60 teams have been admitted to 2019 24 Heures Moto Le Mans. The ACO (Automobile Club de l’Ouest) has shared the first provisional entry list for the event and despite something to be yet defined, the list confirms the high level of 2018/2019 season of FIM Endurance World Championship.
The team facing the event as reigning World Champions are F.C.C. TSR Honda France, who have switched to brand new CBR 1000RR Fireblade SP2. The team will line up the same riders who took them to the win at 2018 Bol d’Or: Josh Hook, Freddy Foray and Mike Di Meglio. The squad currently in second position are new Yamaha reference team YART (Yamaha Austria Racing Team), who haven’t won a 24-hour event since 2009. The riders of the Austrian team will be once again Niccolò Canepa, Broc Parkes and Marvin Fritz, as they’re ready to face rival teams like Kawasaki SRC (David Checa, Jeremy Guarnoni, Erwan Nigon), Suzuki Endurance Racing Team (Vincent Philippe, Etienne Masson, Gregg Black), ERC-BMW Motorrad Endurance (Kenny Foray, Mathieu Gines, Julien Da Costa) and Honda Endurance Racing (who are still defining the team-mates of Sebastien Gimbert).
2019 24 HEURES MOTO DU MANS PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST (EWC = EWC team; SST = Superstock team; EXP = Experimental)
1- F.C.C. TSR Honda France – Honda CBR 1000RR – Josh Hook/Freddy Foray/Mike Di Meglio (EWC)
2- Suzuki Endurance Racing Team – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – Vincent Philippe/Etienne Masson/Gregg Black (EWC)
3- AM Moto Racing Competition – Kawasaki ZX-10R – Julien Pilot/Janusch Prokop/Clement Stoll (SST)
4- Webike Tati Team Trickstar – Kawasaki ZX-10R – Julien Enjolras/Kevin Denis/Osamu Deguchi (EWC)
6- ERC-BMW Motorrad Endurance – BMW S1000RR – Kenny Foray/Julien Da Costa/Mathieu Gines (EWC)
7- YART Yamaha – Yamaha YZF R1 – Broc Parkes/Marvin Fritz/Niccolò Canepa/Max Neukirchner (EWC)
8- Bolliger Team Switzerland – Kawasaki ZX-10R – Roman Stamm/Sebastien Suchet/Nigel Walraven (EWC)
11- Team SRC Kawasaki France – Kawasaki ZX-10RR – Jeremy Guarnoni/David Checa/Erwan Nigon (EWC)
12- LCR Endurance – Yamaha YZF R1 – Julien Leyninger/Xavier Carmenes/Florent Verchere/Gino Castinel (SST)
13- Wepol Racing – Yamaha YZF R1 – Sheridan Morais/Danny Webb/Matthieu Lagrive/Michael Laverty (EWC)
14- Maco Racing – Yamaha YZF R1 – Louis Bulle/Anthony Dos Santos/Julian Mayer (EWC)
15- Aprilia Le Mans 2 Roues – Aprilia RSV4 – Nelson Major/Emmanuel Parisse/Benjamin Colliaux (SST)
17- ITeM 17 – Kawasaki ZX-10R – Gabriel Pons/Matthieu Thibault/Alex Sarrabayrouse/Nicolas Escudier (EXP)
18- Team 18 Sapeurs Pompiers – Kawasaki ZX-10R – Enrique Ferrer/Robin Camus/Florent Tourne (SST)
19- Girls Racing Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – Jolanda Van Vestrenen/Melodie Coignard/Amandine Creusot/Melissa Paris (SST)
21- Fany Gastro BMW Motorrad by Mercury Racing – BMW S1000RR – Karel Hanika/Ondrej Jezek (EWC)
22- Team 202 – Yamaha YZF R1 – Florent Parret/Christophe Maubourguet/Olivier Calia/Antoine Vaubal (SST)
24- BMRT 3D Maccio Racing – Kawasaki ZX-10R – Anthony Loiseau/Jimmy Maccio/Jonathan Hardt/Romain Mange (SST)
27- TRT27 Bazar 2 La Becane – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – Luc Bibolet/Kevin Jacob (SST)
28- BossTeam Endurance – Kawasaki ZX-10R – Gregory Bosson/Almaric Blanc/Nicolas Bosson (SST)
29- Glazik Moto Sport Passion Endurance – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – Maxime Gucciardi/Cyril Brunet Lugardon/Florian Brunet Lugardon (EWC)
33- Team 33 Coyote Louit Moto – Kawasaki ZX-10RR – Enzo Boulom/Chris Leesch/Kevin Manfredi (SST)
34- JMA Motos Action Bike – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – Dylan Mille/Sebastien Lager/Guillaume Montessuit/Kevin Rosseau (SST)
35- TMC 35 – Yamaha YZF R1 – John Ross Billega/Maxime Diard/David Le Bail (SST)
36- 3ART Moto Team 95 – Yamaha YZF R1 – Alex Plancassagne/Matthieu Lussiana/Morgan Berchet (EWC)
37- S-Pace Moto 37 – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – Charles Roche/Julien Gallerand (EWC)
38- FGN Racing – Yamaha YZF R1 – Frederic Protat/Eddy Ferre/Julien Ferre (SST)
41- RAC 41 – Honda CBR 1000RR – Guillaume Antigua/Wayne Tessels/Jan Halbich (SST)
44- No Limits Motor Team – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – Christian Gamarino/Luca Scassa (SST)
45- Metiss – Metiss 1000 – Hervé Cheron/David Bouvier/Emmanuel Cheron (EXP)
50- Motors Events – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – James Westmoreland/Johan Nigon/Adrien Ganfornina (SST)
51- Team Motostand Endurance – Kawasaki ZX-10R – Baptiste Regouby/Antoine Viellard/Alexis Hugueville/Guillaume Mitault (SST)
53- Mana-Au Competition Ligue Contre Le Cancer – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – Bruno Jouis/Jerome Richard/Margaux Wanham/Pascal Meslet (SST)
55- National Motos – Honda CBR 1000RR – da annunciare (EWC)
56- GERT56 by RS YUASA – BMW S1000RR – Julian Puffe/Stefan Kerschbaumer/Lucy Glockner/Rico Lowe (SST)
57- SC-Project Paton Reparto Corse – Honda CBR 1000RR – Lorenzo Lanzi/Michel Fabrizio/Luca Marconi/Ricardo Saseta (SST)
61- MotoTech EWC Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – da annunciare (EWC)
62- GSM Racing Team – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – Stefano Fugardi/Christian Napoli/Federico Napoli (EWC)
64- ACRO Racing Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – Florent Chesnais/Julien Gillet/Jonathan Grimber/Julien Ben Sadoun (EWC)
65- Motobox Kremer Racing – Yamaha YZF R1 – Geoffroy Dehaye/Jan Viehmann/Greg Ortiz (EWC)
66- OG Motorsport by Sarazin – Yamaha YZF R1 – Julien Diguet/Jonathan Hugot (SST)
72- Junior Team LMS Suzuki – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – Louis Rossi/Hugo Clere/Alexis Masbou/Eddy Dupuy (SST)
74- Team Seigneur Motorsport Racing – BMW S1000RR – David Henriques (SST)
77- Wojcik Racing Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – Marek Szkopek/Pawel Szkopek/Pawel Gorka (EWC)
86- Pitlane Endurance – Yamaha YZF R1 – Paul Dufour/Karl Croix/Clement Granzotto/Maxim Pellizotti (SST)
87- Team R2CL Sunchorella – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – Gwen Giabbani/Clinton Seller (EWC)
90- Team LRP Poland – BMW S1000RR – Arnaud Friedrich/Bartlomiej Lewandowski/Dominik Vincon (EWC)
91- Energie Endurance 91 Horizon Charcot – Kawasaki ZX-10R – Kevin Lavainne/Leo Meunier/Arnaud Curtolo (SST)
93- Exteria KSPCC Racing Team – BMW S1000RR – Niccolò Rosso/Andrea Boscoscuro/Martin Choy/Joseph Foray (SST)
96- Moto Ain – Yamaha YZF R1 – Roberto Rolfo/Robin Mulhauser (SST)
101- AvioBike – Yamaha YZF R1 – Giovanni Baggi (SST)
111- Honda Endurance Racing – Honda CBR 1000RR SP2 – Sebastien Gimbert (EWC)
112- Speedteam 72 – Yamaha YZF R1 – Nicolas Loyau/Sebastien Delhommeau/Vincent Ferre (SST)
119- Slider Endurance – Yamaha YZF R1 – Charles Diller/Vincent Houssin/Angelo Licciardi/Thibaut Nagorski (SST)
121- Falcon Racing Rennes Motos – Yamaha YZF R1 – Olivier Louault/Eric Pepin/Christophe Brard/Arnaud Dejean (SST)
156- Team Players – Kawasaki ZX-10R – Francois Noel/Yann Pasco/Mathieu Dumas/Mickael Poilpre (SST)
212- Dunlop Motors Events WERC – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – Kevin Jaeck/Christopher Beaty/Nicolas Deser/Cedric Boissenin (SST)
333- Yamaha Viltais Pierret Experiences – Yamaha YZF R1 – Florian Alt/Xavier Simeon (EWC)
777- Wojcik Racing Team 2 – Yamaha YZF R1 – Adrian Pasek/Kamil Krzemien/Philipp Steinmayr/Artur Wielebski (SST)
RESERVE TEAMS
39- Moto 39 Competition – Kawasaki ZX-10R – Frederic Tachin/Gregory Lemin (SST)
141- Team Stand 41 Endurance – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – Julien Thielin/Kenny Quetin/Fabien Scorsone/Kevin Hiernaux (SST)
Translated by Alessandro Palma