Repsol Honda


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

History

1990s

In 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 ; 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 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, 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, 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 all on NSR500 motorcycles. 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, Crivillé was joined by Tohru Ukawa. The season was not much better than as Crivillé could only manage two podiums and finished the season eighth, while Ukawa finished tenth with a single podium finish.
won two world titles with the team, in and.
In, 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. 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. Barros finished the season fourth with four podiums and Hayden fifth with two podiums. Both riders got podium finishes but no race wins. For 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, 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. 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 motorcycle 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, 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, Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso were the team riders.

2010s

For, 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.
racing for Repsol Honda at the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix.
For, 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, Pedrosa and Stoner were the team riders. For, 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, Márquez became the youngest rider to win ten successive races in MotoGP. The team's One Heart. and Satu Hati. sponsorship returned. For, 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.
Jorge Lorenzo signed a two-year deal with Repsol Honda to be a factory rider until the end of 2020 season although he retired at the end of 2019 to be replaced by Alex Márquez. He replaced Dani Pedrosa that retired from 2018 MotoGP season, who signed with KTM for a test rider role in the succeeding years.

MotoGP results

YearBikeTyresNo.Riders12345678910111213141516171819PointsPos.
Honda RC211VJPNSAFESPFRAITACATNEDGBRGERCZEPORRIOPACMALAUSVAL5641st
Honda RC211V11 Tohru UkawaRet132325WD333Ret44355641st
Honda RC211V46 Valentino Rossi121111111Ret1122125641st
Honda RC211VJPNSAFESPFRAITACATNEDGBRGERCZEPORRIOPACMALAUSVAL4871st
Honda RC211V46 Valentino Rossi12121233211121114871st
Honda RC211V69 Nicky Hayden77Ret121291185695343164871st
Honda RC211VSAFESPFRAITACATNEDRIOGERGBRCZEPORJPNQATMALAUSVAL2824th
Honda RC211V4 Alex Barros4376RetRet529Ret3443562824th
Honda RC211V69 Nicky Hayden5511RetRet5334RetRet546Ret2824th
Honda RC211VESPPORCHNFRAITACATNEDUSAGBRGERCZEJPNMALQATAUSTURVAL3792nd
Honda RC211V3 Max Biaggi73552664Ret4326RetRet1263792nd
Honda RC211V69 Nicky HaydenRet7966541Ret357432323792nd
Honda RC211VESPQATTURCHNFRAITACATNEDGBRGERUSACZEMALAUSJPNPORVAL4671st
Honda RC211V26 Dani Pedrosa2614134Ret314233157Ret44671st
Honda RC211V69 Nicky Hayden323253217319455Ret34671st
Honda RC212VQATESPTURCHNFRAITACATGBRNEDGERUSACZESMRPORJPNAUSMALVAL3692nd
Honda RC212V1 Nicky Hayden87712Ret10111733Ret31349Ret983692nd
Honda RC212V26 Dani Pedrosa32Ret442384154Ret2Ret4313692nd
Honda RC212VQATESPPORCHNFRAITACATGBRNEDGERUSACZESMRINDJPNAUSMALVAL4042nd
Honda RC212V2 Dani Pedrosa83Ret224042nd
Honda RC212V2 Dani Pedrosa312243132RetWD1544042nd
Honda RC212V69 Nicky Hayden104Ret6813874135DNS253454042nd
Honda RC212V8 Tadayuki Okada144042nd
Honda RC212VQATJPNESPFRAITACATNEDUSAGERGBRCZEINDSMRPORAUSMALVAL3942nd
Honda RC212V3 Dani Pedrosa11323Ret6Ret139210333213942nd
Honda RC212V4 Andrea Dovizioso558444RetRetRet144476Ret83942nd
Honda RC212VQATESPFRAITAGBRNEDCATGERUSACZEINDSMRARAJPNMALAUSPORVAL4512nd
Honda RC212V4 Andrea Dovizioso3633251454Ret54Ret22Ret354512nd
Honda RC212V26 Dani Pedrosa72518221Ret2112DNSDNS874512nd
Honda RC212VQATESPPORFRACATGBRNEDITAGERUSACZEINDSMRARAJPNAUSMALVAL6821st
Honda RC212V4 Andrea Dovizioso41242423245255Ret53C36821st
Honda RC212V26 Dani Pedrosa321Ret813Ret22214C56821st
Honda RC212V27 Casey Stoner1Ret31112331113131C16821st
Honda RC212V7 Hiroshi Aoyama86821st
Honda RC212V72 Shinichi Ito136821st
Honda RC213VQATESPPORFRACATGBRNEDGERITAUSAINDCZERSMARAJPNMALAUSVAL6031st
Honda RC213V1 Casey Stoner3113421Ret81453136031st
Honda RC213V26 Dani Pedrosa233423212311Ret111Ret16031st
Honda RC213V56 Jonathan Rea876031st
Honda RC213VQATAMEESPFRAITACATNEDGERUSAINDCZEGBRRSMARAMALAUSJPNVAL6341st
Honda RC213V26 Dani Pedrosa4211224DNS52233Ret12326341st
Honda RC213V93 Marc Márquez3123Ret3211112212DSQ236341st
Honda RC213VQATAMEARGESPFRAITACATNEDGERINDCZEGBRRSMARAJPNAUSMALVAL6081st
Honda RC213V26 Dani Pedrosa3223543324143144RetRet36081st
Honda RC213V93 Marc Márquez11111111114115132Ret116081st
Honda RC213VQATAMEARGESPFRAITACATNEDGERINDCZEGBRRSMARAJPNAUSMALVAL4532nd
Honda RC213V26 Dani Pedrosa61643824559215134532nd
Honda RC213V93 Marc Márquez51Ret24RetRet2112Ret1Ret41Ret24532nd
Honda RC213V7 Hiroshi Aoyama11RetRet4532nd
Honda RC213VQATARGAMEESPFRAITACATNEDGERAUTCZEGBRRSMARAJPNAUSMALVAL4542nd
Honda RC213V26 Dani Pedrosa53Ret4443126712516DNSRet4542nd
Honda RC213V93 Marc Márquez3113132221534411Ret1124542nd
Honda RC213V73 Hiroshi Aoyama154542nd
Honda RC213V7 Hiroshi Aoyama164542nd
Honda RC213V69 Nicky Hayden174542nd
Honda RC213VQATARGAMEESPFRAITACATNEDGERCZEAUTGBRRSMARAJPNAUSMALVAL5081st
Honda RC213V26 Dani Pedrosa5Ret313Ret3133237142Ret12515081st
Honda RC213V93 Marc Márquez4Ret12Ret623112Ret112143-5081st
Honda RC213VQATARGAMEESPFRAITACATNEDGERCZEAUTGBRRSMARATHAJPNAUSMALVAL4381st
Honda RC213V26 Dani Pedrosa7Ret7Ret5Ret515887C65Ret8Ret554381st
Honda RC213V93 Marc Márquez2181111621132C2111Ret1Ret4381st
Honda RC213VQATARGAMEESPFRAITACATNEDGERCZEAUTGBRRSMARATHAJPNAUSMALVAL4581st
Honda RC213V93 Marc Márquez21Ret11212112211111214581st
Honda RC213V99 Jorge Lorenzo1312Ret121113RetDNS14142018171614134581st
Honda RC213V6 Stefan Bradl1015134581st
Honda RC213VQATESPALUCZEAUTSTYRSMERMCATFRAARATEREURVALTHAAMEARGMAL
Honda RC213V93 Marc Márquez
Honda RC213V73 Álex Márquez
Honda RC213V-----------------------