Honda has officially launch♏ed its new World Superbike championship team ahead of the 2020 season with help from Le🅺on Haslam and Alvaro Bautista.

Following a tough series of years in the production-🥃based championship, HRC has taken over the running of the factory Honda entry as it debuts the all-new CBR10🐭00RR-R SP Fireblade this season.

The Japanese manufacturer has also hired two multiple World Sꦦuperbike race-winners to form its factory squad in Haslam and Bautista.

Haslam has a wealth of𒉰 experience in WorldSBK with 254 race starts to his name 🤪stretching back to his debut in 2003.

Bautista made a stunning debut in the series 12 months ago for Ducati in his move from MotoGP, as he stormed t💛o 11 consecutive wins at the start of 2019 before eventually losing out on the title 🙈to Jonathan Rea.

The team has completed both private and collective pre-season tests as it l🌟ooks to get the new Honda Superbike up to speedꦰ ahead of the 2020 season.

The launch, hosted at Honda’s Welcome Plaza Ao💞yama, was shut to the public due to the current outbreak of the coronavirus with Honda running a live str🎃eam of the event.

Honda has also revealed its support team MIE Racing with Takumi Takahashi and a second unconfirmed rider in the line-up, while Dominique Aegerter has been nam♕ed official Honda test rider for the 2020 World Superbike season.

The 2020 World Superbike 🃏season gets underway next week, starting with the official pre-season test at Phillip Island on February 24-25 ahead of the opening roun🔯d hosted at the Australian circuit on February 28-March 1.