Honda announces 2023 motorsport participation

Motorsport has been an integral part of Honda’s DNA since the very beginning and even today it plays an integral role in the company’s research and development as well as marketing activities.

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In 1959, Honda competed in the Isle of Man TT Race for the first time as company founder Soichiro Honda set the goal of becoming the world’s number one in technology. Since then, Honda has competed in various motorcycle and automobile races and series around the world. Honda believe that the challenging environment of motorsport is critical in developing a culture of a challenging spirit and therefore continues to value their motorsport participation and have announced their plans for their 2023 motorsport participation.

Honda also aims to achieve carbon neutrality in the world of motorsport and has been conducting research and development into technologies for carbon neutrality while proactively leveraging the field of motorsport and will strive to put these new technologies into practical use in their motorsport activities. Starting with motorcycles they will also explore the possibilities of introducing electrified models in the races where they compete.

The Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) has amalgamated its motorcycle and automobile racing activities and has started seeing positive effects of the mutual collaboration of the technologies and know how that Honda has amassed in these areas. For example, Honda are investigating the possibilities of suppling base vehicles suitable for participatory motorsports that will allow more enthusiasts to enter the world of motorsport, in the development of such vehicles Honda are using the experience gained from the motorcycle racing divisions which are already involved in such programmes.

Reclaiming the championship title in MotoGP is one of the top priorities for Honda. From the second half of the 2022 Honda began incorporating expertise from its automobile racing divisions to refine the aerodynamics of its MotoGP contender and plans to implement the same collaboration in the area of combustion technology. For 2023, Joan Mir, the 2020 MotoGP champion, will join the Repsol Honda Team alongside Marc Marquez. Takaaki Nakagaami will be aboard the LCR Honda Idemitsu and Alex Rins joins HCR aboard the LCR Honda Castrol.

In 2023 Honda will continue the activities of Honda Team Asia which competes in the Moto2 and Moto3 classes and will also continue to utilise the Idemitsu Asia Talent Cup to foster the next generation of motorcycle champions.

Automobile activities

In the Formula One World Championship, HRC continued to support Red Bull powertrains which supplies the power units that employ Honda’s Power Unit technologies to Scuderia AlphaTauri and Oracle Red Bull Racing and as such contributed to winning the 2022 drivers’ and constructors’ World Championship.

In addition, Honda will support the participation of young Japanese drivers who are competing in the FIA Formula2 Championship and as such following in the footsteps of Yuki Tsunoda who will be competing in F1 with Scuderia AlphaTauri for the third consecutive year.

In Japan, Honda aims to recapture the championship title in the GT500 class of the Super GT Series for the first time in three-years, following several changes to the team structure. 

In North America, through HPD, Honda will supply engines to 15 cars with six cars competing in the IndyCar Series. In the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, two teams will campaign the ARX-06, an Acura branded machine supplied by HPD.

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