First look: Honda unveils special 60th anniversary Japan MotoGP livery
Honda unveils special 60th anniversary colours for the Japanese MotoGP.
HRC riders Joan Mir and Somkiat Chantra will race in this historic HRC livery during Sunday's Japanese MotoGP at Motegi.
The livery celebrates the 60th anniversary of Honda’s entry into the premier class in 1966.
Honda's factory team will have a revised line-up of Luca Marini and Somkiat Chantra this weekend, the Thai rider returning to MotoGP in place of the recovering Joan Mir. Chantra will use the #15 with Cal Crutchlow's using the #35 earlier this season.
A fifth RC213V will also be on the grid for home wildcard Takaaki Nakagami, who replaced Mir last time out in Austria.
Mike Hailwood took the RC181 to title runner-up, behind MV Agusta's Giacomo Agostini, in Honda's debut 1966 season.
Team-mate Jim Redman had won the opening two races, giving Honda a total of five wins from the nine-rounds.
However, Honda withdrew from the 500cc class from 1968 until 1979 and had to wait until Freddie Spencer, in 1983, to win the first of its record 21 premier-class titles.
The most recent Honda MotoGP champion was Marc Marquez in 2019.
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