Repsol teams will compete in all three categories
A new challenge for the Spanish oil company, which has the representation and the chance to achieve a historic triple given the quality of its teams in the three categories of the Motorcycle World Championship.
The Spanish oil company, which has been sponsoring sporting events for 40 years, enters 2012 with the sole aspiration of winning in all three categories of the Motorcycle World Championship. After winning the 2011 MotoGP World Championship with Casey Stoner and finishing runner-up in Moto2 with Marc Márquez, it will bring its sponsorship to a new team in the Moto3 category with Spanish CEV champion Álex Rins and Portuguese rider Miguel Oliveira.
Álex Rins, 16 years old, is the latest gem of the Spanish talent pool and will make his debut in the Motorcycle World Championship as the reigning Spanish Champion (CEV) in the 125cc class. Miguel Oliveira, also 16, is one of the most promising riders on the international scene, as he has one year of experience in the quarter-liter class and won the last two CEV races with a Moto3 bike from the Monlau Competición team.
In addition, Álex Márquez, runner-up in the 2011 CEV, will take part in some Motorcycle World Championship races as a wild card rider. The brother of Marc Márquez will combine this competition with the CEV in the Moto3 category, where he will fight to become champion. The last time Repsol was present in the Motorcycle World Championship’s entry-level category, in 2010, it won the title with Marc Márquez.
In 2012, Repsol will have the most powerful team in the Motorcycle World Championship and aims to win in all categories with riders Casey Stoner, Dani Pedrosa (MotoGP), Marc Márquez (Moto2), Álex Rins and Miguel Oliveira (Moto3). Since its debut in the World Championship, 40 years ago, Repsol has won 27 championships in the different categories (50, 80, 125, 250, 500cc and MotoGP).
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