By Coinciding with the IRRC, EST-RRC season finales at Frohburger Dreieck in Germany, the start of the 88th Bol d’Or race edition, final EWC round of 2025, is-scheduled to get underway tomorrow from 3:00 PM (local time) with action thrills ending the day after at 3:00 PM.
French rider Etienne Masson (Yoshimura SERT Motul) set today an EWC, Paul Ricard Circuit qualifying lap-record (1.50.932).
The official EWC lap-record for the race (1.52.517) was set last year factory BMW rider Markus Reiterberger (also unofficially, set during IDM qualifying, the all-time Schleizer Dreieck lap-record).
But of course, our main-focus’ is on how current, former international roads scene competitors fared within Thursday, Friday’s Bol d’Or qualifying stints.
The weekend’s program also includes the Bol d’Or Classic, featuring popular French road racer Morgan ‘Momo Circus’ Govignon (Bol Classic JuMo Team – Suzuki – Post Classic 750).
Bol d’Or 24 Hours – Q1/Q2 Combined Qualifying Results:
(Top lap time positioned near racer’s name)
Blue Group Riders:
P17 – Sheridan Morais (Motobox Kramer Racing #65) – 1.54.589
P20 – Eemeli Lahti (TR27 AZ moto) – 1.54.693
P28 – Gabriel Pons (Team Metiss) – 1.55.714
Yellow Group Riders:
P22 – Danny Webb (Team LRP Poland) – 1.55.584
P31 – Joe Akroyd (Team Metiss) – 1.57.319
P44 – Come Geenen (JMA Racing Action Bike) – 2.00.579
Red Group Riders:
P1 – Dan Linfoot (Yoshimura SERT Motul) – 1.51.663
P25 – Ville Valtonen (TR 27 AZ moto) – 1.56.589
P26 – Kenny Koskinen (Pitlane Endurance #86) – 1.56.920
P51 – Wayne Bourgeais (Artec #199) – 2.02.505
Green Group Riders (including fourth reserves riders for EWC class teams):
P7 – Martin Vugrinec (Team 33 Louit April Moto) – 1.56.583
P22 – Lancelot Unissart (X-Trem Racing) – 2.01.663
Photo credit: Thijs Van Der Horst
Words by Jan Vavra
