HRC from YART in morning WEC Suzuka Warm Up

Team HRC with Takumi Takahashi led the morning Warm Up for the 43rd running of the Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours, third round of the FIM Endurance World Championship, posting a 2m07.957s aboard the Bridgetone-tyred #33 Team HRC CBR1000RR-RSP whilst Niccolò Canepa led the way for the season-contenders with a 2m08.861s on the similarly-shod YART — Yamaha Official Team EWC YZF-R1 with a 2m08.861s. Race day morning dawned humid but dry with a slowly lightening sky.

The Suzuka track surface offered damp patches as the teams and riders ran through their morning programmes in a straightforward session ahead of today's race start at 11:30 local time. The #1  Yoshimura SERT Motul Suzuki GSX-R1000R with Zazuki Watanabe on board was the next quickest of the EWC season teams, with a 2m09.375s from his Bridgestones, placing fifth overall and just behind the #10 Kawasaki Racing Team Suzuka 8H ZX=10R.

The #5 FCC TSR Honda France CBR1000RR-R Fireblade placed ninth overall, whilst the #11 Webike SRC Kawasaki France ZX-10RR was 15th with a 2m11.688s. The #37 BMW MOTORRAD WORLD ENDURANCE TEAM M1000RR had a  slower start to the day with a 2m12.572s best, placing them 19th in the overall standings.

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