Honda is making strikes to consolidate its international motorsports operations below the banner of Honda Racing Company (HRC), and the method will lengthen to the U.S.-based Honda Efficiency Growth (HPD).

HRC was born out of Honda’s bike racing program launched within the early Nineteen Eighties. It operates out of Sakura, Japan, and is liable for most of Honda’s motorsports applications outdoors of North America.

HPD is the official motorsports division of American Honda and has largely operated independently of HRC. It was established in 1993 and relies in Santa Clarita, California. It handles motorsports applications throughout North America for each Honda and Acura, together with Acura’s profitable LMDh program.

Below the consolidation course of, HPD will develop into HRC US. The transformation shall be accomplished in time for the 2024 motorsports season. HPD branding on a few of Honda’s highway autos is predicted to stay, nonetheless.

HRC US is new motorsports group for Honda and Acura in North America

The transfer is greater than merely symbolic as HRC and HRC US will mix their experience and sources to help each Honda and Acura racing applications worldwide, together with in Method 1 the place Honda serves as an influence unit provider.

Honda mentioned HRC US shall be concerned in F1 energy unit growth and race help beginning in 2026, when Honda turns into a energy unit provider to Aston Martin.

“Our aim is to extend the HRC model and maintain the success of our racing actions and we imagine that uniting Honda motorsports globally as one racing group will assist obtain that,” Koji Watanabe, HRC’s president, mentioned in an announcement. “Our race engineers within the U.S. and Japan shall be stronger collectively and I’m so joyful to welcome our U.S. associates to the HRC staff.”