Team SUZUKI CN CHALLENGE 2025

NEWS

  • 21 April 2025
    Team SUZUKI CN CHALLENGE Secured Sixth Place in Motegi 2&4 Race
  • 28 March 2025
    Suzuki to Participate in the Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race as Team SUZUKI CN CHALLENGE

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Team SUZUKI CN CHALLENGE Official

PHOTOS

All Japan Road Race Championship Rd.1 Motegi / 18-20 Apr. 2025
Team Launch / 28 March 2025

RACE MACHINE

Suzuki to Participate in the Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race
as Team SUZUKI CN CHALLENGE
Suzuki Motor Corporation will participate in the 46th Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race 2025 which will be held at the Suzuka Circuit as one of the 2025 FIM Endurance World Championship (EWC), from 1 to 3 August. Following from the previous year, Team SUZUKI CN CHALLENGE will continue to participate in the Experimental Class.

Aiming to achieve both a higher level of environmental load reduction and improved competitiveness, Team SUZUKI CN CHALLENGE which is composed of Suzuki employees, will promote machine development for functioning various sustainable items, including 100% sustainable fuel shifted from last year's 40% bio-sourced fuel. Together with the partner companies, we will take on the challenge of exceeding the previous year’s result of eighth place overall.

To further accelerate the development of environmental performance technologies through competition under the demanding conditions of endurance racing, we will work with higher targets to aim for technical feedback for future products.
Participating machine 2025
Team SUZUKI CN CHALLENGE GSX-R1000R
Participating machine
GSX-R1000R
Sustainable items to be used
  • Fuel
    TotalEnergies, Excellium Racing 100 (100% certified* sustainable fuel)
  • 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® (Unbleached natural flax fibre composite material)
  • Front brake
    Sunstar Engineering, Non-heat treatment steel discs, Sunstar Engineering /
    Tokai Carbon, Low-dust pads
  • Battery
    ELIIY Power, LFP battery for motorcycle, Storage battery for the garage
  • Muffler
    Yoshimura Japan, Silencer made of TranTixxii™ -Eco (Eco-friendly titanium)
* Excellium Racing 100 is a certified 100% sustainable product according to the mass balanced system applied by a voluntary certification organization approved by the European Union
* "Bcomp" is a registered trademark of "Switzerland Bcomp Ltd."
Team No.
#0
Participating class
Experimental Class

  • Shinichi Sahara
    Shinichi Sahara
    Project leader/Team director
  • Koji Tamura
    Koji Tamura
    Technical manager
  • Takeshi Konno
    Takeshi Konno
    Crew chief
  • Takuya Tsuda
    Takuya Tsuda
    Test rider