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2019 Suzuka 8 Hour
Qualifying Times / Results

After taking control in first qualifying at the Suzuka 8 Hour, Yamaha Factory Racing Team confirmed pole position on the provisional starting grid ahead of Kawasaki Racing Team and Red Bull Honda. The final grid line-up will be decided tomorrow after the Top 10 trial.

Following a particularly eventful and heated first qualifying session, grid positions remained largely static in the second round of qualifying. Yamaha Factory Racing Team retained their place as leaders with Katsuyuki Nakasuga (today’s fastest rider, who posted a 2:05.922 lap), Alex Lowes and Michael van der Mark.

Suzuka Hour Q Nakasuga — Katsuyuki Nakasuga

Kawasaki Racing Team (Jonathan Rea, Leon Haslam and Toprak Razgatlioglu) were right behind in 2nd place, ahead of Red Bull Honda (Takumi Takahashi, Ryuichi Kiyonari and Stefan Bradl).

Suzuka Hour Q Jonathan Rea — Jonathan Rea

Although they significantly upped their performance in the second session, Yoshimura Suzuki Motul Racing (Sylvain Guintoli, Yukio Kagayama and Kasuki Watanabe) remained in 5th place behind Musashi RT Harc-Pro Honda (Javier Fores, Dominique Aegerter and Ryo Mizuno).

Suzuka Hour Q Team Honda Racing — Red Bull Honda is third ahead of the top ten shootout

Marvin Fritz shaved more than a half-second off his previous best time, enabling YART Yamaha (Broc Parkes, Marvin Fritz and Niccolò Canepa) to move up a place and overtake the first FIM EWC team, F.C.C. TSR Honda France (Josh Hook, Freddy Foray and Mike Di Meglio), who are now 7th on the provisional grid.

Suzuka Hour Q FCC TSR Honda Josh Hook — Josh Hook F.C.C. TSR

Au. Teluru SAG RT, S-Pulse Dream Racing and KYB Moriwaki Racing round off the roll call of the Top 10 teams who will face off on Saturday on a flying lap in the Top 10 Trial to redistribute the final positions on the starting grid of the 2019 Suzuka 8 Hours.

Of the other European FIM Endurance World Championship full-season teams, rookie squad VRD Igol Pierret Expériences (Florian Alt, Florian Marino and Xavier Siméon) secured a praiseworthy 13th spot just ahead of current world championship standings leaders Team SRC Kawasaki France (Jérémy Guarnoni, Erwan Nigon and David Checa).

Suzuki Endurance Racing Team (Vincent Philippe, Etienne Masson and Gregg Black), also world title contenders, will start from 17th place. Honda Endurance Racing (Randy de Puniet, Yonny Hernández and Sébastien Gimbert) are in 21st place, and Wójcik Racing Team 24th.

All the teams that have qualified beyond 10th place will be back on the track at 11.30am local time on Sunday 28 July for the start of the 42nd edition of the Suzuka 8 Hours.

2019 Suzuka 8 Hour Qualifying Results

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Pos	Team	Blue	Yellow	Red	Bike	Best Rider Blue	Best Rider Yellow	Best Rider Red	Average	Diff
1	YAMAHA FACTORY RACING TEAM	NAKASUGA Katsuyuki *	LOWES Alex	VAN DER MARK Michael	Yamaha	2m05.922	2m06.629	2m07.306	2m06.619	0.000
2	Kawasaki Racing Team Suzuka 8H	HASLAM Leon	RAZGATLIOGLU Toprak	REA Jonathan *	Kawasaki	2m06.706	2m06.698	2m06.495	2m06.633	+0.014
3	Red Bull Honda	TAKAHASHI Takumi *	KIYONARI Ryuichi	BRADL Stefan	Honda	2m06.200	2m07.955	2m07.165	2m07.106	+0.487
4	MuSASHi RT HARC-PRO. Honda	FORES Javier	AEGERTER Dominique	MIZUNO Ryo *	Honda	2m07.783	2m06.501	2m07.267	2m07.183	+0.564
5	YOSHIMURA SUZUKI MOTUL RACING	GUINTOLI Sylvain	KAGAYAMA Yukio *	WATANABE Kazuki	Suzuki	2m07.226	2m07.372	2m06.965	2m07.187	+0.568
6	YART – YAMAHA	PARKES Broc *	FRITZ Marvin	CANEPA Niccolò	Yamaha	2m08.088	2m07.167	2m06.672	2m07.309	+0.690
7	F.C.C. TSR Honda France	HOOK Josh *	FORAY Freddy	DI MEGLIO Mike	Honda	2m07.255	2m07.774	2m07.407	2m07.478	+0.859
8	au . Teluru SAG RT	AKIYOSHI Kosuke *	NAGASHIMA Tetsuta	HADA Taiga	Honda	2m07.674	2m07.470	2m08.604	2m07.916	+1.297
9	S-PULSE DREAM RACING . IAI		BRIDEWELL Thomas	RAY Bradley	Suzuki	–	2m08.098	2m08.525	2m08.311	+1.692
10	KYB MORIWAKI RACING	TAKAHASHI Yuki *	KOYAMA Tomoyoshi	HERFOSS Troy	Honda	2:08.307	2m08.489	2m09.480	2m08.758	+2.139
11	KRP SANYOUKOGYO & will raise RS-ITOH	YANAGAWA Akira *	AITCHISON Mark	IWATO Ryosuke	Kawasaki	2m09.782	2m08.902	2m08.435	2m09.039	+2.420
12	Honda Suzuka Racing Team	KAMEI Yudai *	HIURA Daijiro	TADOKORO Jun	Honda	2m08.866	2m08.322	2m10.377	2m09.188	+2.569
13	VRD IGOL PIERRET EXPERIENCES	ALT Florian *	MARINO Florian	SIMEON Xavier	Yamaha	2m09.722	2m09.439	2m08.701	2m09.287	+2.668
14	TEAM SRC KAWASAKI FRANCE	GUARNONI Jérémy *	NIGON Erwan	CHECA David	Kawasaki	2m08.832	2m08.957	2m10.693	2m09.494	+2.875
15	TK SUZUKI BLUE MAX	LEBLANC Grégory	KAMARUZAMAN Azlan	TSUDA Takuya *	Suzuki	2m09.000	2m10.055	2m09.605	2m09.553	+2.934
16	Moto Map SWAT	WATERS Josh *	LINFOOT Dan	AOKI Nobuatsu	Suzuki	2m08.507	2m08.844	2m11.543	2m09.631	+3.012
17	Suzuki Endurance Racing Team	PHILIPPE Vincent *	MASSON Etienne	BLACK Gregg	Suzuki	2m10.077	2m09.998	2m09.004	2m09.693	+3.074
18	TONE RT SYNCEDGE 4413	HOSHINO Tomoya *	ATSUMI Kokoro	ISHIZUKA Takeshi	BMW	2m10.294	2m09.516	2m09.914	2m09.908	+3.289
19	Honda Asia-Dream Racing with SHOWA	ZAIDI Muhammad Zaqhwan *	IZDIHAR Andi Farid	NAGOE Teppei	Honda	2m09.432	2m10.906	2m09.804	2m10.047	+3.428
20	Team ATJ with JAPAN POST	SEKIGUCHI Taro *	IWATA Satoru	KUNIMINE Takuma	Honda	2m10.354	2m09.552	2m10.443	2m10.116	+3.497
21	Honda Endurance Racing	DE PUNIET Randy *	HERNANDEZ Yonny	GIMBERT Sébastien	Honda	2m10.597	2m09.902	2m10.071	2m10.190	+3.571
22	Team BABY FACE Titanium Power Racing	TSUDA Kazuma *	FUJITA Takuya		Yamaha	2m10.522	2m09.904	–	2m10.213	+3.594
23	Honda Dream RT SAKURAI HONDA	HAMAHARA Sodo *	ITO Shinichi	SAKUMOTO Kosuke	Honda	2m10.521	2m10.266	2m10.282	2m10.356	+3.737
24	Wójcik Racing Team	SZKOPEK Marek *	REA Gino	BERGMAN Christoffer	Yamaha	2m12.276	2m09.645	2m09.666	2m10.529	+3.910
25	TEAM FRONTIER	TECHER Alan *	TEROL Nicolas	WEBB Daniel	Honda	2m10.538	2m10.130	2m11.845	2m10.837	+4.218
26	RC KOSHIEN YAMAHA Endurance ASEAN	NAKATOMI Shinichi *	WILAIROT Ratthapong	WONGTHANANON Apiwath	Yamaha	2m11.728	2m10.938	2m10.488	2m11.051	+4.432
27	Team ERC-BMW Motorrad Endurance	FORAY Kenny *	DA COSTA Julien	GINES Mathieu	BMW	2m10.394	2m11.623	2m11.458	2m11.158	+4.539
28	Zaif NCXX RACING & ZENKOUKAI	NAGAO Kengo *	HILL Stefan		Yamaha	2m11.064	2m11.827	–	2m11.445	+4.826
29	OMEGA MACO RACING	SZKOPEK Pawel *	ELLISON James		Yamaha	2m12.941	2m10.538	–	2m11.739	+5.120
30	MobiusGreen YAOKAWASAKI	NAKAMOTO Sho *	NAKAMOTO Gun	OKUBO Hikari	Kawasaki	2m10.404	2m13.677	2m11.441	2m11.840	+5.221
31	Bolliger Team Switzerland	WALRAVEN Nigel *	BUCHAN Danny	DEGUCHI Osamu	Kawasaki	2m11.953	2m10.958	2m12.915	2m11.942	+5.323
32	EVA RT WEBIKE TATi TEAM TRICKSTAR	MACKELS Bastien	DENIS Kevin	ENJOLRAS Julien *	Kawasaki	2m10.343	2m12.983	2m12.592	2m11.972	+5.353
33	Honda Hamayuukai Hamamatsu Escargot	NAKAJIMA Genki *	HASEGAWA Shudai		Honda	2m11.563	2m12.703	–	2m12.133	+5.514
34	TERAMOTO@J-TRIP Racing	TERAMOTO Koji *	VALLCANERAS Pedro		BMW	2m11.727	2m13.337	–	2m12.532	+5.913
35	TEAM R2CL SUN CHLORELLA	KONNO Yoshihiro *	ELLIOTT Joshua	MORRIS Aaron	Suzuki	2m11.485	2m13.154	2m13.404	2m12.681	+6.062
36	Zaif NCXX RACING	KUNIMATSU Toshiki *	YOSHIDA Tadayuki	NAGAO Kenji	Yamaha	2m13.524	2m14.386	2m10.943	2m12.951	+6.332
37	ARMY. GIRL Team TJC & MF Kawasaki	OKUDA Kyosuke *	ITO Kazuki	ASHINA Hidemi	Kawasaki	2m11.441	2m11.040	2m16.770	2m13.083	+6.464
38	Team Kodama	TOKUDOME Kazuki	NAKAYAMA Yosuke	KODAMA Yuta *	Yamaha	2m11.955	2m13.618	2m14.622	2m13.398	+6.779
39	TEAM HANSHIN RIDING SCHOOL	SANO Katsuto *	MATSUMOTO Ryusei	HIGASHIMURA Isami	Kawasaki	2m11.327	2m14.901	2m14.792	2m13.673	+7.054
40	Honda Ryokuyoukai Kumamoto Racing	KITAORI Makoto *	YOSHIDA Mitsuhiro	KOJIMA Kazuhiro	Honda	2m15.106	2m13.581	2m12.841	2m13.842	+7.223
41	Team WITH87 Kawasaki PLAZA Fukuokahigashi	KIYOSUE Naoki *	NISHIJIMA Osamu	KARITA Shohei	Kawasaki	2m12.671	2m14.189	2m14.960	2m13.940	+7.321
42	Yamashina Kawasaki & AutoRaceUBE with YIC BR	SHINJO Masahiro *	NAKAMURA Shuichiro	MATSUMOTO Masayuki	Kawasaki	2m12.706	2m13.303	2m15.962	2m13.990	+7.371
43	H.L.O RACING SUZUKIN	HIGUCHI Kota *	INUKI Tsubasa		Suzuki	2m13.815	2m14.810	–	2m14.312	+7.693
44	icu RT MOTOKIDS NAC SANYO	KOTANI Sakito	YOSHIMICHI Tatsuya	YOSHIDA Kazunori *	Yamaha	2m11.630	2m16.803	2m14.665	2m14.366	+7.747
45	GSM RACING	LEONOV Vladimir *	ESTMENT Bjorn	TAKADA Hayato	Suzuki	2m13.002	2m14.187	2m16.109	2m14.432	+7.813
46	MOTOBOX KREMER & Favorite Factory	DEHAYE Geoffroy *	VIEHMANN Jan	ORTIZ Gregory	Yamaha	2m14.678	2m14.459	2m14.325	2m14.487	+7.868
47	TransMapRacing with ACE CAFE	OOISHI Masahiko *	HIRANO Luna		Suzuki	2m13.836	2m16.008	–	2m14.922	+8.303
48	Honda EG Racing	SHIMODA Kazuya *	KURIBAYASHI Tsuyoshi	HONDA Keiichi	Honda	2m14.040	2m15.005	2m15.974	2m15.006	+8.387
49	moto cubic + Motorrad Toyota + NR	ONO Hideki *	KOYAMA Aoi	NODA Tatsuya	BMW	2m12.367	2:15.479	2m17.312	2m15.052	+8.433
50	IWATA RACING FAMILY	NISHIMURA Kazuyuki *	MIYAKOSHI Takeshi	SATO Tatsuhiko	Yamaha	2m14.516	2m14.771	2m16.026	2m15.104	+8.485
51	CLUB NEXT & MOTO BUM	NAKAMURA Yutaka *	KATAHIRA Ryosuke	KIMIHIKO Ohnuki	Honda	2m14.700	2m13.218	2m17.434	2m15.117	+8.498
52	Sinshu activation project . Team NAGANO	SAKURAYAMA Shigenori *	NIKAIDO Shinji	OHKITA Hiromu	Honda	2m15.291	2m15.518	2m15.403	2mm15.404	+8.785
53	HAMAMATSU TEAM TITAN	TAKEDA Kazuma *	KAMBAYASHI Takahiro	WADA Kenshirou	Suzuki	2m14.953	2m16.433	2m15.232	2m15.539	+8.920
54	Team de”LIGHT	OKUDA Takaya *	MORI Shigeo	KATAOKA Homare	Ducati	2m12.835	2m17.664	2m16.186	2m15.561	+8.942
55	PLUS ONE MCRT	IMAZU Hiroshi *	NISHINAKA Tsuna	TAJIMA Kiyotsugu	Kawasaki	2m15.802	2m15.324	2m15.747	2m15.624	+9.005
56	NIPPON SUMATRA BIO MASSE+D REX	TOYODA Hiroshi *	IKEDA Yoshitaka	SHIBATA Yoshimasa	Yamaha	2m15.221	2m17.047	2m14.705	2m15.657	+9.038
57	K’s WORKS RACING YSS	ADACHI Masaki *	YAMAUCHI Yoshinori	NAKAI Tsunekazu	Yamaha	2m15.761	2m14.945	2m16.307	2m15.671	+9.052
58	TEAM SUGAI RACING JAPAN	SUGAI Yoshiyuki *	VEGHINI Daniele		Aprilia	2m16.093	2m15.295	–	2m15.694	+9.075
59	TIO Verity	NAKAMURA Yusuke *	MIYAJIMA Shinya	TSUJI Toshihiko	BMW	2m13.827	2m15.746	2m17.988	2m15.853	+9.234
60	Honda Blue Helmets MSC Kumamoto & Asaka	TAKAHASHI Yuki	OKADA Hiromasa	OTSUKA Takuya	Honda	2m15.984	2m16.159	2m15.848	2m15.997	+9.378
61	Honda Koyokai DREAM Racing Team	OKAZAKI Yusuke *	SAKAKIBARA Shinnosuke		Honda	2m15.193	2m16.851	–	2m16.022	+9.403
62	E P S Racing GarageL8 TT45	SOMA Toshitane	SUZUKI Akira	UCHIYAMA Hiroshi *	Yamaha	2m15.700	2m16.842	2m16.103	2m16.215	+9.596
63	DOG HOUSE	IWATANI Keita *	SAMURA Eisuke		Suzuki	2m16.073	2m16.921	–	2m16.497	+9.878
64	HKC & IMT Racing KUNO KOGYO	SAITO Tatsuro	KUNO Mitsuhiro *	WATANABE Kazuo	Yamaha	2m14.937	2m17.096	2m17.507	2m16.513	+9.894
65	FUN FACTORY @ CS STANCE	UTO Toshiaki *	HIRAJO Akio	FUJII Yuichi	BMW	2m17.926	2m19.725	2m19.286	2m18.979	+12.360
66	AKENO SPEED.YAMAHA	MINAMIMOTO Soichiro *	INAGAKI Makoto		Yamaha	–	2m11.329	–	2m11.329	+4.710