Suzuka
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Now THIS is TV racing commentary!
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The footage has been sent to us from Japan and it’s great. The coverage of the Suzuka 8 Hour race last month is brilliant, as you’d expect, but the extra delight is the Japanese commentary. It’s great. No over-the-top waffle and no boring-stats fest. Plus, these guys really know what they’re talking about (we…
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Max Biaggi: I fancy having a go at Suzuka 8 Hour with Yamaha
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Six time world champion Max Biaggi has got the race rumour-mill twittering away with a tweet he posted yesterday about the Suzuka 8 Hour event. In short, Max has said that he’d pretty much fancies having a go at racing in the annual outing from the factories on home turf. Biaggi was a regular at…
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Suzuka 8 Hour: Alex Lowes wins, Leon Haslam second, Josh Brookes third (with their team-mates, naturally)
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Suzuka 8 Hour: Alex Lowes wins, Leon Haslam second, Josh Brookes third (with their team-mates, naturally). Alex Lowes has won the Suzuka 8 Hour endurance race in Japan alongside Yamaha Factory Racing team-mates Pol Espargaró and Katsuyuki Nakasuga. It was the second year in succession that Yamaha has won the prestigious annual race, second place…
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Video: Leon Haslam pit-stop at Suzuka. In and out in 21 seconds!
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Video: Leon Haslam pit-stop at Suzuka. In and out in 21 seconds! Here’s a cool bit of video at the bottom of this article. It shows our lad Leon Haslam getting ready to get out at Suzuki in Japan during practice ahead of this weekend’s 8-hour race. Leon is the rider getting onto the bike…
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Alex Lowes’ Yamaha team tops Suzuka 8-hour timesheets in closed-off rain-hit test
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So here’s some great news from the latest Suzuka 8-hour test from Japan – Alex Lowes and his Yamaha team-mate Katsuyuki Nakasuga have bagged the fastest time on the works bike. The pair took the best time in the afternoon, two-hour session at the famous Japanese circuit with the Yamahas sitting pretty with a best…
