The Spanish petroleum giant Repsol is one of the mainstays of MotoGP. Repsol has backed Honda's MotoGP team for over 15 years, and the oil company is expanding its interest in the series. After adding backing for Marc Marquez in the Moto2 category last year, Repsol today announced that it will be supporting teams in all three categories of Grand Prix motorcycle racing in 2012.
Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa continue to form the Repsol Honda squad, the team reduced from three to two riders, after Andrea Dovizioso's contract was not renewed. After agonizing over the question of whether to go to MotoGP or stay in Moto2, Marc Marquez has elected to put in another year in Moto2 with the Monlau Competicion squad backed by Repsol. The Monlau team will also be fielding two riders in the new Moto3 class with the backing of Repsol, signing a pair of 16-year-olds to contest the new class on a pair of Honda NSF250R Moto3 machines. Portuguese rider Miguel Oliveira returns to the GP paddock after an early and less-than-harmonious split from the Andalucia Banca Civica team, while 2011 CEV 125cc champion Alex Rins makes his debut at the World Championship level with the Repsol-backed Monlau team.
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