JiR

JiR

Infobox Grand Prix motorcycle team
Short_name=JiR
Logo=
Last_season=2008
Long_name=JiR Team Scot
Base=flagicon|Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco
Principal=Gianluca Montiron
Riders=#4 Andrea Dovizioso
Motorcycle=Honda RC212V
Tyres=Michelin
Riders_champ= -

JiR is a motorcycle racing team currently competing it the MotoGP World Championship under the name JiR Team Scot.

The team first entered the MotoGP World Championship in 2005 as Konica Minolta Honda, a single motorcycle team using the Honda RC211V with Japanese rider Makoto Tamada and Michelin as tyre supplier. A 3rd place finish at the Japanese Grand Prix was the team's best result. The team used the same package for the 2006 season, but was unable to repeat the 2005 results and managed only top 10 finishes.

In 2007, Shinya Nakano replaced Tamada as the rider of the new 800cc Honda RC212V. The motorcycle did not achieve the results expectedcite news |title=Season 2007 - Honda: "We got it wrong" |language=English |publisher=Eurosport |date=2007-05-10 |url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/10052007/58/season-2007-honda-wrong.html |accessdate=2007-09-05] and the team often finished in the last few points positions.

2008 season sees 2004 125cc World Champion Andrea Dovizioso joining the team, which is once again using the Honda RC212V on Michelin tyres. They have been re-branded as 'JiR Team Scot'.

References

External links

* [http://www.jir.it/ jir.it] Official website


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