Honda reveals 2020 World Superbike challenger
Honda has unveiled its bike colours for the 2020 World Superbike season, showcasing the liveries of both the factory HRC team and Althea Racing.
Alvaro Bautista, Honda WSBK Team, Leon Haslam, Honda WSBK Team
Honda
Having been a WSBK regular in the past, Honda has upped its presence in the championship as it enters with a full-factory effort.
It has signed riders from Ducati and Kawasaki in Alvaro Bautista and Leon Haslam for its 2020 campaign, which was launched in Tokyo at the Honda Welcome Plaza Aoyama.
In light of the current COVID-19 outbreak, there was no public admission to the launch event.
The WSBK factory team's livery features traditional HRC colours of blue, white and red with the latter as the dominant one.
Bautista and Haslam extensively tested the bike over the winter and it also appeared in the WSBK test at Portimao in January, where Haslam topped a rainy opening day.
However, Honda ended that test 0.851s off the pace and Haslam claimed the bike is 'not even in the fine-tuning stage'.
Althea Racing, the second team to run Honda bikes in WSBK this year, also unveiled a black livery with previously-confirmed rider Takumi Takahashi attending the event.
Jordi Torres, who lost his ride at Pedercini Kawasaki to Sandro Cortese, will join the team from the third round of the series in Jerez onwards.
2020 WSBK line-up so far:
Team | Riders |
---|---|
Kawasaki |
Jonathan Rea Alex Lowes |
Ducati |
Chaz Davies Scott Redding |
Crescent Yamaha |
Toprak Razgatlioglu Michael van der Mark |
GRT Yamaha |
Federico Caricasulo Garrett Gerloff |
Honda |
Alvaro Bautista Leon Haslam |
BMW |
Tom Sykes Eugene Laverty |
Puccetti Kawasaki |
Xavi Fores |
Pedercini Kawasaki |
Sandro Cortese |
Orelac Kawasaki |
Maximilian Scheib |
Barni Ducati |
Leon Camier |
Go Eleven Ducati |
Michael Ruben Rinaldi |
Motocorsa Ducati |
Leandro Mercado |
Ten Kate Yamaha | Loris Baz |
MIE Honda |
Takumi Takahashi Jordi Torres |
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