Catalunya Round

After one and half days of testing at the Cremona Circuit on 19-20 June, Team HRC’s commitment to the development of their CBR1000RR-R FIREBLADES continues, as the squad completes an additional test day at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain. The original plan was to test on Monday 1 July… read more.

Team HRC and factory riders Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge have concluded round 2 of the 2024 Superbike World Championship at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya with the sensation that the final results fell short of expectations. Although the track was damp for morning warm-up, meaning that most riders elected not… read more.

Team HRC and factory riders Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge have completed the first of the weekend’s World Superbike races at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya inside the points zone, in thirteenth and fourteenth place respectively. The morning’s final free practice allowed the team to make further adjustments to the setup… read more.

Team HRC and factory riders Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge are competing in round 2 of the Superbike World Championship at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain. During the weekend’s first free practice session, Vierge worked with the team to make several setup changes to his bike, recording a best… read more.

The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain is gearing up to host round 2 of 2024 Superbike World Championship, set to take place on 22-24 March. Team HRC is already on site, its factory riders Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge excited about the prospect of competing on home turf. The season… read more.

Team HRC has now completed round 4 of the WorldSBK championship in Catalunya with strong results. Iker Lecuona just misses out on the podium in the Superpole race, while Xavi Vierge secures sixth place in the second Superbike race. A fruitful morning warm-up was followed by a short rain shower,… read more.

Team HRC riders Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge cross the line sixth and eighth respectively in the first of the weekend’s Superbike World Championship races at the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit in Spain. The morning’s third and final free practice allowed both Lecuona and Vierge to make final refinements and preparations ahead… read more.

Team HRC riders Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge are out at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, their home track, for the fourth round of the 2023 Superbike World Championship. Separated by just 27 thousandths of a second in terms of lap time, both made a solid start at their home track.… read more.

Team HRC is now at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain for round four of the 2023 Superbike World Championship. Factory riders Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge are both eager to take on what is their home round and put in a strong performance in front of their supporters. At… read more.

Team HRC has been at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain this week, completing another two-day testing session on Thursday 30 and Friday 31 March, which follows on from the tests completed just last week at Motorland Aragón. As the squad continues to prepare for the first European round of… read more.

Round eight of the Superbike World Championship has now drawn to a close at Barcelona in Spain, with Team HRC finishing sixth and eighth in the day’s second and final Superbike race with riders Xavi Vierge and Iker Lecuona. After scoring a fantastic pole position with Lecuona yesterday, Team HRC… read more.

Team HRC and rider Iker Lecuona put in an impressive performance during the morning’s all-important Superpole to secure pole position, the rider’s first of the season and the manufacturer’s first since 2016. In the subsequent first race, the Spaniard battled long and hard for the podium until a lack of… read more.

Round eight of the 2022 Superbike World Championship is now underway, with Team HRC in action at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and particularly eager to perform at what is a home track for both Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge. The factory team completed Friday’s free practice sessions with Lecuona and… read more.

Having competed at the Magny-Cours circuit in France just over a week ago, Team HRC now finds itself in Montmeló, Spain, where round eight of the 2022 Superbike World Championship will play out at the Circuit de Barcelona- Catalunya this coming weekend. The latest French round failed to bring the… read more.

Factory Team HRC have completed a successful two-day test in hot and sunny conditions at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, where they shared the circuit with many other WorldSBK teams. With a maiden 2022 Suzuka8H win still a fresh memory for Iker Lecuona, and an HRC contract extension option exercised for… read more.

Team HRC has shared the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit with many other WorldSBK teams during the penultimate pre-season test, with the final sessions scheduled to take place at Motorland Aragón on Monday 4 and Tuesday 5 April before round 1 of the 2022 Superbike World Championship gets underway at the same track… read more.

Team HRC has shared the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit with many other WorldSBK teams during the penultimate pre-season test, with the final sessions scheduled to take place at Motorland Aragón on Monday 4 and Tuesday 5 April before round 1 of the 2022 Superbike World Championship gets underway at the same track… read more.

Today’s racing at the Barcelona-Catalunya track in Spain brought Team HRC its first podium of the 2021 Superbike World Championship season when Alvaro Bautista went from sixteenth on the initial race grid to a third-place finish in a (two-part) Superpole race in front of his home crowd! The Spaniard then… read more.

Today’s opening WorldSBK race at the Barcelona-Catalunya Circuit saw Team HRC rider Leon Haslam cross the line seventh and Alvaro Bautista ninth in what was a wet and action-packed race. After making some final set-up adjustments during the third practice session, the two Team HRC riders headed out for the… read more.

On what forecasts threaten might be the only totally dry day of the weekend, Leon Haslam makes a strong start to the Catalunya round, ending day 1 in 7th place just 0.374 tenths of a second off provisional pole position. Alvaro Bautista was one of eleven riders able to improve… read more.

Just over a week since the eighth Superbike World Championship round played out at the Magny-Cours circuit in France, Team HRC is now in Montmeló, Spain, ready for round nine, the first event in a triple-header that will see the SBK field take on the challenge of nine races in… read more.

Just a few days after completing the sixth Superbike World Championship round at Most in the Czech Republic, Team HRC has carried out a very productive test session at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain. While continuing the relentless work involved in developing the bike, factory riders Alvaro Bautista and… read more.

Team HRC has completed two days of intense work at their home track of Montmeló in Catalunya, Spain, which lies just a few kilometres from the team’s European headquarters. It proved to be a busy and satisfying two-day session for the factory Honda squad, although Alvaro Bautista only rode on… read more.

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Round six of the Superbike World Championship has now drawn to a close at the Barcelona-Catalunya track in Spain but unfortunately the races did not bring the expected results for Team HRC.  The promising feedback Alvaro Bautista got from the latest improvements made to the bike’s setup was confirmed by… read more.

A solid frontrunner across all sessions over the last few rounds, Alvaro Bautista scored a top five finish in today’s Race 1 at the Barcelona-Catalunya Circuit, after having achieved third place during the morning’s Tissot Superpole, the best qualifying result of the season so far for both rider and Team… read more.

The sixth round of the 2020 Superbike World Championship is now underway at the Barcelona-Catalunya track in Spain. Despite the unstable weather conditions, with heavy rain in the early afternoon, it proved to be a promising opening day for Team HRC and Spanish rider Alvaro Bautista, who placed fourth at… read more.

Just over a week since round 5 at Motorland Aragón, Team HRC now prepares for the sixth Superbike World Championship round, scheduled to take place this coming weekend at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain.  Although a permanent fixture on the MotoGP calendar, the Barcelona facility will be hosting… read more.

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Team HRC has concluded its first testing session in months at the Catalunya-Barcelona circuit in Spain. Following the enforced break owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, official riders Alvaro Bautista and Leon Haslam were enthusiastic to return to the track and get back to work. Having not visited a racetrack since… read more.

More than four months after the opening round of the Superbike World Championship at Phillip Island, Australia, and following a prolonged break owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, Superbike teams are gradually able to resume testing and, in a few weeks’ time, racing. To this end, Team HRC will be back… read more.