Repsol Honda

Repsol Honda is the official factory team of the Honda Racing Corporation in the MotoGP class of Grand Prix motorcycle racing (World Championship road racing), backed by principal sponsor Repsol.

Repsol Honda Team
2024 nameRepsol Honda Team
PrincipalAlberto Puig
Rider(s)10. Luca Marini
36. Joan Mir
MotorcycleHonda NSR500
Honda NSR500V
Honda RC211V
Honda RC212V
Honda RC213V
TyresMichelin
Riders' Championships19
1983, 1985 - Freddie Spencer
1987 - Wayne Gardner
1994, 1995, 1996,
1997, 1998 - Mick Doohan
1999 - Àlex Crivillé
2002, 2003 - Valentino Rossi
2006 - Nicky Hayden
2011 - Casey Stoner
2013, 2014, 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019 - Marc Márquez
Teams' Championships10
2002, 2003, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019

History

1990s

In 1995 the team entered a three 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 two world titles with the team, in 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 with four podiums and Hayden eighth with two podiums. 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 six 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 motorcycle was improved. Pedrosa got two race wins and finished the season runner up, while Hayden could only manage three 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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3] 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, riding the Honda RC213V. 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.

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.[4] He replaced Dani Pedrosa, who retired following the 2018 MotoGP season and signed with KTM for a test rider role in the succeeding years.[5][6]

2020s

Alex Márquez replaced Jorge Lorenzo who retired at the end of 2019. Alex Marquez moved up to MotoGP after becoming the Moto2 World Champion in the 2019 season. Marc Márquez remained for the 2020 season after he signed a contract with Repsol Honda till the end of the 2024 season, but Marquez was replaced by Stefan Bradl after he sustained an injury to his right arm in the 2020 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix. Alex Márquez finished on the podium twice in 2020, scoring two second-place finishes in the 2020 French motorcycle Grand Prix and the 2020 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix.

Marc Márquez returned to Repsol Honda for 2021 after not competing in the 2020 season due to an injury. Pol Espargaró also signed for the season after leaving Red Bull KTM Factory Racing at the end of 2020. In 2023, Pol Espargaró was replaced by 2020 MotoGP World Champion Joan Mir. For 2024, after 11 season together, Marc Marquez left the team a year early to race with Gresini Racing. Luca Marini and Joan Mir are the team riders.

Grand Prix motorcycle results

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

YearBikeNo.RidersRaceRider's standingsManufacturers standings
12345678910111213141516PtsPosPtsPos
1995Honda NSR500MALAUSJPNESPGERITANEDFRAGBRCZERIOARGEUR
1 Mick Doohan112RetRet111122142481st3011st
6 Àlex Crivillé33Ret3452Ret366411664th
7 Shinichi Ito107Ret834846510921275th
1996Honda NSR500MALINAJPNESPITAFRANEDGERGBRAUTCZEIMOCATRIOAUS
1 Mick Doohan5161111212212183091st3651st
4 Àlex CrivilléRet42Ret222321123262452nd
Honda NSR500V6 Tadayuki OkadaRetRet437Ret137411735821327th
41 Shinichi ItoRet131198Ret10910Ret10961197712th
1997Honda NSR500MALJPNESPITAAUTFRANEDIMOGERRIOGBRCZECATINAAUS
1 Mick Doohan11211111111112Ret3401st3751st
2 Àlex Crivillé221454DNS43311724th
7 Tadayuki Okada1033Ret23125222Ret6141972nd
Honda NSR500V24 Takuma Aoki544RetRet5Ret33DNS1067721345th
1998Honda NSR500JPNMALESPITAFRAMADNEDGBRGERCZEIMOCATAUSARG
1 Mick DoohanRet1212Ret121Ret11112601st3451st
2 Tadayuki Okada2Ret7DNQ8472921068th
4 Àlex Crivillé44131564322Ret3Ret1983rd
Honda NSR500V15 Sete Gibernau10Ret1214103RetRetRet684Ret97211th
1999Honda NSR500MALJPNESPFRAITACATNEDGBRGERCZEIMOVALAUSRSARIOAUS
1 Mick Doohan42DNS3317th3381st
3 Àlex Crivillé341111Ret1221Ret53652671st
8 Tadayuki Okada515493212Ret144147Ret2113rd
15 Sete Gibernau33DNS91010962561655th
Honda NSR500V105346
2000Honda NSR500RSAMALJPNESPFRAITACATNEDGBRGERCZEPORVALRIOPACAUS
1 Àlex Crivillé5Ret641RetRet27Ret76Ret116Ret1229th3112nd
5 Sete GibernauRet7RetRet1510Ret711106Ret8712Ret7215th
8 Tadayuki OkadaRet631014815111051079910910711th
2001Honda NSR500JPNRSAESPFRAITACATNEDGBRGERCZEPORVALPACAUSMALRIO
11 Tohru UkawaRet35Ret77816Ret5Ret6555Ret10710th3671st
28 Àlex Crivillé9635411Ret7DNS2RetRet1111671208th

MotoGP results

By rider

YearClassTeam nameBikeRidersRacesWinsPodiumsPolesF. lapsPointsPos.
2022MotoGPRepsol Honda TeamHonda RC213V Stefan Bradl70000226th
Pol Espargaro1901005616th
Marc Márquez12011011313th
2023MotoGPRepsol Honda TeamHonda RC213V Stefan Bradl100000 (8)26th
Joan Mir1500002622nd
Iker Lecuona20000030th
Marc Márquez1501109614th
2024MotoGPRepsol Honda TeamHonda RC213V Luca Marini700000*23rd*
Joan Mir7000013*18th*

By year

YearBikeTyresNo.RidersRaceRider's standingsTeam standingsManufacturers standings
1234567891011121314151617PtsPosPtsPosPtsPos
2002Honda RC211VMJPNSAFESPFRAITACATNEDGBRGERCZEPORRIOPACMALAUSVAL
11 Tohru UkawaRet132325WD333Ret44352093rd5641st3901st
46 Valentino Rossi121111111Ret1122123551st
2003Honda RC211VMJPNSAFESPFRAITACATNEDGBRGERCZEPORRIOPACMALAUSVAL
46 Valentino Rossi12121233211121113571st4871st3951st
69 Nicky Hayden77Ret121291185695343161305th
2004Honda RC211VMSAFESPFRAITACATNEDRIOGERGBRCZEPORJPNQATMALAUSVAL
4 Alex Barros4376RetRet529Ret3443561654th2824th3551st
69 Nicky Hayden5511RetRet5334RetRet546Ret1178th
2005Honda RC211VMESPPORCHNFRAITACATNEDUSAGBRGERCZEJPNMALQATAUSTURVAL
3 Max Biaggi73552664Ret4326RetRet1261735th3792nd3412nd
69 Nicky HaydenRet7966541Ret357432322063rd
2006Honda RC211VMESPQATTURCHNFRAITACATNEDGBRGERUSACZEMALAUSJPNPORVAL
26 Dani Pedrosa2614134Ret314233157Ret42155th4671st3601st
69 Nicky Hayden323253217319455Ret32521st
YearBikeTyresNo.RidersRaceRider's standingsTeam standingsManufacturers standings
123456789101112131415161718PtsPosPtsPosPtsPos
2007Honda RC212VMQATESPTURCHNFRAITACATGBRNEDGERUSACZESMRPORJPNAUSMALVAL
1 Nicky Hayden87712Ret10111733Ret31349Ret981278th3692nd3132nd
26 Dani Pedrosa32Ret442384154Ret2Ret4312422nd
2008Honda RC212VQATESPPORCHNFRAITACATGBRNEDGERUSACZESMRINDJPNAUSMALVAL
B2 Dani Pedrosa83Ret222493rd4042nd3153rd
M2312243132RetWD154
69 Nicky Hayden104Ret6813874135DNS253451556th
8 Tadayuki Okada14221st
2009Honda RC212VBQATJPNESPFRAITACATNEDUSAGERGBRCZEINDSMRPORAUSMALVAL
3 Dani Pedrosa11323Ret6Ret139210333212343rd3942nd2972nd
4 Andrea Dovizioso558444RetRetRet144476Ret81606th
2010Honda RC212VBQATESPFRAITAGBRNEDCATGERUSACZEINDSMRARAJPNMALAUSPORVAL
4 Andrea Dovizioso3633251454Ret54Ret22Ret352065th4512nd3422nd
26 Dani Pedrosa72518221Ret2112DNSDNS872452nd
2011Honda RC212VBQATESPPORFRACATGBRNEDITAGERUSACZEINDSMRARAJPNAUSMALVAL
4 Andrea Dovizioso41242423245255Ret53C32283rd5281st4051st
7 Hiroshi Aoyama88 (98)[a]10th
26 Dani Pedrosa321Ret813Ret22214C52194th
27 Casey Stoner1Ret31112331113131C13501st
YearBikeTyresNo.RidersRaceRider's standingsTeam standingsManufacturers standings
1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPosPtsPosPtsPos
2012Honda RC213VBQATESPPORFRACATGBRNEDGERITAUSAINDCZERSMARAJPNMALAUSVAL
1 Casey Stoner3113421Ret81453132543rd6031st4121st
26 Dani Pedrosa233423212311Ret111Ret13322nd
56 Jonathan Rea871721st
2013Honda RC213VBQATAMEESPFRAITACATNEDGERUSAINDCZEGBRRSMARAMALAUSJPNVAL
26 Dani Pedrosa4211224DNS52233Ret12323003rd6341st3891st
93 Marc Márquez3123Ret3211112212DSQ233341st
2014Honda RC213VBQATAMEARGESPFRAITACATNEDGERINDCZEGBRRSMARAJPNAUSMALVAL
26 Dani Pedrosa3223543324143144RetRet32464th6081st4091st
93 Marc Márquez11111111114115132Ret113621st
2015Honda RC213VBQATAMEARGESPFRAITACATNEDGERINDCZEGBRRSMARAJPNAUSMALVAL
7 Hiroshi Aoyama11RetRet525th4532nd3552nd
26 Dani Pedrosa61643824559215132064th
93 Marc Márquez51Ret24RetRet2112Ret1Ret41Ret22423rd
2016Honda RC213VMQATARGAMEESPFRAITACATNEDGERAUTCZEGBRRSMARAJPNAUSMALVAL
7 Hiroshi Aoyama16125th4542nd3691st
7315
26 Dani Pedrosa53Ret4443126712516DNSRet1556th
69 Nicky Hayden170 (1)[a]26th
93 Marc Márquez3113132221534411Ret1122981st
2017Honda RC213VMQATARGAMEESPFRAITACATNEDGERCZEAUTGBRRSMARAJPNAUSMALVAL
26 Dani Pedrosa5Ret313Ret3133237142Ret12512104th5081st3571st
93 Marc Márquez4Ret12Ret623112Ret1121432981st
2018Honda RC213VMQATARGAMEESPFRAITACATNEDGERCZEAUTGBRRSMARATHAJPNAUSMALVAL
26 Dani Pedrosa7Ret7Ret5Ret515887C65Ret8Ret5511711th4381st3751st
93 Marc Márquez2181111621132C2111Ret1Ret3211st
2019Honda RC213VMQATARGAMEESPFRAITACATNEDGERCZEAUTGBRRSMARATHAJPNAUSMALVAL
6 Stefan Bradl10151310 (16)[a]21st4581st4261st
93 Marc Márquez21Ret11212112211111214201st
99 Jorge Lorenzo1312Ret121113RetDNS14142018171614132819th
2020Honda RC213VMSPAANCCZEAUTSTYRSMEMICATFRAARATEREURVALPOR
6 Stefan Bradl18171818DNS1781712121472719th1019th1445th
73 Álex Márquez1281514161771322RetRet1697414th
93 Marc MárquezRetDNS0NC
2021Honda RC213VMQATDOHPORSPAFRAITACATGERNEDSTYAUTGBRARARSMAMEEMIALRVAL
6 Stefan Bradl1114158 (14)[a]22nd2505th2144th
44 Pol Espargaró813Ret10812Ret1010161651371026DNS10012th
93 Marc Márquez79RetRetRet17815Ret24111427th
2022Honda RC213VMQATINAARGAMEPORSPAFRAITACATGERNEDGBRAUTRSMARAJPNTHAAUSMALVAL
6 Stefan Bradl19Ret1618191714226th1719th1556th
44 Pol Espargaró312Ret1391111Ret17RetDNS1416Ret1512141114Ret5616th
93 Marc Márquez5DNS664610Ret4527Ret11313th
YearBikeTyresNo.RidersRaceRider's standingsTeam standingsManufacturers standings
1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPosPtsPosPtsPos
2023Honda RC213VMPORARGAMESPAFRAITAGERNEDGBRAUTCATRSMINDJPNINAAUSTHAMALQATVAL
6 Stefan BradlRet0 (8)26th1229th1855th
27 Iker Lecuona
16

Ret
030th
36 Joan Mir11DNSRetRetRetDNSRetRet17Ret512RetRet12Ret14DNS2622nd
93 Marc Márquez
RetP 3

Ret5

Ret7
DNSDNSRet12137
93

37
Ret15
64
1313Ret39614th

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