HRC Officially Confirms That Stuck Throttle Caused Casey Stoner’s Crash In Suzuka 8-Hour

HRC Officially Confirms That Stuck Throttle Caused Casey Stoner’s Crash In Suzuka 8-Hour

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HRC confirm Stoner crash in the Suzuka 8 Hours was due to throttle mechanical issue

Honda Racing Corporation has carried out a detailed analysis following the crash of Casey Stoner in last weekend’s Suzuka 8 Hour race.

Checking the throttle, which is a particular specification for Endurance HRC Factory bikes, and different from the standard throttle used on the Honda CBR1000RR road version, a malfunction was discovered related to the throttle cable.

This kind of problem hasn’t arisen before, however, HRC will cease using this throttle specification and will design a new one to be used for Endurance races.

HRC would like to apologise to Casey Stoner and thank him for the effort he made in attending the Suzuka 8 Hour event.

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