Also, this is not decided yet.
From the project leader's point
of view, we want to deliver as much
as possible, and we want to use
many riders. But this depends on
the budgets.
Will we see the V -five in competition in the 2002 All-Japan
Championship, in a non-scoring
prototype class, or will we see just
Superbikes?
At the moment there is only
Superbike, and because of customers' interest at the moment the
series cannot be extended in thjs
way. At the moment we must keep
the Superbike regulations.
But what about next year, are
the rules for the All-Japan
series set yet?
When we stopped 500cc class
machines in All-Japan, the
original agreement was to return to
that format after five years . but
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unfortunately every year it is post·
poned, postponed, postponed.
Therefore we have no idea for next
year what we can do, there is noth·
ing clear yet.
Will there be an official Team
Honda entry in World Super-
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bike next year?
We are from Honda R&D, not
HRC, so we cannot answer that
question, but my personal wish is
that we should have more Honda·
equipped teams in this class.
[s the development of the
RC51 still a priority at Honda
R&D?
Lucky for us that the regulation
for Superb ike is close to the
customer's bike and to the racing
bike. There is almost an overlap.
We should consider both things to
keep the street customer happy and
the race teams happy.
Will we see a V-five in the
2002 Suzuka Eight-Hour, in a
specially created non-points-scoring class, or will we only see the
RC51?
There is no chance for the new
engine. We had to have
homologation at the beginning of
the year and no new homologation
was made. From the factory side,
the RC45 development is finished,
but maybe some private teams will
use it.
Would it be Honda's wish to
change the rules of the EightHour to allow the GP machine to
compete in 2003, even if the World
Endurance class is still Superbike
based?
This is, again, our wish. If we
could have a chance to run the
GP machine in Japan, even under
such conditions, we would be happy
to have such a chance.
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