YART reveals paint color for Suzuka 8H
The official Yamalube YART Yamaha EWC team, currently competing in the Endurance World Championship (EWC), will lead the Yamaha challenge at the 2024 Suzuka 8 Hours.
In addition to providing technical support for the YZF-R1, Yamaha will support the YART management team during the lead-up and racing process. Together, Yamaha and YART are aiming to win the 2024 EWC title and their first podium at the Suzuka 8 Hours, which has been a long-time dream of YART.
The team will compete on a YZF-R1 decked out in special Suzuka 8 Hours livery featuring the Yamalube logo, a reference to Yamaha’s genuine brand of oils and chemicals, which is also part of the team’s name.
Niccolò Canepa from Italy, Marvin Fritz from Germany and Karel Hanika from the Czech Republic will ride the YZF-R1. Mandy Kainz will manage the team.
inside 2023 Suzuka 8 hoursYART was in 2nd place before having an incident that led to a 22nd place finish. However, after finishing 2nd in round 1, winning in round 2, and finishing 4th in the final round, they successfully lifted the championship. EWC 2024 title. It was the first title since 2009 for the team and the first title since 2017 for Yamaha.
As defending champions in 2024, they have so far made a solid start to winning back-to-back titles with a third-place finish in their season opener. 24 Heures Motos race in France.
In the next round, 8 Hour Spa Motos in Belgium On 8 June, they qualified in pole position and were ahead of their rivals in the race for the win and remained 2nd overall in the standings, while closing the gap on the lead down to one point.
A first podium finish at the upcoming Suzuka 8 Hours will see YART ideally placed to repeat their title-winning performance at the Bol d’Or in France on September 14-15.
The 45th “Coca-Cola” Suzuka 8-hour endurance road race will be held on July 21, 2024.
2024 FIM Endurance World Championship Points
- Yoshimura SERT Motuk Suzuki 88
- YART Yamaha 87
- Team Tati Beringer Honda 54
- BMW Motorrad 53
- Swiss Bolliger Team Kawasaki 43
- Kawasaki WeBike Trickstar Kawasaki 39
- BMRT 3D Maxxess Nevers Kawasaki 38
- Motobox Kremer Yamaha 33
- KM99 Yamaha 29
- FCC TSR Honda France 26
FIM Endurance World Championship 2024 schedule
- 24 Heures Motos (Le Mans, France): April 18-21 (FFM)
- 8 Hours Spa Motos (Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium): June 6-8 (FMB)
- 45th Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hour Endurance Race, Japan: July 18-21 (MJF)
- Bol d’Or (Circuit Paul Ricard, France): September 12-15 (FFM)
