Suzuka 8 Hours: More permanent teams than ever before* will contest Japan’s round of the FIM Endurance World Championship next month.
Fifteen EWC teams have signed up for the 46th Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race, which represents an increase of four compared to 2024 and is the highest number since the 2018-19 season when 13 permanent outfits entered the legendary Japanese event.
Of the 15 permanent teams heading to Japan, six will chase Dunlop-equipped Superstock category success, double the number that lined up in 2024 when the Suzuka 8 Hours was included on the FIM Endurance World Cup schedule for the first time.
They are among a 55-strong overall entry for the event – the largest since 64 motorcycles assembled in 2019 – which dwarfs the 2024 figure of 46.
Confirmation of the high turnout for the 46th Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race continues a trend of increasing entry numbers for EWC events in 2025. The season-opening 24 Heures Motos at Le Mans attracted 53 registrations compared to 48 in 2024, while 44 teams entered the 8 Hours of Spa Motos last month after 37 did so the previous year.
Jean-Baptiste Ley, Motorsport Events Director at Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Sports, promoter of the EWC, said: “The entry list for the Suzuka 8 Hours not only demonstrates the popularity of this iconic race, it also underlines the phenomenal interest in the EWC, which continues to go from strength to strength with more and more riders and teams taking on the intense challenge of endurance racing. The fact 15 permanent EWC teams – the highest number since WBD Sports became EWC promoter in 2015 – will travel from Europe to compete just shows the strong commitment and desire to go up against Japan’s best. Add to the mix star riders from MotoGP and World Superbike and it’s clear all the ingredients are in place for an epic 46th edition of one international motorcycle racing’s most prestigious events.”
EWC 46TH COCA-COLA SUZUKA 8 HOURS ENDURANCE RACE PERMANENT TEAM LINE-UP (details correct at time of publication and subject to change):
FIM ENDURANCE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (FORMULA EWC)
1 Yoshimura SERT Motul / Suzuki
4 Tati Team AVA6 Racing / Honda
5 F.C.C. TSR Honda France / Honda
6 ERC Endurance #6 / BMW
7 YART – Yamaha / Yamaha
11 Kawasaki Webike Trickstar / Kawasaki
37 BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team / BMW
65 Motobox Kremer Racing #65 / Yamaha
99 ELF Marc VDS Racing Team/KM99 / Yamaha
FIM ENDURANCE WORLD CUP (SUPERSTOCK)
25 Team Étoile / BMW
41 Dafy-RAC 41-Honda / Honda
44 Honda No Limits / Honda
49 Revo-M2 / Aprilia
55 National Motos Honda FMA / Honda
777 Wójcik Racing Team EWC #777 SST / Honda
EWC 46TH COCA-COLA SUZUKA 8 HOURS ENDURANCE RACE TEAM LINE-UP (details correct at time of publication and subject to change):
FORMULA EWC
1 Yoshimura SERT Motul / Suzuki
3 SDG-Ducati Team Kagayama / Ducati
4 Tati Team AVA6 Racing / Honda
5 F.C.C. TSR Honda France / Honda
6 ERC Endurance #6 / BMW
7 YART – Yamaha / Yamaha
9 Sanmei Team Taro Plusone with SDG / BMW
11 Kawasaki Webike Trickstar / Kawasaki
15 Iwata Racing Family / Yamaha
17 Astemo Pro Honda SI Racing / Honda
20 Honda Suzuka Racing Team / Honda
21 Yamaha Racing Team / Yamaha
23 KRP Sanyoukougyo&RS-Itoh / Kawasaki
26 Verity OIL & fenice KT with Kirinjishi / Yamaha
29 Dog House&Tripoint Fuchs Silkolene / Suzuki
30 Honda HRC / Honda
31 Team Sugai Racing Japan / Honda
37 BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team / BMW
40 TeamATJ with docomo Business / Honda
45 Shinsyuren with Totec / BMW
50 Marumae Team Kodama / Yamaha
56 Aoshima Megu with Hamaguchi Racing / Yamaha
59 Team BabyFace Titanium Power / Yamaha
65 Motobox Kremer Racing #65 / Yamaha
71 Honda Dream RT Sakurai Honda / Honda
73 SDG Team HARC-PRO. Honda / Honda
76 AutoRace Ube Racing Team / BMW
78 Honda Blue Helmets MSC Kumamoto & Asaka / Honda
88 Honda Asia-Dream Racing with Astemo / Honda
89 ClubNext&HondaDreamTakasaki / Honda
95 S-Pulse Dream Racing / Suzuki
99 ELF Marc VDS Racing Team/KM99 / Yamaha
112 Honda Tochigi Racing & Koyokai Dream RT / Honda
411 Team Matsunaga KDC&YSP Nagoya kita / Yamaha
711 Bakuon!!Rpt Nagano・・T Matsunaga / Yamaha
828 Team Frontier / BMW
SUPERSTOCK
13 Taira Promote Racing / Yamaha
15 Team Etching Factory / Yamaha
19 Team Tatara Aprilia / Aprilia
25 Team Étoile / BMW
38 Team38 / Kawasaki
41 Dafy-RAC 41-Honda / Honda
44 Honda No Limits / Honda
46 Motorcycles#27 EJ YIC / Honda
49 Revo-M2 / Aprilia
52 NCXX Racing with Riders Club / Yamaha
55 National Motos Honda FMA / Honda
57 Nichirin Racing / Yamaha
64 Kawasaki Plaza Racing Team / Kawasaki
66 Balz & Advance MC with Fujiki Kogyo / Honda
75 Honda Kumamoto Racing & Hamamatsu Escargot / Honda
93 TONE Team 4413 EVA 02 BMW / BMW
503 Edwin Gesundheit Racing / Honda
777 Wójcik Racing Team EWC #777 SST / Honda
EXPERIMENTAL
0 Team Suzuki CN Challenge / Suzuki
EWC 46TH COCA-COLA SUZUKA 8 HOURS ENDURANCE RACE TEAM LINE-UP IN NUMBERS (details correct at time of publication and subject to change):
55 entries
15 Permanent EWC teams
36 Formula EWC teams
18 Superstock teams
1 Experimental team
RECENT SUZUKI 8 HOURS ENTRY LIST NUMBERS:
2024: 46
2023: 50
2022: 45
2021: Event did not take place due to global health pandemic
2020: Event did not take place due to global health pandemic
2019: 64
2018: 64
2017: 68
2016: 68
2015: 70
RECENT PERMANENT EWC TEAM NUMBERS CONTESTING SUZUKA 8 HOURS
2024: 11
2023: 11
2022: 6
2021: Event did not take place due to global health pandemic
2020: Event did not take place due to global health pandemic
2019: 13
2018: 12
2017: 13
2016: 11
2015: 11
STAR NAMES ASSEMBLE FOR JAPAN’S EWC COUNTER
Leading lights from MotoGP and World Superbike will take on top FIM Endurance World Championship and All Japan Road Race Championship in the 46th Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race. Among the top names going up against the EWC and All Japan stars are Albert Arenas, Loris Baz, Jonas Folger, Leon Haslam, Iker Lecuona, Andrea Locatelli, Jack Miller, Marcel Schrötter, Michael van der Mark and Johann Zarco (below), last year’s winner alongside Teppei Nagoe and Takumi Takahashi. The provisional entry list for the 46th Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race forms an attachment to this press release, while updates on selected riders and teams will be published at FIMEWC.com over the coming weeks.
EWC SUZUKA 8 HOURS KEY TIMINGS REVEALED
The key timings for the 46th Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race, round three of the 2025 FIM Endurance World Championship from 1-3 August, have been revealed as the countdown to Japan’s EWC counter accelerates. Click HERE to find out more.
WATCH THE 2024 SUZUKA 8 HOURS ALL-ACCESS HERE:
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