24 Hours of Le Mans (motorcycle race)

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The 24 Hours of Le Mans Moto (24 Heures Moto) is a motorcycle endurance race held annually since 1978 on the Bugatti Circuit Le Mans, Sarthe, France. The race is organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and is part of the Endurance World Championship.

1 History
2 Race weekend format
3 Winners
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

When the Bol d'Or moved from Bugatti Circuit to Circuit Paul Ricard at the end of 1977, the ACO created the 24 Heures Moto.^[1] The race became one of "the classics" of endurance racing along with the 24 Hours of Liège the 8 Hours Of Suzuka, and the Bol d'Or.

At the end of 2001, the three 24 Hour classic races (Le Mans, Liège and the Bol d'Or) withdrew from the Endurance World Championship to create the Master of Endurance. Le Mans returned to the Endurance World Championship in 2006.

[edit] Race weekend format

Thursday

Free practice sessions, 1st qualifying practice sessions (in groups) and night practice sessions

Friday

2nd qualifying practice sessions (in groups)

Saturday

Warm-up session and at 3.00 pm start of the race

Sunday

3.00 pm, finish of the race followed by the prize-giving ceremony

[edit] Winners

Year	Riders			Manufacturer
Year	Rider 1	Rider 2	Rider 3	Manufacturer
1978	Jean-Claude Chemarin	Christian Leon		Honda
1979	Jean-Claude Chemarin	Christian Leon		Honda
1980	Marc Fontan	Hervé Moineau		Honda
1981	Jean-Claude Chemarin	Christian Huguet		Kawasaki
1982	Pierre-Etienne Samin	Dominique Pernet		Suzuki
1983	Gérard Coudray	Jacques Cornu	Sergio Pellandini	Kawasaki
1984	Dirk Brand	Henk Van der Mark		Suzuki
1985	Bernard Millet	Guy Bertin	Philippe Guichon	Suzuki
1986	Alex Vieira	Gérard Coudray	Patrick Igoa	Honda
1987	Alex Vieira	Jean-Michel Mattioli	Jean-Louis Battistini	Honda
1984	Dirk Brand	Henk Van der Mark		Suzuki
1985	Bernard Millet	Guy Bertin	Philippe Guichon	Suzuki
1986	Alex Vieira	Gérard Coudray	Patrick Igoa	Honda
1987	Alex Vieira	Jean-Michel Mattioli	Jean-Louis Battistini	Honda
1988	Alex Vieira	Jean-Michel Mattioli	Christophe Bouheben	Honda
1989	Alex Vieira	Jean-Michel Mattioli	Roger Burnett	Honda
1990	Alex Vieira	Jean-Michel Mattioli	Stéphane Mertens	Honda
1991	Philippe Monneret	Bruno Bonhuil	Rachel Nicotte	Yamaha
1992	Terry Rymer	Carl Fogarty	Michel Simul	Kawasaki
1993	Adrien Morillas	Brian Morrisson	Wilfried Veille	Kawasaki
1994	Adrien Morillas	Jean-Louis Battistini	Terry Rymer	Kawasaki
1995	Alex Vieira	Rachel Nicotte	Brian Morrisson	Honda
1996	Jehan D'Orgeix	Pier-Giorgio Bontempi	Brian Morrisson	Kawasaki
1997	Doug Polen	Juan-Eric Gomez	Peter Goddard	Suzuki
1998	Bertrand Sébileau	Thierry Paillot	Igor Jerman	Kawasaki
1999	Bertrand Sébileau	Steve Hislop	Chris Walker	Kawasaki
2000	Sébastien Charpentier	William Costes	Sébastien Gimbert	Honda
2001	Christophe Guyot	Sébastien Scarnato	Nicolas Dussauge	Suzuki
2002	Jean-Michel Bayle	Sébastien Gimbert	Nicolas Dussauge	Suzuki
2003	Brian Morrisson	Philippe Dobé	Vincent Philippe	Suzuki
2004	Stéphane Chambon	Keiichi Kitagawa	Warwick Nowland	Suzuki
2005	David Checa	William Costes	Sébastien Gimbert	Yamaha
2006	Olivier Four	Frédéric Protat	Daniel Ribalta-Bosch	Honda
2007	William Costes	Guillaume Dietrich	Max Neukirchner	Suzuki
2008	William Costes	Guillaume Dietrich	Barry Veneman	Suzuki