Castrol has announced his new collaboration, already started on the track at the International Circuit of SEPANG in Malasia on February 5 during the first MotoGP preseason test, with the Honda HRC MotoGP factory equipment, which will compete in the 2025 season of the MotoGP World Championship.
The brand belonging to the BP Group, becomes the main sponsor of the official Honda factory team, facilitating this, lubricants, fuels and technical support.
In addition, it will test and develop lubricants for motorcycles in a very extreme competition environment. The British brand association with Honda within motorcycling, dates back to 1959, when the Japanese brand took part in its first international motorcycling career on the island of Man TT. For more than six decades, Castrol has supported several Honda teams in international motorcycling, and contributed to obtain More than 500 victories.
Castrol and Honda, a story full of successes
Honda’s history and success in Grand Prix motorcycle races are incomparable: 25 World Construction Championships in the highest category, 21 World Pilot Championships in the highest category and 313 victories in the highest category. Facing the 2025 season, both Honda and the oil company have pledged to recover a leadership position in the MotoGP World Championship.
Sandeep SangwanMarketing director in Castrol, he said: “Castrol has a long history linked to motor sports in which he has been able to expose his technical capabilities and develop new technologies. With our strong commitment to performance and innovation, as well as our passion for motorcycling careers, we are excited to collaborate with Honda for its new MotoGP’s official team in Honda HRC and Castrol. ”
Concludes: “This collaboration is for Castrol a great opportunity to interact closer with motorcycle racing fans and motorcycle lovers. Castrol wishes the team for the MotoGP 2025 World Championship season “. For its part, Koji Watanabepresident of Honda Racing Corporation, he commented on this agreement:
“On behalf of Honda HRC, I would like to welcome Castrol to the MotoGP project. HRC and Castrol share the same vision: impulse and interest in technology and the future. We have enjoyed great success with Castrol in the past and also in other categories, so it is a natural link. ”
Concludes: “Everyone is working hard to take us to success in the MotoGP World Championship in 2025, so we must stay in the same line to properly travel the path we have ahead. With Joan Mir and Luca Marini, we have two strong and great talent pilots that will help us advance this trip. The races make up Honda’s main nucleus, and I am convinced that we will achieve an even greater success in this season. “
