posted Jun 2, 2016, 7:17 PM by Takanobu Matsuki
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updated Jun 2, 2016, 7:17 PM by Paisal Komarwut
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Honda
Racing Corporation |
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HRC
News Report |
Thursday,
Jun 2nd 2016 |
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Honda
Racing Corporation renew with Marc Márquez through 2018
On the occasion of the
Grand Prix de Catalunya, the home race for four-time World Champion
Marc Márquez, Honda Racing Corporation is pleased to announce a
contract extension with the 23-year-old Spanish rider that will see
him continuing to race for the Repsol Honda Team for the next two
years.
Marc is currently in
his fourth season in the MotoGP class, always with the Repsol Honda
Team. During that time, he has achieved two World Titles, in his
rookie season in 2013, and again in 2014, whereas he finished third
last year. Thus far, Márquez so far has won nearly half of the
Premier-class races he has entered and has finished on the podium
73% of the time.
With six rounds having
been completed in the 2016 season, Márquez arrives at this weekend’s
Catalan GP second in the standings by just 10 points.
World
Championship Statistics
MotoGP
Starts: 60 Podiums:
44 (26 x 1st, 12 x 2nd, 6 x 3rd) Poles: 32 Fastest Race Laps:
32 World Champion: 2013, 2014
Moto2
Starts: 32 Podiums:
25 (16 x 1st, 6 x 2nd, 3 x 3rd) Poles: 14 Fastest Race Laps:
7 World Champion: 2012
125cc
Starts: 46 Podiums:
14 (10 x 1st, 4 x 3rd) Poles: 14 Fastest Race Laps: 9 World
Champion: 2010 |
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Marc
Marquez
“I'm very happy to
announce this renewal with HRC, especially coinciding with Grand
Prix of Catalunya, my home GP, where I have some really good
memories. HRC and I have a very strong relationship, and I’ve
always wanted to continue being a part of the Repsol Honda Team.
In three and a half years together, we’ve enjoyed some
unbelievable moments, with great victories and two world titles,
as well as a few challenging moments that I believe are making us
stronger. We’re working very hard this year to regain the title.
It’s a great honour to be a part of the Honda family, and I’m glad
to remain with this special group of people for another two
seasons.” |
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Shuhei
Nakamoto
HRC
Executive Vice President
“We’re honoured to
have reached an agreement with Marc for two more years. There’s no
doubt that he is the present and future of MotoGP! We know him
well and he knows us well, and we both wanted to continue
together; for this reason, we felt no rush for this renewal. Marc
has grown a lot during almost four years with HRC, and now he’s an
even more complete rider than in 2014, when he won 10 races in a
row. Although he’s still very young, we already have a long
relationship together, and we know that Marc's experience is very
important for helping our engineers to develop our
bike.” |
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