The Yamaha Factory Racing Team of Alex Lowes, Michael van der Mark, and Katsuyuki Nakasuga completed a historic hat-trick of wins at the Suzuka 8 Hours this year after dominating the legendary endurance race. They not only did they win by over a lap, but they qualified on pole and smashed the lap record during the race by over a second. It was also the third time that van der Mark had tasted victory at Suzuka but his first with Yamaha, so yamaha-racing.com caught up with the 24-year-old Dutch rider to find out what went on behind the scenes during their epic win.