Limiting the supply have better effects than lap records. Not everyone will get the FK5. It is sold out before be announced! Nothing to do with the season.
FK2 was March 2014
Fk7 April 2017
Suzuka was four months ago. So, Honda had enough time to set the lap record for the FL5
It is not ease to beat the FK8 2017 7min 43.8sec lap time. This is an exceptional lap time. Even the Mercedes AMG 45s, Golf R and BMW M2 could not achieve such lap time. Renaut Megane R.S. Trophy-R was limited to 100 units. FK8 sold almost 50k units.