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Suzuka 8 hours this weekend.
James Toseland and Ryuichi Kiyonari fastest today in qualifying
James Toseland and Ryuichi Kiyonari fastest today in qualifying
Crash.net said:
The Honda HRC #11 of James Toseland and Ryuichi Kiyonari took the plaudits in Friday's qualifying sessions for the ‘Coca Cola Zero' Suzuka 8 Hours. In the second round of qualifying Toseland recorded a lap of 2 minutes 08.344 seconds, just ahead of the other Honda HRC #33 of Tadayuki Okada and Carlos Checa who, thanks to Okada, recorded a best of 2m 08.352s.
The official Honda team took control after Thursday's free testing sessions had been dominated by the Suzuki Yoshimura #34 of Yukio Kagayama and Kosuke Akiyoshi, who finished third quickest after today's qualifying rounds with a best time of 2m 08.735s, courtesy of Kagayama.
The Yamaha Racing #21 and Honda Kyubo Harc-Po teams complete the make-up of the top five teams following the end of qualifying.
The ten fastest teams will now compete in the Superpole competition on Saturday afternoon to decide the final make-up of the top ten places on the starting grid. The best machine in the Superbike class (which is competing for points in the QMMF Endurance FIM World Championship) is the Honda FCC TSR #778 of Yusuka Teshima and Sinichi Itoh who qualified in 10th at Suzuka today.
The second best Superbike machine was the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team who took 15th place in qualifying with a time of 2m 11.572s, ahead of Honda FCC TSR Eurosport Benelux which, thanks to its two Japanese riders, qualified in 19th. Beyond 20th position, several permanent teams are bunched together. With a time of 2m 14s were Yamaha Austria Racing Team, Kawasaki Bolliger Switzerland, Endurance Moto #38, and Yamaha Phase One Endurance who leap-frogged the Kawasakis of Qatar Endurance Racing Team, RMT #21, Diablo 666 Bolliger and LTG #57. For other teams who are new to Suzuka this year, the head-to-head battle with the highly-motivated Japanese riders, a fast circuit, and the extreme local climate (over 30 degrees) has not made things any easier.
The Superpole qualifying session will be disputed tomorrow afternoon, beginning at 15:30 [local time].
The official Honda team took control after Thursday's free testing sessions had been dominated by the Suzuki Yoshimura #34 of Yukio Kagayama and Kosuke Akiyoshi, who finished third quickest after today's qualifying rounds with a best time of 2m 08.735s, courtesy of Kagayama.
The Yamaha Racing #21 and Honda Kyubo Harc-Po teams complete the make-up of the top five teams following the end of qualifying.
The ten fastest teams will now compete in the Superpole competition on Saturday afternoon to decide the final make-up of the top ten places on the starting grid. The best machine in the Superbike class (which is competing for points in the QMMF Endurance FIM World Championship) is the Honda FCC TSR #778 of Yusuka Teshima and Sinichi Itoh who qualified in 10th at Suzuka today.
The second best Superbike machine was the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team who took 15th place in qualifying with a time of 2m 11.572s, ahead of Honda FCC TSR Eurosport Benelux which, thanks to its two Japanese riders, qualified in 19th. Beyond 20th position, several permanent teams are bunched together. With a time of 2m 14s were Yamaha Austria Racing Team, Kawasaki Bolliger Switzerland, Endurance Moto #38, and Yamaha Phase One Endurance who leap-frogged the Kawasakis of Qatar Endurance Racing Team, RMT #21, Diablo 666 Bolliger and LTG #57. For other teams who are new to Suzuka this year, the head-to-head battle with the highly-motivated Japanese riders, a fast circuit, and the extreme local climate (over 30 degrees) has not made things any easier.
The Superpole qualifying session will be disputed tomorrow afternoon, beginning at 15:30 [local time].
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