Montesa Honda is a subsidiary business of Honda, which assembles several models of motorcycles and bicycles in Barcelona, Spain. The business was Spanish-owned until entering into an association with Honda.
Ryuichi Kiyonari (清成龍一) is a professional motorcycle road racer.
Honda NSR is a two-stroke Grand Prix racing motorcycle built by the Honda Racing Corporation, and also a race replica road motorcycle produced mainly for Asian and European markets.
Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) is a division of the Honda Motor Company formed in 1982. The company combines participation in motorcycle races throughout the world with the development of racing machines. Its racing activities are an important source for the creation of technologies used in the development of Honda motorcycles. HRC activities include sales of production racing motorcycles, support for satellite teams, and rider education programs.
Sébastien Gimbert is a professional motorcycle road racer. He currently competes in the Endurance FIM World Championship aboard a Honda CBR1000RR. His greatest success has come in the Endurance World Championship, and the bulk of his career has been spent on Yamaha YZF-R1 with more recent seasons spent on BMW S1000RR and Honda CBR1000RR motorcycles.
Lucio Cecchinello is a former professional Italian motorcycle racer and current manager of a motorcycle racing team. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1993 to 2003. In 1996, he founded the LCR Team competing in the 125cc class.
Fabrizio Lai is a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Italy. He currently competes in the CIV Superbike Championship, aboard a MV Agusta F4.
Masaki Tokudome is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He had his best season riding for the Aprilia factory in 1996, when he won four Grand Prix races and finished second in the 125cc world championship behind Haruchika Aoki. Tokudome won five Grand Prix races during his career. He now races in the MFJ All Japan Road Race J-GP2 Championship, aboard a Speed Up. He was the J-GP3 Champion in the class for the first time in 2012, after being runner up on three separate occasions, and again in 2016.
Miguel Praia is a retired Portuguese motorcycle racer. He now works on the broadcast team for MotoGP in Portugal.
The Honda RS250R was a race motorcycle manufactured by Honda to race in the 250cc class of the Grand Prix motorcycle World Championship. It was conceived as a production racer for customer teams and privateer riders, while factory-supported teams raced the works bikes RS250RW and NSR250.
Raffaele De Rosa is an Italian motorcycle road racer. He competes in the Supersport World Championship aboard a Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R, he won the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup in 2016.
Aspar Team is a Grand Prix motorcycle racing team from Spain, competing in the Moto2, Moto3 and MotoE World Championships.
The Honda NSR250 and Honda RS250RW were race motorcycles manufactured by Honda Racing Corporation to race in the 250cc class of the Grand Prix motorcycle World Championship. Both names identified the factory specification bikes entrusted to works teams, while customer teams used the production racer Honda RS250R.
Paddock Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motorcycle racing team from Switzerland who competed in the F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship since 2002 until 2014, before being acquired by team Technomag. In 2005, Paddock's rider Thomas Lüthi won the 125cc title.
Michael Ranseder is an Austrian motorcycle racer who participates in motorcycle Grand Prix races. He currently competes in the IDM Superbike Championship.
James Lodge is a British motorcycle racer who was a two-time British 125 cc champion 2009 and 2010. Lodge also rode two wildcard races in the 125 cc category at the British rounds of 2009 and 2010 World Championships, failing to finish both times. Lodge competed in the National Superstock 600 Championship in 2014. He gained his first podium in the class at the Brands Hatch Indy circuit at the first race of the 2012 season.
Taylor Mackenzie is a former Grand Prix motorcycle racer based in Leicestershire, England. In late 2021, Mackenzie announced his intended retirement from racing at the end of the season. Shortly afterwards, it was announced that from the 2022 season, Mackenzie would be team manager for VisionTrack Honda Moto3, a new team in Moto3 headed by ex-racer Michael Laverty.
Marco Borciani is a retired Italian motorcycle racer, now motorcycle racing team owner and manager.
The Honda NSF250R is a four-stroke race motorcycle from HRC developed in 2011 to replace the outgoing two-stroke Honda RS125R. Honda's NSF250R joined the newly-created Moto3 World Championship in 2012. An updated model, the NSF250RW was introduced in 2014, and won the constructors' title for the first time in 2015. The motorcycle is one of the most successful machines of the Moto3 era to date, having taken 5 constructors' championships and propelled 5 different riders' championships.
Matthieu Lagrive is a French motorcycle racer. He races in the International Road Race Championship, aboard a Yamaha YZF-R6.
