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  • 22 March 2024
    Suzuki to Participate in the Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race with Sustainable Fuel

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Team SUZUKI CN CHALLENGE Official

PHOTOS

Suzuka 8 hours Race / 19-21,Jul 2024
Suzuka Circuit Test / Jun 2024
Ryuyo Test / Hamamatsu
Team Launch-Styling / Mar 2024

VIDEO

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English | SUZUKI CN CHALLENGE

RACE MACHINE

Suzuki to Participate in the Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race
with Sustainable Fuel
Suzuki Motor Corporation will participate in the 45th Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race 2024 which will be held at the Suzuka Circuit as one of the 2024 FIM Endurance World Championship (EWC), from 19 to 21 July by using Sustainable Fuel and multiple sustainable items.
Suzuki will use the 40% bio-sourced Sustainable Fuel, certified by the FIM (International Motorcycling Federation). Since this is not the official fuel of the EWC, we will participate in the Experimental Class, a category set for experimental purposes. Besides Sustainable Fuel, development of new sustainable technologies will also take place including muffler, tires, oil, fairings, and brakes which will be provided by our sponsor partners, who have agreed with our challenge, involved in the development and supported this project.
The team is named "Team SUZUKI CN CHALLENGE" and is mainly composed of Suzuki employees. Yoshimura Japan is working together in a collaborative partnership. Additionally, along with all our partners, we will strive to overcome issues to achieve our goal.
The purpose of the participation is to accelerate development of environmental performance technologies through participating physically in the demanding conditions of the endurance racing. By verifying valuable information gathered through this participation, we will discover higher goals and promote feeding back of technologies to our future production models.
Structure of “Team SUZUKI CN CHALLENGE”
Participating machine
CN spec model based on the GSX-R1000R
Yoshimura SERT MOTUL EWC spec
Sustainable items to be used
  • Fuel
    Elf, Moto R40 FIM 40% bio-sourced material
  • Muffler
    Yoshimura Japan, Silencer with catalyst
  • Tires
    Bridgestone, Racing tires with increased ratio of recycled and recyclable materials
  • Engine Oil
    MOTUL, Engine oil made with bio-sourced base oil
  • Fairings
    JHI, Recycled carbon material (pre-preg material)
  • Fenders
    Tras, Bcomp (Natural flax fibre composite material)
  • Front brake
    Sunstar Engineering, Non-heat treatment steel discs, Low-dust pads
  • Battery
    ELIIY Power, LFP battery for motorcycle, Storage battery for the garage
Team No.
#0
Participating class
Experimental Class

RIDERS PROFILE

  • Etienne Masson
    Etienne Masson
    (France)
    2020 FIM Endurance World Championship Champion, 2nd place in 2023
  • Sodo Hamahara
    Sodo Hamahara
    (Japan)
    2021 MFJ SUPERBIKE JSB1000 2nd place in the annual ranking
  • Hideyuki Ogata
    Hideyuki Ogata
    (Japan)
    2022 Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Road Race 4th place
  • Shinichi Sahara
    Shinichi Sahara
    Project leader/Team director
  • Koji Tamura
    Koji Tamura
    Technical manager
  • Takeshi Konno
    Takeshi Konno
    Crew chief