Press Release RELEASED : 30th June 2017
2016-2017 FIM Endurance World Championship Final Round The 40th "Coca-Cola" Suzuka 8hours Endurance Race MORIWAKI MOTUL RACING Official Press Release
In 2017 MORIWAKI MOTUL RACING will be back in action to compete in the legendary race the final round of FIM Endurance World Championship The 40th "Coca-Cola" Suzuka 8hours Endurance Race. MORIWAKI MOTUL RACING is proud to announce the team formation for this memorable race.
Being the 40th running of the legendary race, Moriwaki Racing have come back to the pinnacle of Japanese road racing series the JSB1000Class from 2016. The team has been preparing for this race and has also devel- oped the brand new 2017 CBR1000RR Moriwaki Special to aim for the top spot at the Suzuka 8hours race.
Riders are “Yuki Takahashi” a double champion of J-GP2 Class of All Japan Road Racing Championship in 2014 and 2015. “Ryuichi Kiyonari” a 3 time British Superbike Championship series champion, 4 time winner of the Suzuka 8hours Race, and a former MotoGP rider. Lastly as the third rider “Daniel Craig Linfoot” current- ly riding for Honda Racing in British Superbike Championship, came 4th overall in 2016 British Superbike Championship.
All is set for MORIWAKI MOTUL RACING to aim for the top spot at the Suzuka 8hours Race.
■ 2017 MORIWAKI MOTUL RACING Team Information ・Machine Honda CBR1000RR Moriwaki Special
・Rider Yuki Takahashi (age32)
Profile ’15 ‒ ’16 MFJ All Japan Road Racing Championship J-GP2 Class Champion ’17 MFJ All Japan Road Racing Championship JSB1000
Ryuichi Kiyonari (age34)
Profile ’05 ’08 ’10 ’11 Suzuka 8hours Race Winner ’17 MFJ All Japan Road Racing Championship JSB1000
Daniel Craig Linfoot (age28) Nationality: English
Profile ’16 British Superbike Championship Series 4th Overall ’17 British Superbike Championship (Honda Racing U.K.)
Official Schedule July 27th Thurs. Special Testing Session July 28th Fri. Free Practice Session / Official Qualifying July 29th Sat. Free Practice Session / Top 10 Trial July 30th Sun. Official Race Day