JiR
2015 name | JIR Racing Team |
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Base | Monte Carlo, Monaco |
Principal | Gianluca Montiron |
Rider(s) | 4. Randy Krummenacher |
Motorcycle | Kalex |
Tyres | Dunlop |
Japan Italy Racing, more commonly known as JiR, is a Monte Carlo based motorcycle racing team which competed in the MotoGP series from 2005 to 2008 and from 2010 to 2015 in the Moto2 class.
Team setup
The team was founded by Gianluca Montiron together with Honda Motor Europe founder Tetsuo Iida. Since the team's founding, Montiron has diversified the investments keeping the Head Office as the team's central core, although all its activities are independent. The Monaco-based company develops commercial and sport interests, including marketing and communication initiatives – such as the brand's internationalisation. Motorsport, real estate investments and corporate social responsibility (CSR) are the services provided by JiR's different companies.
JiR Italy
JiR Italy S.r.l. was founded in 2009 in Castelletto di Branduzzo, Italy, some 45 km (28 mi) south of Milan. The Italian facility is well equipped for promotional activities and is located near to the Motodromo circuit, the 7 Laghi go kart and jet ski tracks.
SCI JiR
SCI JiR is a real estate company that has the property of the team's facilities in Castelletto di Branduzzo and in the French Riviera.
History
MotoGP (2005–2008)
The team first entered the MotoGP World Championship in 2005 as Konica Minolta Honda, a single motorcycle team using the Honda RC211V with Japanese rider Makoto Tamada and Michelin as tyre supplier. A 3rd-place finish at the Japanese Grand Prix was the team's best result. The team used the same package for the 2006 season, but was unable to repeat the 2005 results finishing twelfth in the championship, with a best result of fifth at the Portuguese Grand Prix. In 2007, Shinya Nakano replaced Tamada as the rider of the new 800cc Honda RC212V. The motorcycle did not achieve the results expected finishing in seventeenth position.
The team's results improved in
Moto2 (2010–2015)
In 2010 the team took part in the new Moto2 class on a TSR built, Motobi branded chassis ridden by Simone Corsi and Mattia Pasini, although the latter was replaced during the season by Yusuke Teshima and Alex de Angelis. Corsi achieved third place twice, while de Angelis scored two podiums, including a victory from pole position in the Australian Grand Prix. In 2011, the team ran only one bike with de Angelis, who took another victory in Australia and clinched fourth place in the final standings.
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Results
Summary
Year | Class | Team name | Bike | Riders | Races | Wins | Podiums | Poles | F. laps | Points | Pos. |
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2005 | MotoGP | Konica Minolta Honda | Honda RC211V | Makoto Tamada | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 11th |
Jurgen van den Goorbergh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 20th | ||||
2006 | MotoGP | Konica Minolta Honda | Honda RC211V | Makoto Tamada | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 12th |
2007 | MotoGP | Konica Minolta Honda | Honda RC212V | Shinya Nakano | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 17th |
2008 | MotoGP | JiR Team Scot MotoGP | Honda RC212V | Andrea Dovizioso | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 5th |
250cc | JiR Team Scot 250 | Honda RS250RW
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Yuki Takahashi | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 5th | |
2010 | Moto2 | JiR Moto2 | Motobi TSR6 | Simone Corsi | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 5th |
Mattia Pasini[a] | 6 (8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 28th | ||||
Yusuke Teshima[a] | 4 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39th | ||||
Alex de Angelis[a] | 7 (12) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 84 (95) | 11th | ||||
2011 | Moto2 | JiR Moto2 | Motobi TSR6 | Alex de Angelis | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 174 | 4th |
2012
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Moto2 | JiR Moto2 | Motobi TSR6 | Johann Zarco | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 10th |
Eric Granado | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
2013
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Moto2 | JiR Moto2 | Motobi TSR6 | Mike Di Meglio | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 20th |
Kohta Nozane[a] | 2 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
Jason O'Halloran
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
Román Ramos[a] | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
Fadli Immammuddin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
Tetsuta Nagashima | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
2014
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Moto2 | Teluru Team JiR Webike | TSR TSR6 NTS NH6 |
Tetsuta Nagashima | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
Kenny Noyes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
Federico Caricasulo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
Tomoyoshi Koyama | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||||
2015
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Moto2 | JiR Moto2 | Kalex Moto2 2014 | Randy Krummenacher | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 21st |
- a Competed for other teams during the season.
MotoGP results
(key)
Year | Bike | Tyres | Riders | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Points | Pos. |
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2005 | Honda RC211V | M | ESP | POR | CHN | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | USA | GBR | GER | CZE | JPN | MAL | QAT | AUS | TUR | VAL | 103 | 9th | ||
Makoto Tamada | 8 | DNS | 8 | Ret | 14 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 12 | Ret | 8 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||
Jurgen van den Goorbergh | 6 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2006 | Honda RC211V | M | ESP | QAT | TUR | CHN | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GBR | GER | USA | CZE | MAL | AUS | JPN | POR | VAL | 96 | 10th | ||
Makoto Tamada | 10 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 11 | Ret | 11 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 12 | ||||||
2007 | Honda RC212V | M | QAT | ESP | TUR | CHN | FRA | ITA | CAT | GBR | NED | GER | USA | CZE | SMR
|
POR | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | 47 | 10th | |
Shinya Nakano | 10 | 10 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 15 | 14 | 12 | Ret | 12 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 14 | |||||
2008 | Honda RC212V | M | QAT | ESP | POR | CHN | FRA | ITA | CAT | GBR | NED | GER | USA | CZE | SMR
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IND | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | 174 | 7th | |
Andrea Dovizioso | 4 | 8 | Ret | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
References
- ^ "JiR Team Scot is born!". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 5 November 2007. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
- ^ "JiR confirms Honda split". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 26 September 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
- ^ "JiR returns – with Aprilia (and a Biaggi) in STK". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 3 April 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
- ^ "Johann Zarco joins JiR for 2012". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 7 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.