Tetsuta Nagashima will replace Iker Lecuona at next month’s Suzuku 8 Hour race, with the WorldSBK rider set to substitute for Alex Rins at the British MotoGP.
WorldSBK rider Iker Lecuona could be set to abandon plans of competing in the Suzuka 8 hour race and instead ride for LCR Honda in MotoGP due to Alex Rins’s injury.
Iker Lecuona says learning a new track is ‘normally not that challenging for me’, although he also admitted he knows nothing about Imola, which plays host to round eight of the 2023 WorldSBK championship this weekend.
The most significant and positive update on the health of Gino Rea has been delivered, with confirmation that he is no longer reliant on a ventilator to breathe.
A crash for Jonathan Rea as he attempted to make up ground on the leaders contributed towards Kawasaki being forced to cede its Suzuka 8 Hours title to arch rivals Honda
HRC Honda has powered to a dominant victory in the 2022 Suzuka 8 Hours after seeing off the threat of WorldSBK Champions Kawasaki to defeat its arch rivals by more than a lap
Team HRC Honda will begin the 2022 Suzuka 8 Hours from pole position after capitalising on another flying lap of the Japanese circuit by Tetsuta Nagashima to head off the threat from Kawasaki.
Full Qualifying Results of the 2022 Suzuka 8 Hours held at the Suzuka Circuit in Japan [after Q1 and Q2] | Top 10 order decided by separate shootout, 11th to 45th set for grid
A superb record-smashing lap from former Moto2 rider Tetsuta Nagashima has elevated Team HRC to favourite status for the 2022 Suzuka 8 Hours as it completed qualifying with a best time almost a second clear of its closest rival.
Former Moto2 World Championship rider Tetusta Nagashima is almost a full second clear of his nearest rival on the Team HRC Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade in first qualifying for the 2022 Suzuka 8 Hours