HRC Articles
Honda returns to Dakar with CRF450 Rally
Five-time victor Honda will return to The Dakar rally for the first time since 1989 with this new CRF450 Rally. The famously circumspect company offers little detail beyond a basis in the CRF450X enduro racer, but this will be a full HRC effort focused on speed, durability and, probably most importantly in 2013, efficiency, so don't check your expectations. ...
02 October 2012
News
A letter from Soichiro
On March 20, 1954, Soichiro Honda addressed this letter to all employees of his motor company. In it, he announces his intention, for the first time, to go racing. It’s a moment in time. It’s history being made. It’s the world changing. Totally and forever. It’s also a call to action, asking his company to be inspired by his actions into elevating Japanese industry to new levels. It reads...
29 December 2011
News
How the earthquake affected HRC
Speaking in an official Q&A, the executive vice president of Honda Racing Corporation, Shuhei Nakamoto, has confirmed that the Motegi circuit was damaged in Friday’s earthquake. While the HRC office in Saitama Prefecture was not damaged, the general infrastructure problems and huge scale of the disaster could impact Honda’s racing operations. “For sure the situation is very difficult in ...
15 March 2011