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September 10, 2005

Phase One Endurance

World Endurance champions for 2000 and 2003 (and currently sixth in the 2005 standings) Phase One Endurance rides on Dymag wheels.

Endurance racing is much more than just a long race that goes into the night, it involves an entire team that must prepare and strategize to eek out every last drop of performance from their machines and riders.

Endurance is unique in the reliance it places on teamwork; arguably more so than in any other form of motorsport. The bike itself is ridden by two or three (or even four during qualifying) riders and must be set up to work for all of their differing styles and requirements. Success on the track is based on more than just the fastest lap times; races can be won or lost in pitlane with a badly timed fuel stop or botched tyre change removing any lead that the riders might have built up. By eking out the last litre of fuel capacity during every session of a twenty-four hour race a team might avoid an extra pit stop before the end of the race, giving themselves a thirty seconds advantage that could be enough to take victory. Of course, if their calculations are wrong and the rider has to push a dead bike for half a lap, all that effort is wasted. (FIM World Endurance Web Site)

Here's a Phase One rider at Suzuka in Japan last month.

Posted by Ian at September 10, 2005 10:15 PM

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World Endurance champions for 2000 and 2003 (and currently sixth in the 2005 standings) Phase One Endurance rides on Dymag wheels. Endurance racing is much more than just a long race that goes into the night, it involves an entire team that must prepare and strategize to eek out every last drop of performance from their machines and riders.

Endurance is unique in the reliance it places on teamwork; arguably more so than in any other form of motorsport. The bike itself is ridden by two or three (or even four during qualifying) riders and must be set up to work for all of their differing styles and requirements. Success on the track is based on more than just the fastest lap times; races can be won or lost in pitlane with a badly timed fuel stop or botched tyre change removing any lead that the riders might have built up. By eking out the last litre of fuel capacity during every session of a twenty-four hour race a team might avoid an extra pit stop before the end of the race, giving themselves a thirty seconds advantage that could be enough to take victory. Of course, if their calculations are wrong and the rider has to push a dead bike for half a lap, all that effort is wasted. (FIM World Endurance Web Site)

Here's a Phase One rider at Suzuka in Japan last month.