Suzuka Circuit
Suzuka 8 Hours
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Suzuka 8 Hours
Suzuka Circuit - Suzuka
Operated by Honda Mobilityland Corporation, Suzuka offers a unique figure-of-eight layout and considerable challenge thanks to its wide variety of corners, while the Suzuka 8 Hours’ summer date means hot and humid conditions and packed grandstands. Opened as a Honda test track in 1962, the venue hosted the first edition of the Suzuka 8 Hours in 1978. Since then, the day and night event has been a popular feature of the EWC schedule and a key fixture on the international calendar with leading MotoGP and World Superbike racers taking part – and winning – over the years. Team HRC triumphed in 2022.
Fast facts
The Suzuka 8 Hours retuned to the EWC calendar in 2022 having not taken place since 2019 due to the global health crisis.
Americans Mike Baldwin and Wes Cooley won the inaugural Suzuka 8 Hours on 30 July 1978 on a Yoshimura Racing Suzuki.
Japanese fans had to wait until 1982 for the first home victory when Shigeo Iijima and Shinji Hagiwara won for Honda.
Although it was billed as an eight-hour race, the onset of a typhoon meant there were only six hours of racing.
Other winners of the Suzuka 8 Hours include Wayne Rainey (1988), Eddie Lawson (1990) Mick Doohan (1991) and Valentino Rossi (2001).
Championship Classification - 2023 Endurance World Championship-Manufacturers Ranking
Timezone
Asia/Tokyo
Weather
Thu, 28th Sep
30 °
Track length
5.821 km
Race length
8 heures
2022 Winner
Team HRC
Qualifying:
Team HRC Tetsuta Nagashima 2m04.934s, 2022
Race:
Kawasaki Racing Team Jonathan Rea 2m06.805s, 2019
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