YART wins World Endurance finale

From Yamaha Racing

The Yamaha Austria Racing Team took yet another race win last weekend at the 8 Hours of Doha, Qatar, the final round of the 2009 FIM World Endurance Championship.

The impressive ride to victory by YART riders Igor Jerman, Steve Martin and Gwen Giabbani, who led the entire race from the first lap, gave Yamaha enough points to claim the 2009 FIM World Endurance Manufacturer title. YART had already sealed the teams championship at the previous round in September but kept the pressure on for the final race to take a clean sweep for Yamaha.

“We had some problems at the Bol d’Or round and Suzuki passed us in the manufacturer’s championship standings,” said YART Team Manager Mandy Kainz. “So we came here to Qatar to win. The race was perfect, there were no mistakes and it was a good weekend for us, as it was usually over the year. We also wanted to finish on the podium on Sunday, it was the best way to finish the year.”