Honda to continue powering Moto2
The company will remain as the engine supplier to the intermediate class until 2018Honda Motor Corporation, in continued collaboration with Spanish company ExternPro, will remain as the official Moto2 engine supplier until the end of the 2018 season after signing a three-year extension.
Since its inauguration in 2010 as the replacement for the 250cc two-stroke intermediate class, Moto2 has run a single specification CBR600RR engine. ExternPro began been preparing the engines for competition, as well as maintenance, in 2013.
Dorna Sports CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta commented: "Moto2 has been a success from the start, and just continues to get better! Honda has been our sole engine supplier since the inaugural race in 2010 and I am extremely pleased that we will continue to use its machinery for the next three years.
“The Honda engine has not only proved an exciting addition to the paddock, but has also been a technically very reliable asset, which is extremely important in motorsports.”
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