WorldSBK is about to get more interesting this year as HRC unveils the 2020 Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP for their factory squad. Enveloped in HRC’s iconic tri-colour scheme, the race bikes were presented in Japan together with their star riders, Alvaro Bautista and Leon Haslam.
HRC (Honda Racing Corporation) is serious about keeping their star rider, Marc Marquez, tied with them for a very long time as the 2019 World Champion inked a four-year contract extension to race for the Honda factory squad. This means that we will see Marc Marquez on board the Honda RC213V until the end of 2024! (more…)
Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) hopes to find out more from Jorge Lorenzo about the how the Ducati compares to the Honda RC213V.
HRC Technical Manager Takeo Yokoyama said that he is curious about the Ducati’s strong points when Lorenzo joins the Japanese team from next season.
Repsol Honda factory team rider Marc Marquez is on the way to sealing his fifth MotoGP title, but it doesn’t discount the fact that the Desmosedici GP18 is considered the best all-round bike. It took six victories so far, three each for Lorenzo and his teammate Andrea Dovizioso.
“He (Lorenzo) is a champion, he has ridden many different bikes in the past and he has been always fast. So, I think he can adapt to our bike,” Yokoyama told MotoGP.com.
“I’m really curious to hear about Ducati’s strong points, what is Honda’s strong points – because that’s what he will say.”
Yokoyama continues, “We will not make a completely different bike. We will not make a bike ‘to the right’ for Marc and ‘to the left’ for Jorge. But slightly different is no problem for us.
However, Lorenzo prefers a stable motorcycle especially during corner entry as he rides the traditional “long arc” style, rather than “point and shoot” like Marquez.
“Maybe one of the things that I’m a little worried he would struggle with is the stability of the bike (Honda). I think you can see from TV that the Honda is many times shaking, dancing, jumping,” admits Yokoyama.
“Probably, he’s not the guy who likes to fight with the unstable bike and from our side I guess we need to make the bike a little more stable than we have now. But also from his side, maybe he needs to adapt to a little more unstable bike.
“If we can do this, and if he can do this, I think we will be successful.”
Lorenzo will get his first taste of the Honda in November during the Valencia post-race test.
MotoGP rider Cal Crutchlow has signed a new two-year agreement with HRC just a few days before the next round at the Dutch GP in Assen earlier today. The two-year extension to remain with his current LCR Honda squad will see him being promoted as a factory rider which is fully supported by Honda Racing Corporation. (more…)
Honda telah menganjurkan konvoi serantau buat pertama kali meningkatkan kehadiran mereka dalam pasaran motorsikal berkuasa tinggi di Asia. Konvoi ini telah dinamakan Honda Asian Journey 2016.
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