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Celebrating 30 years of collaboration and partnership between Honda HRC and Repsol, Joan Mir and Luca Marini head into a new year of MotoGP action, determined to continue the strong progress made already. A new livery complements the 2024 Repsol Honda Team RC213V machines.
2024 marks the 30th season of collaboration between Repsol and Honda HRC, the longest-standing partnership of its kind in two-wheeled motorsports. The relationship has produced 15 World Championships, six different World Champions, 183 premier class victories, 455 podiums and nine Triple Crowns. Marc Marquez quit Honda at the end of 2023, ending their 11-year association. Marquez elected to end his HRC contract a year early to sign for Gresini Ducati.
Joan Mir enters his second season with the Repsol Honda Team, now working alongside Santi Hernandez. To date, the 26-year-old has 13 premier class podiums and one victory, alongside his dominant campaign to win the 2017 Moto3 World Championship. Mir’s performance in Sepang demonstrated the improvements that both he and the Honda RC213V have made during the off-season.
On the other side of the garage will be Luca Marini, the 26-year-old becoming the 20th full-time rider to wear the colours of the Repsol Honda Team. Joining the premier class in 2021 after earning six wins and 15 podiums in the Moto2 World Championship, Marini has demonstrated clear progress in his development as a Grand Prix rider. In his three previous seasons in MotoGP, Marini has taken two Grand Prix podiums, two pole positions and four Sprint podiums. 2024 will be the first season of a two-year contract for the Italian.
The 2024 Honda RC213V not only features a new livery but also several upgrades across the machine. From revised aerodynamics to improvements to the engine and chassis. Both Tetsuhiro Kuwata, HRC General Manager, and Alberto Puig, Repsol Honda Team Manager, highlighted the importance that this season will play for the team and the championship.
The 2024 MotoGP race calendar will consist of 21 Grands Prix and 42 races as MotoGP will again engage the popular Saturday Sprint format at every round.
