Interwetten Honda MotoGP Team is a Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing currently divided into three distinct classes: 125cc, Moto2 and MotoGP. The 125cc class uses a two-stroke engine while Moto2 and MotoGP use four-stroke engines. In 2010 the 250cc two-stroke was replaced...

 team from Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

, currently competing in MotoGP, Moto2, and 125cc classes.

History

Emmi-Caffé Latte Racing Team (formerly Elit-Caffé Latte Racing Team) began racing in the season with rider Sandro Cortese

Sandro Cortese

Alessandro "Sandro" Cortese is a German motorcycle racer, currently competing in the 125cc Grand Prix World Championship, having contested every race since his Grand Prix début in...

 on an Aprilia RS 125 R

Aprilia RS 125 R

The Aprilia RS 125 R is a race motorcycle manufactured by Aprilia to race in the Grand Prix motorcycle World Championship, built to replace the old Aprilia AF1. It was first debuted in , and it had many upgrades since...

 in the 125 class and Thomas Lüthi

Thomas Lüthi

Thomas Lüthi is a professional motorcycle road racer currently competing in the Moto2 Grand Prix World Championship for the Czech Emmi - Caffè Latte Aprilia run by Swiss Daniel Epp....

 on an Aprilia RSV 250

Aprilia RSV 250

The Aprilia RSV 250 is a race motorcycle manufactured by Aprilia to race in the Grand Prix motorcycle World Championship. It was first debuted in ; in its history it underwent several modifications and upgrades, which brought it to its most recent incarnation...

 in the 250 division.

For the season, the team was renamed Interwetten Racing. Lüthi finished the season in fourth place in the inaugural Moto2 campaign, riding a Honda-powered Moriwaki

Moriwaki

Moriwaki is a Japanese company which produces among other things chassis and other parts for motorcycles....

 chassis. The Interwetten team also fielded a bike in the MotoGP class for the first time with former 250cc world champion Hiroshi Aoyama

Hiroshi Aoyama

is a Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He is the older brother of former 250cc and World Superbike rider, Shuhei Aoyama.In his six seasons in the 250cc World Championship, he raced Honda and KTM machinery in an Aprilia-dominated class. He took eight victories and never finished lower than...

 finishing in 15th place aboard a Honda RC212V

Honda RC212V

The Honda RC212V is a road racing motorcycle developed to race in the MotoGP series. Officially introduced on 30 October 2006 as the RC211V replacement in the MotoGP series, it was developed by Honda Racing Corporation throughout 2006 and began officially racing in the 2007 season.The model name...

. Interwetten rider Marcel Schrötter finished 18th in the 125cc class on a Honda RS125R

Honda RS125R

The Honda RS125R is a 125 cc two-stroke Grand Prix racing motorcycle built for racing purposes only.More info from Honda / HRC can be found here: -2008 Honda RS125R specifications:MODELRS125RTYPEJR01LENGTH × WIDTH × HEIGHT...

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External links

• Emmi-Caffé Latte Racing Team