Honda TT Legends were forced out of the Bol d'Or with just six hours left to run after a problem with heat exchanger caused irreperable engine damage to their Fireblade, bringing an end to team's run of seven straight finishes.
The three-man team had been running as high as fourth in the 24-hour race at Magny-Cours in France before the problem struck. Michael Dunlop pitted in to get the problem fixed and John McGuinness went back out but it was game over.
"We’re just gutted not to have finished. The lads have done so much work on the bike – new electronics, traction control – all sorts of bits and pieces that they’ve spent hundreds if not thousands of hours on," said McGuinness.
:We’ve had a fantastic run of results up to now with seven races completed and we were looking good in the race. We were top five again and chipping away, but unfortunately we had a problem 18 hours in. I’m just speechless really, just gutted, but we’ll try and take the positives out of it. We were running a lot closer to some of our rivals so we can take that to the next round."
2013 Bol d'Or results:
1 11 SRC KAWASAKI LEBLANC Greg /BAZ Loris / GUARNONI Jérémy / SALCHA KAWASAKI ZX10R 1:40.663 - 283.46 1:50.612 808 26 35.852
2 7 MONSTER ENERGY YAMAHA - YART JERMAN Igor /PARKES Broc / JERMAN Marko / MORAIS S YAMAHA R1 1:42.092 9 Tr. 245.45 1:50.347 799 30 35.737
3 1 SUZUKI ENDURANCE RACING TEAM PHILIPPE Vincent /DELHALLE Anthony / DA COSTA Juli SUZUKI GSXR 1000 1:40.722 11 Tr. 266.00 2:09.632 797 28 32.349
4 94 YAMAHA France - GMT 94 - MICHELIN YAMALUBE CHECA David /FORAY Kenny / LAGRIVE Matthieu / BERG YAMAHA R1 1:41.272 15 Tr. 263.41 1:56.595 793 30 1:10.995
5 72 JUNIOR TEAM LMS SUZUKI GUITTET Baptiste /MASSON Etienne / CHEVAUX Nans / SUZUKI GSXR 1000 1:43.139 20 Tr. 264.70 1:49.618 788 27 46.762
6 13 PENZ13.COM FRANKS AUTOWELT RACING TEAM VALLCANERAS Pedro /PRIDMORE Jason BMW S1000RR 1:43.025 20 Tr. 236.84 1:50.584 788 28 30.972
7 2 TEAM R2CL BUISSON Dylan /DIETRICH Guillaume / GIABBANI Gwen SUZUKI GSXR 1000 1:42.431 23 Tr. 259.61 1:50.373 785 32 29.815
8 55 NATIONAL MOTOS JUNOD Gregory /METRO Thomas / FOUR Olivier / PERRE HONDA CBR RR 1000 1:42.640 24 Tr. 269.32 1:53.983 784 27 35.500
9 50 TEAM MOTORS EVENTS APRIL MOTO FASTRE Grégory /LUCAS Claude / SAVARY Michael / CH SUZUKI GSXR 1000 1:43.770 25 Tr. 246.01 2:03.568 783 30 28.737
10 67 STARTEAM PAM-RACING PRULHIERE Sébastien /MAURIN Axel / LONGEARET Kevin SUZUKI GSXR 1000 1:43.281 26 Tr. 265.35 1:50.349 782 28 27.375
11 3 AM MOTO RACING COMPETITION LOISEAU Anthony /MAITRE Romain / HARDT Jonathan / SUZUKI GSXR 1000 1:43.566 29 Tr. 244.34 1:47.281 779 30 37.907
12 45 METISS JLC MOTO MICHEL Christophe /HUVIER Cyril / CHERON Emmanuel METISS 1000 1:43.924 32 Tr. 254.11 2:05.158 776 26 27.611
13 68 ATOMIC MOTOSPORT TANGRE Cédric /JOND Frédéric / CAMUS Robin / SUZUKI GSXR 1000 1:44.138 33 Tr. 255.92 1:51.718 775 29 30.989
14 333 YAMAHA VILTAÏS EXPERIENCE BARDET Loïc /CARRILLO Cyril / BERTHOME Dimitri / B YAMAHA R1 1:46.090 39 Tr. 236.32 1:49.469 769 26 26.985
15 14 MACO RACING TEAM BOUAN Denis /CUMMINS Connor / ROCCOLI Massimo / YAMAHA R1 1:44.338 39 Tr. 245.45 1:49.526 769 29 36.787
16 41 RAC 41 YAM'AVENUE IPONE CHARPIN Mathieu /PRAUD Alexandre / DEPOORTER Olivi YAMAHA R1 1:45.036 41 Tr. 254.71 1:49.854 767 28 25.335
17 8 TEAM BOLLIGER SWITZERLAND #8 SAIGER Horst /LUIS MITA Jose Manuel / WILDISEN Mar KAWASAKI ZX10R 1:43.704 42 Tr. 257.14 1:51.629 766 26 44.592
18 66 RACING TEAM SARAZIN GUEROUAH Christophe /KOKES Stéphane / MAJOR Nelson KAWASAKI ZX10R 1:46.722 52 Tr. 258.99 1:52.033 756 25 1:25.139
19 44 NO LIMITS MOTOR TEAM CASAS Victor /BOSCOSCURO Andrea / ROSSO Nicolo / SUZUKI GSXR 1000 1:45.376 56 Tr. 237.36 1:53.524 752 27 35.969
20 33 TEAM LOUIT MOTO 33 MARINO Florian /SAVADORI Lorenzo / JONCHIERE Emeri KAWASAKI ZX10R 1:43.762 58 Tr. 254.11 1:50.411 750 29 33.157
21 20 FMA ASSURANCES BLACK Gregg /KERKHOVEN Allard / FISSETTE Marc / HONDA CBR RR 1000 1:43.069 60 Tr. 244.89 1:53.844 748 26 44.197
22 37 TEAM SPACE MOTO 37 NOUVELLON Yannick SUZUKI GSXR 1000 1:47.912 63 Tr. 250.00 2:01.210 745 23 38.168
23 63 AZ MOTOS MEZARD Stéphane /BOUE Marco / DUPUY Eddy SUZUKI GSXR 1000 1:45.504 65 Tr. 236.84 2:05.806 743 28 1:11.966
24 24 3D ENDURANCE MOTO CENTER LANUSSE Romain /EGEA Stéphane / HOLUB Fabrice / QU KAWASAKI ZX10R 1:43.936 71 Tr. 239.46 1:51.648 737 28 2:23.959
25 22 SPE SAMURAI TERAMOTO Koji /FUJISHIMA Shota / PICCOLO Stéphane SUZUKI GSXR 1000 1:45.891 74 Tr. 255.31 1:51.541 734 25 2:23.203
26 39 TEAM 2CP RACING D'ND GELAS Pierre /DESCOURS Ludovic / PETITJEAN Christi SUZUKI GSXR 1000 1:47.568 78 Tr. 246.01 1:56.300 730 30 43.043
27 74 ACR 74 HUGUENIN Yohann /VIAL Serge / GRIPPI Romain / SUZUKI GSXR 1000 1:49.011 79 Tr. 246.57 1:57.508 729 29 34.507
28 57 DL MOTO RACING MORIN Mickael /THUILLIER Emmanuel / SAIVE Guillaum KAWASAKI ZX10R 1:44.821 80 Tr. 256.53 1:50.383 728 30 2:23.005
29 21 PL PERFORMANCES LEPAND Cyril /DELANOE Romain / BLANCHET Patrick / SUZUKI GSXR 1000 1:49.662 84 Tr. 233.26 2:00.101 724 23 39.708
30 58 BMRT MOUSTIC MOTO EXPERT 58 MANGE Romain /ELBACHIR Gérald / BURLIN Cyril / BON KAWASAKI ZX10R 1:49.043 89 Tr. 253.52 1:55.348 719 25 3:05.538
31 64 ACRO RACING TEAM JEAN Renaud /GRIMBER Jonathan / LUCAS Ludovic / YAMAHA R1 1:48.525 93 Tr. 238.93 1:58.097 715 32 1:00.479
32 60 TEAM RACING + OÜIFM DUBARLE Jean-Paul /TABARIES Marius / VIGNEAU Rémi KAWASAKI ZX10R 1:45.614 94 Tr. 269.32 1:55.106 714 24 27.908
33 19 PLUSRACE NAVARETTE Benoît /JACOBY Kevin / MONIER Charles / SUZUKI GSXR 1000 1:50.325 98 Tr. 233.76 1:56.242 710 22 1:59.695
34 211 TEAM DUNLOP MOTORS EVENTS CHOLVIN Nicolas /RICHERT René / PUTIN Jérôme / RAM SUZUKI GSXR 1000 1:45.575 106 Tr. 233.26 1:55.782 702 36 31.309
35 38 TMS RACING FARLAT Eric /HENRIQUES David / MAJASTRE Nicolas / HONDA CBR RR 1000 1:48.068 107 Tr. 250.00 1:58.177 701 28 1:03.000
36 224 JCB YDCG RACING CAHAGNET Jean -Claude /DENEQUE Yohan / MARLE Stéph KAWASAKI ZX10R 1:52.351 120 Tr. 242.69 2:03.348 688 30 51.948
37 17 TEAM SCUDERIA DEUX ROUES FRANCOIS Johann /ANCELIN Lionel / TEISSIER Philipp DUCATI 1199 PANIGALE 1:48.074 164 Tr. 258.99 2:00.658 644 32 41:23.465
38 31 BI-MECA RACING TEAM FEUILLEE Damien /MORAT Grégory / DURANT Christophe KAWASAKI ZX10R 1:48.690 165 Tr. 256.53 2:00.849 643 25 44.607
39 87 RACING TEAM 87 HAMARD Grégory /VIAUD Nicolas / TAILLANDIER Alexis YAMAHA R1 1:49.447 174 Tr. 241.07 2:01.979 634 39 1:33.940
40 46 FLEMBBO - LEADER TEAM DEMAREY Xavier /PROSENIK Janez / ORTIZ Grégory / J KAWASAKI ZX10R 1:45.841 188 Tr. 239.46 2:02.623 620 33 45:22.273
41 69 ECURIE CHRONO SPORT MECENE Mickaël /BERGERON Lionel / CANCADE Yann / B KAWASAKI ZX10R 1:46.133 312 Tr. 254.71 1:49.108 496 22 6:19:58.578
42 35 DMT 35 DANTON Jérôme /MATHON Julien / GOETSCHY Jonathan / KAWASAKI ZX10R 1:45.789 613 Tr. 264.70 2:06.803 195 11 16:38:20.798
43 77 HONDA TT LEGENDS MCGUINESS John /RUTTER Michael / ANDREWS Simon / D HONDA CBR RR 1000 1:43.257 209 Tr. 257.75 Pit In 599 24 -
44 6 APRILIA LE MANS 2 ROUES LERAT VANSTAEN Pierrot /PARISSE Emmanuel / LEROYER APRILIA RSV4 1:44.928 407 Tr. 238.41 Pit In 401 17 -
45 411 MCS RACING - IPONE SASETA SOLER Ricardo /IVANOV Marin / ANASTASIA Rob SUZUKI GSXR 1000 1:45.313 449 Tr. 257.14 Pit In 359 14 -
46 18 TEAM 18 SAPEURS-POMPIERS MOLINIER Stéphane /DE CAROLIS Lucas / BRIERE David KAWASAKI ZX10R 1:43.012 476 Tr. 263.41 Pit In 332 12 -
47 9 DG SPORT HEROCK VAN KEYMEULEN Didier /SCHOUTEN Raymond / MAHIAS Lu YAMAHA R1 1:44.878 531 Tr. 254.11 Pit In 277 10 -
48 48 VÖLPKER TEAM SCHUBERT MOTORS REICHMANN Udo /ALTENDORFER Filip / STUPPI Björn / BMW S1000RR 1:44.184 552 Tr. 257.75 Pit In 256 11 -
49 99 BMW Motorrad France Team Thevent MUGGERIDGE Karl /GIMBERT Sébastien / BARRIER Sylva BMW S1000RR 1:41.233 626 Tr. 266.66 Pit In 182 9 -
50 96 PROBIKE - TEAM GP MOTO LANZIANI Fabrice /BRILLAT Christophe / ROBINET Joh KAWASAKI ZX10R 1:48.487 668 Tr. 240.53 1:50.382 140 6 1:29.054
51 65 MOTOBOX KREMER RACING BY SHELL ADVANCE SCHERRER Martin /PAAVILAINEN Timo / GAZIELLO Franc SUZUKI GSXR 1000 1:48.316 709 Tr. 238.93 Pit In 99 5 -