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Suzuki Completes the Suzuka 8 Hour Endurance Race
through Teamwork of Team Suzuki

“Team SUZUKI CN CHALLENGE” has completed the 2025 FIM World Endurance Championship “Coca-Cola” Suzuka 8 hours 46th Event which was held at the Suzuka Circuit from 1 to 3 August in 33rd place by overcoming an accident through teamwork of Team Suzuki.

“Team SUZUKI CN CHALLENGE”, who participated in the race by adopting 100% sustainable fuel^* and other sustainable items aimed at further reducing environmental load, started the race from the 12th grid as a result of the qualifying session. The team firmly made the laps, and by three hours after the start, the team raised its position to 6th place, and at one time the position went up to 4th position. However, a turnover in the 102nd lap forced the team to pit in. As the team members other than the riders were composed of members selected from within the company including the mechanics, fixing the machine didn’t go easy, but every one of the Team Suzuki never gave up. About an hour after the accident, the team managed to fix the machine, and get back into the race. All of the team members sent out the rider with applause as the machine pitted out, and the team completed the race in 33rd place.
Also, YOSHIMURA SERT MOTUL, who participates in the World Endurance Championship with Suzuki GSX-R1000R, bagged the third place podium for the second consecutive year.

Toshihiro Suzuki, Representative Director and President

“I would like to offer my deepest gratitude to our many fans who have given us such enthusiastic cheers, and those who have supported and cooperated with us in many fields surrounding our motorcycle racing activities toward realizing carbon neutral society. Although the team had an accident, the trouble united the team as one, and they were able to earn the experience they can never earn in normal situation. I believe the experience became a treasure for each and every one of them. We will continue to brush up our environmental technologies through this activity and aim toward meeting societal and customer expectations as Team Suzuki.”

• *Certified 100% sustainable product according to the mass balanced system applied by a voluntary certification organization approved by the European Union.