Now the official Honda World Superbike team is complete, as Haslam joins Alvaro Bautista in hopes they can bring Team Red back to their former glory.
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Following yesterday?s 2020 Honda New Models Press Presentation, where the World Premiere unveiling of the sensational new CBR1000RR-R was the highlight of event, this morning the 2020 HRC Teams and Riders Presentation took place in the presence of Managing Officer, Chief Officer, Motorcycle Operations of Honda Motor Co. Noriaki Abe, President and Representative Director, Honda Racing Corporation Yoshishige Nomura.
Made even more special by the celebration this year of the 60th anniversary of Honda?s racing activities, the presentation once again brought together riders of the official HRC teams competing in the top motorsport championships worldwide ? including the 2019 World Championship-winning triple of Marc Marquez (MotoGP), Tim Gajser (MXGP), and Toni Bou (Trial). It was the perfect stage for Mr. Abe to announce the signing of Leon Haslam to partner recently announced Alvaro Bautista in the strong line-up of the HRC?s Official WorldSBK team in 2020.
?We will join WorldSBK with our new CBR1000RR-R with HRC factory team?, Mr. Abe commented. ?We are happy to announce that we just fixed the rider line-up, with Leon Haslam becoming team-mate with Alvaro Bautista. I expect to see our WorldSBK riders fighting for victory?.
?For me to get the opportunity to be back with Honda and, most importantly, as...