Repsol Honda

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Repsol Honda Team

2015 name	Repsol Honda Team
Base	Aalst, Belgium
Principal	Shuhei Nakamoto
Rider(s)	26. Dani Pedrosa 93. Marc Márquez
Motorcycle	Honda RC213V
Tyres	Michelin
Riders' Championships	13 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Mick Doohan 1999 Àlex Crivillé 2001, 2002, 2003 Valentino Rossi 2006 Nicky Hayden 2011 Casey Stoner 2013, 2014, 2016 Marc Márquez

Repsol Honda is the official factory team of Repsol S.A. and the Honda Racing Corporation in the MotoGP World Championship.

History

1990s

In 1995 the team entered a 3 rider lineup with Mick Doohan, Àlex Crivillé and Shinichi Ito riding the Honda NSR500. Doohan won the World Championship for the second time in a row in Argentina, with one race left for the end of the season with seven race wins, Crivillé finished the season fourth with one race win while Ito finished fifth overall. The team expanded to four riders in 1996; Doohan and Crivillé rode the NSR500 while Tadayuki Okada and Ito rode the Honda NSR500V. Doohan won his third World Championship with eight race wins and Crivillé finished runner-up with two wins. Okada finished seventh and Ito twelfth.

The four rider line-up continued in 1997 with Doohan, Crivillé and Okada on the NSR500 and Takuma Aoki on the NSR500V. Repsol Honda won all 15 races of the season with Doohan winning twelve races, and breaking Giacomo Agostini's record for victories in one season, on his way to his fourth World Championship. Okada finished runner-up with a race win, Crivillé finished fourth with two wins but had to miss five races after a serious crash at Assen while Aoki finished fifth overall. Repsol Honda riders took all of the podium positions at four events, in Japan, Spain, Germany and Indonesia.

For 1998, Doohan, Crivillé and Okada continued with the team riding the NSR500 and Sete Gibernau joined them riding the NSR500V. Doohan continued to dominate the championship with eight wins and was crowned World Champion for the fifth time in Australia, in front of his home fans and with one race left in the season. Crivillé finished third overall with two wins, while Okada had to miss three races after breaking his wrist during practice of the Italian Grand Prix and finished eighth overall. Gibernau finished eleventh.

The team line-up remained the same for 1999, with Doohan, Crivillé, Okada and Gibernau all returning. During qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix, Doohan had a serious crash and ultimately caused his retirement from the sport. Crivillé went on to win six races and clinch the World Championship in Rio de Janeiro with one race left in the season. Okada finished third overall with three race wins. Gibernau – who started the season on the NSR500V before replacing Doohan on the NSR500 – finished fifth overall. The team managed an all Repsol Honda riders podium at Catalunya with Crivillé first, Okada second and Gibernau third.

2000s

Crivillé, Okada and Gibernau remained with the team for 2000 all on NSR500 motorcycles. 2000 was a difficult year for the Repsol Honda Team, as Crivillé only got one win and finished ninth overall, Okada finished eleventh and Gibernau fifteenth. In 2001, Crivillé was joined by Tohru Ukawa. The season was not much better than 2000 as Crivillé could only manage two podiums and finished the season eighth, while Ukawa finished tenth with a single podium finish.

Valentino Rossi won three world titles with the team, in 2001, 2002 and 2003.

In 2002, the debut year of the new MotoGP class, Valentino Rossi joined the team alongside Ukawa riding the new Honda RC211V, the only two riders to use the new motorcycle until near the end of the season when Alex Barros and Daijiro Kato were also given the RC211V. Rossi dominated the season and with eleven race wins become World Champion with four races left for the end of the season. Ukawa with one victory and eight podium finishes, finished third overall. 2002 AMA Superbike Champion Nicky Hayden joined Rossi in 2003. Rossi with nine wins and finishing on the podium at all the races, became World Champion for the third time in a row with two races left in the season. Hayden finished fifth overall with two podium finishes.

Following Rossi's departure, Grand Prix veteran Alex Barros joined Hayden in 2004. Barros finished the season fourth and Hayden fifth. Both riders got podium finishes but no race wins. For 2005 Max Biaggi joined Hayden in the team's line-up. Hayden got his first MotoGP win in his home race, the United States Grand Prix, he finished third overall. Biaggi was fifth with four podiums.

For 2006, Hayden was joined by 250cc World Champion Dani Pedrosa. Hayden led the championship for most of the season but at the Portuguese Grand Prix, Pedrosa recklessly crashed into him. Both riders were out of the race and Rossi took the championship lead with one race left to go. In the last race of the season, Rossi fell off his motorcycle on lap 5 trying to make up for a poor start. Hayden had a conservative race finishing a safe 3rd and thus became World Champion. He got two race wins and eight other podium finishes. Pedrosa finished fifth with two race wins and five other podium finishes.

The same line-up remained for 2007. The team used the new 800cc Honda RC212V. The new motorcycle did not have the expected success right away but later in the season the motorycle was improved. Pedrosa got two race wins and finished the season runner up, while Hayden could only manage podium finishes and finished the season eighth overall. For 2008, Pedrosa and Hayden made up the rider line-up, with Mike Leitner and Pete Benson as Pedrosa and Hayden's chief mechanics, respectively, and Kazuhiko Yamano as team manager. During the season Pedrosa switched to Bridgestone tyres and a wall was placed between the garages of Pedrosa and Hayden to prevent observation of tyre data. A wall between the same team's garages was first instituted by Rossi at the beginning of the season between himself and his teammate on Michelins, Jorge Lorenzo.

For 2009, Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso were the team riders.

2010s

For 2010, the HRC Team Director was Kazuhiko Yamano, overseeing all operations including the factory teams and satellite teams. Toshiyuki Yamaji replaced Yamano as Team Manager and directed the entire Repsol Honda team. Alberto Puig was the Pedrosa Team Manager and Gianni Berti was the Dovizioso Team Manager. Shinichi Kokubu was the Grand Prix Technical Director, overseeing the six RC212V machines in MotoGP.

Casey Stoner racing for Repsol Honda at the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix.

For 2011, Shuhei Nakamoto was HRC Vice President and directed all Honda MotoGP teams. Shinichi Kokubu was Technical Director, and Livio Suppo was HRC Communication and Marketing Director. Pedrosa, Dovizioso and Casey Stoner were the team riders. The team also had sponsorship from PT Astra Honda Motor, through their One Heart. and Satu Hati. brands. For 2012, Pedrosa and Stoner were the team riders. For 2013, Pedrosa continued to ride for the team while Marc Márquez was his team-mate, with Suppo as the Team Principal. The team lost their One Heart. and Satu Hati. sponsorship.

In 2014, Márquez became the youngest rider to win ten successive races in MotoGP. The team's One Heart. and Satu Hati. sponsorship returned. For 2015, Pedrosa and Márquez remained with the team. Red Bull, a long term sponsor that was seen on the riders' helmets, became a main sponsor for the team.

MotoGP results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	Tyres	Riders	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Points	Pos.
2002	Honda RC211V	M		JPN	SAF	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	RIO	PAC	MAL	AUS	VAL			564	1st
			Valentino Rossi	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	Ret	1	1	2	2	1	2
			Tohru Ukawa	Ret	1	3	2	3	2	5		3	3	3	Ret	4	4	3	5
2003	Honda RC211V	M		JPN	SAF	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	RIO	PAC	MAL	AUS	VAL			487	1st
			Valentino Rossi	1	2	1	2	1	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
			Nicky Hayden	7	7	Ret	12	12	9	11	8	5	6	9	5	3	4	3	16
2004	Honda RC211V	M		SAF	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	RIO	GER	GBR	CZE	POR	JPN	QAT	MAL	AUS	VAL			282	4th
			Alex Barros	4	3	7	6	Ret	Ret	5	2	9	Ret	3	4	4	3	5	6
			Nicky Hayden	5	5	11	Ret	Ret	5	3	3	4	Ret		Ret	5	4	6	Ret
2005	Honda RC211V	M		ESP	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	USA	GBR	GER	CZE	JPN	MAL	QAT	AUS	TUR	VAL		379	2nd
			Max Biaggi	7	3	5	5	2	6	6	4	Ret	4	3	2	6	Ret	Ret	12	6
			Nicky Hayden	Ret	7	9	6	6	5	4	1	Ret	3	5	7	4	3	2	3	2
2006	Honda RC211V	M		ESP	QAT	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	USA	CZE	MAL	AUS	JPN	POR	VAL		467	1st
			Dani Pedrosa	2	6	14	1	3	4	Ret	3	1	4	2	3	3	15	7	Ret	4
			Nicky Hayden	3	2	3	2	5	3	2	1	7	3	1	9	4	5	5	Ret	3
2007	Honda RC212V	M		QAT	ESP	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	USA	CZE	SMR	POR	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	369	2nd
			Dani Pedrosa	3	2	Ret	4	4	2	3	8	4	1	5	4	Ret	2	Ret	4	3	1
			Nicky Hayden	8	7	7	12	Ret	10	11	17	3	3	Ret	3	13	4	9	Ret	9	8
2008	Honda RC212V			QAT	ESP	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	USA	CZE	SMR	IND	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	404	2nd
		B	Dani Pedrosa														8	3	Ret	2	2
		M		3	1	2	2	4	3	1	3	2	Ret		15	4
			Nicky Hayden	10	4	Ret	6	8	13	8	7	4	13	5		DNS	2	5	3	4	5
			Tadayuki Okada						14
2009	Honda RC212V	B		QAT	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	USA	GER	GBR	CZE	IND	SMR	POR	AUS	MAL	VAL		394	2nd
			Dani Pedrosa	11	3	2	3	Ret	6	Ret	1	3	9	2	10	3	3	3	2	1
			Andrea Dovizioso	5	5	8	4	4	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	4	4	4	7	6	Ret	8
2010	Honda RC212V	B		QAT	ESP	FRA	ITA	GBR	NED	CAT	GER	USA	CZE	IND	SMR	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	POR	VAL	451	2nd
			Dani Pedrosa	7	2	5	1	8	2	2	1	Ret	2	1	1	2	DNS		DNS	8	7
			Andrea Dovizioso	3	6	3	3	2	5	14	5	4	Ret	5	4	Ret	2	2	Ret	3	5
2011	Honda RC212V	B		QAT	ESP	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	ITA	GER	USA	CZE	IND	SMR	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	682	1st
			Casey Stoner	1	Ret	3	1	1	1	2	3	3	1	1	1	3	1	3	1	C	1
			Dani Pedrosa	3	2	1	Ret				8	1	3	Ret	2	2	2	1	4	C	5
			Andrea Dovizioso	4	12	4	2	4	2	3	2	4	5	2	5	5	Ret	5	3	C	3
			Hiroshi Aoyama							8
			Shinichi Ito															13
2012	Honda RC213V	B		QAT	ESP	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA	IND	CZE	SMR	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	VAL	603	1st
			Casey Stoner	3	1	1	3	4	2	1	Ret	8	1	4				5	3	1	3
			Dani Pedrosa	2	3	3	4	2	3	2	1	2	3	1	1	Ret	1	1	1	Ret	1
			Jonathan Rea													8	7
2013	Honda RC213V	B		QAT	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	USA	IND	CZE	GBR	SMR	ARA	MAL	AUS	JPN	VAL	634	1st
			Marc Márquez	3	1	2	3	Ret	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	DSQ	2	3
			Dani Pedrosa	4	2	1	1	2	2	4	DNS	5	2	2	3	3	Ret	1	2	3	2
2014	Honda RC213V	B		QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	SMR	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	608	1st
			Marc Márquez	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	15	13	2	Ret	1	1
			Dani Pedrosa	3	2	2	3	5	4	3	3	2	4	1	4	3	14	4	Ret	Ret	3
2015	Honda RC213V	B		QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	SMR	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	453	2nd
			Marc Márquez	5	1	Ret	2	4	Ret	Ret	2	1	1	2	Ret	1	Ret	4	1	Ret	2
			Dani Pedrosa	6				16	4	3	8	2	4	5	5	9	2	1	5	1	3
			Hiroshi Aoyama		11	Ret	Ret
2016	Honda RC213V	M		QAT	ARG	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	AUT	CZE	GBR	SMR	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	454	2nd
			Marc Márquez	3	1	1	3	13	2	2	2	1	5	3	4	4	1	1	Ret	11	2
			Dani Pedrosa	5	3	Ret	4	4	4	3	12	6	7	12	5	1	6	DNS			Ret
			Hiroshi Aoyama															15		16
			Nicky Hayden																17

* Season still in progress.

External links

• http://world.honda.com/MotoGP Official Honda website for motorcycle grand prix teams
• http://world.honda.com/HRC/repsolhondateam/index.html