Motorcycle endurance: Yamaha passes the two at Suzuka (2016)

The formidable official R1 driven by Alex Lowes, Katsuyuki Nakasuga and Pol Espargaro gives Yamaha its second consecutive success at the Suzuka 8 Hours (Japan). The last Yamaha double at home dates back to 1987-1988: this shows the extent of the feat achieved this weekend in front of the official Kawasaki and the Suzuki…

The formidable official R1 driven by Alex Lowes, Katsuyuki Nakasuga and Pol Espargaro offers Yamaha its 8 Hours of Suzuka (Japan). The last Yamaha double at home dates back to 1987-1988: this shows the extent of the feat achieved this weekend in front of the official Kawasaki and the Suzuki Yoshimura !

Yamaha again untouchable at Suzuka

Like, the official R1 started from pole position and quickly took the lead in the race. Eight hours later, the No. 21 Yamaha – boosted by the speed of its two top riders, Espargaro (MotoGP) and Lowes (WSBK) – victoriously crossed the finish line, never caught up or really worried. ! 

The great rival of the Blues of Iwata, Honda, recorded a double disappointment with the successive withdrawals of the CBR1000RR of the FCR TSR team (fall of Dominique Aegerter) and of the Musachi RT Harc-Pro team (engine failure in Nicky’s first stint Hayden). The first Honda to arrive, n ° 22 of the Honda Asia team, finished eighth after 6 laps…

The Green Kawasaki team climbed to second place thanks to a fine effort by Leon Haslam at the end of the race to gain the advantage over the always very fast GSX-R1000 Yoshimura.

The French Kawasaki SRC team for its part recorded a retirement caused by a blocked rear wheel axle on the ZX-10R, while the SERT Suzuki – penalized for a stolen start and then slowed down by a crash from Vincent Philippe – finished 23rd. Difficult meeting Japanese for endurance cracks…

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The GMT94 was not spared either during this 39th edition of the Suzuka 8H, the third round of the world championship, with a 14th place courageously torn off after multiple problems (broken wheel axle then electrical problem with the lights. of R1). The first French team to finish is the Suzuki R2CL, twelfth.

The # 50 Suzuki of Team April Moto Motor Events, leading the world championship, also received an early departure penalty and finished 19th, far from its superb second position signed here last year. However, the private team remains in the lead of the provisional before the final scheduled in Germany at Oscherleben on August 27.. 

2016 Suzuka 8 Hours Ranking (Top 15)

1. Yamaha n ° 21 – Factory Racing Team (Nakasuga / Espargaro / Lowes)
2. Kawasaki n ° 87 – Team Green (Yanagawa / Haslam / Watanabe) + 2’17.883
3. Suzuki n ° 12 – Yoshimura Shell Advance (Tsuda / Brookes / Haga) +1 lap
4. Yamaha n ° 7 – Austria Racing Team (Parkes / Nozane / Fujita) +4 laps
5. Suzuki n ° 32 – MotoMap Supply (Waters / Aoki / Konno) +4 laps
6. Suzuki n ° 17 – Team Kagayama (Kagayama / Uramoto / Kiyonari) +5 laps
7. Kawasaki n ° 01 – EVA RT Test Type-01 Trick Star (Deguchi / Izutsu / Nigon) +5 laps
8. Honda n ° 22 – SatuHATI Team Asia (Zaidi / Pratama) +6 laps
9. Honda n ° 18 – Mistresa with ATS (Nakatsuhara / Kobayashi / Sekiguchi)
10. Honda n ° 090 – AU & Teluru Kohara Racing Team (Cudlin / Ohkubo / Akiyoshi) +6 laps
11. Honda n ° 104 – Toho Racing (Rea / Yamaguchi / Wilairot) +7 laps
12. Suzuki n ° 2 – Team R2CL (Morris / Suchet) +8 laps
13. Honda n ° 111 – Endurance Racing (Da Costa / Gimbert / Foray) +8 laps
14. Yamaha n ° 94 – GMT 94 (Checa / Canepa / Mahias) +8 laps
15. Kawasaki n ° 8 – Team Bolliger Switzerland (Saiger / Savary / Vizziello) +9 laps

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