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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.

YART top day two of testing for Suzuka 8 Hours

YART – Yamaha Official Team EWC ended the second day […] YART – Yamaha Official Team EWC ended the second day of testing ahead of this weekend’s 43rd Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours – round three of the FIM Endurance World Championship – as the only team to set a time in the 2min 06s at a hot and humid Suzuka. YART alsostartedthe day as the only team to set a time in the 2min 06s as the 2min 06.684secs lap, set by Karel Hanika, was posted in the first of the day’s five sessions.

YART fast, HRC faster as testing for EWC Suzuka 8 Hours begins

YART – Yamaha Official Team EWC was fast in the first race week testing session for the 43rd Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours this morning but Team HRC was faster still as preparations for round three of the FIM Endurance World Championship intensified. The Austria-based Yamaha squad set a 2m07.375s best during the morning running on the 5.281-kilometre Suzuka Circuit, but it was Team HRC that completed Tuesday’s sessions with a day-topping time of 2m06.966s set early in the afternoon.

Countdown to EWC Suzuka 8 Hours: MotoGP-level concentrated needed for Honda to end winless run

F.C.C. TSR Honda France must adopt MotoGP levels of concentration if it’s to end the Japanese make’s winless run in the Suzuka 8 Hours. Honda hasn’t celebrated success in its home round of the FIM Endurance World Championship since 2014 but can count on a host of rapid local riders and their teams, plus its leading EWC entrant F.C.C.

2022 Suzuka Eight-Hours: ‘We have the riders and team to win’ - Reiterberger

BMW’s Markus Reiterberger believes there’s no reason why his squad can’t win the Suzuka Eight-Hours later this week.

2022 Suzuka Eight-Hours: Black drafted into Yoshimura SERT squad

Britain’s Gregg Black will race at this weekend’s 43rd Coca-Cola Suzuka Eight-Hours.

Countdown to EWC Suzuka 8 Hours: No reason why BMW can’t win again, says Reiterberger

Markus Reiterberger believes there’s no reason why his BMW-powered team can’t continue winning in the EWC when it contests the 43rd Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race later this week. Along with Jérémy Guarnoni and Illya Mykhalchyk, Reiterberger formed part of the BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team that won the 24H SPA EWC Motos in early June aboard a BMW M1000RR. Ad/> But while the German rider is optimistic of more FIM Endurance World Championship success, he also expects plenty of strong opposition from several top Japanese riders and their teams, in addition to a host of EWC regulars.

Countdown to EWC Suzuka 8 Hours: Reiterberger revs up with “perfect weekend”

Markus Reiterberger will be on top form when Suzuka hosts the third round of the FIM Endurance World Championship next month. The BMW-powered rider scored another victory brace in the latest rounds of the German IDM championship at the Schleiz track last weekend. Ad/> Part of the BCC-alpha-Van Zon-BMW line-up, Reiterberger was fastest in free practice, set a new lap record on his way to qualifying on pole position and then set the fastest lap in both races, which he won.

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Countdown to EWC Suzuka 8 Hours: How Kawasaki is doubling its chances of home endurance glory

YART top day two of testing for Suzuka 8 Hours

YART fast, HRC faster as testing for EWC Suzuka 8 Hours begins

Countdown to EWC Suzuka 8 Hours: MotoGP-level concentrated needed for Honda to end winless run

2022 Suzuka Eight-Hours: ‘We have the riders and team to win’ - Reiterberger

2022 Suzuka Eight-Hours: Black drafted into Yoshimura SERT squad

Countdown to EWC Suzuka 8 Hours: No reason why BMW can’t win again, says Reiterberger

Countdown to EWC Suzuka 8 Hours: Reiterberger revs up with “perfect weekend”