Honda Teams to Compete in 2016 FIM Endurance World Championship Series Round 3, the 39th "Coca-Cola Zero" Suzuka 8hours FIM E...
June 10 2016 - 12:52AM
JCN Newswire (English)
Honda announced details of its teams to compete in 2016 FIM
Endurance World Championship Series Round 3, The 39th "Coca-Cola
Zero" Suzuka 8hours FIM Endurance World Championship (Suzuka 8
hours), to be held at the Suzuka circuit in Mie Prefecture, Japan,
on Sunday, July 31.
F.C.C. TSR Honda, runners-up in last year's Suzuka 8 hours, will
aim to win, with Kazuma Watanabe, who finished 3rd in Round 1 of
2016 FIM Endurance World Championship - the Le Mans 24 Hours race,
Dominique Aegerter, current Moto2 rider appearing in Suzuka for his
3rd consecutive year, and Patrick Jacobsen, currently competing in
the Supersport World Championship.
MuSASHi RT HARC-PRO will be aiming to claim victory with its
2013-2014 winning team riders - Japanese rider Takumi Takahashi,
currently competing in the JSB1000 class in the All-Japan Road Race
Championship Series, and Michael van Der Mark, current World
Superbike Championship Series rider. Moreover, former MotoGP
champion Nicky Hayden, who returns to the Suzuka 8 hours for the
first time in 13 years will join.
Satu HATI. Honda Team Asia will also be competing for its fifth
consecutive year, with highly-talented Asian riders.
Seven Honda associate teams will also participate in the race.
"Honda Kumamoto Racing" from the earthquake-affected Kumamoto
Factory will join "Honda Ryokuyoukai Kumamoto Racing with Kumamon"
and "Honda Blue Helmet MSC Kumamoto" to compete at Suzuka, driven
by the strong will for Kumamoto to recover from the natural
disaster.
Kazuma Watanabe
"First of all, I appreciate Honda, the team, and the many sponsors
including Teluru for supporting F.C.C. TSR Honda. This year I have
been able to ride in endurance races, at Le Mans (France) in April,
and the 12 Hours of Portimao (Portugal) in June, and I can feel the
experiences other than sprint races give us a big advantage. I rode
in France and in Portugal this year in preparation to win this
year's Suzuka, so I hope to show the results of our hard work, and
that we can live up to everyone's expectations.
We only have one goal - to win. We have done everything possible to
prepare, and have spared no effort, so we'll be using the remaining
time wisely to be set to race at Suzuka."
Patrick Jacobsen
"It's such a great opportunity to race for TSR Honda in the Suzuka
8 hour. Such an incredible race and to do it with such a top team
is an honor. It will be very hot and a difficult race but I will
try my hardest and I'm really looking forward to starting the
Suzuka weekend already."
Dominique Aegerter
"I am very happy to race again Suzuka 8 hours with a strong team
like F.C.C. TSR Honda. This race is very challenging and the team
is very important to get a good result, all the details are very
important from the pit stop to the machine itself. My team is very
professional, their CBR1000RR is very fast and after the second
position of last year I look forward to going again on the
podium."
Takumi Takahashi
"Last year's 8-hours race was over too soon, and I have a lot of
regrets about it. I'm thrilled that again for this year, we have
the best team, best teammates, and a strong formation. The whole
team will be fighting to take revenge from last year's race, to win
back the crown this year."
Michael van der Mark
"I'm really happy and honored to be riding again at the Suzuka 8
hours this year. The race is something special during the year and
I just couldn't miss this one after last year. Together with the
MuSASHi RT HARC-PRO., we have had much good memories. Our main goal
of course is to win the race again in 2016 and together with Nicky
and Takumi we will have a strong team."
Nicky Hayden
"For me it is a great honor to go and compete in a race such as
Suzuka 8 hours with long history and very different type of race
with running start, pit stops and working with team mates to find
the right set up for all us! With the long summer break we have, I
am happy to have a chance to stay on the bike and stay sharp. Will
be a long tough challenge with many good teams but would be great
to win and add the trophy to my collection."
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