Team HRC won the Suzuka 8 Hour꧑s on S𓄧unday, meaning Johann Zarco became a rookie winner.

The LCR Honda MotoGP rider, rather than enjoyin🍷g💃 a weekend off during the summer break, was taking part in the famous endurance motorcycle race in Japan.

Alongsid🤡e Takumi Takahashi and Tepp♚ei Nagoe, he delivered victory for the Japanese manufacturer.

The win w🌞as a record eighth for Takahashi, and a first on his debut attempt for Zarco.

The final minutes of the eight-hour race were nail-biting as Team HRC were slapped with a 40-second time penalꦫty.

But they survived, finishing 7.860s ahead of s💙econd-placed Yamalube YART Yama♈ha EWC Official Team.

💧Team HRC’s🧜 win was their 30th in 45 editions of the Suzuka 8 Hours in the FIM Endurance World Championship.

Vi𒊎ctory w🍃as a welcome reprieve for their ongoing struggles in MotoGP.

The manufacturer, who saw star man Marc Marquez walk out at the end of the 🎶last season, are enduring another poor year.

Despite the new concessions rules which they benefit most greatly from, ꦆHonda have not yet been able to turn around their﷽ misfiring project.

Zar🐼co has finished no higher than P12 in nine Sunday grands prix this season, his first since leaving Ducati to jo🐲in LCR Honda.

Factory teammates Luca𓄧 Marini and Joan Mir continue💎 to struggle similarly.

Zarco will be the oldest riderဣ on the MotoGP grid next season, when Aleix Espargaro retires, and Honda are banking on his experience t🐓o aid their development.

Victory at the Suzuka 8 Hours was, at least, a reminder that the on🔯ce-powe𒆙rful brand hasn’t forgot how to win.