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Honda riders Marquez and Pedrosa meet fans in Qatar

Published: 26 Mar 2017 - 12:02 pm | Last Updated: 28 Oct 2021 - 12:06 am
Reigning MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez and his team-mate, Dani Pedrosa visited the Doha Marketing Services Company WLL (DOMASCO), a Honda flagship showroom in Doha on Thursday.

Reigning MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez and his team-mate, Dani Pedrosa visited the Doha Marketing Services Company WLL (DOMASCO), a Honda flagship showroom in Doha on Thursday.

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Current reigning MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez and his highly acclaimed teammate, Dani Pedrosa, visited the Doha Marketing Services Company WLL (DOMASCO), a Honda flagship showroom in Doha on Thursday.

The duo, who are in Doha for the annual MotoGP  championship which is taking place at the Losail International Circuit, interacted with MotoGP fans, Honda customers and members of the local media

Members of the Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) were also present to highlight Honda’s racing efforts and high-performance engineering.

The 24-year-old rider Marquez, who has raced in MotoGP for Honda’s factory team Repsol Honda since 2013, is the youngest rider ever to be crowned king of the premier class. After his win in 2016, Marc brought his tally to five world championship titles over all classes in a career spanning just nine years till date.

After dominating the 125cc and 250cc categories with three consecutive World Championship titles from 2003 to 2005, Dani Pedrosa has become one of the most successful riders in Honda’s history and has achieved more podiums for the Japanese manufacturer than any other rider, with a total of 144.

Pedrosa has won at least one race per year for the last 15 seasons on his way to becoming the 8th most successful rider in history. Dani has had 29 MotoGP wins and 52 across all categories.

Honda has won the constructor’s world championship a record-breaking 22 times in the Moto GP premier class.

Faisal Sharif, Managing Director of DOMASCO welcomed the two Honda riders to the showroom.

“We are delighted to welcome Marc Marquez, Dani Pedrosa and members of HRC team to our showroom. It has become our tradition to organise this annual gathering to bring closer together these champion riders with biking enthusiasts from the community," Faisal said.