Repsol Honda
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| 2015 name | Repsol Honda Team |
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| Base | Aalst, Belgium |
| Principal | Shuhei Nakamoto |
| Rider(s) | 26.  Dani Pedrosa93. Marc Márquez |
| Motorcycle | Honda RC213V |
| Tyres | Michelin |
| Riders' Championships | 13 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Mick Doohan 1999 Àlex Crivillé 2001, 2002, 2003 Valentino Rossi 2006 Nicky Hayden 2011 Casey Stoner 2013, 2014, 2016 Marc Márquez |
Repsol Honda is the official factory team of Repsol S.A. and the Honda Racing Corporation in the MotoGP World Championship.
In 1995 the team entered a 3 rider lineup with Mick Doohan, Àlex Crivillé and Shinichi Ito riding the Honda NSR500. Doohan won the World Championship for the second time in a row in Argentina, with one race left for the end of the season with seven race wins, Crivillé finished the season fourth with one race win while Ito finished fifth overall. The team expanded to four riders in 1996; Doohan and Crivillé rode the NSR500 while Tadayuki Okada and Ito rode the Honda NSR500V. Doohan won his third World Championship with eight race wins and Crivillé finished runner-up with two wins. Okada finished seventh and Ito twelfth.
The four rider line-up continued in 1997 with Doohan, Crivillé and Okada on the NSR500 and Takuma Aoki on the NSR500V. Repsol Honda won all 15 races of the season with Doohan winning twelve races, and breaking Giacomo Agostini's record for victories in one season, on his way to his fourth World Championship. Okada finished runner-up with a race win, Crivillé finished fourth with two wins but had to miss five races after a serious crash at Assen while Aoki finished fifth overall. Repsol Honda riders took all of the podium positions at four events, in Japan, Spain, Germany and Indonesia.
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