World Superbike News

The Dream Honda Racing 11 team, won the 2008 Coca Cola Zero Suzuka 8 hours with riders Riyuichi Kiyonari and Carlos Checa.

The pair had a comfortable margin of a lap,  ahead of Daisaku Sakai and Atsushi Watanabe in second and Yoshiteru Konishi and Takumi Takahashi in third.

The Honda team dominated the race despite a 30-second stop and go penalty for excessive speed in the pit lane, after taking the lead from lap two.

The Suzuki Endurance Racing team didn’t have such a great race, after Vincent Philippe was injured during the qualifying session, the team were penalised for excessive speed in the pit lane and had a problem with an alternator.  They finally finished in fourteenth place, although still leading provisional World Championship.

It was the 31st running of the race, and the Honda teams have taken the victory in 21 out of the their 30 appearances.

Checa, the current World Superbike Champion won the race with no front brake, and in his last stint on the circuit had to resort to using just the rear brake and using engine braking.

Half way through the race saw some heavy rain showers soak the circuit which proved too wet for some of the riders as they slid off the track.  Checa was shown the pit board to return to the pits for wet tyres but choose to ignore it and continue, which was obviously the right move as he went onto take the flag.

Yukio Kagayama was racing for the Suzuki team and finished in fourth place riding alongside his team-mate for the race Kousuke Akiyoshi. Kagayama won the Suzuka 8-hour race in 2007.

Here are the full results;

1 11 EWC DREAM Honda Racing Team 11 H-CBR1000RR 214 8:00′20.726 155.60km/h 2′08.428 R.KIYONARI C.CHECA
2 12 EWC YOSHIMURA SUZUKIwithDENSO IRIDIUM POWER S-GSX-R1000 214 8:01′39.626 1′18.900 2′08.416
D.SAKAI A.WATANABE
3 73 EWC Kyubo.com team HARC-PRO. H-CBR1000RR 210 8:02′16.360 4Laps 2′11.265 Y.KONISHI T.TAKAHASHI
4 34 EWC YOSHIMURA SUZUKIwithJOMO S-GSX-R1000 209 8:00′26.157 5Laps 2′08.417 K.AKIYOSHI Y.KAGAYAMA
5 218 EWC YAMAHA RACING Y-YZF-R1 209 8:00′56.222 5Laps 2′10.937 Y.SATO K.NAKASUGA Y.TAKEDA
6 19 EWC MORIWAKI MOTUL RACING H-CBR1000RR 208 8:00′21.168 6Laps 2′11.523 T.YAMAGUCHI C.CRUTCHLOW J.OHALLORAN
7 48 EWC PLOT FARO PANTHERA S-GSX-R1000 207 8:01′54.467 7Laps 2′12.652 Y.KONNO K.TERAMOTO
8 32 EWC MotoMap SUPPLY S-GSX-R1000 205 8:02′19.802 9Laps 2′12.816 Y.HATANO H.OGATA T.NAMEKATA
9 10 EWC Team SAKURAI HONDA 10 H-CBR1000RR 205 8:02′30.445 9Laps 2′11.670 C.KAMEYA L.HASLAM
10 71 EWC Team SAKURAI HONDA 71 H-CBR1000RR 204 8:00′36.960 10Laps 2′12.778 K.TSUDA J.BROOKES
11 7 EWC YAMAHA AUSTRIA RACING TEAM #7 Y-YZF-R1 204 8:00′51.676 10Laps 2′14.630 I.JERMAN S.MARTIN S.PLATER
12 4 EWC YMES FOLCH ENDURANCE Y-YZF-R1 204 8:01′53.811 10Laps 2′14.914 D.RIBALTA P.LUIS VALLCANERAS
13 3 EWC PHASE ONE ENDURANCE Y-YZF-R1 204 8:02′04.025 10Laps 2′14.676 R.PENZKOFER S. SMART D.CUDLIN
14 1 EWC SUZUKI ENDURANCE RACING TEAM S-GSX-R1000 202 8:00′30.962 12Laps 2′12.117 J.DA COSTA M.LAGRIVE
15 5 EWC TRICK☆STAR RACING K-ZX-10R 202 8:01′01.932 12Laps 2′13.546 S.TAKEISHI R.TSURUTA K.EGUCHI
16 25 EWC HONDA SUZUKA RACING H-CBR1000RR 201 8:01′55.029 13Laps 2′12.693 N.YUNOKI T.MORII I.NAMIHIRA
17 14 EWC Maco Motoracing Team Y-YZF-R1 200 8:02′27.030 14Laps 2′15.529 W.NOWLAND J.PRIDMORE
18 38 EWC ENDURANCE MOTO 38 Y-YZF-R1 200 8:02′33.272 14Laps 2′16.180 J.MILLET C.BRIVET H.GANTNER
19 666 EWC DIABLO666BOLLIGER K-ZX-10R 199 8:01′12.851 15Laps 2′16.552 J.HUTCHINS A.CUDLIN G.MASON
20 41 EWC Honda HAMAMATSU ESCARGOT&SAYAMA&H-TEC(E) H-CBR1000RR 198 8:01′08.412 16Laps 2′18.380 M.IIDA M.KUBOYAMA S.NOYORI
21 30 EWC AKAISANRINSYA RACING CLUB H-CBR1000RR 198 8:01′08.805 16Laps 2′17.462
Y.YAMAZAKI T.OKI
22 221 EWC CLEVER WOLF RACINGTEAM Y-YZF-R1 198 8:01′38.258 16Laps 2′16.898
T.FUKAMI M.SAITO K.MINAMIKAWA
23 55 EWC GAGNER H.M.F S-GSX-R1000 198 8:01′41.743 16Laps 2′16.020
Y.TAKAHASHI Y.TAKAMIYA S.SUMA
24 17 EWC BEET LUMIX RACING ZIPATSU K-ZX-10R 198 8:02′17.345 16Laps 2′15.621
O.NISHIJIMA K.HASEGAWA
25 62 EWC Z-TECH・SBS KIDANI・KMⅡ S-GSX-R1000 197 8:01′24.239 17Laps 2′14.480
K.HONDA T.KUNIMATSU

26 67 EWC HONDA DREAM WAKAYAMA RT H-CBR1000RR 196 8:00′33.207 18Laps 2′16.862
T.NISHINAKA R.KISHIMOTO A.YUZAKI
27 58 EWC RS-GARAGE HARADA HIMEJI K-ZX-10R 196 8:01′45.464 18Laps 2′17.318
H.HARADA S.KARITA
28 014 EWC ClubYAMAHA MOTORCYCLE RACING Y-YZF-R1 195 8:00′58.572 19Laps 2′18.246
A.TAKADA M.SAWAMURA M.TOKINAGA
29 16 EWC TEAM RAFFIN MOTOS K-ZX-10R 195 8:01′02.990 19Laps 2′17.916
P.CHAPUIS P.GROSJEAN G.MUTEAU
30 777 EWC Landmark&speedtecB・M・Sracing H-CBR1000RR 195 8:02′19.411 19Laps 2′17.009
S.TANI K.KAKEGAWA
31 57 SST TEAM LTG #57 Y-YZF-R1 195 8:02′40.616 19Laps 2′19.097
A.BARATIN C.HUVIER M.LALEVEE
32 95 SST QATAR ENDURANCE RACING TEAM IJT S-GSX-R1000 194 8:01′27.940 20Laps 2′17.033
M.AL NAIMI A.DELHALLE M.SHINJO
33 112 EWC Honda EG Racing H-CBR1000RR 194 8:02′26.470 20Laps 2′19.375
T.KURIBAYASHI M.HONDO
34 52 EWC MOTO WIN RACING H-CBR1000RR 193 8:01′10.137 21Laps 2′15.612
S.SUZUKI T.TAKAHASHI
35 69 EWC RT RACING TEAM&MOTOVIRUS S-GSX-R1000 193 8:01′26.667 21Laps 2′17.669
N.YAMADA K.WADA
36 100 SST TEAM ENDURANCE MOTO 45 S-GSX-R1000 193 8:01′30.972 21Laps 2′21.212
N.JAULNEAU A.LAGRIVE E.PARISSE
37 29 EWC DOG HOUSE☆Racing DRAG NAEGI.co Roadway S-GSX-R1000 193 8:02′10.681 21Laps 2′17.650
K.IWATANI M.HISAZUMI
38 134 SST TEAM ABG PERFORMANCE S-GSX-R1000 192 8:00′20.845 22Laps 2′22.131
F.GAZIELLO Y.PIERRE
39 39 EWC TEAM CHA LLENGER Y-YZF-R1 192 8:01′50.678 22Laps 2′13.954
N.FUJIWARA Y.UI M.AKIYA
40 13 EWC TEAM ETCHING FACTORY 13 Y-YZF-R1 192 8:02′07.129 22Laps 2′19.078
K.ADACHI T.BITO K.YAGYU
41 15 EWC TEAM ETCHING FACTORY 15 Y-YZF-R1 192 8:02′38.019 22Laps 2′16.363
Y.USAMI M.NAKAOKA S.TAKEMI
42 28 EWC H-TechnicalCollege H-CBR1000RR 190 8:01′41.521 24Laps 2′16.974
Y.NUKUMI A.HASHIMOTO
43 903 EWC NOI:Z & TAKE UP 903 Y-YZF-R1 188 8:01′06.558 26Laps 2′18.871
T.TAMURA T.NAKAI
44 20 EWC Heat Magic Racing with MⅡR S-GSX-R1000 188 8:01′50.080 26Laps 2′15.798
T.ONISHI Y.HAMAGUCHI
45 111 EWC Honda KOHYOHKAI Dream Racing Team &SHOWA H-CBR1000RR 181 8:00′23.176 33Laps 2′18.263
I.MATSUBARA H.NAKAMURA T.EBINUMA
46 85 EWC Honda Q-You-Kai Meiwa Racing H-CBR1000RR 179 8:01′04.298 35Laps 2′15.954
M.YAMANAKA K.AMANO T.SOU
47 60 EWC Honda Blue Helmets MSC H-CBR1000RR 179 8:02′08.102 35Laps 2′17.472
A.KOBAYASHI H.SENMYO
48 44 EWC weider. D.D.BOYS 44 H-CBR1000RR 178 8:00′33.505 36Laps 2′13.017
Y.KODAMA O.DEGUCHI
49 88 EWC KANSAI YAMAMOTO & angela S-GSX-R1000 178 8:02′26.192 36Laps 2′15.069
T.ISHIKAWA T.ARAKAKI E.SAMURA
50 84 EWC PLATFORM.AQUA.CLUB Y’s.J-OFFICE H-CBR1000RR 171 8:02′42.739 43Laps 2′18.429
K.MITSUMOTO H.HASHIMOTO S.YASUTOMI

51 99 EWC Teluru Honeybee Racing H-CBR1000RR 167 8:01′42.024 47Laps 2′13.296
T.YAMAMOTO H.MATOBA
52 76 EWC Pacific Diner Service NALT H-CBR1000RR 167 8:02′32.944 47Laps 2′19.260
D.YANO K.KITAGUCHI
53 47 EWC LIRICA AMENA&JUMBO 47 S-GSX-R1000 162 8:02′42.622 52Laps 2′20.134
N.KAWAMOTO H.YOSHII H.ITO
54 90 SST TEAM RUNNER BIKE K-ZX-10R 149 8:00′39.060 65Laps 2′18.541
I.ARNOLDI S.CORDARA I.BELLEZZA
Did not complete 75%
18 EWC TEAM YOSHIHARU YOKKAICHI & K1 RACING H-CBR1000RR 183 7:21′24.632 31Laps 2′13.867
T.SEKIGUCHI Y.SUGAI
40 EWC Honda HAMAMATSU ESCARGOT & CBR H-CBR1000RR 180 7:05′36.144 34Laps 2′15.334
R.FURUKAWA K.NAGURA
6 EWC F.C.C.TSR H-CBR1000RR 157 6:06′37.093 57Laps 2′12.357
S.IWATA H.KIKUCHI
70 EWC TEAM OSG PHOENIX & MOTOSPORTS H-CBR1000RR 148 5:47′26.582 66Laps 2′13.539
T.OKUDA T.TSUDA T.SATAKE
33 EWC DREAM Honda Racing Team 33 H-CBR1000RR 134 5:04′00.323 80Laps 2′08.988
J.REA Y.TAKAHASHI
74 EWC ENDURANCE MOTO 74 Y-YZF-R1 129 5:24′12.495 85Laps 2′19.432
S.KOKES W.GRARRE J.CASTANET
78 EWC Suzuka Community RT Weed Furusawa honda H-CBR1000RR 119 8:01′09.875 95Laps 2′17.042
Y.FUKUDA M.FURUSAWA
26 EWC RS-ITOH&ASIA K-ZX-10R 114 4:59′41.415 100Laps 2′16.114
I.HIGASHIMURA N.SHIMIZU A.INOUE
8 EWC BOLLIGER TEAM SWITZERLAND K-ZX-10R 102 4:11′37.619 112Laps 2′15.087
D.MORILLON P.MUFF H.SAIGER
21 EWC RMT #21 RACING H-CBR1000RR 82 3:19′11.541 132Laps 2′16.183
M.SEIDEL T.MIKSOVSKY A.VOS
54 EWC BABIE’S Racing de”LIGHT D-1098R 71 4:01′14.219 143Laps 2′13.564
T.HAMAGUCHI M.INAGAKI
2 EWC F.C.C.TSR Honda H-CBR1000RR 69 2:50′27.259 145Laps 2′08.496
T.TSUJIMURA S.ITO
77 EWC Z・TECH・・TeamOUKA・HASHIMOTOGUMI S-GSX-R1000 62 5:05′55.179 152Laps 2′17.850
K.KANAYAMA T.YOSHIDA T.KIMURA
9 EWC LA FORTEZZA AMADEUS X-ONE Y-YZF-R1 42 1:41′34.656 172Laps 2′19.009
W.HOLMES GRUY P.TESSARI R.RICCI
66 EWC YIC Kyoto Technical college・yamasyo・OTEC H-CBR1000RR 31 8:02′38.430 183Laps 2′18.856
K.WATASE Y.YOKOHARI
46 EWC CLUBNEXT&Naka,Eg,Labo704 H-CBR1000RR 7 16′33.733 207Laps 2′17.518
T.NAKAMURA A.YOSHIHIRO