Bol d’Or race, which takes place on 19-20 September, in France. Neil Tuxworth: It was a very eventful race for us, we made one or two mistakes, then Julien had a crash but these sort of things can happen, that’s racing. Eventually at the end of the day I think the team did very well to come back and finish in fifth position, so we have to take some positive. Steven Casaer: The strategy was good, but obviously in the second stint the light didn’t come on and that has cost us dearly. The crash is something that happens, but the positive thing in the end is that all our riders were all pretty fast, they were all in the same pace and as fast as the other permanent teams. We take the lessons and we’ll analyze everything that happened to get well prepared for the Bol d’Or. Julien Da Costa: I still don’t know why I crashed out during the race, but I think we are lucky to make a top-five finish after what we’ve been through during this eventful race. During the last stint I pushed hard and battled against the BMW to secure fifth place. The other good thing is that the issues we had were little mistakes, but the CBR is really reliable, so this is encouraging. We had a few chattering issues that we have to solve before the Bol d’Or, so this is something we’ll work on at the pre-Bol d’Or test in September, the race is over but we’re already on to the next one. Freddy Foray: We finished fifth which is a good place, obviously we are a bit disappointed because we were aiming for victory here, but you always learn from your mistakes so now we’re moving forward and focusing on the Bol d’Or where we want to perform well and fight for victory. Julien Da Costa: We still had chattering issues during the race, but the pre-Bol d’Or test should help us improve and confirm some points. The good point is that we were able to demonstrate that we are efficient as riders - we gave ourselves fully and were able to make really good lap times with Julien and Freddy. What we have to retain is the motivation and the energy that we expend on the bike in spite of the little issues that we can have. There’s one certain thing: we’re more united than ever. Race Results - Race results - Top 15 1 GMT94 Yamaha 312 EWC YAMAHA GMT94 Yamaha 2 Suzuki Endurance Racing Team 312 EWC SUZUKI Suzuki Endurance Racing Team 3 Monster Energy Yamaha-YART 309 EWC YAMAHA Monster Energy Yamaha-YART 4 Junior Team Le Mans Sud Suzuki 308 SST SUZUKI Junior Team Le Mans Sud Suzuki 5 Honda Endurance Racing CBR 306 EWC HONDA Honda Endurance Racing EWC 6 BMW MOTORRAD France TEAM PENZ BMW 7 Starteam PAM racing 305 SST SUZUKI Starteam PAM racing 8 Maco Racing Team 305 EWC YAMAHA Maco Racing Team 9 National Motos 304 EWC HONDA National Motos 10 Team Traqueur Louit Moto 33 304 SST KAWASAKI Team Traqueur Louit Moto 33 11 Team R2CL 303 EWC SUZUKI Team R2CL 12 AM Moto Racing Competition 300 SST SUZUKI AM Moto Racing Competition 13 Flembbo Leader team 300 EWC KAWASAKI Flembbo Leader team 14 Aprilia Grebenstein 300 OPEN APRILIA Aprilia Grebenstein 15 RS Speedbikes Racing 299 OPEN BMW RS Speedbikes Racing For more information: www.hondaracingcbr.com 
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