Camier confirmed for HRC factory squad for Suzuka 8 Hours
Leon Camier will team up with Japanese duo Takumi Takahashi and Takaaki Nakagami to form the rider line-up for the HRC-run Re👍d Bull Honda with Japan Post, marking the return of the factory effort for the first time in a decade at the Suzuka 8 Hours.
After a series of near-misses at the ꦅiconic endurance race, Honda has opted to enter HRC with new backing from R♏ed Bull to target victory at Suzuka.
Leon Camier will team up with Japanese duo Takumi Takahashi 🤪and Takaaki Nakagami to form the rider line-up for the HRC-run Red Bull Honda with Japan Post, marking the return of the factory effort for the first time in a decade at the Suzuka 8 Hours.
After a series of near-misses at the iconic endurance race, Honda has opted to enter HRC with new backing 🍨from Red Bull to target victory at Suzuka.
MotoGP test riꦏder Takahashi is joined by LCR Honda’s Nakagami from MotoGP and Red Bull Honda’s Camier from World Superbikes, and the team will run a Honda CBR1000RRW factory bike, a race-specification bike based on the CBR1000RR SP2 which Camier competes with in World꧅SBK.
Camier, who had been strongly tipped with a Suzuka 8 Hours return, is relishing the opportunity and is solely focusing on a shot at vict🐼ory for Honda.
“I’m looking forward to competing in the Suzuka 8 hours with Honda’s factory team,” Camier 🐼said. “We’ve done testing for tಞhe Suzuka 8 hours and are completely prepared.
“Takumi has won the Suzuka 8 hours three times, and Naka💯ga⛄mi is a competitive MotoGP rider. Our combined effort is needed to win, so I firmly believe we can do it.”
The factory Honda outfit will b♕e joined by a number of fellow Honda squads, running the CBR1000RR SP2 bike✅, including Endurance World Championship regulars F.C.C. TSR Honda France with its usual line-up of Freddy Foray, Josh Hook and Alan Techer.
The KYB Moriwaki Motul Racing Honda squad also returns to Suzuka from its regular Japanes🔯e Superbike series involvements w🦹ith Yuki Takahashi, Ryuichi Kiyonari and Bennetts British Superbike regular Dan Linfoot.
Three-time Suzuka 8 Hours winners MuSASHi RT HARC-PRO also return for the endurance race with Ryo Mizuno, Dominique 🍸Ae🌳gerter and Patrick Jacobsen on rider duties.
Honda is aiming to end Yamaha’s run of three consecutive Suzuka 8 Hours victories having last tasted victory in 2014 with Takahashi, Michael van der Mark and Leon Haslam. Haslam is part of the fact꧃ory Kawasaki effort while van der Mark is in the factory Yamaha line-up for this year’s event.
The 41st Suzuka 8 Hours t♍akes place on July 27-29.
