THE Honda TT Legends team finished fifth at the Le Mans 24-hour motorcycle race at the weekend.
The team consisted of 17-times TT winner John McGuinness, two-times TT winner Cameron Donald and TT podium man Keith Amor and they completed 819 laps of the French circuit.
The race was the penultimate round of the Endurance World Championship.
Team boss Neil Tuxworth said: "We seem to be good at the 24-hour races!
"This will have moved us up in the world championship, which is fantastic.
"Of course, the major thing for us is we took the risk of running the combined ABS system for the first time on a world-level race bike and we are over the moon that we had no problems with it.
"The riders were very happy and while we'll obviously keep developing the system to perfect it, for this first time everything has certainly gone very well. Overall, it's been a pretty trouble-free race."
John McGuinness said: "We've finished the two biggest races of the EWC season – the Bol d'Or and the Le Mans 24-hour.
"Le Mans is steeped in history, it's a massive event and I am proud to be able to say that we have finished it.
"There are 20-odd people in the team and everyone has played a big part to get us to finish fifth here and score some points for the world championship.
"I must have done about 300 laps and never really put a foot wrong, I just tried to do my best and keep out of trouble.
"For saying it's the first time the ABS has been run in a world championship, I'd say we've done a pretty good job."
Cameron Donald said: "It's all a little bit surreal at the moment.
"Riding that cool down lap was pretty emotional. Le Mans is a bit like the TT was to me nine or 10 years ago, it's something that I'd only ever dreamt of doing.
"Not only did I get to start the race, I got to finish the race and as a team we finished fifth, so I'm thrilled.
"I'm still pinching myself a little bit. I want to say a massive thanks to the team for the opportunity and to everyone behind the scenes because the amount of work that went into finishing this race was unbelievable.
"I am glad it's over though!"
Keith Amor said: "I don't know whether it's elation or relief!
"It's been a tough week, especially for me as I've struggled to be honest.
"I need to say a big thank you to Cameron and John as they have carried me to a certain extent.
"The team has done a great job. To finish fifth here on the new ABS bike is a testament to the whole team and the hard work they put in.
"Twenty four is a long time to race. I'm feeling emotional but I'm smiling."
