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Honda Racing Motorcycle efforts in 06 |
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Written by Moto Hero
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Tuesday, 21 February 2006 |
FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix
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 In the MotoGP class of the Road Race World Championship Grand Prix (WGP), Honda plans to race six RC211V MotoGP machines and to supply engines to one team, with the aim of capturing both the riders’ and the manufacturers’ titles. Dani Pedrosa, who moves up to the MotoGP class this year after winning consecutive WGP 250cc class championships in 2004 and 2005, joins the works team of Repsol Honda Team, competing alongside Nicky Hayden, now in his fourth year as a MotoGP class rider.
Team,Rider
Repsol Honda Team
#26 Dani Pedrosa (Age 20, Spain)
#69 Nicky Hayden (Age 24, USA)
Fortuna Honda
#24 Toni Elias (Age 22, Spain)
#33 Marco Melandri (Age 23, Italy)
JiR Konica Minolta Honda Team
#6 Makoto Tamada (Age 29, Japan)
Honda LCR
#27 Casey Stoner (Age 20, Australia)
(Engine supply)
Team Roberts
#10 Kenny Roberts Jr. (Age 32, USA)
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In the 250cc class, Honda will field four riders and two teams with the RS250RW. Shuhei Aoyama, last year’s All-Japan Championship GP250cc class champion, will participate as the third recipient1 of the Honda Racing Scholarship, started in 2004 to foster young Japanese riders. First recipient Hiroshi Aoyama, second recipient Yuki Takahashi
Team ,Rider
Repsol Honda Team 250
#19 Sebastian Porto (Age 27, Argentina)
#73 Shuhei Aoyama (Age 21, Japan)
Humangest Racing Team
#34 Andrea Dovizioso (Age 19, Italy)
#55 Yuki Takahashi (Age 21, Japan)
MFJ All-Japan Road Race Championship Series
Honda’s participation in this year’s All-Japan Road Race Championship Series, where it captured the series titles in four classes last year for the second year in a row, will be centered on teams run by Honda dealerships and supported by Honda Motorcycle Japan. The teams will be vying to recapture the series championships in their respective categories, running a CBR1000RR in the JSB1000 class, a CBR600RR in the ST600 class, a RS250R in the GP250 class, and a RS125R in the GP125 class.
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Main Honda teams and their participating riders have been announced by Honda Motorcycle Japan on January 18.
The Supersport World Championship Series will be supported by Honda Europe Motorcycle S.R.L., which will deploy four Honda CBR600RRs in an effort to score double titles for the fourth consecutive year.
Team , Rider
Winston Ten Kate Honda
#16 Sebastien Charpentier (Age 33, France)
#54 Kenan Sofuoglu (Age 23, Turkey)
Megabike Honda Team
#3 Katsuaki Fujiwara (Age 30, Japan)
#32 Yoann Tiberio (Age 19, France)
British Superbike Championship
Due to the success of such riders as Ryuichi Kiyonari, who advanced to the No. 2 spot in the rankings with most season wins, Honda captured the manufacturer’s title in the British Superbike (BSB) last year. Honda plans to race two CBR1000RRKs, with the aim of capturing a double title in both the rider’s and the manufacturer’s categories.
Team ,Rider
HM Plant Honda Racing
#2 Ryuichi Kiyonari (Age 23, Japan)
#9 Karl Harris (Age 26, UK)
Whats interesting here is that they state nothing about AMA racing efforts.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 21 February 2006 )
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