LCR Honda MotoGP team have just announced it is to renew Randy De Puniet's contract for the 2009 season, making it is fourth year in the blue riband class.
The two-year contract with De Puniet for the 2008 and 2009 seasons has been set at the end of 2007 season and with the recent confirmation that Honda HRC will supply the team with an RC212V for 2009 (for the third year).
De Puniet said: “The 2009 season will be my fourth year in the MotoGP class; Honda is working hard to improve the RCV machine and the LCR Team is very professional and they are like a family for me. We have got the potential to make special results and we will do our best to achieve important goals."
Team Manager Lucio Cecchinello added: “I think that Randy and Honda have a big potential. Our aim was to continue with Randy and thanks to Honda HRC support we will cooperate together for next season as well. Besides I am happy to say that we have retained all our present team staff for our 2009 project with Randy.”
