SUZUKI TAKES WORLD ENDURANCE LEAD
 World
Endurance Champions Suzuki Endurance Racing Team has taken
the lead in the 2007 series after taking second place at the
Albacete 6 Hours second round in Spain.
SERT team riders Vincent Philippe, Matthieu Lagrive and Julien
Da Costa completed 226 laps of the Spanish circuit, one behind
winners Kawasaki Moto France, aboard their GSX-R1000 to head
the series by one point - 48 to 47 -with four rounds remaining.
Philippe led from the start but was passed by Kawasaki France's
Julian Mazuecos half-way into the opening hour. The top-two
positions remained the same throughout the race although fast-starting
Qert Qatar Kawasaki were overtaken by eventual third-placed
Folch Yamaha going into the second half of the event.
As night fell, Mazuecos, Steve Plater and Gwen Giabbani turned
on the pressure, opening up a lead that saw them clinch victory.
Third place went to Yamaha Folch on 224 laps, two ahead of
Qert Qatar Kawasaki.
Provisional Results: 1 Kawasaki Motor France
(Kawasaki) 227 laps, 2 SERT Suzuki (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 226,
3 Yamaha Folch (Yamaha) 224, 4 Qert Qatar Kawasaki (Kawasaki)
222, 5 Bolliger Team Switzerland (Kawasaki) 222, 6 FCC TSR
(Honda) 221, 7 End Moto 38 (Yamaha) 220, 8 T18 Sapeurs Pompiers
(Suzuki GSX-R1000) 219, 9 Yamaha Austria Racing (Yamaha) 218,
10 Suzuki Sweden (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 216.
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