Alvaro Bautista joins HRC for 2020 WSBK official team

Michelle Liew

September 23, 2019

HRC has signed former WSBK race winner Alvaro Bautista for next season.

Alvaro Bautista | Photo credits: HRC

Honda Racing Corporation has just announced that the team has signed Spanish rider Alvaro Bautista. He will be joining the company’s official team next season to take part in the FIM World Superbike Championship.

Bautista is a former 125cc World Champion and a 15-time WorldSBK race winner. There is no doubt that he will be bringing extraordinary skills to the HRC table.

Yoshishige Nomura- HRC President

Alvaro Bautista | Photo credits: WorldSBK

“We are very happy to welcome Alvaro Bautista to our WSBK racing project for next year. His arrival in the Honda racing family underlines our strong commitment to compete at full force in every motorsport category. He will be fighting to achieve top sporting results and looking for the best technological innovations. This is in order to offer our fans and customers fun, joy and excellent products,” says Nomura as quoted from Honda Racing Corporation.

“Alvaro is a very fast, experienced rider who has already shown his strong racing attitude and competitiveness in his GP years. He also did so in his first season in the WSBK Championship. We are confident that he will make a significant contribution to the growth and development of our project in the exciting and challenging Superbike World Championship.”