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Honda Announces Plans for 2019 Motorcycle Motorsports Activities

Honda Announces Plans for 2019 Motorcycle Motorsports Activities

On November 6, 2018 (local time), Honda announced plans for its participation in motorcycle motorsports world championship racing activities for the 2019 season, at EICMA 2018 in

Milan, Italy.

In 2019, Honda will continue to compete in the premier classes of motorcycle road racing, Motocross and Trial world championships and the Dakar Rally 2019, with Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) factory teams*1 aiming to win the titles in each category.

In the FIM*2 Road Racing World Championship Series MotoGP class, five-time champion and 2018 winner Marc Marquez will be joined by Jorge Lorenzo to race for Repsol Honda Team. In the FIM Motocross World Championship Series MXGP class, 2016 champion Tim Gajser and Brian Bogers will continue to represent Team HRC.

In the FIM Trial World Championship Series TrialGP class, twelve-time consecutive winner Toni Bou and Takahisa Fujinami in his 24th year in the championship will once again race for Repsol Honda Team.

In the Dakar Rally 2019, Kevin Benavides, Joan Barreda, Paulo Goncalves, Ricky Brabec and Jose Ignacio Cornejo will represent Monster Energy Honda Team. 

In addition to Honda’s factory teams, major Honda teams will compete in major world championship in 2019.

In the FIM Superbike World Championship Series, HRC will support the team operated by Althea Racing and Moriwaki Engineering with Leon Camier and Ryuichi Kiyonari as their riders.

In the FIM Endurance World Championship series, 2017-2018 winners F.C.C. TSR Honda France will continue to be represented by Freddy Foray and Josh Hook, with Mike Di Meglio also joining the team. Last season’s overall third-place team, Honda Endurance Racing, will continue their quest to win the EWC title.

In the 450SX class of the AMA*3 SuperCross World Championship Series held mainly in North America, American Honda’s factory team, Team Honda HRC, will continue with Ken Roczen and Cole Seely.

Racing is Honda’s driving force, and through competing in various races, hones its technologies and its people. The racing spirit and technologies gained are part of many Honda products. Honda will continue to realize “The Power of Dreams” with its customers, in its products, services and racing activities.

*1 Factory teams: Teams operated by motorcycle manufacturers

*2 FIM: Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme

*3 AMA: American Motorcyclist Association

 

Honda’s 2019 Participation in Motorcycle World Championship Racing

 

◆FIM Road Racing World Championship Series (MotoGP)

 

<MotoGP Class>

Team

Machine

No.

Rider

Age

Nationality

2018 results

Repsol Honda Team

★*4

RC213V

★*4

93

Marc Márquez

★*4

25

Spain

MotoGP Champion

99

Jorge Lorenzo ★

31

Spain

MotoGP

10th

(as of Nov. 6)

LCR Honda CASTROL

35

Cal Crutchlow ★

33

U.K.

MotoGP

7th

(as of Nov. 6)

LCR Honda IDEMITSU

30

Takaaki Nakagami ★

26

Japan

MotoGP

20th

(as of Nov. 6)

*4 Team ★ indicates factory team, machine ★ indicates factory bike, rider ★ indicates HRC rider 

<Moto3 Class>

Team

Machine

No.

Rider

Age

Nationality

2018 results

Team Estrella Galicia 0,0

NSF250RW

TBA

Sergio García

15

Spain

CEV Moto3

5th

(as of Nov. 6)

72

Alonso López

16

Spain

Moto3

23rd

(as of Nov. 6)

Leopard Racing

42

Marcos Ramirez

20

Spain

Moto3

10th

(as of Nov. 6)

48

Lorenzo Dalla Porta

21

Italy

Moto3

5th

(as of Nov. 6)

Team KÖMMERLING Gresini Moto3

19

Gabriel Rodrigo

22

Argentina

Moto3

7th

(as of Nov. 6)

TBA

Riccardo Rossi

16

Italy

CEV Moto3

14th

(as of Nov. 6)

Marinelli Snipers Team

14

Tony Arbolino

18

Italy

Moto3

18th

(as of Nov. 6)

76

Makar Yurchenko

20

Kazakhstan

Moto3

28th

(as of Nov. 6)

PETRONAS Sprinta Racing

71

Ayumu Sasaki

18

Japan

Moto3

21st

(as of Nov. 6)

17

John Mcphee

24

U.K.

Moto3

14th

(as of Nov. 6)

Honda Team Asia

27

Kaito Toba

18

Japan

Moto3

22nd

(as of Nov. 6)

TBA

Ai Ogura

17

Japan

CEV Moto3

6th

(as of Nov. 6)

SIC58 Squadra Corse

23

Niccolò Antonelli

22

Italy

Moto3

15th

(as of Nov. 6)

24

Tatsuki Suzuki

21

Japan

Moto3

12th

(as of Nov. 6)

◆ FIM Motocross World Championship Series (MXGP)

 

<MXGP: 450cc Class>

Team

Machine

No.

Rider

Age

Nationality

2018 results

Team HRC ★

CRF450RW ★

243

Tim Gajser ★

22

Slovenia

MXGP

4th

5

Brian Bogers ★

22

Netherlands

MXGP

37th

 

<MX2: 250cc Class>

Team

Machine

No.

Rider

Age

Nationality

2018 results

Team HRC ★

CRF250RW ★

10

Calvin Vlaanderen ★

22

South

Africa

MX2

6th

 

◆ FIM Trial World Championship Series (TrialGP)

 

Team

Machine

No.

Rider

Age

Nationality

2018 results

Repsol Honda Team ★

COTA4RT ★

1

Toni Bou ★

32

Spain

TrialGP Champion

6

Takahisa Fujinami ★

38

Japan

TrialGP 6th

 

◆ The Dakar 2019

 

Team

Machine

No.

Rider

Age

Nationality

2018 results

Monster Energy Honda Team

CRF450

RALLY

47

Kevin Benavides

29

Argentina

Dakar 2018

2nd

5

Joan Barreda

35

Spain

Dakar 2018

Entry

2

Paulo Goncalves

39

Portugal

Cross-Country Rally World

Championship 4th

15

Ricky Brabec

27

U.S.A.

Dakar 2018

Entry

10

José Ignacio Cornejo

24

Chile

Dakar 2018

10th

◆ FIM Superbike World Championship Series (WSBK)

 

Team

Machine

No.

Rider

Age

Nationality

2018 results

TBA

CBR1000RR SP2

TBA

Leon Camier ★

32

U.K.

WSBK

12th

TBA

Ryuichi Kiyonari ★

36

Japan

JRR*5JSB1000 8th

*5 All Japan Road Race Championship series

 

◆FIM Endurance World Championship Series (EWC)

 

Team

Machine

No.

Rider

Age

Nationality

2018 results

F.C.C. TSR Honda France

CBR1000RR

SP2

1

Freddy Foray

34

France

EWC

Champions

Josh Hook

25

Australia

EWC

Champions

Mike Di Meglio

30

France

EWC

2nd

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honda Endurance Racing Team

 

111

TBA

-

-

-

 

◆AMA SuperCross World Championship Series (SX)

 

<450SX: 450cc Class>

Team

Machine

No.

Rider

Age

Nationality

2018 results

Team Honda HRC

CRF450R

94

Ken Roczen

24

Germany

450SX

18th

14

Cole Seely

28

U.S.A.

450SX

17th

 

 

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