Honda Motor : Teams to Compete in 2018-2019 FIM Endurance World Championship Series Round 5, the 42nd “Coca-Cola” Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race

TOKYO, Japan, June 13, 2019 - Honda announced an overview of its main teams to compete in 2018-2019 FIM^*1 Endurance World Championship (EWC) Series Round 5, The 42nd 'Coca-Cola' Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race (Suzuka 8 hours), to be held at the Suzuka circuit in Mie Prefecture, Japan, on Sunday, July 28, 2019.

Team HRC, Honda's factory team competing in the MFJ^*2 All Japan Road Race Championship (JRR) JSB1000 class, will be partnering once again with Red Bull, and will compete in this year's Suzuka 8 hours as 'Red Bull Honda.' The team will be represented by Takumi Takahashi, currently top ranked in the JSB1000 class (as of the end of Round 3), who will be joined by FIM Superbike World Championship (WSBK) rider Ryuichi Kiyonari and HRC test rider Stefan Bradl, who will ride Honda's CBR1000RRW factory bike based on the CBR1000RR SP2.

2017-2018 champions F.C.C. TSR Honda France are currently ranked 3rd in this season's EWC with two wins (as of the end of Round 4). Team riders Freddy Foray, Josh Hook and Mike di Meglio will be aiming to take back the lead, and win the championship once again.

au Teluru SAG RT will compete with JSB1000 riders Kosuke Akiyoshi and Taiga Hada, and MotoGP Moto2 class rider Tetsuta Nagashima.

For KYB MORIWAKI RACING, JSB1000 rider Yuki Takahashi will be joined by JRR ST600 rider Tomoyoshi Koyama. Their third rider is yet to be announced. Three-time Suzuka 8 hours champions MuSASHi RT HARC-PRO. Honda have secured Ryo Mizuno, currently 4th in JSB1000 (as of the end of Round 3), and British Superbike Championship (BSB) rider Xavi Forés, and will be announcing their other riders.

Honda Asia-Dream Racing with SHOWA, Honda DREAM RT Sakurai Honda, Team ATJ, and Honda Endurance Racing, currently competing in this EWC season, will be racing at the Suzuka 8 hours on CBR1000RR SP2-based machines.