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Honda Racing Corporation held the international press launch of its 2017 Repsol Honda MotoGP team in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday.

Factory team riders Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa were both in attendance, as well as Tetsuhiro Kuwata (HRC director – general manager race operations) and team principal Livio Suppo.

“We wish to thank Astra Honda for hosting our team launch here in Jakarta once again and for making all of us feel incredibly welcome as always,” said Kuwata. “Besides unveiling our 2017 racing project in a country that counts so many passionate MotoGP followers, we had the chance to visit the Astra Honda Motor Factory.

“That was a very good experience, especially for Marc and Dani, who had the chance to meet with the many people who work in the production sector, and to see how well known they are here and how much support they have. We’ll keep working at 100 percent to continue improving our bike, to allow Marc and Dani to once again fight at the front in the next MotoGP World Championship.”

This was the third-consecutive year that the Repsol Honda launch has been excellently hosted by Astra Honda in Indonesia. On the same occasion, AHM presented their own 2017 racing activities and officially launched the new Honda CBR250RR Repsol Edition, CRF250 Rally and CRF1000L Africa Twin.