Doha: Yamaha Austria Racing Team (YART) has clinched the 2009 Qtel FIM Endurance World Champion crown. So has the 2009 FIM Superstock World Cup title gone to the Qatar Endurance Racing Team (QERT).

However, the runner-up teams still have great expectations from the final round on the Losail racetrack in Qatar.

Thirty points are up for grabs for victory and, if YART and QERT are still seen as the favourites in their own classes, their competitors surely won’t miss the last chance to improve their championship standings.

In the Qtel FIM Endurance World Championship, the runner-up position is still open. There is only a six points margin between the Suzuki RT Racing Team Moto Virus, the Suzuki Team 18 Sapeurs Pompiers and the Kawasaki of Bolliger Team Switzerland.

So the three of them can still expect to be the 2009 runner-up. The Honda Michelin Power Research Team, who is currently in sixteenth place in the championship, is still a strong contender for a Doha victory.

In the Superstock class, the championship second place is still open for the Suzuki Endurance Moto 45, the favourite, and the Kawasaki Cordoba Patrimonio de la Humanidad, which is doing very well for their first world endurance season, and the Yamaha LTG 57 Zone Rouge.

The QERT, winner of the FIM Superstock World Cup, will also have the support of two Junior QERT machines, raced by the best Qatari riders.

Free practices will start on November 12 in the morning on the Losail racetrack, and the qualifying session will take place in the afternoon.

The start of the 8 Hours of Doha begin on November 14 at 1 pm for a nocturnal arrival at 9 pm.