Honda Racing Corporation

This article is about Honda's motorsport subsidiary. For an overview of Honda's motorsport history, see Honda in motorsport. For Honda's factory MotoGP team, see Repsol Honda.
Honda Racing Corporation
Company typeSubsidiary[1]
IndustryAutomotive
GenreMotorsport
FoundedSeptember 1, 1982; 42 years ago (1982-09-01)
Headquarters2-wheel centre:
Asaka, Saitama, Japan
4-wheel centre:
Sakura, Tochigi, Japan[2]
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Koji Watanabe (president)
ProductsHigh-performance auto parts
ServicesResearch and development
ParentHonda
Websitehonda.racing

Honda Racing Corporation (HRC), also known as Honda Racing, is a motorsport subsidiary of the Honda Motor Company formed in 1982.[3] From its founding, the company was initially solely responsible for Honda's motorcycle racing activities, before the brand's automobile racing activities were integrated into HRC's scope of work on 1 April 2022.[4]

The company combines participation in motorcycle and automobile races throughout the world with the development of racing machines. In addition to promoting the Honda brand and entertaining fans, its racing activities provide a platform for training engineers and contribute to the development of technologies used in Honda products. HRC activities also include sales of racing vehicles, support for customer and satellite teams, and rider education programmes.

HRC has been competing in Grand Prix motorcycle racing since the company's inception, winning over 20 constructors' titles in the premier class. It has also been involved in Formula One as a power unit manufacturer since 2022; in 2023, the Honda RBPTH001 unit claimed 21 wins in 22 races. In February 2023, the FIA confirmed that Honda, through HRC, would be a power unit manufacturer for the new regulations in 2026.[5]

  1. ^ "Honda Global | Honda World Links". global.honda (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  2. ^ "Honda Performance Development Joins Honda Racing Corporation to Establish Global Honda Motorsports Organization". Honda Racing Newsroom. 2023-09-21. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  3. ^ "HRC Company Information".
  4. ^ "HRC explains its future operational policy at a press conference". Honda.Racing. 28 April 2022. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  5. ^ "FIA Confirms 2026 Formula 1 Power Unit Supplier Registrations". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 2023-02-03.