MICHAEL SCHUMACHER'S first attempt at endurance racing ended in disappointment this weekend after the German's machine developed mechanical trouble.Schumacher's team, Honda Holzhauer Racing, showed promising performance at the start of the 8-hour

SWAN Yamaha's Tommy Hill and Noriyuki Haga have entered to race in the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race for the Monster Energy YART outfit.The British Superbike team-mates will partner Katsuyuki Nakasuga, who is currently competing for the Yamaha YSP

CAMERON Donald will stand-in for Steve Plater in the Honda TT Legend's squad at the Suzuka 8-hour race at the end of July.Plater suffered a broken arm during a British Superbike event at Thruxton in May and will be unable to compete in Japan

A THIRTY second long stop-go penalty for speeding in the pit-lane couldn't stop Carlos Checa and Ryuichi Kiyonari taking the win comfortably at the Suzuka 8-Hour race at the weekend.The WSB Ten Kate team-mates took the lead on lap two and virtually

BRITISH SUPERBIKE competitor Josh Brookes is currently in Japan testing for his ride in the Suzuka 8-Hour race for Honda.The Aussie, who scored a brace of podiums at Knockhill in the BSB round there last weekend is running as team-mate to Chojun

Championship, Doha, 8 Hour Endurance race result:1. Yamaha Austria RT (Jerman, Martin, Giabbani)2. Phase One Endurance (Valcaneras, Richards, Ellison)3. Bolliger Team Switzerland (Saiger, Muff, Mizera)4. Team 18 Sapeurs-pompiers Molinier (Briere, Tangre)5

HONDA MOTORS announced today (Friday) it's pulling the company's factory team out of the Suzuka 8 Hour World Endurance Championship Race. The company state the decision was taken for budget reasons amid the global financal slump."It's not strictly

The British GP is made up of a variety of different characters all with their own different stories to tell.Here are six different people and the roles that they played during the eight hours of the Donington Park race day in 2007. From the model

Rea...not wanted for SuzukaSTUNNED BRITISH Superbike star, Johnny Rea, was told by Honda Japan that he was not needed to ride in the Suzuka eight hour race in Tokyo.Sources say the Ulsterman had flown to Japan and was ready to compete in the race

Rea ... pictured on his HM Plant BSB machineJonathan Rea and his HM Honda team-mate Riyouchi Kiyonari took victory in the Suzuka Eight Hour Endurance race in Japan on Sunday. Kiyonari led early in the race and still was in front when he handed over