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Like the other MotoGP test riders, Stefan Bradl initially thought he wouldn't be racing in grand prix this season after a decision to ban wild-cards as part of the Covid restrictions for 2020.

Honda came into the MotoGP season seeking their seventh riders' title with reigning champion Marc Marquez. Instead, after injuries for both the Spanish star and fellow race winner Cal Crutchlow, the factory hasn't even featured on the podium in the opening eight rounds.

Marc Marquez and Honda may have made a last-minute breakthrough at the end of MotoGP pre-season testing in Qatar, but they still need to do 'a bit of a reset and come up with a new plan' for the delayed season-opener at Jerez.

MotoGP champion Marc Marquez has confirmed Honda had been in a precarious position regarding its new RC213V after the opening pre-season test in Sepang. February's Malaysian outing was the Spaniard's first ride since undergoing major shoulder surgery on November 27.

Honda has officially launched its new World Superbike championship effort ahead of the 2020 season, revealing the team colours of the factory HRC squad and satellite team MIE Althea.

Repsol Honda will officially unveil its 2020 MotoGP team including brothers Marc and Alex Marquez on February 4 th in Jakarta.

Leon Haslam says getting the new Honda CBR1000RR-R up to speed in the World Superbike championship will be “a big challenge” but has faith in HRC’s resources and ambitions for 2020.

UPDATE: Leon Haslam now officially confirmed alongside Alvaro Bautista at the factory Honda WorldSBK team next season.

Alvaro Bautista says feeling “like an important person in this project” became a key reason behind switching to the new HRC factory World Superbike effort for 2020 after splitting with Aruba.it Racing Ducati.

Honda has confirmed Alvaro Bautista will join its official factory team for the 2020 World Superbike championship, having already been dropped from the factory Ducati squad after one season.

Jorge Lorenzo says his pain became “too much on the bike” which forced him to finish the Misano MotoGP test after just 31 laps for Repsol Honda, as Marc Marquez led the team’s focus on developing its 2020 RC213V.

Marc Marquez insists he won’t dwell on any changes brought about in the Repsol Honda garage as a result of struggling team-mate Jorge Lorenzo’s visit to HRC in Japan ahead of the Catalunya MotoGP.

Four-time WorldSBK Champion Jonathan Rea says he is ‘so happy’ to see his former Ten Kate Racing team rise from the ashes of bankruptcy with a racing return in Jerez this weekend following its revival as a Yamaha partner.

"Tyres and electronics are the main areas that influence results" in MotoGP, despite the use of a spec ECU and single tyre supplier.

HRC director Tetsuhiro Kuwata sees new signing Jorge Lorenzo as a ‘true champion’ for taking on the challenge by joining Repsol Honda but doesn’t expect working processes within the team to alter at the reigning MotoGP world champions.

Honda Racing Corporation has extended its partnership with Estrella Galicia 0,0 for two more years despite the loss of the Marc VDS MotoGP squad.

Honda Racing Corporation will step up its efforts with a factory squad in partnership with Althea and Moriwaki for the 2019 World Superbike championship with riders Leon Camier and Ryuichi Kiyonari.

Yamaha’s team boss Lin Jarvis has claimed that the MotoGP team do not miss Jorge Lorenzo.

Shuhei Nakamoto presents the Simoncelli family with Marco's RC212V.

Honda reveals the livery of the CBR1000RR that will be campaigned by Jonathan Rea and Hiroshi Aoyama in 2012.

"Obviously HRC is not using anything illegal, but it's true that we have something new on the transmission..."

Despite rumours placing him with a satellite team in 2011, Dovizioso secures a third full Repsol-sponsored factory-specification Honda alongside Pedrosa and Stoner.

Casey Stoner's arrival at Honda doesn't necessarily mean Dani Pedrosa or Andrea Dovizioso will be looking for new jobs at the end of the season...

Young riders in the final round of the NSF100 HRC Trophy mini-bike series were in for a surprise at Motegi yesterday - when they found themselves racing wheel-to-wheel against a special HRC team.