Repsol backs three-rider Honda team

From Honda Racing

HRC (Honda Racing Corporation) has announced the extension of the long-standing partnership with Repsol as title sponsor of its factory MotoGP team for another two seasons.

In addition, HRC has confirmed that the Repsol Honda Team will race with three riders next year, just as it did when Repsol and Honda first joined forces in 1995.

Dani Pedrosa, Andrea Dovizioso and Casey Stoner will form the factory Honda team line-up in 2011, evoking memories of the mid nineties, when Mick Doohan, Alex Criville and Shinichi Ito first rode in Repsol Honda colours.

The new deal with Repsol extends the Repsol Honda Team partnership, which has resulted in eight riders World Championships, 90 race victories and 252 podium finishes.

“We are delighted to announce that our valued partners at Repsol will once again join us in our quest for the MotoGP World Championship next year," said HRC president Tetsuo Suzuki. "Honda’s partnership with Repsol has been long and successful and we are very proud to be together again for this challenge into the future.

"We are also very pleased to expand the Repsol Honda Team to once again include three riders next year. Our current riders Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso will be joined by Casey Stoner, all racing in Repsol Honda colours to form a truly formidable line-up that we believe can fight for victory at every race and achieve our joint goals: recapturing all three MotoGP World Championship titles.”