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Castrol Moto

MOTOR RACING

500 WINS WITH HONDA

HONDA’S 500 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WINS WITH CASTROL

1950s

When Kenan Sofuoglu flashed across the finish line at Valencia’s Ricardo Tormo Circuit to win the fourth round of the 2007 World Supersport Championship he made history in more ways than one.

In addition to this being the young Turkish rider’s first World Supersport win at the Valencia Circuit it was the 500th World Championship win for a Honda motorcycle racing with Castrol. This outstanding success has been achieved during six decades of Honda and Castrol competing together in motorcycle world championship events.

The statistics of Honda and Castrol’s achievements together in motorcycle competition up to Sofuoglu’s 500th win are:

Grand Prix / MotoGP race wins and world championships 260
World Superbike race wins and world championships 84
World Supersport race wins and world championships 53
World Trials event wins and world championships 86
World Motocross event wins and world championships 17
Total 500