Thruxton BSB: Race weekend stats, facts and pub ammo
Race weekend stats, facts and pub ammunition for this weekend’s Bennetts British Superbike round at Thruxton:
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2022 Suzuka Eight-Hours: ‘Tough ten days’ for Kawasaki’s Lowes
Kawasaki’s Alex Lowes had to fly straight from the Most WorldSBK round to compete in yesterday’s Suzula Eight-Hours despite suffering from illness.
HRC take win, SERT first of season contenders in EWC Suzuka 8 Hours
Whilst there might have been drama and heartbreak behind, it was a dominant win for #33 Team HRC in 43rd Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours with the line-up of Tetsuta Nagashima, Takumi Takahashi and Iker Lecuona taking the chequered flag by over a lap in the third round of the FIM Endurance World Championship. There has been late drama and a safety car in the final hour of the race after the leading season-contender #7 YART — Yamaha Official Team YZF-M1 got caught up with the #74 Akeno Speed – Yamaha Superstock bike at T13 such that rider Marvin Fritz had to dig the Yamaha out of the air barriers to get it back to the pits.
2022 Suzuka Eight-Hours: Team HRC take win by a lap
Team HRC demolished considerable opposition in japan today, winning the prestigious Suzuka Eight-Hours by a lap from Kawasaki in second and Yoshimura Suzuki in third.
EWC Suzuka 8 Hours – Update after 4 hours
#33 Team HRC leads the way with #7 YART — Yamaha Official Team EWC heading the charge for the EWC regular runners as the third round of the FIM Endurance world Championship, the Suzuka 8 Hours, reaches its halfway mark. After a build-up week of alternating grey hazy humidity or rain, the skies seemingly cleared ahead of the race with the riders running across the start-finish straight to their bikes under predominantly blue skies with a picturesque clouds providing a contrast.
Kawasaki quickest in red-flagged Free Practice Two for EWC Suzuka
Leon Haslam was the quickest rider in a Free Practice Two session which was interrupted by three red flags at Suzuka for the third round of the FIM Endurance World Championship, the Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours. Haslam posted a 2m06.726s on the #10 Kawasaki Racing Team Suzuka 8H ZX-10R early in the session before the first red flag which came after 6 minutes when the #38 K’s Racing Works Superstock rider Yoshinori Yamauchi had an off at T1.
2022 Suzuka Eight-Hours: ‘It’s about who makes the least mistakes’ - Rea
Six-time WorldSBK king Jonathan Rea has stated the key to Suzuka Eight-Hours success is not about who is the fastest but who makes the least errors.
Countdown to EWC Suzuka 8 Hours: How Kawasaki is doubling its chances of home endurance glory
Kawasaki’s hopes of a second consecutive victory in the Suzuka 8 Hours rest with not one but two frontrunning teams. As well as the ace Webike SRC Kawasaki France line-up of Randy de Puniet, Florian Marino and Etienne Masson, the Japanese make can also count on its star-studded official factory entry featuring FIM Superbike World Championship riders Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes, plus Leon Haslam, who competes in the British equivalent. Ad/> The all-British trio will compete under the Kawasaki Racing Team Suzuka 8H banner and all three riders have strong records when it comes to success in Japan’s round of the FIM Endurance World Championship, which is back on the calendar for the first time since 2019 due to COVID-19 restrictions.