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Motul on track in two and four wheelers

Motul
14 September

The main Japanese motorcycle manufacturers compete worldwide and in all fields. On home turf, this fight is particularly fierce as illustrated by the first round of the local Superbike championship. Three teams supported technically by Motul participate in JSB1000. At the end of a 200-kilometre race with a mandatory pitstop, on 23 April in Suzuka, the first result was a pole position and a podium.

 

Yamaha Factory Racing Team is the only factory team contending. Seven-times Japanese champion, Katsuyuki Nakasuga, is no other than the brand's

development rider in MotoGP. Having bagged the first 2017 pole, he unfortunately fell in the race. His team-mate, Kota Nozane, 2nd in the last 24 Hours of Le Mans, was also unsuccessful.

 

2016 vice-champion, Takuya Tsuda, took the Yoshimura Suzuki Motul Racing's new GSX-R1000R to 2nd place. This team joined forces with Motul after a three-decade’s separation! A towering one metre ninety tall Sodo Hamahara pulled off the feat of finishing 6th in his maiden Superbike racing!

 

This season, we must also keep an eye on Moriwaki Motul Racing. The team's Hondas are testing the 17 inch tyres that will become mandatory in 2018.

 

The Suzuka 2 & 4 meet was, as stated by its name, one of the three of the season to bring together the star two and four-wheeler Japanese categories. The Super Formula single-seaters contributed well to the show. Kazuki Nakajima and Naoki Yamamoto, drivers of teams Tom’s and Mugen, partnered technically by Motul, finished 1st and 3rd!

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