The Yamaha Austria Racing Team took yet another race win last weekend at the 8h of Doha, Qatar for the final round of the 2009 FIM World Endurance Championship.
The impressive ride to victory by YART riders Igor Jerman, Steve Martin and Gwen Giabbani, who led the entire race from the first lap, gave Yamaha enough points to claim the 2009 FIM World Endurance Manufacturer title. The Team had already sealed the championship title at the previous round in September but kept the pressure on for the final race to take a clean sweep for Yamaha to add to their already impressive list of world championship title wins this year.
“We had some problems at the Bol d’Or round and Suzuki passed us in the manufacturer’s championship standings,” said YART Team Manager Mandy Kainz. “So we came here to Qatar to win. The race was perfect, there were no mistakes and it was a good weekend for us, as it was usually over the year! We also wanted to finish on the podium on Sunday, it was the best way to finish the year.”
Doha 8 Hours
DOHA EWC Results
Pos / Team / Riders / Bike / Time / Diff / Laps
1 / YAMAHA AUSTRIA RT / JERMAN – MARTIN – GIABBANI / YAMAHA R1 / 8:01:32.304 / 226 /
2 / PHASE ONE ENDURANCE / VALCANERAS – RICHARDS – ELLISON / YAMAHA R1 / 8:02:58.448 / 225 / 1 T
3 / BOLLIGER TEAM SWITZERLAND / SAIGER – MUFF – MIZERA / KAWASAKI ZX10 R / 8:03:17.492 / 224 / 2 T
4 / TEAM 18 SAPEURS-POMPIERS / MOLINIER – BRIERE – TANGRE / SUZUKI GSXR 1000 / 8:03:36.808 / 223 / 3 T
5 / NO LIMITS / GOI – BELLUCCI – CASAS / SUZUKI GSXR 1000 / 8:03:34.176 / 219 / 7 T
6 / RT RACING TEAM MOTOVIRUS / MORILLON – DEVOYON – JOND / SUZUKI GSXR 1000 / 8:03:11.684 / 214 / 12 T
7 / MICHELIN POWER RESEARCH / COSTES – MONGE – MARCHAND / HONDA CBR 1000 RR / 8:02:51.280 / 209 / 17 T
8 / MCS RACING – IPONE / STIBILJ – PROSENIK – ALMEDA / SUZUKI GSXR 1000 / 8:02:02.508 / 193 / 33 T
Final EWC Championship points standings:
1 / Yamaha Austria Racing Team / 145
2 / Team 18 Sapeurs Pompiers / 73
3 / Bolliger Team Switzerland / 71
4 / RT Racing Team Moto Virus / 70
5 / Suzuki Endurance Racing Team / 57
6 / No Limits / 50
7 / Team GSR Kawasaki / 42
8 / Phase One Endurance / 42
9 / Amadeus X-One / 40
10 / Michelin Power Research Team / 34
11 / RAC 41 – City Bike / 33
12 / AM Moto Racing Compétition / 31
13 / MCS Racing / 31
14 / Yoshimura Suzuki with Jomo / 30
15 / BK Maco Moto Racing Team / 29
DOHA SST Results
Pos / Team / Riders / Bike / Time / Diff / Laps
1 / QATAR ENDURANCE RACING / AL NAIMI – AL MANNAI – DELHALLE / SUZUKI GSXR 1000 / 8:01:59.772 / 220 /
2 / QERT JUNIOR TEAM / AL MALKI – AL NAIMI – AL MALKI / SUZUKI GSXR 1000 / 8:03:14.920 / 217 / 3 T
3 / QERT JUNIOR TEAM 2 / AL QUBAISI – AL KUWARI – AL SOWAIDI / SUZUKI GSXR 1000 / 8:02:36.808 / 215 / 5 T
4 / TEAM ENDURANCE MOTO 45 / LAGRIVE – GANFORNINA – JAULNEAU / SUZUKI GSXR 1000 / 8:01:46.432 / 214 / 6 T
5 / LTG 57 ZONE ROUGE / LALEVEE – MILLET – SRDANOV / YAMAHA R1 / 8:01:44.940 / 211 / 9 T
6 / MEAN MACHINE TEAM / CORDIOLI – AL THANI – AL THANI / Sultan KAWASAKI ZX 10 / 8:03:17.460 / 197 / 23 T
7 / MARKOS SUZUKI SERBIAN / PERISIC – MOHSEN / SUZUKI GSXR 1000 / 8:03:29.756 / 197 / 0:12.296
Final SST Championship points standings:
1 / Qatar Endurance Racing Team / 140
2 / Endurance Moto 45 / 65
3 / Qatar Endurance Racing Team Junior 1 / 55
4 / LTG 57-Zone Rouge / 45
5 / Team Motors Events / 43
6 / Suzuki Junior Team LMS / 42
7 / Cordoba Patrimonio de la Humanidad / 42
8 / Bazar 2 la Becane TRT 27 / 37
9 / Maccio Racing / 35
10 / Markos Suzuki Serbian Team / 35
11 / 3D Endurance Moto Center / 32
12 / Stand 41 Adrenateam / 24
13 / Atomic MotoSport / 23
14 / Racing Team Sarazin / 21
15 / Fullgas Racing Team / 20
