Suzuki to Participate in the Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race as Team SUZUKI CN CHALLENGE

Suzuki Motor Corporation will participate in the 46th Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race 2025 which will be held at the Suzuka Circuit as one of the 2025 FIM Endurance World Championship (EWC), from 1 to 3 August. Following from the previous year, Team SUZUKI CN CHALLENGE will continue to participate in the Experimental Class.

Aiming to achieve both a higher level of environmental load reduction and improved competitiveness, Team SUZUKI CN CHALLENGE which is composed of Suzuki employees, will promote machine development for functioning various sustainable items, including 100% sustainable fuel shifted from last year's 40% bio-sourced fuel. Together with the partner companies, we will take on the challenge of exceeding the previous year’s result of eighth place overall.

To further accelerate the development of environmental performance technologies through competition under the demanding conditions of endurance racing, we will work with higher targets to aim for technical feedback for future products.

Toshihiro Suzuki, Representative Director and President
“Although it was a whole new challenge for the company in the previous year’s participation, thanks to the support of partner companies including Yoshimura Japan, as well as enthusiastic cheers from our fans, we were able to achieve eighth place overall.
We will continue to participate this year in the Suzuka 8 Hours as a part of the company’s technology development in the sustainability field. This not only means that we’re simply continuing our activity, but we’re also having the purpose of overcoming various issues by setting higher goals, and I believe that by making products as one team along with our partner companies, it would lead to realizing a better future. I kindly ask for everyone’s cheers.”

Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Executive General Manager, Motorcycle Operations
“Last year, Team SUZUKI CN CHALLENGE completed the severe endurance racing of Suzuka 8 Hours while reducing environmental loads, and by doing so, we were able to take one significant step toward the future of internal combustion and motorsports.
While overcoming the issues revealed from our previous activity, this year we will expand the use of sustainable items and make efforts for technology development toward taking on the challenge of further sustainability performance. We will challenge in this year’s Suzuka 8 Hours by going beyond the field of CN (Carbon Neutrality) and holding a theme of broadly reducing environmental loads. I ask for your kind support.”