300 km of Suzuka Testing ground for Yamaha France GMT 94 and Yamaha Austria Last weekend the Yamaha France GMT 94 Ipone and Yamaha Austria Racing Team entered the 300 km of Suzuka in Japan, in order to prepare for the next round of the 2010 Qtel FIM Endurance World Championship, the 8 Hours of Suzuka, scheduled for 25 July. 2009 8 Hours of Suzuka winners, Daisaku Sakai and Nobuatsu Aoki, on the Yoshimura Suzuki, took the victory in this race, known as the “Road to the 8 Hours” in Japan. It was a very difficult event due to various track conditions resulting from changeable weather. Competing against some highly prepared local challengers, David Checa scored the best result at these 300 km of Suzuka. Dealing wisely with the tyre changes, he finished in seventh position on his Yamaha France GMT 94 Ipone, ahead of Igor Jerman on the Yamaha Austria. As he was discovering Suzuka, Kenny Foray took an honourable 24th position on the second Yamaha France GMT 94. Gwen Giabbani was supposed to race with Igor Jerman on YART. However, he had to give up after suffering a crash on Saturday afternoon during the qualification session. After this successful testing ground in difficult conditions, Yamaha France GMT 94 and Yamaha Austria have taken some advantage over the other permanent teams expected for the 8 Hours of Suzuka. Current championship leader, the Bolliger Team Switzerland, is looking forward to racing the 8 Hours of Suzuka, the third round of the 2010 Qtel FIM Endurance World Championship, with Patric Muff, Horst Saiger and Roman Stamm. The Honda BMP Elf 99 Racing Team with Matthieu Lagrive, Damian Cudlin and Werner Daemen, should also enter. Classification after the 300 km of Suzuka 1. Yoshimura Suzuki with Jomo (JPN/Suzuki/D. Sakai, N. Aoki) 52 laps 2. Musashi RT Harc Pro (JPN/Honda/T. Takahashi, T. Nakagami), 50.457 3. Honda FCC TSR (JPN/Honda/K. Akiyoshi), 1’47.677 4. Taira Racing (JPN/Yamaha/T. Yuiti), 2’15.358 5. Sakurai Honda RT (JPN/Honda/K. Osamu, W. Maxwell), 1 lap 6. Trick Star Racing (JPN/Kawasaki/S. Takeshi, Y. Hiroshi), 2 laps 7. Yamaha France GMT 94 (FRA/Yamaha/D. Checa), 2 laps 8. Yamaha Austria (AUT/Yamaha/I. Jerman), 2 laps “¦ 24. Yamaha France GMT 194 (FRA/Yamaha/K. Foray), 5 laps