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Jack Miller will ride for the factory Yamaha team in this year's Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race.

“We need to do some progress before Dall’Igna comes to this category”

Tetsuta Nagashima will replace Iker Lecuona at next month’s Suzuku 8 Hour race, with the WorldSBK rider set to substitute for Alex Rins at the British MotoGP.

WorldSBK rider Iker Lecuona could be set to abandon plans of competing in the Suzuka 8 hour race and instead ride for LCR Honda in MotoGP due to Alex Rins’s injury.

Iker Lecuona says learning a new track is ‘normally not that challenging for me’, although he also admitted he knows nothing about Imola, which plays host to round eight of the 2023 WorldSBK championship this weekend.

WorldSBK rider Iker Lecuona admits he’s not worried about hitting the lap times needed to be competitive at the Suzuka 8 hour race later this year.

Iker Lecuona will compete in his second Suzuka 8 hour race after winning the event during his rookie WorldSBK season in 2022.

Luigi Dall’Igna, General Manager of Ducati Corse, has not ruled out a future appearance at the Suzuka 8 Hours for MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia.

Gino Rea has returned to the UK and will soon begin ‘intensive rehab’ in London.

Gino Rea’s “recovery is on the way”, his family have stated in an update which will delight the motorcycle racing community.

Gino Rea’s fighting spirit has been praised and his health continues to improve.

The most significant and positive update on the health of Gino Rea has been delivered, with confirmation that he is no longer reliant on a ventilator to breathe.

More positive news on the condition of Gino Rea has been revealed - his family say he is communicating by raising his eyebrows.

Gino Rea has made eye contact with his family, they have said, as he continues to recover from a terrible crash at the Suzuka 8 Hours.

Gino Rea’s family have said there are "signs of recovery” in the latest update after his crash at the Suzuka 8 Hours.

The motorcycle racing community has united in their support for Gino Rea after a crash on Friday night left him in a coma.

A crash for Jonathan Rea as he attempted to make up ground on the leaders contributed towards Kawasaki being forced to cede its Suzuka 8 Hours title to arch rivals Honda

Full Results of the 2022 Suzuka 8 Hours held at the Suzuka Circuit in Japan | Honda notches up 28th victory in 43 attempts but its first since 2014

HRC Honda has powered to a dominant victory in the 2022 Suzuka 8 Hours after seeing off the threat of WorldSBK Champions Kawasaki to defeat its arch rivals by more than a lap

Gino Rea is in a coma after being airlifted to hospital following a crash during practice for the Suzuka 8 Hours, according to local reports.

Team HRC Honda will begin the 2022 Suzuka 8 Hours from pole position after capitalising on another flying lap of the Japanese circuit by Tetsuta Nagashima to head off the threat from Kawasaki.

Full Qualifying Results of the 2022 Suzuka 8 Hours held at the Suzuka Circuit in Japan | After Top 10 Trial Shootout]

Full Qualifying Results of the 2022 Suzuka 8 Hours held at the Suzuka Circuit in Japan [after Q1 and Q2] | Top 10 order decided by separate shootout, 11th to 45th set for grid

A superb record-smashing lap from former Moto2 rider Tetsuta Nagashima has elevated Team HRC to favourite status for the 2022 Suzuka 8 Hours as it completed qualifying with a best time almost a second clear of its closest rival.