Once again the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team takes first and second place of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Already winner last year ; the Suzuki nr.2 ridden by William Costes, Guillaume Dietrich and Dutchman Barry Veneman won the event with 11 laps in front of the nr.1 Suzuki of Vincent Philippe , Matthieu Lagrive and Julien da Costa in this first event of the 2008 QTel FIM Endurance World Championship. Already holder of the World title for the last three seasons , the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team takes right from the beginning a good option on the 2008 title.

The Yamaha Acropolis Moto Expert took a deserved third place regarding the difficult and changing conditions of this event. Various strong showers disturbed the racing plans of the teams. Gregory Fastré, Gregory Leblanc and Anthony dos Santos on the Acropolis Moto Expert knew how to avoid the problems. They finished ahead of the Suzuki Infini Yohann Moto Sport and the Suzuki Junior Team ; first Superstock team. On the podium of the Superstock class are also the Suzuki Qatar Endurance Racing Team IJT and the Yamaha LTG 57.

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