The new Civic Type R has set a new FWD record at Suzuka Circuit with a time of 2 minutes 23.120 seconds, 0.873 seconds faster than its predecessor, the 2021 Honda Civic Type R Limited Edition.
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- Honda Civic Type R sets new front-wheel drive lap record at Suzuka Circuit
- Latest model follows long tradition of high-performance Hondas inspired by the spirit of racing
- All-new Civic Type R set for European launch in 2022
Honda’s next-generation Civic Type R has set a new lap record for a front-wheel drive car at the world-famous Suzuka Circuit in Japan. It lapped the 5.8km track in 2 minutes 23.120 seconds*, 0.873 seconds faster than its predecessor, the stripped back 2021 Honda Civic Type R Limited Edition.
The new benchmark time was set during the new model’s final development evaluation on 15 March 2022. The all-new Civic Type R is the latest performance vehicle to prove itself on the iconic Suzuka International Racing Course, famous for its high-speed chicanes and challenging corners. The track, often described as one of the world’s greatest circuits, has been a test bed for performance Hondas since 1962 and has been home to the Japanese Formula 1 Grand Prix for all but two years since 1987.
The previous front-wheel drive lap record at Suzuka – 2 minutes 23.993 seconds – was set by a Civic Type R Limited Edition development car in February 2020. Before this, Honda's tenth generation Civic Type R GT broke the front-wheel drive lap record at the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 2017 with a lap time of 7 minutes 43.8 seconds. A production specification Civic Type R GT went on to break front-wheel drive production car records at five legendary European racetracks.
Further information about the all-new Civic Type R will be shared ahead of its launch later in 2022.
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