Brits at German 24hrs

The British Yamaha Phase One team took third, with fellow Brits Diablo 666 finishing sixth at the Oschersleben 24 Hours round of the 2006 World Endurance Championship.

The race was won by the Suzuki Castrol team, despite drama in the the final hour as the petrol tank had to be replaced after a fuel leak was spotted. The swap cost just one lap, and still left them three laps ahead of the Yamaha Austria squad.

Both the Phase One and Diablo teams were running the top five for the first round of pitstops, with the Diablo team up to fourth on the Kawasaki. It was only in the fifth and sixth hours that the Phase One Yamaha squad fielded fastest riders Warwick Nowland and Damian Cudlin that they moved up to second, taking advantage of Yamaha Austria changing a fuel pump.

As Suzuki Castrol extended their lead with minimal time in the pits, Yamaha Austria regained second from Phase One, and with the Diablo squad losing out to sister team Kawasaki Bolliger.

With just an hour to go the Diablo squad are just 30 seconds ahead of the Acropolis Zone Rouge 99 Yamaha team, who eventually pass to finish in fifth.

Oschersleben 24 hour results:

1 Suzuki Castrol Team FRA Suzuki GSX-R1000

2 Yamaha Austria Racing Team AUT Yamaha YZF-R1

3 Yamaha Phase One Endurance GBR Yamaha YZF-R1

4 Bolliger Team Switzerland SUI Kawasaki ZX10R

5 Team Acropolis Zone Rouge 99 BEL Yamaha YZF-R1

6 Diablo 666 Bolliger GBR Kawasaki ZX10R

7 RMT 21 Racing GER Honda CBR1000RR

8 Team fagersjo-el.se SWE Suzuki GSXR 1000

9 SRU Racing Sangerhausen GER Suzuki GSX-R1000

10 Suzuki Austria Team 76 AUT Suzuki GSXR 1000

11 Shell Endurance Academy GBR Yamaha YZF-R1

12 Team Acropolis Zone Rouge 199 BEL Yamaha YZF-R1

13 Team AGB Performance FRA Suzuki GSX-R1000

14 PS-LSL-Beck-Racing GER Yamaha YZF-R1

15 ABBCO / LUCAS Racing Kassel GER Suzuki GSX-R1000

16 Innodrom Racing GER Suzuki GSX-R1000

17 Primo Racing Deurne BEL Suzuki GSX-R1000

18 KTM Dealer Team I GER KTM Super Duke 999

19 Ecurie Berga – Les Pistons Fligeurs FRA Yamaha YZF-R1

20 Suzuki Austria Team 76 AUT Suzuki GSXR 1000

21 Race Point Berlin GER Honda CBR600RR

22 Polizei NRW / Wilbers GER Suzuki GSX-R1000

23 Völpker-Fighters / Mad Dogs 24 GER Yamaha YZF-R1

24 Kicos Endurance Team GER Suzuki GSX-R1000

25 KM-Conti-Team GER Honda CBR1000RR

26 TSV Völpke / Schubert Motors GER BMW K1200S

27 New Cartoon Racing GER Suzuki GSX-R750

28 Team Open Bike Flembbo 1 FRA Yamaha YZF-R1

29 KTM Dealer Team II GER KTM Super Duke 999

30 Harly-Davidson Racing Team GER Harley-Davidson VRSCRR

31 Team Endurance Moto 45 FRA Suzuki GSX-R1000

32 Suzuki Böhmer Endurance GER Suzuki GSX-R1000

33 Björn-Schreiber Racing Team GER Suzuki GSX-R1000

NC Team Open Bike Flembbo 2 FRA Yamaha YZF-R1

NC Engel-Racing-Team GER Suzuki GSX-R1000

NC Selecta-Racing GER Yamaha YZF-R1

DNF Endurance-Team-MSF-Sauerland GER Suzuki GSX-R1000

DNF Racing Team Hepelmann GER Yamaha YZF-R1

DNF No Limits & RT-Racing Team ITA Suzuki GSX-R1000

DNF Evers – ZAB Endurance Team GER Triumph Daytona 955i

DNF Rennsportteam Sauerland GER Suzuki GSX-R1000

DNF Maco Moto Racing Team 2 SLK Yamaha YZF-R1

DNF Team Raffin Motos FRA Kawasaki ZX10R

DNF Classic Motos R.T. BEL Suzuki GSX-R1000

DNF Yamaha X-One ITA Yamaha YZF-R1