Iker Lecuona will try to beat the Kawasaki team

This year yes. The 8 hours of Suzuka was held again after two years in white due to the pandemic that is destroying the planet. Every year the legendary Japanese race becomes a spectacle for motorcycling enthusiasts. In this third round of the World Endurance Championship, the top drivers from the motor world will come together, as is customary.

The last year in which the race was held, it won on victory Kawasaki led by Jonathan Rea with Leon Haslam and Toprak Razgatlioglu. This year the Japanese brand team will undergo changes as Toprak Razgatlioglu is no longer part of the team. inward instead Alex Lowes a well-known within SBK and this endurance race, since he won in 2016, 2017 and 2018.

The group of riders chosen by Kawasaki forms an important group within this battle because there are many victories that each has. Jonathan Rhea he achieved his first win in 2012 with Honda and as already mentioned in 2019 with Kawasaki. Leon Haslam | like Alex Lowes he will try to pick up his fourth success in 2013 and 2014 with Honda and 2019 with Kawasaki.

In front of this powerful group is the Team HRC, who wants to win again after ten years. For this important occasion, he chose powerful pilots, which is Iker Lecuona. The young Valencian rider will be embarking on an endurance race for the first time after his time in MotoGP and the incredible performance he is making this season as a rookie on the Superbike. A few weeks ago he was able to visit the city and the circuit to immerse himself in it and try to be the third Spaniard at the top as Pol Espargaró did in 2016 or Carlos Checa in 2008.

The rest of the group will form Takumi Takahashi and Tetsuta Nagashima. The first of the Japanese already knows what it feels like to win this race with the Honda Musashi team in 2010, 2013 and 2014. Tetsuta Nagashima, Honda test rider, will make his debut in this competition for the first time.

To see this exciting battle we have to wait for first week of August.