Suzuka 8 Hours – Red Bull Honda to Start 3rd in Suzuka 8 Hours
Free Practice and the Top 10 Trials for the Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race (Suzuka 8 Hours) scheduled for today were canceled due to bad track conditions caused by Typhoon No. 6.
As a result, the starting grid for the Suzuka 8 Hours defaulted to the results in timed qualifying from yesterday. Red Bull Honda (#33) will be starting from 3rd position.
The 42nd Suzuka 8 Hours is planned to start at 11:30 am tomorrow, July 28.
Takumi Takahashi | Red Bull Honda (#33) (3rd grid)
“Our riders were all picking up the pace and we were in a good position, so it’s disappointing that today’s Top 10 Trial was canceled. Tomorrow’s a long race, but I aim to give it everything, and not make any mistakes.”
Ryuichi Kiyonari | Red Bull Honda (#33) (3rd grid)
“It’s disappointing that today’s Top 10 Trial Was canceled due to rain. I’m sorry that my lap time was slower than my teammates, taking us down a few places. Our pace isn’t bad, so we’ll work together for the race.”
Stefan Bradl | Red Bull Honda (#33) (3rd grid)
“It’s my first time participating in the Suzuka 8 Hours. It will be a good experience for me tomorrow. A lot of people are supporting us today. It’s always great to be here in Japan. Probably it’s going to be a tough race physically and mentally. It’s a new experience for me. I try to follow my teammates as much as I can and learn from them. We’re ready to fight.”
Overall Qualifying Classification
Pos. | No. | Team | Rider Blue | Rider Yellow | Rider Red | Bike | Best Rider Blue | Best Rider Yellow | Best Rider Red | Avg. B. Lap | Gap 1rst |
1 | 21 | YAMAHA FACTORY RACING TEAM | NAKASUGA Katsuyuki * | LOWES Alex | VAN DER MARK Michael | Yamaha | 2:05.922 | 2:06.629 | 2:07.306 | 2:06.619 | – |
2 | 10 | Kawasaki Racing Team Suzuka 8H | HASLAM Leon | RAZGATLIOGLU Toprak | REA Jonathan * | Kawasaki | 2:06.706 | 2:06.698 | 2:06.495 | 2:06.633 | 0.014 |
3 | 33 | Red Bull Honda | TAKAHASHI Takumi * | KIYONARI Ryuichi | BRADL Stefan | Honda | 2:06.200 | 2:07.955 | 2:07.165 | 2:07.106 | 0.487 |
4 | 634 | MuSASHi RT HARC-PRO. Honda | FORES Javier | AEGERTER Dominique | MIZUNO Ryo * | Honda | 2:07.783 | 2:06.501 | 2:07.267 | 2:07.183 | 0.564 |
5 | 12 | YOSHIMURA SUZUKI MOTUL RACING | GUINTOLI Sylvain | KAGAYAMA Yukio * | WATANABE Kazuki | Suzuki | 2:07.226 | 2:07.372 | 2:06.965 | 2:07.187 | 0.568 |
6 | 7 | YART – YAMAHA | PARKES Broc * | FRITZ Marvin | CANEPA Niccolò | Yamaha | 2:08.088 | 2:07.167 | 2:06.672 | 2:07.309 | 0.690 |
7 | 1 | F.C.C. TSR Honda France | HOOK Josh * | FORAY Freddy | DI MEGLIO Mike | Honda | 2:07.255 | 2:07.774 | 2:07.407 | 2:07.478 | 0.859 |
8 | 090 | au . Teluru SAG RT | AKIYOSHI Kosuke * | NAGASHIMA Tetsuta | HADA Taiga | Honda | 2:07.674 | 2:07.470 | 2:08.604 | 2:07.916 | 1.297 |
9 | 95 | S-PULSE DREAM RACING . IAI | BRIDEWELL Thomas | RAY Bradley | Suzuki | – | 2:08.098 | 2:08.525 | 2:08.311 | 1.692 | |
10 | 19 | KYB MORIWAKI RACING | TAKAHASHI Yuki * | KOYAMA Tomoyoshi | HERFOSS Troy | Honda | 2:08.307 | 2:08.489 | 2:09.480 | 2:08.758 | 2.139 |
11 | 3 | KRP SANYOUKOGYO & will raise RS-ITOH | YANAGAWA Akira * | AITCHISON Mark | IWATO Ryosuke | Kawasaki | 2:09.782 | 2:08.902 | 2:08.435 | 2:09.039 | 2.420 |
12 | 25 | Honda Suzuka Racing Team | KAMEI Yudai * | HIURA Daijiro | TADOKORO Jun | Honda | 2:08.866 | 2:08.322 | 2:10.377 | 2:09.188 | 2.569 |
13 | 333 | VRD IGOL PIERRET EXPERIENCES | ALT Florian * | MARINO Florian | SIMEON Xavier | Yamaha | 2:09.722 | 2:09.439 | 2:08.701 | 2:09.287 | 2.668 |
14 | 11 | TEAM SRC KAWASAKI FRANCE | GUARNONI Jérémy * | NIGON Erwan | CHECA David | Kawasaki | 2:08.832 | 2:08.957 | 2:10.693 | 2:09.494 | 2.875 |
15 | 71 | TK SUZUKI BLUE MAX | LEBLANC Grégory | KAMARUZAMAN Azlan | TSUDA Takuya * | Suzuki | 2:09.000 | 2:10.055 | 2:09.605 | 2:09.553 | 2.934 |
16 | 9 | Moto Map SWAT | WATERS Josh * | LINFOOT Dan | AOKI Nobuatsu | Suzuki | 2:08.507 | 2:08.844 | 2:11.543 | 2:09.631 | 3.012 |
17 | 2 | Suzuki Endurance Racing Team | PHILIPPE Vincent * | MASSON Etienne | BLACK Gregg | Suzuki | 2:10.077 | 2:09.998 | 2:09.004 | 2:09.693 | 3.074 |
18 | 80 | TONE RT SYNCEDGE 4413 | HOSHINO Tomoya * | ATSUMI Kokoro | ISHIZUKA Takeshi | BMW | 2:10.294 | 2:09.516 | 2:09.914 | 2:09.908 | 3.289 |
19 | 22 | Honda Asia-Dream Racing with SHOWA | ZAIDI Muhammad Zaqhwan * | IZDIHAR Andi Farid | NAGOE Teppei | Honda | 2:09.432 | 2:10.906 | 2:09.804 | 2:10.047 | 3.428 |
20 | 44 | Team ATJ with JAPAN POST | SEKIGUCHI Taro * | IWATA Satoru | KUNIMINE Takuma | Honda | 2:10.354 | 2:09.552 | 2:10.443 | 2:10.116 | 3.497 |
21 | 111 | Honda Endurance Racing | DE PUNIET Randy * | HERNANDEZ Yonny | GIMBERT Sébastien | Honda | 2:10.597 | 2:09.902 | 2:10.071 | 2:10.190 | 3.571 |
22 | 18 | Team BABY FACE Titanium Power Racing | TSUDA Kazuma * | FUJITA Takuya | Yamaha | 2:10.522 | 2:09.904 | – | 2:10.213 | 3.594 | |
23 | 72 | Honda Dream RT SAKURAI HONDA | HAMAHARA Sodo * | ITO Shinichi | SAKUMOTO Kosuke | Honda | 2:10.521 | 2:10.266 | 2:10.282 | 2:10.356 | 3.737 |
24 | 77 | Wójcik Racing Team | SZKOPEK Marek * | REA Gino | BERGMAN Christoffer | Yamaha | 2:12.276 | 2:09.645 | 2:09.666 | 2:10.529 | 3.910 |
25 | 96 | TEAM FRONTIER | TECHER Alan * | TEROL Nicolas | WEBB Daniel | Honda | 2:10.538 | 2:10.130 | 2:11.845 | 2:10.837 | 4.218 |
26 | 99 | RC KOSHIEN YAMAHA Endurance ASEAN | NAKATOMI Shinichi * | WILAIROT Ratthapong | WONGTHANANON Apiwath | Yamaha | 2:11.728 | 2:10.938 | 2:10.488 | 2:11.051 | 4.432 |
27 | 6 | Team ERC-BMW Motorrad Endurance | FORAY Kenny * | DA COSTA Julien | GINES Mathieu | BMW | 2:10.394 | 2:11.623 | 2:11.458 | 2:11.158 | 4.539 |
28 | 806 | Zaif NCXX RACING & ZENKOUKAI | NAGAO Kengo * | HILL Stefan | Yamaha | 2:11.064 | 2:11.827 | – | 2:11.445 | 4.826 | |
29 | 14 | OMEGA MACO RACING | SZKOPEK Pawel * | ELLISON James | Yamaha | 2:12.941 | 2:10.538 | – | 2:11.739 | 5.120 | |
30 | 17 | MobiusGreen YAOKAWASAKI | NAKAMOTO Sho * | NAKAMOTO Gun | OKUBO Hikari | Kawasaki | 2:10.404 | 2:13.677 | 2:11.441 | 2:11.840 | 5.221 |
31 | 8 | Bolliger Team Switzerland | WALRAVEN Nigel * | BUCHAN Danny | DEGUCHI Osamu | Kawasaki | 2:11.953 | 2:10.958 | 2:12.915 | 2:11.942 | 5.323 |
32 | 4 | EVA RT WEBIKE TATi TEAM TRICKSTAR | MACKELS Bastien | DENIS Kevin | ENJOLRAS Julien * | Kawasaki | 2:10.343 | 2:12.983 | 2:12.592 | 2:11.972 | 5.353 |
33 | 55 | Honda Hamayuukai Hamamatsu Escargot | NAKAJIMA Genki * | HASEGAWA Shudai | Honda | 2:11.563 | 2:12.703 | – | 2:12.133 | 5.514 | |
34 | 52 | TERAMOTO@J-TRIP Racing | TERAMOTO Koji * | VALLCANERAS Pedro | BMW | 2:11.727 | 2:13.337 | – | 2:12.532 | 5.913 | |
35 | 87 | TEAM R2CL SUN CHLORELLA | KONNO Yoshihiro * | ELLIOTT Joshua | MORRIS Aaron | Suzuki | 2:11.485 | 2:13.154 | 2:13.404 | 2:12.681 | 6.062 |
36 | 502 | Zaif NCXX RACING | KUNIMATSU Toshiki * | YOSHIDA Tadayuki | NAGAO Kenji | Yamaha | 2:13.524 | 2:14.386 | 2:10.943 | 2:12.951 | 6.332 |
37 | 26 | ARMY. GIRL Team TJC & MF Kawasaki | OKUDA Kyosuke * | ITO Kazuki | ASHINA Hidemi | Kawasaki | 2:11.441 | 2:11.040 | 2:16.770 | 2:13.083 | 6.464 |
38 | 28 | Team Kodama | TOKUDOME Kazuki | NAKAYAMA Yosuke | KODAMA Yuta * | Yamaha | 2:11.955 | 2:13.618 | 2:14.622 | 2:13.398 | 6.779 |
39 | 98 | TEAM HANSHIN RIDING SCHOOL | SANO Katsuto * | MATSUMOTO Ryusei | HIGASHIMURA Isami | Kawasaki | 2:11.327 | 2:14.901 | 2:14.792 | 2:13.673 | 7.054 |
40 | 34 | Honda Ryokuyoukai Kumamoto Racing | KITAORI Makoto * | YOSHIDA Mitsuhiro | KOJIMA Kazuhiro | Honda | 2:15.106 | 2:13.581 | 2:12.841 | 2:13.842 | 7.223 |
41 | 24 | Team WITH87 Kawasaki PLAZA Fukuokahigashi | KIYOSUE Naoki * | NISHIJIMA Osamu | KARITA Shohei | Kawasaki | 2:12.671 | 2:14.189 | 2:14.960 | 2:13.940 | 7.321 |
42 | 69 | Yamashina Kawasaki & AutoRaceUBE with YIC BR | SHINJO Masahiro * | NAKAMURA Shuichiro | MATSUMOTO Masayuki | Kawasaki | 2:12.706 | 2:13.303 | 2:15.962 | 2:13.990 | 7.371 |
43 | 92 | H.L.O RACING SUZUKIN | HIGUCHI Kota * | INUKI Tsubasa | Suzuki | 2:13.815 | 2:14.810 | – | 2:14.312 | 7.693 | |
44 | 51 | icu RT MOTOKIDS NAC SANYO | KOTANI Sakito | YOSHIMICHI Tatsuya | YOSHIDA Kazunori * | Yamaha | 2:11.630 | 2:16.803 | 2:14.665 | 2:14.366 | 7.747 |
45 | 62 | GSM RACING | LEONOV Vladimir * | ESTMENT Bjorn | TAKADA Hayato | Suzuki | 2:13.002 | 2:14.187 | 2:16.109 | 2:14.432 | 7.813 |
46 | 65 | MOTOBOX KREMER & Favorite Factory | DEHAYE Geoffroy * | VIEHMANN Jan | ORTIZ Gregory | Yamaha | 2:14.678 | 2:14.459 | 2:14.325 | 2:14.487 | 7.868 |
47 | 27 | TransMapRacing with ACE CAFE | OOISHI Masahiko * | HIRANO Luna | Suzuki | 2:13.836 | 2:16.008 | – | 2:14.922 | 8.303 | |
48 | 112 | Honda EG Racing | SHIMODA Kazuya * | KURIBAYASHI Tsuyoshi | HONDA Keiichi | Honda | 2:14.040 | 2:15.005 | 2:15.974 | 2:15.006 | 8.387 |
49 | 105 | moto cubic + Motorrad Toyota + NR | ONO Hideki * | KOYAMA Aoi | NODA Tatsuya | BMW | 2:12.367 | 2:15.479 | 2:17.312 | 2:15.052 | 8.433 |
50 | 41 | IWATA RACING FAMILY | NISHIMURA Kazuyuki * | MIYAKOSHI Takeshi | SATO Tatsuhiko | Yamaha | 2:14.516 | 2:14.771 | 2:16.026 | 2:15.104 | 8.485 |
51 | 88 | CLUB NEXT & MOTO BUM | NAKAMURA Yutaka * | KATAHIRA Ryosuke | KIMIHIKO Ohnuki | Honda | 2:14.700 | 2:13.218 | 2:17.434 | 2:15.117 | 8.498 |
52 | 42 | Sinshu activation project . Team NAGANO | SAKURAYAMA Shigenori * | NIKAIDO Shinji | OHKITA Hiromu | Honda | 2:15.291 | 2:15.518 | 2:15.403 | 2:15.404 | 8.785 |
53 | 31 | HAMAMATSU TEAM TITAN | TAKEDA Kazuma * | KAMBAYASHI Takahiro | WADA Kenshirou | Suzuki | 2:14.953 | 2:16.433 | 2:15.232 | 2:15.539 | 8.920 |
54 | 61 | Team de”LIGHT | OKUDA Takaya * | MORI Shigeo | KATAOKA Homare | Ducati | 2:12.835 | 2:17.664 | 2:16.186 | 2:15.561 | 8.942 |
55 | 35 | PLUS ONE MCRT | IMAZU Hiroshi * | NISHINAKA Tsuna | TAJIMA Kiyotsugu | Kawasaki | 2:15.802 | 2:15.324 | 2:15.747 | 2:15.624 | 9.005 |
56 | 76 | NIPPON SUMATRA BIO MASSE+D REX | TOYODA Hiroshi * | IKEDA Yoshitaka | SHIBATA Yoshimasa | Yamaha | 2:15.221 | 2:17.047 | 2:14.705 | 2:15.657 | 9.038 |
57 | 40 | K’s WORKS RACING YSS | ADACHI Masaki * | YAMAUCHI Yoshinori | NAKAI Tsunekazu | Yamaha | 2:15.761 | 2:14.945 | 2:16.307 | 2:15.671 | 9.052 |
58 | 5 | TEAM SUGAI RACING JAPAN | SUGAI Yoshiyuki * | VEGHINI Daniele | Aprilia | 2:16.093 | 2:15.295 | – | 2:15.694 | 9.075 | |
59 | 91 | TIO Verity | NAKAMURA Yusuke * | MIYAJIMA Shinya | TSUJI Toshihiko | BMW | 2:13.827 | 2:15.746 | 2:17.988 | 2:15.853 | 9.234 |
60 | 78 | Honda Blue Helmets MSC Kumamoto & Asaka | TAKAHASHI Yuki | OKADA Hiromasa | OTSUKA Takuya | Honda | 2:15.984 | 2:16.159 | 2:15.848 | 2:15.997 | 9.378 |
61 | 70 | Honda Koyokai DREAM Racing Team | OKAZAKI Yusuke * | SAKAKIBARA Shinnosuke | Honda | 2:15.193 | 2:16.851 | – | 2:16.022 | 9.403 | |
62 | 45 | E P S Racing GarageL8 TT45 | SOMA Toshitane | SUZUKI Akira | UCHIYAMA Hiroshi * | Yamaha | 2:15.700 | 2:16.842 | 2:16.103 | 2:16.215 | 9.596 |
63 | 29 | DOG HOUSE | IWATANI Keita * | SAMURA Eisuke | Suzuki | 2:16.073 | 2:16.921 | – | 2:16.497 | 9.878 | |
64 | 59 | HKC & IMT Racing KUNO KOGYO | SAITO Tatsuro | KUNO Mitsuhiro * | WATANABE Kazuo | Yamaha | 2:14.937 | 2:17.096 | 2:17.507 | 2:16.513 | 9.894 |
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65 | 57 | FUN FACTORY @ CS STANCE | UTO Toshiaki * | HIRAJO Akio | FUJII Yuichi | BMW | 2:17.926 | 2:19.725 | 2:19.286 | 2:18.979 | 12.360 |
66 | 74 | AKENO SPEED.YAMAHA | MINAMIMOTO Soichiro * | INAGAKI Makoto | Yamaha | – | 2:11.329 | – | 2:11.329 | 4.710 |