We already posted that MotoGP and Moto2 riders Jorge Lorenzo and Ricky Cardus were taking part in this weekend’s 24 Hours of Barcelona car endurance race at the Montmelò circuit and the two riders along with drivers Álvaro Fontes and José Manuel de los Milagros had a very good race, as they finished 5th overall in the gruelling race.

This unusual assortment of drivers for the PCR Sport team, however went even better as the team grabbed first prize in the A3T category with their #39 Seat León Supercopa, and ended up the best finishing Spanish team in the endurance race.

The race so hard, that Lorenzo commented he was exhausted by the brutal heat and that he probably won’t take part in another race of this type.

Lorenzo and Cardus weren’t the only two-wheel professional riders present at the event, because Dakar Rally champion Marc Coma also partecipated and his Team Competition Monlau took 12th overall (5th in his category), while Laia Sanz, the eleven time Woman’s Trial World Champion finished 18th overall and won in the A2 category.

Source | motocuatro.com
Photo Source | motogp.com

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It’s official, Jorge Lorenzo has gotten the car racing bug. The reigning MotoGP World Champion will be taking part in the 24 Hours of Barcelona this upcoming weekend, after his Copa de España de Resistencia (CER) partecipation earlier this month, where his team won.

Just as for the CER race, sharing the wheel of the Leon Supercopa (D4) prepared by the PCR Racing team, will again be Alvaro Fontes and Jose Manuel de los Milagros, with the addition of Moto2 GP rider Ricky Cardus (QMMF Racing), Lorenzo’s BFF.

Each driver will be on track for two hour shifts for the 24 hour race.

Jorge Lorenzo: “I think within 24 hours the team and stops are even more important than the drivers. All together we have to do a good job and enjoy it, because it is a beautiful race. At the end the consistent ones and drivers who think in the car are the ones who usually get good results.”

Source | vroommagazine.com

Photo Source | jorgelorenzo@facebook.com

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