Team HRC Participation in the Endurance Championship Suzuka 8 Hours Road Race 45th Event

Honda announces details of its factory team^*1, Team HRC, that will compete in the 2024 FIM^*2 Endurance World Championship “Coca-Cola” Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Road Race 45th Event (Suzuka 8 Hours), to be held at the Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture, Japan, on Sunday July 21, 2024.

Team HRC, which won its second consecutive Suzuka 8 Hours in 2023, will once again line up as Honda’s factory team with a factory bike based on the CBR1000RR-R FIREBLADE SP. This year, 33-year-old French rider Johann Zarco, who competes for the CASTROL Honda LCR Team in MotoGP, will join the team to compete in his very first Suzuka 8 Hours.

Zarco will be joined by 2022/2023 champion Takumi Takahashi (age 34, Saitama) and Team HRC newcomer, Teppei Nagoe (age 26, Tokyo). This season, Takahashi is competing in the JSB1000 class of the MFJ^*3 All Japan Road Race Championship with Japan Post Honda Dream TP, while Nagoe is also competing in JSB1000 with SDG Honda Racing. Victory for Takahashi in the upcoming Suzuka 8 Hours would make him the most successful rider in the history of the race, with six wins.

*1 Factory team: Racing team managed by the motorcycle manufacturer.

*2 FIM: Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme

*3 MFJ: Motorcycle Federation of Japan

Team: Team HRC

Bike: CBR1000RR-R FIREBLADE SP

Number: 30

Riders: Takumi Takahashi – Teppei Nagoe – Johann Zarco