Sepang 8 Hours - Qualifying Results (Combined)
Full combined qualifying results from Thursday at the inaugural Sepang 8 Hours endurance event, where each rider took to the track for two sessions, as part of a 'blue', 'yellow' or 'red' group.
The top ten - by average lap time for the three riders in each team - will now progress to this evening's Superpole-style Time Trial, to decide pole position for Saturday's race.
The race, which is the second round of the 2019/2020 FIM Endurance World Championship, will start at 1pm.
Full combined qualifying results from Thursday at the inaugural Sepang 8 Hours endurance event, where each rider took to the track for two sessions, as part of a 'blue', 'yellow' or 'red' group.
The top ten - by average lap time for the three riders in each team - will now progress to this evening's Superpole-style Time Trial, to decide pole position for Saturday's race.
The race, which is the second round of the 2019/2020 FIM Endurance World Championship, will start at 1pm.
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.
Morbidelli set the fastest time of the two sessions, in Qualifying 1, and is the only rider to so far break the 2m 4s barrier this weekend...
| Sepang 8 Hours - Qualifying (Combined) | ||
| Pos | Riders (Team) | AVERAGE |
| 1 | Morbidelli/Syahrin/Van Der Mark (Yamaha Sepang Racing) | 2m 4.429s |
| 2 | Hook/Foray/Di Meglio (F.C.C. TSR Honda France) | +0.717s |
| 3 | Parkes/Fritz/Canepa (YART - YAMAHA) | +1.401s |
| 4 | Mykhalchyk/Reiterberger/Foray (BMW MOTORRAD WORLD ENDURANCE TEAM) | +1.515s |
| 5 | Alt/Marino/Simeon (VRD IGOL PIERRET EXPERIENCES) | +1.673s |
| 6 | Guarnoni/Nigon/Checa (WEBIKE SRC KAWASAKI FRANCE) | +1.704s |
| 7 | Ježek/De Puniet/Rossi (Team ERC Endurance) | +1.864s |
| 8 | Rea/Bergman/Maurin (Wójcik Racing Team) | +1.984s |
| 9 | Zaidi/Izdihar/Chantra (Honda Asia-Dream Racing with SHOWA) | +2.173s |
| 10 | Kamaruzaman/Norrodin/Da Costa (BMW Sepang Racing) | +2.426s |
| 11 | Philippe/Masson/Black (Suzuki Endurance Racing Team) | +3.013s |
| 12 | Hoshino/Atsumi/Ishizuka (TONE RT SYNCEDGE 4413 BMW) | +3.456s |
| 13 | Rolfo/Mulhauser/Clere (MOTO AIN) | +3.627s |
| 14 | Hedelin/Masbou/Perret (TECMAS BMW GMC) | +3.848s |
| 15 | Leblanc/Uramoto/Tsuda (SUZUKI JEG - KAGAYAMA) | +3.854s |
| 16 | Szkopek/Ellison/Hanika (MACO RACING Team) | +4.098s |
| 17 | Stamm/Suchet/Walraven (Bolliger Team Switzerland) | +4.119s |
| 18 | Debise/Okubo/ (National Motos) | +4.154s |
| 19 | Kerschbaumer/Glöckner/Bijsterbosch (GERT56 by GS YUASA) | +4.173s |
| 20 | Westmoreland/Linfoot/Nigon (MOTORS EVENTS) | +4.248s |
| 21 | Techer/Denis/Enjolras (TATI TEAM BEAUJOLAIS RACING) | +4.293s |
| 22 | Boulom/Gamarino/Manfredi (Team 33 Coyote Louit Moto) | +4.629s |
| 23 | Scassa/Kemmer/Vitali (No Limits Motor Team) | +4.669s |
| 24 | Baggi/Boscoscuro/Rosso (Team Aviobike) | +4.679s |
| 25 | Loiseau/Hardt/Pilot (BMRT 3D MAXXESS NEVERS) | +4.924s |
| 26 | Lussiana/Berchet/Plancassagne (3ART- MOTO TEAM 95) | +5.063s |
| 27 | Yanagawa/Ito/Izutsu (KRP SANYOKOUGYOU & will raise RS-ITOH) | +5.147s |
| 28 | Konno/Seller/Morais (Team R2CL) | +5.278s |
| 29 | Sekiguchi/Sakai/Nagoe (TEAM PLUSONE) | +5.686s |
| 30 | Antiga/Tessels/Bonnot (Rac 41) | +5.905s |
| 31 | Sano/Okamura/Higashimura (TEAM HANSHIN RIDING SCHOOL) | +6.091s |
| 32 | Fastré/Buchner/Godfrey (MOTOTECH EWC TEAM) | +6.182s |
| 33 | Vincon/Bühn/Lewandowski (Team LRP Poland) | +6.242s |
| 34 | Pellizotti/Granzottto/De La Rosa (PITLANE ENDURANCE) | +6.544s |
| 35 | Kodama/Tokudome/ (Team Kodama) | +6.833s |
| 36 | Nekvasil/Bos/Friedrich (HRT 100 - Hertrampf Racing Endurance) | +6.980s |
| 37 | Thöni/Dangl/Walchhütter (Bertl K. Racing Team) | +7.079s |
| 38 | Szkopek/Pasek/Biesiekirski (Wójcik Racing Team 2) | +7.096s |
| 39 | Charpin/Diguet/Hugot (OG MOTORSPORT BY SARAZIN) | +7.181s |
| 40 | Dehaye/Ströhlein/Ortiz (Motobox Kremer Racing #65) | +7.488s |
Holiday mode on for #MotoGP rider @FrankyMorbido12... This is what he had the say just after Q1, where he was the fastest overall! #8hSepang #FIMEWC pic.twitter.com/4La8KmNWCl
— FIM EWC (@FIM_EWC) December 12, 2019
| Sepang 8 Hours - Top 10 Qualifying 2 Results (Rider 'Blue') | ||
| Pos | Riders (Team) | Time/Gap |
| 1 | Morbidelli (Yamaha Sepang Racing) | 2m 4.743s |
| 2 | G.Rea (Wójcik Racing Team) | +0.329s |
| 3 | Hook (F.C.C. TSR Honda France) | +1.036s |
| 4 | Guarnoni (WEBIKE SRC KAWASAKI FRANCE) | +1.227s |
| 5 | Zaidi (Honda Asia-Dream Racing with SHOWA) | +1.674s |
| 6 | Parkes (YART - YAMAHA) | +1.681s |
| 7 | Alt (VRD IGOL PIERRET EXPERIENCES) | +2.553s |
| 8 | Mykhalchyk (BMW MOTORRAD WORLD ENDURANCE TEAM) | +2.928s |
| 9 | Kamaruzaman (BMW Sepang Racing) | +3.134s |
| 10 | Scassa (No Limits Motor Team) | +3.137s |
| Sepang 8 Hours - Top 10 Qualifying 2 Results (Rider 'Yellow') | ||
| Pos | Riders (Team) | Time/Gap |
| 1 | Nigon (WEBIKE SRC KAWASAKI FRANCE) | 2m 5.874s |
| 2 | Reiterberger (BMW MOTORRAD WORLD ENDURANCE TEAM) | +0.321s |
| 3 | de Puniet (Team ERC Endurance) | +0.622s |
| 4 | Syahrin (Yamaha Sepang Racing) | +1.012s |
| 5 | Marino (VRD IGOL PIERRET EXPERIENCES) | +1.290s |
| 6 | Foray (F.C.C. TSR Honda France) | +1.422s |
| 7 | Masson (Suzuki Endurance Racing Team) | +1.584s |
| 8 | Izdihar (Honda Asia-Dream Racing with SHOWA) | +1.792s |
| 9 | Mulhauser (MOTO AIN) | +2.018s |
| 10 | Atsumi (TONE RT SYNCEDGE 4413 BMW) | +2.042s |
| Sepang 8 Hours - Top 10 Qualifying 2 Results (Rider 'Red') | ||
| Pos | Riders (Team) | Time/Gap |
| 1 | van der Mark (Yamaha Sepang Racing) | 2m 5.614s |
| 2 | Chantra (Honda Asia-Dream Racing with SHOWA) | +0.111s |
| 3 | Di Meglio (F.C.C. TSR Honda France) | +0.207s |
| 4 | Rossi (Team ERC Endurance) | +1.101s |
| 5 | Canepa (YART - YAMAHA) | +1.223s |
| 6 | Simeon (VRD IGOL PIERRET EXPERIENCES) | +1.282s |
| 7 | Hanika (MACO RACING Team) | +1.820s |
| 8 | Black (Suzuki Endurance Racing Team) | +1.925s |
| 9 | Ishizuka (TONE RT SYNCEDGE 4413 BMW) | +2.101s |
| 10 | Checa (WEBIKE SRC KAWASAKI FRANCE) | +2.255s |
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)
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