Thomas Remacle asked for a nudge in the right direction from destiny. The heaven has heard. 3 pm at Pont-de-Vaux, it starts to rain and does not stop until 7 pm. Jeremie Warnia occupies the top of the first inning. After a really good start, the official Can-Am wishes to distance Romain Couprie, the official Yamaha. Behind the French Ciclet, Ternynck Mangieu and Belgian Remacle fight for the third place.
The rain changed the game and reveals a certain Florian Ramel. Teammate Yoann Ciclet and Yann Magnin, riding their Suzuki LTR 450 Florian put down all his opponents, riding 40 seconds faster. The latter, quite surprised reacts and increase increase his speed. He takes advantages of these conditions, remaining 12 seconds faster per lap.
Red flag
This is panic. Jeremie Warnia slow down. Josh Frederick, unaccustomed to such a situation, advises his friend Ty Dillon Zimmerman, not to take the track. Warnia rides two relays instead of one. Joel Bontoux in good strategist asks his pilots Couprie, Maessen, Montalbani to slow down to maintain their R Yamaha YFZ 450. The four-time winner of the World knows that the weather will be more better for the 9 hours remaining including 5 in night time.
Mangieu less comfortable loose the top 5. Mathieu Ternynck stops twice. "I drove two laps without glasses. This is dangerous! "His teammate takes over in turn suffers.
However Thomas Remacle, and John Mitchell Yohanne Gillouin seized the race lead temporarily. Amateurs, they live in hell. The race direction out the red flag at the end of the first round! Yoann Ciclet then leads the discussion. Too bad for him, the Regulation stipulates that in such a case the ranking is determined on the previous round. The victory is therefore in Belgium. "We are very happy, says Thomas. We do not expect to occupy the first place. We will meet to decide strategy. There is still much to do ... "
Exact as it has only 19 seconds ahead of the Suzuki Team Comas. Suffice to say anything before the race night reduced by 30 minutes, with departures at 20 30 pm instead of 20 pm and 1 am arrival maintained accurately.
Jean-Philippe Auray
Photos: Mick Magnin
