Repsol chasing three titles in 2012

Repsol has announced it will back Alex Rins and Miguel Oliveira in the new Moto3 World Championship - and will thus be aiming to win riders' world titles in all three grand prix classes next year.
Stoner, British MotoGP 2011
Stoner, British MotoGP 2011
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Repsol has announced it w♚ill back Alex Rins and Miguel Oliveira in the new Moto3 World Championship - and is thus aiming to win riders' world titles in all t🔥hree grand prix classes next year.

Repsol, which has more than 40 years of experience in sport sponsorship, won 𓃲this year's MotoGP title with Honda's Casey Stoner and finished a close runner-up in the Moto2 class with Suter rider Marc Maꦍrquez.

Both Stoner and Marquez will remain in Repsol colours for 2012, as will St🦋oner's MotoGP team-mate Dani Pedrosa (fourth this season with three w𒅌ins).

Repsol's Moto3 hopes will be in the hands of two 16-year-olds, but both🃏 Rins and Oliveira are highly rated.

Rookie Rins is the reigning Spanish (CEV) 125cc champion, while Oliveira already has 11 grand 🌠prix starts under his belt and won the last two CEV races using 𓃲a 250cc four-stroke Moto3 bike for the Monlau Competici?n Team.

Repsol has also announced that Alex Marquez, younger b✤rother of Marc and runner-up in the 2011 CEV 125cc title to𓃲 team-mate Rins, will enter 'some races' as a wild-card in 2012.

This ౠwill be combined with a full title assault in the CEV Moto3 series.

The lastꦇ time Repsol participa🔯ted in the smallest (125cc) class of grand prix motorcycling was in 2010, when the team won the championship with Marc Marquez.

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