Yamaha Austria on the podium for the World Endurance Final at Doha
Thursday, November 18 2010 @ 06:00 AM ICT
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The team’s results were even more impressive having missed most of the free practice time due to the team’s Yamaha YZF-R1 race bikes being held in Frankfurt and delivered late to the circuit in Qatar by air freight.
The Yamaha France GMT94 Ipone Team had a less fortunate race at Qatar. Despite a promising start rider David Checa crashed twice, the first time from fifth position, costing valuable time returning to the pits for essential repairs to be able to continue. The team eventually took ninth in the overall standings for the 2010 season. They weren’t the only ones to suffer bad luck in Qatar, having finished strongly with a podium at The 24Hours of Bol d’Or, the YMES Folch Endurance Team recorded a DNF at the final round, meaning they finished seventh overall in the championship standings.