We are pleased to introduce the rider line-up for the three Honda team who will participate in 2012 FIM Endurance World Championship Round 3 The 35th "Coca-Cola Zero" Suzuka 8 hours Endurance Road Race which will be held at Suzuka Circuit (Mie, Japan) on July26 th to 29th.
Rider are gathered around from Japan and from overseas including the Asia region, and it is for sure that the race will be held at very high level.

“F.C.C. TSR Honda” which aims for two consecutive win in a row, will have a pair with Kosuke Akiyoshi, the 2011 Japan Superbike 1000 champion and Jonathan Rea who is now ranked 3rd in the FIM Superbike World Championship.

“MuSASHi RT HARC-PRO” will make an entry to the Suzuka 8 hours race aiming for the first win in the last two years. Takumi Takahashi, who has been on the podium four years in a row, will make a tag with Ryuichi Kiyonari and Hiroshi Aoyama. Ryuichi Kiyonari, the three times British Superbike champion and the winner of the Suzuka 8 hours for last two years, is now competing in Asia Road Racing Championship. Hiroshi Aoyama, now an entrant of FIM Superbike World Championship, will make a return to Suzuka 8 hours. It has been 9 years since he last participated in the Suzuka 8 hours race.

Azlan Shah Kamaruzaman the winner of 2011 Suzuka 4 hours endurance race, will make a return to Suzuka and step up to the Suzuka 8 hours race with Asia Dream Cup Professional Trainer , Makoto Tamada and Chojun Kameya and aim for the podium finish as “Honda Team Asia.”

The first open test for 2012 FIM Endurance World Championship Round 3 The 35th "Coca-Cola Zero" Suzuka 8hours Endurance Road Race will take place on June 7th at Suzuka Circuit.

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