Before leaving Suzuka, we had lunch together.
I was with the president of Honda World, TSR president Sakou, and the president of R’s Gear.
At first, we were aiming for a soba restaurant,
but everything was closed, so we ended up at an Italian restaurant instead.
That’s where I spotted the bottle in the photo.
It brought back memories from the WGP days.
More than 30 years ago.
The owner of a famous Italian team brought us champagne as a gift.
An entire case of it.
It was delicious.
I ended up completely drunk together with Ike-san, the late leader of Motobum.

Now the team has begun gathering together to fight the 2025 season.
Our goal — Paris!