8H de Suzuka – 8H Suzuka 2019: Yamaha keeps its riders but changes decoration – Used YAMAHA

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8H Suzuka 2019: Yamaha keeps its riders but changes its decor

8H de Suzuka - 8H Suzuka 2019: Yamaha keeps its riders but changes decoration - Used YAMAHA

Alex Lowes, Michael van der Mark and Katsuyuki Nakasuga will team up again at the Suzuka 8 Hours this summer and try to give Yamaha their fifth straight victory. Red and white last year, the official R1 will now be painted blue. Blue like the azure sky…

Site readers – who, as everyone knows, have a little more memory than others – remember that last year, the Yamaha officially entered at the 8 hours of Suzuka paid tribute to the very first R1 by slipping in .

For the 42nd edition of the prestigious Japanese motorcycle endurance event, July 28, 2019, will benefit from a new decoration. New really? Not for bikers over 40 !

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The azure blue – very pale green blue – color that Yamaha chose for its official R1 in 2019 is exactly the same as that worn in 1985 by the FZR750 (five valves!) And its "Dream Team" made up of young retiree Kenny " The King "Roberts and Tadahiko" The top model "Taira…

8H de Suzuka - 8H Suzuka 2019: Yamaha keeps its riders but changes decoration - Used YAMAHA

Double Japanese champion in 500 cc (1983 and 1984), the Japanese rider was then an ambassador for "Tech21" cosmetic products marketed by the Japanese giant Shiseido. Site found for you two TV advertisements dating from 1988 and 1989 (see bottom of article).

Despite the failures of the first two collaborations – to relive on uploaded today – the Yamaha Tech21 team had persevered and won twice in 1987 and 1990. In 2019, the Blues (clear) of Iwata are reborn their title sponsor, whose name aptly coincides with the age of their Superbike !

8H de Suzuka - 8H Suzuka 2019: Yamaha keeps its riders but changes decoration - Used YAMAHA

Please note, "this does not mean that Shiseido will launch or market the" Shiseido Tech21 "line of men’s cosmetics previously sold in Japan," Yamaha points out to bikers who take care of their bodies..

Azure blue color, fifth victory guaranteed ?

To aim for its fifth success in a row at the Suzuka 8H, Yamaha has logically kept its excellent riders: Alex Lowes and Michael van der Mark who are racing – more and more quickly – in World Superbike, as well as the star of the Japanese SBK championship, Katsuyuki Nakasuga, titled in 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018 (yes, that’s it) !

8H de Suzuka - 8H Suzuka 2019: Yamaha keeps its riders but changes decoration - Used YAMAHA

A member of the Yamaha factory team since his return in 2015, Nakasuga San is to date the only rider to have won this motorcycle endurance race four times in a row. Arrived a year later in the Yamaha Factory team, Alex Lowes seeks to beat Aaron Slight, winner in 1993, 1994 and 1995.

Victorious twice with Yamaha, Michael van der Mark had already won two events when he raced for Honda in 2013 and 2014. By winning the 2019 edition, he would join with his Japanese teammate the recordmen of the event: the Honda riders. Tohru Ukawa and Ryuichi Kiyonari !

8H de Suzuka - 8H Suzuka 2019: Yamaha keeps its riders but changes decoration - Used YAMAHA

Reigning world endurance champion, Honda will undoubtedly be keen to stop the magnificent series of Yamaha victories … As a reminder, the Tokyo Reds have won the Suzuka 8 Hours on 27 occasions, including ten times in a row between 1997 and 2006 with their RC45, VTR-1000 SPW then CBR1000RRW. 2018 large / medium is expected to be deployed again…

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World Superbike champion for the past four seasons, Kawasaki has won only one victory at Suzuka (in 1993) with champion Scott Russel and teammate Aaron Slight. For 2019, the Akashi Greens have again decided to line up. Big fights in perspective on MNC: stay connected !

Declaration of pilots

Katsuyuki Nakasuga
"This year we are racing in the Yamaha Tech21 team livery not only because it is the source of our race number, but also because it is the 21st year of the R1. To compete with a decoration so strongly related to the 8 Hours really excites me. I was still young between 1985 and 1990, when Yamaha raced in these colors with this livery, and I didn’t know much about racing. But I know it was one. some of the most exciting times in Japanese racing history. I will of course try for our fifth victory in a row, but as a driver I want to be in a race that will bring back the excitement of that time. doing my best and looking forward to seeing everyone at Suzuka ".

Alex lowes
"It is a great honor for me to be invited again by Yamaha to represent them at the 8 Hours of Suzuka. We are aiming for the fifth consecutive victory for Yamaha and we find the same riders as the last two years: we know each other very well. well and we get along really well, that’s fantastic. Another thing that really excites me is the new colors, the Tech21 livery. I can’t wait to see the bike in person and get to Suzuka! "

Michael van der mark
"I’m very happy to be back at the Suzuka 8 Hours this year and very proud that Yamaha has asked me to join the Yamaha Factory Racing Team with Alex Lowes and Katsuyuki Nakasuga. Our goal is of course to win for the fifth time in a row and it will be very difficult, but I’m really looking forward to it. We have very special memories from the last two years, so we will do everything to win again. This year we will be using a special livery again, the Tech21 livery. A lot of people will remember it despite the years so it will be a very special weekend and I can’t wait to see all the Japanese fans. ".

Yamaha Video: Tech21 1985-1990 and Factory 2015-1018

Shiseido videos: Tech21 ads 1988 and 1989

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