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The Corona Extra TiForce Endurance Suzuki GSX-R1000 appeared to developed problems Sunday during the morning warm-up practice before the start of the 8-Hours at Suzuka Circuit.

Adam Fergusson was riding the team’s bike when it began smoking badly coming onto the front straight. Fergusson slowed, pulled off the front straightaway to rider’s left, parked the bike against a barrier and ran back to the pits. The full extent of the damage to the Corona machine was not known at post time, but team members said they did have a spare X-Formula engine.

More details as they become available.