{"id":237396,"date":"2015-07-22T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rtrsports.com\/suzuka-8-hours-esparagaro-smith-yamaha-set-the-pace\/"},"modified":"2024-08-09T02:31:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T00:31:35","slug":"suzuka-8-hours-esparagaro-smith-yamaha-set-the-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtrsports.com\/en\/blog\/suzuka-8-hours-esparagaro-smith-yamaha-set-the-pace\/","title":{"rendered":"Suzuka 8 Hours: Esparagar\u00f2, Smith, Yamaha set the pace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rtrsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/yfr_editorial_use_pictures_15-36.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13013\" src=\"https:\/\/rtrsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/yfr_editorial_use_pictures_15-36.jpeg\" alt=\"yamaha-8hr-suzuka\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>The <b>Yamaha Factory Racing Team<\/b> has a dream start and come forth as a key protagonist at the first day of the 38<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> \u201cCoca-Cola Zero\u201d Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Road Race weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Riders <b>Katsuyuki Nakasuga<\/b>, <b>Pol Espargar\u00f2<\/b> and <b>Bradley Smith<\/b> hit the ground running in the first one and half hour session with a very stable basis set-up and despite difficult conditions, they soon rose to a provisional first place, before dropping back to third.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">The second session saw more of the same from the new, yet solid team. They needed only a few laps around Suzuka Circuit to get used to the changed track conditions before scorching to the top of the standings with a strong 2\u201807.282.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Monster Energy Yamaha Austria Racing Team<\/b> (<b>YART<\/b>) and reigning World Champion <b>GMT94 Yamaha<\/b> faced some challenges during their first day at the Suzuka 8 Hours weekend, but also booked great progess.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>YART<\/b> showed the incredible potential of the <b>YZF-R1<\/b> in the morning, when rider <b>Broc Parkes<\/b>, <b>Sheridan Morais<\/b> and <b>Iv\u00e1n Silva<\/b> rode the racing machine to a strong third place in mixed conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">The grip at the Suzuka Circuit went down a little in the afternoon, causing the bike\u2018s rear wheel to spin, but this was not a problem for the vastly experienced team and they climbed to tenth place in the afternoon session, 4.041s from the <b>Yamaha Factory Racing Team<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">In an effort to keep their prestigious FIM Endurance World Championship title campaign on track, <b>GMT94<\/b> has made various changes to their <b>YZF-R1<\/b> since the previous race in Le Mans and picked the fruits of their labour today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">Despite being in Group B, which enjoyed slightly less fortunate weather, and suffering a crash in the first privat practice the French team did well to claim seventh. 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