2019 Sepang 8 Hours - Free Practice (Night) Results
The 1.5-hour night Free Practice session concluded the Wednesday action at the inaugural Sepang 8 Hours EWC event.
After dry private testing from 9am-4pm, rain arrived in opening Free Practice from 4:30pm-6:30pm and the track remained damp for the following night session.
The 1.5-hour night Free Practice session concluded the Wednesday action at the inaugural Sepang 8 Hours EWC event.
After dry private testing from 9am-4pm, rain arrived in opening Free Practice from 4:30pm-6:30pm and the track remained damp for the following night session.
Lights on and ready to go! #FIMEWC #8hSepang @xaviersimeon10 pic.twitter.com/vnmAf46l8v
— FIM EWC (@FIM_EWC) December 11, 2019
Qualifying takes place on Thursday, with the race - the second round of the 2019/2020 FIM Endurance World Championship - starting at 1pm on Saturday.
The opening round, September's Bol d'Or, was won by the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team while SRC Kawasaki France are the reigning EWC title holders.
MotoGP's Franco Morbidelli is competing for the home Sepang team, alongside fellow grand prix rider and local hero Hafizh Syahrin plus WorldSBK star Michael van der Mark. The squad are using factory bikes prepared by YART and fitted with Bridgestone tyres. This evening was Morbidelli's first experience of EWC-style night riding...
The fastest times of the day were all set in the private test - CLICK HERE for the full results...
| Sepang 8 Hours - Free Practice (Night) | ||
| Pos | Riders (Team) | Time/Gap |
| 1 | Zaidi/Izdihar/Chantra (Honda Asia-Dream Racing with SHOWA) | 2m 12.359s |
| 2 | Guarnoni/Nigon/Checa (WEBIKE SRC KAWASAKI FRANCE) | +0.390s |
| 3 | Rea/Bergman/Maurin (Wójcik Racing Team) | +1.189s |
| 4 | Alt/Marino/Simeon (VRD IGOL PIERRET EXPERIENCES) | +1.761s |
| 5 | Philippe/Masson/Black (Suzuki Endurance Racing Team) | +2.426s |
| 6 | Morbidelli/Syahrin/Van Der Mark (Yamaha Sepang Racing) | +3.328s |
| 7 | Sekiguchi/Sakai/Nagoe (TEAM PLUSONE) | +3.419s |
| 8 | Kamaruzaman/Norrodin/Da Costa (BMW Sepang Racing) | +4.393s |
| 9 | Boulom/Gamarino/Manfredi (Team 33 Coyote Louit Moto) | +4.740s |
| 10 | Ježek/De Puniet/Rossi (Team ERC Endurance) | +5.141s |
| 11 | Hook/Foray/Di Meglio (F.C.C. TSR Honda France) | +5.181s |
| 12 | Kodama/Tokudome/ (Team Kodama) | +5.375s |
| 13 | Yanagawa/Ito/Izutsu (KRP SANYOKOUGYOU & will raise RS-ITOH) | +5.642s |
| 14 | Parkes/Fritz/Canepa (YART - YAMAHA) | +5.891s |
| 15 | Stamm/Suchet/Walraven (Bolliger Team Switzerland) | +6.303s |
| 16 | Hoshino/Atsumi/Ishizuka (TONE RT SYNCEDGE 4413 BMW) | +6.794s |
| 17 | Leblanc/Uramoto/Tsuda (SUZUKI JEG - KAGAYAMA) | +6.925s |
| 18 | Vincon/Bühn/Lewandowski (Team LRP Poland) | +6.933s |
| 19 | Dehaye/Ströhlein/Ortiz (Motobox Kremer Racing #65) | +7.000s |
| 20 | Scassa/Kemmer/Vitali (No Limits Motor Team) | +7.058s |
| 21 | Thöni/Dangl/Walchhütter (Bertl K. Racing Team) | +7.064s |
| 22 | Rolfo/Mulhauser/Clere (MOTO AIN) | +7.370s |
| 23 | Hedelin/Masbou/Perret (TECMAS BMW GMC) | +7.488s |
| 24 | Szkopek/Ellison/Hanika (MACO RACING Team) | +7.623s |
| 25 | Fukuyama/Yoshida/Okuda (T.MOTOKIDS icu Takada I.W NAC SANYO) | +8.304s |
| 26 | Stoll/Sarrabayrouse/Buisson (AM Moto Racing Competition) | +8.739s |
| 27 | Techer/Denis/Enjolras (TATI TEAM BEAUJOLAIS RACING) | +8.998s |
| 28 | Debise/Okubo/ (National Motos) | +9.037s |
| 29 | Badrul Hisam/Mhd Azmi/Ahmad Shamsul (PACHI HKM SPEED RACING) | +9.339s |
| 30 | Baggi/Boscoscuro/Rosso (Team Aviobike) | +9.439s |
| 31 | Loiseau/Hardt/Pilot (BMRT 3D MAXXESS NEVERS) | +9.455s |
| 32 | Ooishi/Hirano/Krishnan (TransMapRacing with ACE CAFE) | +9.669s |
| 33 | Antiga/Tessels/Bonnot (Rac 41) | +9.965s |
| 34 | Mykhalchyk/Reiterberger/Foray (BMW MOTORRAD WORLD ENDURANCE TEAM) | +10.314s |
| 35 | Fastré/Buchner/Godfrey (MOTOTECH EWC TEAM) | +10.426s |
| 36 | Sugai/Byrne/Burke (TEAM SUGAI RACING JAPAN) | +10.449s |
| 37 | Westmoreland/Linfoot/Nigon (MOTORS EVENTS) | +10.498s |
| 38 | Nekvasil/Bos/Friedrich (HRT 100 - Hertrampf Racing Endurance) | +10.578s |
| 39 | Pellizotti/Granzottto/De La Rosa (PITLANE ENDURANCE) | +10.612s |
| 40 | Kerschbaumer/Glöckner/Bijsterbosch (GERT56 by GS YUASA) | +11.563s |
| 41 | Szkopek/Pasek/Biesiekirski (Wójcik Racing Team 2) | +12.207s |
| 42 | Charpin/Diguet/Hugot (OG MOTORSPORT BY SARAZIN) | +12.574s |
| 43 | Lussiana/Berchet/Plancassagne (3ART- MOTO TEAM 95) | +12.622s |
| 44 | Napoli/Napoli/Pešek (ENERGIE ENDURANCE 91) | +12.931s |
| 45 | Konno/Seller/Morais (Team R2CL) | +13.731s |
| 46 | Sano/Okamura/Higashimura (TEAM HANSHIN RIDING SCHOOL) | +14.512s |
| 47 | Railton/Blackshaw/Edwards (British Endurance Racing Team) | +15.702s |
| 48 | Cronier/Cornut/Gucciardi (JMA MOTOS ACTION BIKE) | +16.065s |
| 49 | Creusot/Wang Chang/Parret (TEAM 202) | +21.233s |
| 50 | Shinjo/Nakamura/Matsumoto (Yamashina Kawasaki KEN Racing & Auto Race UBE) | +1m 51.770ss |
Fastest Wednesday Time:
FCC TSR Honda 2m 5.796s (Private Testing)
For comparison…
Official Sepang WorldSBK records:
Best lap:
Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki 2m 2.246s (2016)
Fastest race lap:
Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki 2m 3.637s (2016)
Official Sepang MotoGP records:
Best lap:
Fabio Quartararo FRA Yamaha 1m 58.303s (2019)
Fastest race lap:
Valentino Rossi ITA Yamaha 1m 59.661s (2019)
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
