The Japanese manufacturer dominated on home soil,🦩 racking up a 1-2-3-4 finish in the world famous endurance race. It was Honda’s 29th win, a record.

2023 Suzuka 8 Hours results

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The vict🌸orious #33 HRC Fireblade trio beat their nearest challengers, the #104 Toho Racing, by a full lap.

💖Takahashi’s fifth win at the race makes him the ღjoint-most successful-ever rider at the Suzuka 8 Hours, alongside Tohru Ukawa.

Vierge became a first-time winner, emulating I💧ker Lecuona who won last year. Lecuona pulled out of this year's Suzuka 8 Hours because Honda needed him to ride at the British MotoGP instead.

Takahashi initially started poorly but his advantage in machinery came to the fore and🔯 he had reclaimed the lead by Lap 11.

The ♐#7 Yamaha, which threatened the eventual ✨winners in the early stages, retired with a mechanical problem in the second hour.

Ex-WorldSꦿBK rider Ryuichi Kiyonari, Takuma Kunimine and Ikuhiro Enokido were the 🧔runners-up.

The #73 SDG Honda Racing, with Naomichi Uramoto, Teppei Nagoe and Haruki Noguchi, completed an 💖all-Honda podium.

Britain's Tarran Mackenzie was part of the🌞 FCC TSR Honda unit who finished fourth, and retook the Endurance World Championship points lead.

The best non-Honda fi🐠nish was fifth, the #76 Suzuki of Britain's Dan Linfoot and Takuya Tsuda.