The engine which ran for 24 hours and allowed the FCC TSR Honda team to win the 24 hours of Le Mans, last August 29 to 30, returned to Japan. The engine tuner for the TSR team, Takeda, takes it apart completely to check it down to the smallest detail.
The crew of Josh Hook, Freddy Foray & Mike di Meglio from the FCC TSR Honda France team won the 43rd edition of the 24 Heures Motos.
To achieve this, the first Japanese team to win the Le Mans classic in 2018 was able to count, in addition to a solid crew, on a powerful engine. Indeed, the 2020 model of the Honda CBR 1000 RR is powered by the most powerful in-line 4-cylinder ever manufactured by Honda and which announces a power of 160 kW (or 217hp) at 14 rpm. Remember that the minimum weight of machines in the Formula EWC category (top category of the 500 Heures Motos and the FIM EWC) is set at 24 kg.
The race was almost perfect for the FCC TSR team, with more than 600 laps covered in the lead out of 816 in total, which represents almost 3500 km where the engine is heavily stressed.
But what happens after arrival? The engine returns to Japan, in the hands of an expert from the TSR (Technical Sport Racing) team, who dismantles it completely to check it in detail. And he shares it with us in videos, which allows us to discover his insides.
A good occupation during this season 2 of confinement!
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