Motul announces partnership with Honda for 2012 Isle of Man TT
Leading European motorcycle lubricants firm Motul has joined forces with the Honda TT Legends race team for the 2012 Isle of Man TT campaign.
The deal will also see Motul continue its involvement in the FIM Endurance World Championship for a second year, supporting the the all-star line-up of John McGuinness, Cameron Donald, Gary Johnson and Simon Andrews.
At the 2012 TT, fuelled by Monster Energy, the Honda TT Legends team will field 17-times TT winner McGuinness and Andrews, fastest newcomer at last yera’s event.
Motul’s Managing Director Hervé Amelot said :
“We are delighted to reinforce our links with motorcycling through our support of Honda Europe’s endurance programme.”
“The Honda TT Legends team has assembled an excellent rider line-up for 2012 and, in light of our role as official lubricant supplier to the Isle of Man TT, what better line-up is there to be involved with than the fastest man around that course and the 2011 fastest newcomer?”
The team will launch its assault on the world’s toughest track and road races using the Motul 300V lubricant specifically developed with Honda for the CBR 1000RR Fireblade.
Motul already has significant links with the endurance championship through support of other leading teams, including multiple World Champions SERT. The lubricant specialist uses this area of motorsport for extensive research and product development, working with technical partners to ‘win today and sell tomorrow’ by challenging machinery and technology in extreme conditions and at the limit of tolerances.
Such collaboration is highly beneficial to all parties according to Neil Tuxworth, Honda TT Legends team manager.
He said :
“We are really pleased to announce the agreement with Motul. The company has valuable expertise in EWC, so this is an ideal collaboration as the team enters its all-important second year of competition. As an official partner at the TT, Motul is also ideally placed to support the team on the Isle of Man. We are looking forward to seeing the results of the relationship.”