Suzuka 8 hour testing day 2.

Posted: Fri 30 Jun 2000

Fastest man on the day Makoto Tamada on his RC45. Tamada who has been beating factory VTR100SPWs in the All Japan Superbike series is shaping up to be the man to beat where he is teamed with in form GP rider Alex Barros.

Honda 250cc GP rider Tohru Ukawa has moved up to 2nd fastest and ahead of day 1 leader Hitoyasu Izutsu.

Superbike world championship leader Colin Edwards was 4th fastest with teammate Valentino Rossi moving up sharply to 11th fastest.

Simon Crafer has risen to 15th fastest for the day.

Results and times Day 2

100 Makoto Tamada Honda RVF750RR RC45 2’09.127

4 Tohru Ukawa Honda VTR1000SPW 2’09.593

2 Hitoyasu Izutsu Kawasaki ZX-7RR 2’09.649

11 Colin Edwards Honda VTR1000SPW 2’09.741

8 Takeshi Tsujimura Yamaha OW02 R7 2’10.017

7 Akira Ryo Suzuki GSX-R750 2’10.034

71 Alex Barros RVF750RR RC45 2’10.353

11 Valentino Rossi Honda VTR1000SPW 2’10.389

33 Shinichi Itoh Honda VTR1000SPW 2’10.458

7 Keiichi Kitagawa Suzuki GSX-R750 2’10.515

41 Wataru Yoshikawa Yamaha OW02 R7 2’10.595

33 Tady Okada Honda VTR1000SPW 2’10.719

10 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki GSX-R750 2’10.794

2 Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki ZX-7RR 2’10.894

8 Simon Crafar Yamaha OW02 R7 2’11.232

3 Tamaki Serizawa Kawasaki ZX-7RR 2’11.450

3 Andrew Pitt Kawasaki ZX-7RR 2’11.889

41 Norihiko Fujiwara Yamaha OW02 R7 2’11.900

8 Yuichi Takeda Honda VTR1000SP1 2’12.237

10 Atsushi Watanabe Suzuki GSX-R750 2’13.144

4 Daijiro Katoh Honda VTR1000SPW 2’12.456