Press Release RELEASED : 1st February 2017 “MORIWAKI MOTUL RACING” BACK IN ACTION FORMING A STRONG LINK For many years, MOTUL has bond together with MORIWAKI as the technical partner and now MORIWAKI is honored to announce that MOTUL will become the main sponsor for MORIWAKI RACING. In 2017, MORIWAKI will be competing in the JSB1000 Class of “MFJ All Japan Road Racing Championship” along with the “FIM Endurance World Championship Series "Coca-Cola" Suzuka 8hours Endurance Race” as “MORIWAKI MOTUL RACING”. MOTUL, the world-leader of lubricant oil manufacture for motorcycles and automobiles based in France, has been in bond with MORIWAKI ever since 1997 as the powerful technical partner and fought together in the road racing series. The immense trust between MOTUL and MORIWAKI is ready to face the season with all possible measures to ensure the success for 2017. Do not miss the 2017 season with “MORIWAKI MOTUL RACING”. ◆From the Press Release of MOTUL • Moriwaki Engineering and MOTUL continue their close ties MOTUL joins together with Moriwaki Engineering as the Moriwaki-MOTUL Racing team in the Japanese Superbike Championship Series. Also, the team returns after nine years to the Suzuka 8 Hours Road Race of the World Endurance Championship Series. The new machine, Honda CBR1000RR(Moriwaki tuned), with greatly reduced weight and increased power, is showing high potential and superb handling. Renewing its contract as technical partner, MOTUL is again fighting for the podium with Moriwaki Engineering. ■MOTUL URL http://www.motul.com ■2017 Team Formation ・Team MORIWAKI MOTUL RACING ・Rider Yuki Takahashi (age 32) right Ryuichi Kiyonari (age 34) left ・Machine Honda CBR1000RR MORIWAKI Special Edition 1 / 1.