Honda notched up its first top eight result of the 2019 World Superbike Championship season courtesy of a charging performance in wet conditions by its substitute rider Yuki Takahashi in Misano.
Xavi Fores will join the Moriwaki Althea Honda team for this week’s World Suprbike test at Misano in place of the injured Leon Camier ahead of a possible race return to the series at Jerez.