World Superbike star Leon Camier will line up alongside Australian Josh Waters and Nobuatsu Aoki in the Yoshimura Suzuki team for the 2012 Suzuka Eight-Hours.
Camier has ridden in the prestigious event three times before, all on not-very-competitive Hondas, and will have to get used to the Bridgestone tyres his works GSX-R10000 will wear. His inclusion takes the British tally up to three as Tommy Hill and Jonathan Rea have already been announced.
"I am absolutely thrilled to be racing in the Suzuka 8 hour this year and honoured that Yoshimura has asked me to take part in such a prestigious race. I have done the Suzuka Eight-Hours race three times before (in 2005, 2006 and 2007) but have never been particularly successful there, so I am hoping that this year will see a change of luck," said Camier.
"It's an amazing race and probably the hardest - both physically and mentally - that a racer does. The temperatures are usually very hot and the track is so physical, it just saps all your energy. It is a hard track to learn because it is so long and it is also technically very demanding.
"I will have to learn how to ride the Yoshimura GSX-R on Bridgestone tyres, but hopefully that will not be too much of a problem and I can run consistent lap times. My goal is to get to grips with the tyres as soon as I can, keep up a good pace; and still be fast at the end of the race."
