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MotoGP race winners Jack Miller and Johann Zarco confirmed for Suzuka 8 Hours

Miller and Zarco will renew their MotoGP rivalry on production-based bikes in Japan’s biggest motorcycle race

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Johann Zarco spends MotoGP summer break winning Suzuka 8 Hours

Johann Zarco gave up MotoGP’s summer break to race - and win - the Suzuka 8 Hours for Honda, after the team failed to sort out the paperwork for Xavi Vierge, leaving the Frenchman and Takumi Takahashi as a duo in a race designed for trios.

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Zarco helps Honda win Suzuka 8 Hours during his vacation

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Marini hurt at Suzuka, Ogura hopeful of Aragon GP return

Factory Honda rider Luca Marini has dislocated his hip in a fall while testing for the Suzuka 8 Hours.

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Luca Marini injured in Suzuka fall, Ai Ogura undergoes surgery

Factory Honda rider Luca Marini has dislocated his hip in a fall while testing for the Suzuka 8 Hours.

Motorsport

Suzuka 8 Hours gets earlier July date for 2024

For the last two years, the FIM Endurance World Championship event has taken place in the first week of August, but a desire to avoid a clash with the Olympic Games in Paris has led to next year's being race being pushed two weeks forward.

Motorsport

Rins to make MotoGP comeback at Motegi after injury layoff

Rins sustained a broken right leg in a crash in the sprint race during the Italian Grand Prix weekend, and has subsequently missed the last seven grand prix weekends, including last weekend's Indian round.

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Honda’s Nagashima “relieved” after dominant Suzuka win

In the absence of factory opposition from Honda’s fellow Japanese manufacturers, Nagashima, Takumi Takahashi and Xavi Vierge dominated the 44th running of the Japanese endurance classic aboard their #33 Honda CBR1000RR-R.

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Suzuka 8 Hours: Honda romps to dominant 1-2-3-4 finish

Takumi Takahashi, Tetsuta Nagashima and Xavi Vierge took the top spot on the factory #33 HRC Fireblade after a virtually unchallenged run in the Japanese endurance classic, beating the Toho Racing team by a full lap.

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Suzuka 8 Hours: Honda in command at halfway mark, trouble for Yamaha

Takumi Takahashi held a two-minute advantage on the #33 HRC CBR1000RR-R he shares with Tetsuta Nagashima and Xavi Vierge after four hours of racing at the Suzuka Circuit, putting the factory Honda squad on course for a second consecutive win in the Japanese endurance classic.

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Suzuka 8 Hours: Honda beats Yamaha to pole in Top 10 Trials

Xavi Vierge and Tetsuta Nagashima combined to set an average time of 2m05.624s at the Suzuka circuit, claiming pole position by 0.193s on the #33 factory HRC entry they share with Takumi Takahashi.

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Honda revises Suzuka 8h line-up as Nagashima returns

Nagashima was part of last year's winning Honda squad alongside Lecuona and Takumi Takahashi, but was replaced by Xavi Vierge when the marque made its initial 2023 announcement last month.

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Honda announces works 2023 Suzuka 8h line-up, adds Vierge

Following its first victory in the Japanese endurance classic for eight years last year, Honda is aiming to defend its title with Vierge sharing the #33 Honda CBR1000RR-R with Takumi Takahashi and Iker Lecuona.

Motorsport

Honda test rider Nagashima gets Motegi MotoGP wildcard

Honda test rider Tetsuta Nagashima has been handed the chance to make his MotoGP debut in this month's Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi as a wildcard.

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Kawasaki "can't be disappointed" with second in Suzuka 8 Hours

Leon Haslam feels Kawasaki should have no reason to be disappointed with a second-place finish in the Suzuka 8 Hours after being outshone by a dominant Honda team.

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Honda's Takahashi banished 2019 demons with Suzuka 8 Hours win

Takumi Takahashi feels he banished the demons of his 2019 Suzuka 8 Hours loss by helping Honda to a first victory in the race in nearly a decade on Sunday.

Autosport

Ex-MotoGP rider Lecuona helps Honda to Suzuka 8 Hours win

Ex-MotoGP rider Iker Lecuona won the Suzuka 8 Hours with a dominant Honda squad to claim the marque's 28th victory at the famous motorcycle endurance race.

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Suzuka 8 Hours: Honda scores dominant win over Kawasaki

Honda annihilated the competition to claim a record-extending 28th victory in the 43rd running of Suzuka 8 Hours, as defending champion Kawasaki finished a distant second.

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Suzuka 8 Hours: Honda holds commanding lead at halfway mark

Honda maintains a strong grip over Kawasaki at the halfway point in Suzuka 8 Hours, putting itself in prime position for a first victory in the Japanese enduro in nearly a decade.

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Kawasaki the "underdogs" against Honda in Suzuka 8 Hours

World Superbike star Jonathan Rea feels his Kawasaki squad goes into this weekend's Suzuka 8 Hours as the “underdog” against testing pacesetters Honda.

Motorsport

Lecuona to lead Honda's Suzuka 8 Hours line-up

Honda World Superbike rider Iker Lecuona will headline the rider line-up for the marque’s factory entry in this year’s Suzuka 8 Hours.

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Arai Adds The RX-7X Takumi To Its Race Helmet Lineup

Arai will release the RX-7X in a new livery inspired from Japanese racer Takumi Takahashi. The new helmet is set to hit stores in May 2022.

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