News 16 Feb 2018

Honda names new WorldSBK operations manager

Experienced former factory crew chief returns to lead Honda's program.

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Honda Motor Europe has appointed Chris Pike as its new operations manager for the Motul Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK), inheriting the position vacated by Marco Chini last month.

Pike will manage Honda’s operational and technical support in the WorldSBK paddock, including the Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team and Triple M Racing Honda World Superbike Team organisations.

“I am very happy to be stepping up to the role of Honda Motor Europe’s operations manager in World Superbike – a championship that holds many good memories for me,” Pike stated. “Although it is a return to a championship I know very well, this a fresh, new challenge for me and I’m looking forward to applying all that I’ve learned over the years to help Honda be a force in this very competitive series.”

Pike brings to the role a wealth of technical experience in racing, having worked within the Honda family across a unique blend of championships including WorldSBK, MotoGP, World Endurance and British Superbike. He was part of Honda’s world title-winning campaigns in 1997, 2000 and 2002 and more recently he worked with Honda as a crew chief in WorldSBK from 2012 to 2014, before making the move to MotoGP.

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