
Jonathan Rea grabbed the headlines on Friday in Japan, with an unofficial lap record at the Suzuka 8-Hours, which put the Kawasaki Team Green ZX-10RR on a pole-position start. The Northern Irishman was nine tenths of a second faster than Pol Espargaro's 2016 pole lap, and Rea's time was made all...
At one time, the Suzuka 8 Hours was the most important race of the year to the Japanese manufacturers and the one event all sought to win. Manufacturer-supported teams spared no expense and laid on the world's top riders. Today, the 8 Hours' status is reduced—maybe not all the way to "just...
Pata Honda Press Release: While the World Superbike and World Supersport championships take an extended summer break, the action does not stop for Pata Honda riders, all four of whom will participate in this weekend's Suzuka 8 Hours event in Japan. Pata Honda's Jonathan Rea, Leon Haslam and...
Pata Honda Press Release: Pata Honda riders Leon Haslam and Michael van der Mark, together with Japanese team-mate Takumi Takahashi won today's Suzuka 8 Hours race in Japan with the MuSashi Harc-Pro Honda team's CBR1000RR Fireblade for the second year in succession. It was a dramatic and...
Pata Honda riders ready to renew Suzuka challenge While the World Superbike and World Supersport championships take an extended summer break, the action does not stop for Pata Honda riders, all four of whom will participate in this weekend's Suzuka 8 Hours event in Japan. Pata Honda's Jonathan...
FIM Previews Suzuka 8 hours by staff Tuesday, July 23, 2013 This just in from the FIM: The Endurance world gears up for the Suzuka 8 Hours 63 crews will line up in Japan on 28 July The 36th edition of the Suzuka 8 Hours, second round of the FIM Endurance World Championship, will certainly live...
Seeing the return of American racing legend Kevin Schwantz to FIM road racing, the 2013 Coca-Cola Zero Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race was certainly one to remember. While the return of Schwantz overshadowed many of the other big names in the sport that competed in the event, not to mention the...