LCR launches 2024 MotoGP bikes ahead of Qatar test
As has been the case in previous years, LCR has gone for a split approach with its MotoGP liveries in 2024, with one of its two Honda R213Vs sporting the colours of Castrol and the other bike carrying the backing of Japanese Pet roleum company Idemitsu. LCR revealed the first of its two bikes carrying the familiar green, white and red look of Castrol on Thursday morning, with Zarco also making an official appearance in the team’s 2024 gear. The second Idemitsu-backed bike that will once again be ridden by Nakagami was revealed later in the afternoon in an online presentation. Both liveries have been slightly tweaked compared to previous years, with Zarco’s bike now featuring a stripe pattern. LCR scored Honda’s only victory of the 2023 MotoGP season at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin following a stunning performance from Alex Rins, who has since moved to the factory Yamaha team in place of Franco Morbidelli. Rins’s place at LCR has been take...