Suzuka 8 Hr Endurance 27 July 08

Suzuka's on again 27/7 :hot:
Should be some good racing.
Sites for information:
www.racecorporation.co.uk/ (http://www.racecorporation.co.uk/)
www.fimendurance.com (http://www.fimendurance.com/)
www.race24.com/suzuka (http://www.race24.com/suzuka)
Racecorporation has the most comprehensive list of teams (81) including
Yamaha - Cudlin, Smart, Richards
Yamaha - Jerman, Martin, Plater
Honda - Kiyonara, Checa, Tokudome
Honda - Rea, Haslam,Teshima
Suzuki - Akiyoshi, Kagayama
Suzuki - Philippe, Lagrive, Costa
Kawasaki & Duc- Yeah, there are a couple of them too.

[ChrisS]

Provisional Entry List

http://www.motoracing-japan.com/result/spl/088h_e.html

[gco0307]

Will need to keep an eye for this as it is one of the 'non series' races that I di used to keep an eye on, although I have been a bit slack sincet he GP riders stopped riding it.

Thanks for the links




Garry

http://www.motoracing-japan.com/english/image/suzuka_2008.gif 2008 QTEL Endurance FIM World Championship Series Round 3 The 31st "Coca-Cola Zero" Suzuka 8 hours World Endurance Championship Race
http://www.motoracing-japan.com/result/spl/088h_e.html
SCHEDULE (GMT+9)
24th Thursday
Practice (9:15-18:10)
25th Friday
Qualfy (9:20-18:45)
26th Saturday
Free Practice (13:45-15:00)
Special Stage (15:30-16:30)
27th Sunday
Warm Up (9:00-9:45)
Race (11:30-19:30)
8 HOURS LINKS
Suzuka 8 Hours (http://www.mobilityland.co.jp/8tai/) - Suzuka Circuit (E) (http://www.mobilityland.co.jp/english/suzuka/)
Honda (http://www.honda.co.jp/Racing/race2008/8hours/) - Yamaha (http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/profile/sports/race/2008-8hours/index.html) - TSR (http://blog.eigyo.co.jp/tsr8h/) - Sakurai (http://www.sakurai-honda.co.jp/08suzuka8h/news.html)
Trick Star (http://www.trickstar-racing.com/race.htm) - Moriwaki (E) (http://www.moriwaki.co.jp/global/index.html) -

Race24 (http://www.race24.com/) - World Endurance (http://www.world-endurance.com/) - FIM (http://www.fimendurance.com/)

Suzuka City (http://www.city.suzuka.mie.jp/eng/index.html) - Forecast (http://weather.msn.com/local.aspx?wealocations=wc:JAXX0112) - WebCam (http://webcam.wni.co.jp/MTK08875/loop.html)
BROADCAST
Live Coverage (10:00-20:20)
SkyPerfecTV! (http://www.skyperfectv.co.jp/en/guide/index.html) ch.162
PPV 3150 yen
e2 by SkyPerfecTV! (http://www.skyperfectv.co.jp/en/guide/index.html) ch.800
PPV 3150 yen

[ChrisS]

The 8 hours starts in a few hours, any idea of any internet or p2ptv streams of the race?

Top Ten Special Stage results
http://www.mobilityland.co.jp/result_s/2008/8tai/0726_special_stage.html

and the starting grid
http://www.mobilityland.co.jp/result_s/2008/8tai/0726_provisional_modified_g.html

[quote="ChrisS"]The 8 hours starts in a few hours, any idea of any internet or p2ptv streams of the race?

:s All I can find are these 2 references on
http://www.motoracing-japan.com/english/index.html
Live Coverage (10:00-20:20 GMT+9) ……
SkyPerfecTV! (http://www.skyperfectv.co.jp/en/guide/index.html) ch.162
PPV 3150 yen
e2 by SkyPerfecTV! (http://www.skyperfectv.co.jp/en/guide/index.html) ch.800
PPV 3150 yen

[Roby44]

A good couple of years!!!

1988

1 YAMAHA YZF 750, Kevin MAGEE(AUS) Wayne RAINEY(US)

2 SUZUKI Kevin SCHWANTZ(US) Doug POLEN(US)

3 KAWASAKI Pierre Etienne SAMIN(FRA) Adrien MORILLAS(FRA)

1987

1 YAMAHA YZF 750, Kevin MAGEE(AUS) Martin Wimmer(GER)


2 SUZUKI Garry GOODFELLOW(NZ) Katsuro TAKAYOSHI
3 YAMAHA John KOCINSKI(US) Kal RAYBORN(US)

[Roby44]

Race winners....


http://www.motorsm.com/motorsport/moto/Suzuka_8_Hours/default.htm

[ChrisS]

Ryuichi Kiyonari and Carlos Checa took victory at the Suzuka 8 hours on HRC's #11 bike.

Sakai and Watanabe on the # 12 Yoshimura Suzuki were 2nd with team HARC-PRO Honda 3rd.

last years winner #34 Yoshimura Suzuki riden by Akiyoshi and Kagayama were 4th and the official Yamaha team was 5th

British riders Crutchlow and Haslam on Moriwaki Honda and Sakurai Honda sixth and ninth. Jonathan Rea on the second HRC Honda retired

Yamaha Austria Racing Team (riden by Igor Jerman, Steve Martin and Steve Plater) was the best permanent team finishing 11th.

final results
http://www.mobilityland.co.jp/result_s/2008/8tai/0727_8tai_f.html

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Although Honda won the race and it was great to see Kiyonari & Checa take it away, the overall performance of Honda entries (from an endurance perspective) did not impress me at all when compared with the performances of Yamaha and Suzuki.

From the results as published:-----------
Honda----- 30 started------8 (26.66%) finished in the top 25 (best 1st place)
Suzuki---- -16 started------7 (43.75%) finished in the top 25 (best 2nd place)
Yamaha----14 started------7 (50.00%) finished in the top 25 (best 5th place)
Kawasaki----8 started -----2 (25.00%) finished in the top 25 (best 15th place)

Oops.........Kawasaki.....8 started---- 3 (37.5%) finished in the top 25

[neninja]

How can Watanabe perform so well in Japan and be such a total disappointment in the UK?

Is it the culture change, the style of circuits, the bike?

[ArmchairBikeFan]

How can Watanabe perform so well in Japan and be such a total disappointment in the UK?

Is it the culture change, the style of circuits, the bike?

All those plus the 3rd-rate Pirelli control tyres compared to the posh Michelin ones he gets at home.

[ChrisS]

I dont know why Watanabe is racing with the cup riders in BSB when he can be a front runner at Suzuka. a few BSB rounds ago Rizla Suzuki said he was performing at a reasonable level, I dont know if they still think that.

Language and culture difficulties ware always the big issues for Japanese racers coming to Europe. They have trouble communicating so they become isolated, their results suffer because of it, they cant take it any more and move back to Japan. This doesn't affect only Japanese riders, Ant West said his Salzburg flat that he got when he joined KTM felt like a prison because he didnt know anyone and in an interview of the american 125cc rider Stevie Bonsey I read last year he said he moved from Spain to England where he knows the language.

[ChrisS]

All those plus the 3rd-rate Pirelli control tyres compared to the posh Michelin ones he gets at home.

You mean Bridgestone ;)

I just noticed, the HRC bikes were also not using michelin, one was on stones the other on dunlops.

[ArmchairBikeFan]

Ah, Bridgestone of course. What else would you want to race on in the land of the rising sun? :)