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Cycle News 2015 Issue 05 February 3

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IN THE WIND P30 JR RACING ARE ISLAND NO-SHOWS T he JR Racing Team, with Troy Corser leading the technical arm of the new BMW customer entry in World Superbike this year, will be unable to field their riding duo of Ayrton Badovini and Toni Elias at the Phillip Is- land season opener due to "bureaucratic and logistical problems." "We like to work correctly and do things the right way," said Team Owner Chary Robinson. "And because of that it would have been im- possible to get all the logistics sorted out in time to get Toni Elias and Ayrton Badovini's bikes shipped to Phillip Island for the race." The team is now working on being at round two, at the Chang Inter- national Circuit in Thailand, March 22. GORDON RITCHIE Troy Corser's JR Racing squad to miss season opener in Phillip Island. PHOTOGRAPHY BY GOLD & GOOSE MARQUEZ, PEDROSA KICK OFF 2015 IN BALI T he Repsol Honda MotoGP team unveiled its new 2015 livery on the tropical island of Bali, Indonesia, February 1. Hon- da continues their partnership with Repsol—after celebrating its 20th anniversary last season— and remains the longest running sponsor-factory agreement of its kind in the history of the mo- torcycle World Championship, according to Honda. For 2015, the team's bike now features a new graphic by way of the new, increased team partnership with the Austrian-based energy drink manufacturer, Red Bull. Both Repsol riders Marc Mar- quez and Dani Pedrosa were in Bali for the team unveiling be- fore heading off to Malaysia this week for the pre-season test at Sepang. "It's my first time here in Bali and it's wonderful to see all the fans here and feel their en- thusiasm for MotoGP," Marquez said. "Tomorrow we leave for Malaysia, I've trained a lot during last month to prepare myself for these first two tests in Sepang, and I'm excited to be with my crew again and see how the new bike is working after Valencia test." PHOTO COURTESY OF REPSOL HONDA Dani Pedrosa (left) and Marc Marquez unveil their new Hondas on the sands of Bali.

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