West Honda Pons Previews The Grand Prix At Motegi

West Honda Pons Previews The Grand Prix At Motegi

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From a press release issued by West Honda Pons:

Motegi Marks the start of a New Era for West Honda Pons

The West Honda Pons team looks forward to the Pacific Grand Prix, the thirteenth race of the season, in high spirits and with great expectations, and all this is down to two things: first of all Alex Barros will be riding for the first time the famous and highly competitive Honda RC211V and secondly both the Brazilian rider and Loris Capirossi scored podium finishes at the race last year, where the Italian also set an extraordinary pole position. This Grand Prix marks the start of an intensive and exciting period of racing, during which the World Championship will visit Japan, Malaysia and Australia in three consecutive weeks before heading back to Spain for the final race of the season in Valencia on November 3rd.

Alex Barros:
“I am very excited about my chance of riding the RC211V. It is clearly one of the fastest bikes around at the moment and finally I have the chance of competing on the same level as the other four-stroke riders. It will not be easy to be competitive immediately because I have had no time to familiarise myself with the bike. However, I have a lot of experience riding four-stroke Hondas as an HRC rider in the 8 Hours of Suzuka races every summer where I have always performed very well. For this reason I am confident that I will adapt quickly to the bike and maybe I will be in with a chance of repeating last year’s podium finish.”


Loris Capirossi:
“Motegi is quite a peculiar circuit where the straights are very long and this could be a real problem for the two-strokes. The most important thing, however, is to try my best because all races are important, not just for me but for the team and the sponsors. Personally I am feeling in good form and as in every race I will give my all and try and be amongst the leaders”.

Sito Pons:
“Last year we scored a great result here at Motegi and our riders like the circuit a lot. After racing all season at a disadvantage, Barros will at last have the best bike available and, despite the lack of time to adapt to the new bike, I would not count against a good result from him thanks to his experience and that of HRC. The main thing is that these last four races will serve as preparation for next season. Loris, meanwhile, is a rider who never gives up and he has before him one of the last opportunities for a two-stroke bike to win a Grand Prix”.

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