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Honda HRC Castrol is the official factory team of the Honda Racing Corporation in the MotoGP class of Grand Prix motorcycle racing (World Championship road racing), formally backed by principal sponsor Repsol for 30 years until the end of 2024.
The machines participating in Grand Prix motorcycle racing, since its origin in 1949, have been entered into distinct classes depending primarily on engine capacity. The smallest engines and two-stroke engines have been phased out over the years.
The Honda RC181 was a road racing motorcycle built by Honda which raced in the 500cc class of Grand Prix motorcycle racing in the 1966 and 1967 seasons. The bike debuted in 1966 and won five out of nine races that season, three with Mike Hailwood and two with Jim Redman .
Use of the RC name stretches from Honda's entry onto the international motorcycle Grand Prix stage in 1959 to the present day. [1] In recent years Honda has also used the RC prefix as a marketing device and applied it to certain production motorcycles [2] that had been created for racing homologation purposes.
In November 1977 Honda announced it would be returning to motorcycle Grand Prix racing using four-stroke technology. [2] Even though two-stroke engines dominated motorcycle Grand Prix racing in the late 1970s, Honda felt compelled to race what they sold and thus competed using a high-technology, four-stroke race bike. [3]
The Honda NSR500 is a road racing motorcycle created by HRC (Honda Racing Corporation) and debuted in 1984 for the Grand Prix motorcycle racing's 500 cc class. Honda won ten 500cc World Championships with the NSR500 from 1984 to 2002, with six in a row from 1994 to 1999. With more than 100 wins to its credit, the NSR500 is the most dominant ...
The Honda RC116 was a race motorcycle built by Honda Japan for the 50 cc class of Grand Prix motorcycle racing in the 1966 season. The motorcycle was a development of the previous RC115 version. The RC116 won three races from six during that season.
The Honda RC110 was the Honda racing team's first 50cc Grand Prix motorcycle racer.It was conceived in 1961 and raced during the 1962 season. [3] As the machine was developed during the season, it was renamed the RC111 and most surviving Honda records do not distinguish between the two designations. [2]