Honda to participate in the FIA Formula One World Championship

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced its decision to participate in the FIA1 Formula One (F1) World Championship from the 2015 season under a joint project with McLaren, the UK-based F1 corporation.

Track testing begins on the Civic WTCC

The 2012 Civic WTCC race car is unveiled as Honda begin track testing of its FIA World Touring Car Championship race car.

Gabriele Tarquini and Tiago Monterio announced as Honda’s WTCC drivers

Honda has announced that Italian Gabriele Tarquini and Portuguese Tiago Monteiro will be its works team drivers in the FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC).

Honda confirmed its entry in the WTCC from 2013 onwards earlier this year, with a two car works team — Honda Racing Team JAS – managed by J.A.S. Motorsport (Milano, Italy), Honda’s long term racing partner.

More wins for Honda Yuasa racing aces

Honda Yuasa Racing Team stars Matt Neal and Gordon ‘Flash’ Shedden extended their advantage in the 2012 MSA Dunlop British Touring Car Championship with another two wins at Croft last weekend.

Honda stars Neal and Shedden win all three races at Oulton

The Honda Yuasa Racing Team had its best Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship event of 2012 so far at Oulton Park last weekend, taking a clean sweep of all three races.

Fast and furious Honda action at Goodwood Festival of Speed

Honda will be setting thrilling new challenges and encouraging visitors to get involved in some racing of their own at the 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed.

The Honda Racing-themed stand will be a buzz of excitement as visitors race ride-on lawn mowers and navigate a mini British Touring Car Civic around a scale version of the iconic Goodwood Hill Climb against the clock.

Only all-British driving force set to fly the union flag at Le Mans

Honda-powered Strakka Racing will field the only all-British driver line up in the 56 car entry at this year’s 80th Le Mans 24 Hours (16-17 June), with Nick Leventis (London), Danny Watts (Buckingham) and Jonny Kane (Thame) racing a Honda Performance Development ARX-03a in the world’s most gruelling motor race.

In honour of both the occasion and the 70,000 British fans that annually make the pilgrimage to the famous Circuit La Sarthe, the Silverstone-based team’s LMP1 prototype will run with a Union Flag on the shark fin (the obligatory vertical aerodynamic device which runs down the spine of the car).

Yuasa Battery Sales announces title sponsorship of BTCC Honda Racing team for 2012-14 seasons

Yuasa Battery Sales (UK) Ltd – the UK market leader for Automotive Aftermarket, Industrial and Motorcycle Batteries – announced that the company has agreed to become the title sponsor of Honda Racing’s Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) team in a new three-year deal announced at the unveiling of the team’s brand new Civic at Honda’s UK Manufacturing Facility in Swindon on Monday 12 March 2012.

Honda Racing Team put the new Civic BTCC race car into action

The Honda Racing Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship team are putting the new Civic Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) through its paces at its first public test outing at Brands Hatch today (21 February 2012).

Honda Civic enters FIA World Touring Car Championship

Honda today announced that the Honda Civic will race in the FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC).