Showing posts with label HONDA GRESINI. Show all posts
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Saturday, May 12, 2012
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
San Carlo Honda Gresini Launches Campaign
The San Carlo Honda Gresini Team has officially launched its 2009 MotoGP campaign. The team, led by two-time 125cc World Champion Fausto Gresini, took off on its 2009 journey at the ‘Officine del Volo’ in Milan.
Fausto Gresini and Alberto Vitaloni, President of San Carlo Gruppo Alimentare, carried out the honors and presented the 2009 team line-up.
Riders Alex De Angelis and Toni Elias will assume riding duties for the Faenza-based squad this year with De Angelis continuing for a second season and Elias rejoining the Honda Gresini family after one year of absence. The San Marinese and the Spaniard unveiled the new liveries on their 2009-spec RC212V machines, emblazoned with the logo of title sponsor San Carlo.
Numerous personalities from the world of two wheels were present, including Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta , Honda Italia President Yasuhiro Oyama and the Italian Motorcycle Federation President Paolo Sesti.
Honda Now Has Five Factory Riders – Knights San Carlo Honda Gresini as a Factory Squad
How serious is Honda about winning the 2011 MotoGP World Championship? At Team Gresini’s MotoGP launch at Monza today, it was quietly confirmed that the San Carlo Honda Gresini squad has been given the keys to the candy store, turning the team into a factory-backed effort. While Marco Simoncelli was already assured factory support from Honda for the 2011 season, the move adds Hiroshi Aoyama to the factory rider list, and likely makes Gresini’s life infinitely less complex by not having to manage between a factory and non-factory split garage.
Team Gresini will now get full access to the Honda’s technical staff and data acquisition from the other factory riders — meaning every Honda rider except Toni Elias. This bodes well for the squad, as Simoncelli looked very promising at Sepang (likely a factor adding in this announcement), and of course Honda is keen not to see its only countrymen in the series (Aoyama) excluded from having the best equipment.
“Today is a factory team a hundred percent,” said Team Principal Fausto Gresini (translated from Italian to English via Google). “And I feel much more official than in the past for the opening of the Honda against us: we now have access to all data and Honda placed his staff between our technical team. If you see the box you understand that our team is official.”
Cramming the MotoGP grid full of factory riders seems like an interesting way to better the Honda’s chances for success, although it remains to be seen how having five hungry mouths to feed with technical support will work for the Japanese manufacturer, and who, if anyone, will get top priority with development efforts.
In addition to its five factory riders, Honda has already had to tip its hand regarding its new faster-shifting transmission, after accusations that Honda was using an illegal DCT arose from the Italian press. At the latest Sepang test, the 2011 Honda RC212V looked assuredly faster when compared to the Yamaha, Ducati, and Suzuki MotoGP efforts. It’s far too early to make analogies to the 2011 season, but Honda has certainly thrown down its challenge. It’ll be interesting to see how the other teams respond.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
RC212V
An exciting new era of MotoGP began in 2007, with the introduction of the 800cc category and Honda’s latest Grand Prix machine, the RC212V. Just as the world waited in excited anticipation in the 1960s, so they did in 2006 as Honda eventually confirmed a new V4, 800cc MotoGP machine to challenge for the 2007 title and adhere to the new engine capacity limit after five years of 990cc competition.
Honda continues its policy of educating its young engineers, extending its passion for engineering excellence and striving for further success in the red-hot arena of MotoGP. With the RC212V arrived a challenging new era, one which has witnessed the evolution of a new prototype over the immediate future, all aimed at challenging the record-breaking statistics of its predecessor, the RC211V.
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