2023-08-06 11:30:26
With less than an hour remaining in the 2023 FIM EWC Rd3 Suzuka 8 Hours, the light rain seems to have stopped and the track surface has become dry.
In the final stages of the race, the race was turbulent, with some of the top teams crashing due to rain, and some teams running on wet tires, but were unable to improve their lap times on the rapidly drying road surface.
#33 Team HRC with Japan Post (Ho, BS), which continued to run on dry tires even in the rain, did not take any risks and continued to drive carefully, leading to a gap of nearly two laps from 2nd place.
Also, the #1 FCC TSR Honda France (Ho, BS), the EWC group’s BS squad, who fell behind due to a crash in the early stages, recovered to 4th place. #7 YART YAMAHA OFFICIAL TEAM EWC (Ya, BS), who fell behind due to machine trouble, has recovered to 25th place, but it is difficult to score points.
#33 Team HRC with Japan Post completed 216 laps at the Suzuka Circuit when it was completely dark, and received the checkered flag for the second year in a row.
2nd place went to #104 TOHO Racing (Ho, BS) and finished on the podium.
In the final stages of the race, the battle for 3rd place intensified to secure the podium. #73 SDG Honda Racing (Ho, BS) and #1 FCC TSR Honda France (Ho, BS) followed by #76 AutoRace Ube Racing Team (Su, BS) within 20 seconds, but in the end #73 SDG Honda Racing managed to pull away and take 3rd place on the podium.
2023 FIM EWC Suzuka 8 hours provisional race results are as follows
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