After a dramatic 24 Heures Motos at Le Mans, the GMT94 Yamaha Official EWC Team and YART Yamaha Official EWC Team move onto Round 3 of the 2017/2018 FIM Endurance World Championship, the 8 Hours of Slovakia Ring. After leading for the majority of the race, two crashes saw reigning Endurance World Champions GMT94 go into damage limitation mode, battling back incredibly to a valiant tenth-place finish. This saw the team lose their championship lead but their incredible fightback means they are only four points behind in second overall. The YART team were battling with GMT94 for the lead at Le Mans before a crash saw them record their second consecutive DNF and their focus is now to bounce back in style in Slovakia.