2025 FIM World Endurance Championship “Coca-Cola” Suzuka 8 Hours Road Race
46th Annual Event official test session

Date  :  June 18th and 19th ,2025

An official test session was held in two days, on June 18th and 19th, in preparation for the Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Road Race, the final race that will be held on August 3rd.
On the first day, the 18th, the temperature exceeded 34°C and the temperature of road surface exceeded 60°C, creating scorching heat reminiscent of the actual final race held in August. Yuki Kunii was absent from this test due to his participation in the Moto2 Italian round. From SDG Team HARC-PRO. Honda, Teppei Nagoe and Keito Abe worked on setting up their machines. With conditions significantly different from the previous week's test session, new issues had arisen about setting their machines.
The second day of test session was scorching hot like midsummer, making it the perfect day for test riding. There was some machine trouble in the morning but it was quickly resolved and the two riders rode on the two machines efficiently to work on setting up. In the afternoon session, Nagoe and Abe made long runs, completing multiple laps at Rendezvous. Abe's best time was 2 minutes 7.006 seconds, set in the morning, putting the team in 10th place overall (effectively 8th). The machine setting is progressing and the team is ready for the Suzuka 8 Hours.
The final race will be held on August 3rd.

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