| 2015 name | JIR Racing Team |
|---|---|
| Base |  Monte Carlo,Monaco |
| Principal | Gianluca Montiron |
| Rider(s) | 4. Randy Krummenacher |
| Motorcycle | Kalex |
| Tyres | Dunlop |
Japan Italy Racing, more commonly known asJiR, is aMonte Carlo basedmotorcycle racing team which competed in theMotoGP series from 2005 to 2008 and from 2010 to 2015 in the Moto2 class.
The team was founded byGianluca Montiron together with Honda Motor Europe founder Tetsuo Iida. Since the team's founding, Montiron has diversified the investments keeping the Head Office as the team's central core, although all its activities are independent. The Monaco-based company develops commercial and sport interests, including marketing and communication initiatives – such as the brand's internationalisation. Motorsport, real estate investments and corporate social responsibility (CSR) are the services provided by JiR's different companies.
JiR Italy S.r.l. was founded in 2009 inCastelletto di Branduzzo, Italy, some 45 km (28 mi) south ofMilan. The Italian facility is well equipped for promotional activities and is located near to the Motodromo circuit, the 7 Laghi go kart and jet ski tracks.
SCI JiR is a real estate company that has the property of the team's facilities in Castelletto di Branduzzo and in the French Riviera.
The team first entered theMotoGP World Championship in2005 asKonica MinoltaHonda, a single motorcycle team using theHonda RC211V with Japanese riderMakoto Tamada andMichelin as tyre supplier. A 3rd-place finish at theJapanese Grand Prix was the team's best result. The team used the same package for the2006 season, but was unable to repeat the 2005 results finishing twelfth in the championship, with a best result of fifth at thePortuguese Grand Prix. In2007,Shinya Nakano replaced Tamada as the rider of the new 800ccHonda RC212V. The motorcycle did not achieve the results expected finishing in seventeenth position.
The team's results improved in2008, when2004 125cc World ChampionAndrea Dovizioso joined the team, which once again used theHonda RC212V onMichelin tyres. They were re-branded asJiR Team Scot after a joint venture withTeam Scot.[1] The team ran alsoYuki Takahashi in the 250cc class; Dovizioso finished fifth overall in the MotoGP standings. The team split during the season, leaving the two parts of the team competing for the rights to run a Honda in MotoGP in2009,[2] but it was Team Scot who retainedHonda support, so JiR withdrew from the top class.[3]
In2010 the team took part in the new Moto2 class on aTSR built,Motobi branded chassis ridden bySimone Corsi andMattia Pasini, although the latter was replaced during the season byYusuke Teshima andAlex de Angelis. Corsi achieved third place twice, while de Angelis scored two podiums, including a victory frompole position in theAustralian Grand Prix. In2011, the team ran only one bike with de Angelis, who took another victory inAustralia and clinched fourth place in the final standings.
The team signedJohann Zarco, 125cc runner-up in 2011, andEric Granado for Moto2 in2012.[4] Zarco finished in tenth place in the championship standings, the best-placed rookie. In2013 former 125cc world championMike Di Meglio joined the team – he finished the season in 20th place in the championship, despite missing the final seven races due to a broken sacrum sustained atBrno. Five riders replaced him over those races, but no further points were accrued.
The2014 Moto2 season started with a young rider project with Japanese GP2 champion Kohta Nozane but the premature death of his father during the off-season discouraged his participation. He was replaced by Tetsuta Nagashima, but his season was shortened by an injury suffered at theBritish Grand Prix. He returned for the final race atValencia, having been replaced byFederico Caricasulo,Kenny Noyes andTomoyoshi Koyama in between. None of the riders scored points during the season.
In2015 the Swiss riderRandy Krummenacher joined the team, but the team left the championship at the end of the season.
(key)
| Year | Bike | Tyres | Riders | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Points | Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Honda RC211V | M | ESP | POR | CHN | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | USA | GBR | GER | CZE | JPN | MAL | QAT | AUS | TUR | VAL | 103 | 9th | ||
 Makoto Tamada | 8 | DNS | 8 | Ret | 14 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 12 | Ret | 8 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||
 Jurgen van den Goorbergh | 6 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Honda RC211V | M | ESP | QAT | TUR | CHN | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GBR | GER | USA | CZE | MAL | AUS | JPN | POR | VAL | 96 | 10th | ||
| Makoto Tamada | 10 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 11 | Ret | 11 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 12 | ||||||
| 2007 | Honda RC212V | M | QAT | ESP | TUR | CHN | FRA | ITA | CAT | GBR | NED | GER | USA | CZE | SMR | POR | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | 47 | 10th | |
| Shinya Nakano | 10 | 10 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 15 | 14 | 12 | Ret | 12 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 14 | |||||
| 2008 | Honda RC212V | M | QAT | ESP | POR | CHN | FRA | ITA | CAT | GBR | NED | GER | USA | CZE | SMR | IND | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | 174 | 7th | |
 Andrea Dovizioso | 4 | 8 | Ret | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
