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Honda and Repsol Confirm Renewal of Partnership
04 October 2009
HRC (Honda Racing Corporation) is very pleased to announce that it has reached a new agreement with Repsol to continue as the title sponsor of the factory Honda Team in MotoGP. The new deal for the 2010 season cements one of the strongest and longest running partnerships in motor sport - a collaboration which began in 1995 and has brought 9 World Championships, 98 race victories and has made Repsol Honda race machines instantly recognisable to fans across the globe.
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Lazzarini and Chareyre Storm to Pole at Latina
05 September 2009
Ivan Lazzarini and Adrien Chareyre took today's S1 and S2 poles respectively at a sweltering Latina. Under the Italian heat Thomas Chareyre took second as Husqvarna team mate Hermunen completed the S1 top three. In S2 Gozzini was second ahead of Bartolini.
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Lazzarini and Sidi Sport Italian Supermoto Champions
25 June 2009
June 24th, 2009 – On Sunday, June 21st at the circuit in Pomposa (FE), Ivan Lazzarini (Team HM Honda Racing), together with Sidi Sport, won the Italian Supermoto Championship in the S1 class.
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Special 50p Coin Launched to Mark Honda’s 50th Anniversary of Racing
28 May 2009
Honda (UK) and the Isle of Man Treasury have officially launched a special 50 pence circulatory coin to commemorate Honda’s 50th anniversary of world championship racing - with the first coin struck by Honda road racer and 14-times TT winner, John McGuinness.
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Eagerly Awaited Fim Supermoto World Championship Opens This Weekend at Viterbo
17 April 2009
Another season of FIM SuperMoto World Championship is starting this weekend at Viterbo with the Italian Grand Prix, a classic meeting for the many fans of the peninsula which is now held on a brand new race track.
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Whyte on NW200 Recruitment Drive at Macau GP
04 November 2008
NW200 Clerk of Course Mervyn Whyte MBE will be flying the North Coast of Ireland flag as he travels to the upcoming 42nd Macau Grand Prix in November as part of a Tourism Ireland initiative with the NW200 Ducati racing team. Mervyn will be part of a small team including top rider Michael Rutter and a technical support team of four who will travel out to the tiny island off the Southern coast of China on November 8th prior to racing on 14th – 16th November, to raise the profile of the 2009 North West 200 and generate interest amongst potential new competitors.
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JiR Terminate Their Collaboration With HRC
26 September 2008
JiR’s Chief Executive Officer Gianluca Montiron, has decided to review the sporting and commercial strategy of his Company for the 2009 season. The decision comes following the non-acceptance by the Honda Racing Corporation of JiR’s MotoGP project for the 2009 season, that the Monaco-based company presented at the end of July.
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Brands Beckons for HM Plant Honda
09 May 2008
The HM Plant Honda team return to Brands Hatch this weekend for the re-scheduled opening round of the Bennetts British Superbike season. Superbike riders Cal Crutchlow and Leon Haslam should experience better weather than the snow, which forced the cancellation of the opening round and both will be hoping for better luck at the glorious 2.3-mile GP circuit than they experienced in the previous round at Oulton Park. Cal has been declared fit for the race after dislocating his right ankle in his race two fall, while Leon hopes to put more points on the board after being excluded from the race two results. Meanwhile, Steve Brogan will be out to make it three wins from three starts in the Metzeler National Superstock race, and return to the podium in the Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport Championship.
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Honda - Results MotoCross World Championship - Valkenswaard
06 April 2008
Billy MacKenzie's CAS Honda MX1 grand prix debut saw the Scotsman - who will celebrate his 24th birthday tomorrow - just miss out on a podium position as he finished in fourth place overall at the opening race of the MX1 season after two grueling 35 minute plus two lap motos at the Valkenswaard circuit situated 10 kilometers from the Dutch city of Eindhoven.
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Honda Season Preview - Valkenswaard
06 April 2008
All is ready at the sandy Valkenswaard Eurocircuit, in the Southern part of The Netherlands, for the first MX1 World Championship round of the 2008 season, which will be full of surprises.
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Dani Fit & Ready To Give It Everything At Home
27 March 2008
After a forceful ride in Qatar earlier this month Spanish star Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V) is set to make the first of three races in Spain his signal that he is more than ready for the challenge of the 2008 World Championship. But the way the World Championship is shaping up so far, he won’t be the only frontline Spanish rider to be gunning for the big prize on Sunday. Dani will relish the rivalry with Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) this weekend. And now he is nearing full fitness again, after injuring his throttle hand in a crash while testing in Malaysia, he is itching for action. Pedrosa won here on a 250cc machine here in 2005 and he has also finished on the podium here for the last three years. His team-mate Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda RC212V) also scored a podium finish here in 2006 and the Repsol duo are sure to put up a determined display here for one of Honda’s long-term sponsors.
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Honda's Quarter Century Of Engineering Excellence
03 September 2007
Racing has always been at the heart of Honda, indeed racing is Honda’s very DNA. From the very beginning company founder Soichiro Honda insisted that his engineers prove the company’s engineering capabilities and accelerate development by testing their creations in the white heat of competition. It has always been thus, from Honda’s very first Model A to the current RC212V MotoGP weapon. As current HRC president Masumi Hamane says: “A racing motorcycle is a rolling laboratory that provides us with live information and the racetrack is the stage where our dreams come true.”
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Repsol & Honda Agree New 2 Year Partnership
31 July 2007
REPSOL YPF will continue its title sponsorship of the Honda factory MotoGP team after an agreement was reached for a new two-year partnership for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. The highly successful 13-year partnership between the Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) and the Repsol YPF brand has brought nine 500cc and MotoGP World Championship titles, 96 race victories in the premier class and 163 podium finishes to date.
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2nd For Andrea Dovizioso, Humangest Honda
16 May 2006
Hector Barbera (Aprilia) won a thrilling 250cc race by a mere quarter of a second from Andrea Dovizioso (Humangest Racing Honda RS250RW) as both riders fought tooth and nail for their first wins in this class after graduating from 125cc racing. Hiroshi Aoyama (KTM) was third.
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4th For Gabor Talmacsi, Humangest Honda
16 May 2006
Mika Kallio (KTM) triumphed in a tight 125cc race winning by one tenth of a second from Mattia Pasini in second and Alvaro Bautista third (both Aprilia). This is Kallio’s first win of the 2006 season and it elevates the Finnish rider to second in the overall standings after four races.
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Lulu’ 23rd At Misano In The Honda Rs 125 GP Trophy
28 April 2006
There have been constant improvements for Phaedra. The weather finally was warm this weekend at the Circuit of Santamonica in Misano Adriatico, for the first race of the Honda RS 125 GP Trophy. There originally were 39 riders from which 36 qualified for the Sunday race, and Phaedra Theffo, rider of the Lucky Racing Team, finished the race in 23rd position.She had a quite good start, did a race constantly progressing, overtaking some adversaries and improving her best time more than one second from the Saturday.
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Round 03 Portugal - Honda's De Dycker Continues Improvement With 4th In Portuguese Heat
24 April 2006
The Grand Prix of Portugal at the Agueda circuit, over 100km south of the city of Porto, was won by Stefan Everts in sunny conditions and in front of 15,500 fans. CAS Honda rider Ken De Dycker was able to post results of third and fifth in the two motos for an overall placing of 4th in the third round of fifteen in the 2006 FIM MX1 World Championship.
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Stobart Honda Rack Up Points At Thruxton
17 April 2006
Stobart Motorsport riders Michael Rutter and Michael Laverty emerged from round three of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship with some more solid points following on the first dry meeting of the 2006 season at Thruxton in Hampshire. In front of a record crowd and just prior to celebrating his 32nd birthday, Leicestershire rider Rutter scored a sixth and seventh place finish in both 22 lap races following on from problems encountered during qualifying and as a result goes into the next round at Oulton Park in joint seventh position in the Championship.
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Bad Day For Honda
10 April 2006
Alvaro Bautista (Aprilia) won the 125cc race by 6.7 seconds from Mika Kallio (KTM) who just managed to overhaul third-placed Sergio Gadea (Aprilia) as the pair broached the finish line. Bautista has now posted back-to-back wins in the first two races of the season. It was Gadea who made the early running in this 18-lap race until Bautista upped the pace by lap five, stealing the lead and then setting a fastest lap of 2m 8.591 seconds as he stretched away from the rest of the field.
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Second for Honda's Dovizioso
10 April 2006
Jorge Lorenzo (Aprilia) won a thrilling 250cc race from Andrea Dovizioso (Humangest Racing Honda RS250RW) after the pair pulled well clear of the field by mid-race distance. Roberto Locatelli (Aprilia) was a fine third after running off track in the early laps and fighting back into contention.
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