Honda TSR vince con Rea e Akiyoshi

Il team Honda TSR F.C.C. ha vinto la 8 Ore di Suzuka con Jonathan Rea e Kosuke Akiyoshi. I due piloti della Superbike (il primo impegnato con Honda Racing Ten Kate nel mondiale, il secondo nell'All Japan Superbike) sono arrivati sul traguardo con 5 giri di distacco sulla coppia Takahashi-Yamaguchi del team Toho Racing Moriwaki. Sul gradino più basso del podio il team francese GMT94 di Kenny Foray e David Checa su Yamaha R1. La gara è stata animata da numerosi ritiri eccellenti: Kyonari e Aoyama del team Harc Pro (problemi tecnici), Leon Camier, Josh Waters e Nobuatsu Aoki del team Suzuki Yoshimura (caduta a metà gara) e Haga, Hill e Nakasuga del Team Yart (caduta dopo appena 40 minuti dall'inizio). Solo 10° posto per il team Honda TT Legends di John McGuinness, Cameron Donald e Jason O’Halloran. Il vincitore Jonathan Rea è al settimo cielo: "Ringrazio tutta la mia squadra, abbiamo lavorato duro e apprezzo gli sforzi fatti da ognuno, piloti e team FCC TSR. Grazie a Tadayuki per i consigli e a Kosuke che è davvero velocissimo".

La classifica

1 F.C.C. TSR Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – Rea/Akiyoshi/Okada – 215 laps in 8h01’35.450
2 TOHO Racing Moriwaki – Honda CBR 1000RR – Yamaguchi/Takahashi/Teshima – 4 laps
3 Yamaha France GMT94 Michelin Yamalube – Yamaha YZF R1 – Checa/Foray – 4 laps
4 MotoMap SUPPLY – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – Konno/Tsuda/Tamitsuji – 5 laps
5 Honda Suzuka Racing Team – Honda CBR 1000RR – Tokudome/Yasuda/Kitaguchi – 5 laps
6 Honda DREAM RT Sakurai Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – Stauffer/Maxwell – 6 laps
7 Teleru & EMOBILE Kohara RT – Honda CBR 1000RR – Tsujimura/Noda/Watanabe – 6 laps
8 Team Motorrad 39 – BMW S1000RR – Teramoto/Sakai/Yagi – 7 laps
9 BMW Motorrad France Team Thevent – BMW S1000RR – Gimbert/Cudlin/Nigon – 7 laps
10 Honda TT Legends – Honda CBR 1000RR – Donald/McGuinness/O’Halloran – 8 laps
11 Bolliger Team Switzerland – Kawasaki ZX-10R – Saiger/Stamm/Tangre – 9 laps
12 Team Sugai Racing Japan – Ducati 1199 Panigale – Sugai/Takeishi – 9 laps
13 RS-Itoh & Asia – Kawasaki ZX-10R – Higashimura/Iwazaki/Watanabe – 9 laps
14 Honda Ryokuyoukai Kunamoto – Honda CBR 1000RR – Yoshida/Kitaori/Iida – 11 laps
15 Suzuki Endurance - Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – Philippe/Delhalle/Kagayama – 11 laps
16 Team Ebata – Honda CBR 1000RR – Igarashi/Sato/Hurukawa – 12 laps
17 Dogfish O-TEC Suzuka & Pleasing – Honda CBR 1000RR – Ouchida/Saiki – 12 laps
18 Team Tras BMW – BMW S1000RR – Takada/Matsushita/Toda – 12 laps
19 Iwata Racing Family – Yamaha YZF R1 – Kitajima/Nishimura/Okumura – 13 laps
20 Team DDD NOI:Z & Clever Wolf – Yamaha YZF R1 – Nakai/Usami/Minamikawa – 14 laps
21 Honda EG Racing – Honda CBR 1000RR – Kuribayashi/Honda – 14 laps
22 FOC Claymore – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – Yoshii/Nakamura/Shiobara – 14 laps
23 Honda DREAM RT Wakayama – Honda CBR 1000RR – Nishinaka/Gonzui/Miki – 15 laps
24 Team R2CL – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – Tangre/Baratin/Chausse – 16 laps
25 Honda Team Asia – Honda CBR 1000RR – Kameya/Kamaruzaman/Tamada – 19 laps
26 Team Motokids Nergal 51 – Yamaha YZF R1 – Kojima/Narumori/Higuchi – 21 laps
27 La Bellezza Speed – Ducati 1098R – Takasugi/Kawahara/Itami – 21 laps
28 Banner Racing – Ducati 1098R – Kaneda/Dan/Asahina – 21 laps
29 Winner Z-Tech – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – Namekata/Kunimatsu – 23 laps
30 RS Garage Harada Himeji – Kawasaki ZX-10R – Harada/Inoue – 23 laps
31 Confia H.M.F. Lunasol – Aprilia RSV4 – Takamiya/Kawabata/Hasegawa – 24 laps
32 Honda QCT Meiwa Racing – Honda CBR 1000RR – Ando/Nishiyama – 24 laps
33 Team Motokids Nergal 52 – Yamaha YZF R1 – Tonari/Yoshimichi/Nakao – 30 laps
34 Team Etching Factory – Yamaha YZF R1 – Takemi/Fukami/Bito – 32 laps
35 BullDocker Tagos Halumoto – Aprilia RSV4 – Mogi/Okajima/Tajima – 33 laps
36 Honda Hamamatsu Escargot – Honda CBR 1000RR – Kuboyama/Nakatsuhara/Noyori – 33 laps
37 Confia H.M.F. Verity – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – Suma/Takeda/Takahashi – 38 laps
38 DOG House with Higuchi – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – Iwatani/Kiguchi – 41 laps
39 Honda Kouyoukai DREAM – Honda CBR 1000RR – Nakamura/Ebinuma/Kurayama – 41 laps
40 Yamashina Kawasaki & Ralliart – Kawasaki ZX-10R – Mizusawa/Yamasaki/Fukuyama – 42 laps
41 MuSASHi RT HARC-PRO Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – Kiyonari/Aoyama/Takahashi – 50 laps
42 ASO Riders Base & Kumanon – Yamaha YZF R1 – Hori/Shutou/Fukushima – 52 laps