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16 July 2024
Bring on Super Suzuka, says EWC racer Marino
Florian Marino is getting ready to savour “something special” when the FIM Endurance World Championship visits Japan this week.Marino, plus team-mates Randy de Puniet and Jérémy Guarnoni, are contesting the 45th Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race for Belgian team KM 99.Frenchman Marino said: “Participating in Suzuka's 8 Hours is always something special. Really looking forward to starting this week of racing and riding this very technical and challenging circuit.”KM 99’s Suzuka debut in 2023 was hampered by is Yamaha running out of fuel, which delayed the squad by some 20 minutes.
16 July 2024
Suzuki to break new ground in EWC with carbon neutral push
Suzuki Motor Corporation’s ground-breaking mission to contest Japan’s round of the FIM Endurance World Championship with a bike using 40 per cent bio-sourced sustainable fuel, plus other eco-friendly products, hits the track later this week with the 45th Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race.Launched by Suzuki Motor Corporation at the Tokyo Motorcycle Show in March, the Team Suzuki CN Challenge project has set out two clear purposes, according to the manufacturer: To advance environmental technologies by accelerating the adaptation of carbon neutral items and the development of environmental technologies, and to obtain technical feedback for future products.Competing in the Experimental class in round three of the 2024 EWC season, the factory-supported Suzuki GSX-R1000R CN SPEC utilises 40 per cent bio-sourced sustainable ELF Moto R40 FIM fuel, along with other eco-friendly products, such as engine oil, tyres, bodywork and brakes.
16 July 2024
Leesch’s EWC “bucket-list” moment arrives, Soomer gets Suzuka chance
Two FIM Endurance World Cup racers are getting set for their debuts in the Suzuka 8 Hours with Chris Leesch stepping up to the Formula EWC category and Hannes Soomer competing in the legendary event for the first time.Leesch, from Luxembourg, is joining fellow EWC Superstock racer Kevin Manfredi at Team Frontier, while Estonian Soomer will form part of the TONE RT SYNCEDGE 4413 BMW attack in the Superstock category.Leesch, who is contesting the European rounds of the FIM Endurance World Cup with Chromeburner-RAC 41-Honda, said: “It’s been a bucket-list race for me for a very long time. I’ve tried many ways to race at Suzuka. It’s a dream for every rider to race on that track in front of that crowd. The track is something special.”
15 July 2024
EWC Take Five with Karel Hanika
Karel Hanika might have claimed the FIM Endurance World Championship’s biggest prize when he formed part of the Yamalube YART Yamaha EWC Official Team that won the EWC title in 2023, but success at Suzuka has so far eluded the Czech rider. Ahead of the 45th Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race, which he’ll contest alongside team-mates Niccolò Canepa and Marvin Fritz, this is what the 28-year-old has had to say.How important is the Suzuka 8 Hours and how determined are you to win?“It’s the biggest race of the season for us. None of the team has been on the podium in Suzuka so we would like to achieve this goal and gain a few points over the opposition. We showed at the test the speed is really good so hopefully we can push and fight for the win. We never know what’s going to happen, but this would be a dream because it’s simply legendary this race. We’re the number one team for Yamaha but we’re also the number one throughout the championship so we want to prove, that even in a race like Suzuka, we can have a good result and fight with the best in the world. We want to add it to our career bios and I believe we can do it this year.”
15 July 2024
Staylive to show uninterrupted coverage of the EWC Suzuka 8 Hours in Japan
Fans of the FIM Endurance World Championship living in Japan can also look forward to watching the 45th Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race on Staylive.For 1499 Yen (around €8.50), fans not able to make the trip to Suzuka Circuit can pay to watch uninterrupted coverage of the race, which gets under way at 11h30 local time on Sunday 21 July. Commentary will be in English.Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Sports Europe, the EWC promoter, has partnered with OTT platform provider Staylive, a Spring Media Company, to increase the distribution and availability of its flagship cycling and motorcycle owned-promoted events globally. As part of the alliance, Staylive will is streaming live action from the four-event 2024 EWC season to fans around the world.
15 July 2024
Big race, big entry assembles for EWC’s Suzuka great eight
Forty-six teams are set to contest the 45th Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race from 19-21 July including a host of permanent squads from the FIM Endurance World Championship and World Cup, several top Japan-based outfits, plus an entry from Team Suzuki CN Challenge that will run 40 per cent bio-sourced sustainable fuel.The provisional entry list is available at this LINK and here are 10 of the teams to watch out for.#0: TEAM SUZUKI CN CHALLENGE (Experimental class)Team Suzuki CN Challenge’s factory-supported Suzuki GSX-R1000R CN SPEC will utilise 40 per cent bio-sourced sustainable ELF Moto R40 FIM fuel, along with other eco-friendly products including engine oil, tyres, bodywork and brakes. Launched by Suzuki Motor Corporation at the Tokyo Motorcycle Show in March, the Team Suzuki CN Challenge project has set out two clear purposes, according to the firm: To advance environmental technologies by accelerating the adaptation of carbon neutral items and the development of environmental technologies, and to obtain technical feedback for future products. Yoshimura SERT regular Étienne Masson forms part of its riding strength.#2: DUCATI TEAM KAGAYAMA Owned by Yukio Kagayama, the winner of the Suzuka 8 Hours in 2007 who also raced for Suzuki in World Superbikes and tested for the manufacturer’s 500cc and MotoGP teams, has switched from Suzuki to Ducati power for 2024. It topped last month’s official test and counts on riders Ryo Mizuno, Hafizh Syahrin and Josh Waters.#17: ASTEMO HONDA DREAM SI RACING Ninth in 2023, Astemo Honda Dream SI Racing is part of Honda’s EWC attack with Kouta Nozane a new recruit for 2024 having raced with Yamaha power previously. Team head Ito Shinichi raced for Honda in 500cc, MotoGP and EWC and is a four-time Suzuka 8 Hours winner.#30: TEAM HRC (pictured below)Victory in the Suzuka 8 Hours would be the team’s third in a row in Japan’s EWC counter and the 30th for Honda. While Takumi Takahashi is an established member of the factory Honda squad, Teppei Nagoe joins from SDG Honda Racing, which finished second in 2023, while Johann Zarco has been recruited from the Honda LCR MotoGP team for what will be the Frenchman’s Suzuka 8 Hours and EWC debut.#73: SDG TEAM HARC-PRO. HONDAThe runner-up at Suzuka last season, SDG Team HARC-PRO. Honda is three-time winner of the event.