Honda announced its motorsports participation plans for the 2025 season.

Since first entering the Isle of Man TT races in 1959, with company founder Soichiro Honda’s passion to become the world’s number one in technology, Honda has continued to participate in various motorcycle and automobile races around the world. Many riders and drivers from yesteryear have competed on the world stage, and no matter how many times they have faced challenges, have overcome and accumulated victories by pushing on, undaunted. In 2025, Honda will continue to strengthen this challenging spirit and develop motorsports activities with the riders, drivers, and people who fight alongside Honda.

【Motorcycle motorsports activities】

In 2024, Honda won the Dakar Rally 2024, a world championship in which it competes as a factory team, for the first time in three years, and also won the Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Road Race for the third consecutive year. It also won both the FIM*1 Trial World Championship and the FIM X-Trial World Championship, setting a new record of 36 consecutive titles over both series. On the other hand, Honda had a difficult year in the MotoGP class of the FIM Road Racing World Championship.

For 2025 in the MotoGP class, Honda will further strengthen its development system, including testing, in order to break out of its current situation. 2024 MotoGP riders Takaaki Nakagami and Aleix Espargaró will join the development team to accelerate development to enhance the RC213V’s competitiveness. The factory team will be named “Honda HRC” and will field two RC213Vs. For the satellite teams, Honda LCR will continue to race in 2025.

In the FIM Superbike World Championship, the factory team Honda HRC will continue to compete with two upgraded and more competitive CBR1000RR-R FIREBLADE SP racing bikes.

In the FIM Motocross World Championship, Honda will aim to regain the championship title in the MXGP class for the first time in three years through enhancing the competitiveness of the CRF450R and the team.

In the FIM Trial World Championship TrialGP class and FIM X-Trial World Championship, Toni Bou will aim to extend his record to 19th consecutive victories in both championships. Honda is also striving for back-to-back championships in the Dakar Rally 2025 currently being held in Saudi Arabia.

Honda aims to achieve carbon neutrality in all of its motorcycle products in the 2040s, and while continuing to work on the evolution of the internal combustion engine (ICE), is also working on the electrification of motorcycles as a key element of its future environmental strategy. In motorsports, last year Honda participated in the FIM E-Xplorer World Cup with the CR ELECTRIC PROTO. In addition, it entered three rounds of the MFJ*2 All Japan Trial Championship as a wildcard entry with the RTL ELECTRIC. Its development rider Takahisa Fujinami took three consecutive wins.

The RTL ELECTRIC will compete on a new stage in 2025, in the Trial World Championship Trial2 class.

*1 FIM: Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme

*2 MFJ: Motorcycle Federation of Japan

【Automobile motorsports activities】

In 2024, Honda provided technical and marketing support to Oracle Red Bull Racing (RBR) and Visa Cash App RB Formula One Team (RB) as team partners in the FIA*3 Formula One World Championship (F1). Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) provided technical support by manufacturing power unit (PU) components other than the ESS*4, which were supplied to Red Bull Powertrains*5, and supporting PU operations throughout the season, thus contributing to Max Verstappen’s fourth consecutive Drivers’ Championship title.

The partnership between RBR, RB, and Honda, which set a new record in F1 history with 21 wins in the 22 races in the 2023 season, is entering its final year. In 2025, HRC will do its utmost to help win the championship together with the teams. HRC will also continue to support the activities of Yuki Tsunoda, who is entering his fifth year in F1.

In Japan domestic racing, in 2024, DOCOMO TEAM DANDELION RACING, with drivers Tadasuke Makino and Kakunoshin Ohta, won the Teams’ Championship in the Japanese SUPER FORMULA Championship with four wins. In 2025, the team will continue to fight for the top, including the Driver’s Championship. In the SUPER GT Series*6, Honda introduced the new CIVIC TYPE R-GT based on the CIVIC TYPE R in the GT500 class, resulting in STANLEY TEAM KUNIMITSU’s Naoki Yamamoto and Tadasuke Makino finishing 2024 in second place in the standings. They will continue their challenge to win the championship in 2025. In addition, Shun Koide, who won the Japanese SUPER FORMULA LIGHTS Championship (SUPER FORMULA LIGHTS), will be racing in the GT500 class with Astemo REAL RACING.

In North America, Honda Racing Corporation USA (HRC US) will supply power units to five teams competing in the IndyCar Series. In addition, two Acura-branded ARX-06 cars supplied by HRC US will compete in the GTP class, the pinnacle category in the IMSA*7 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. HRC US engineers will take on a major part of the team operations for the #93 car, expanding the role of HRC US and accelerating both human resource and technical development. In addition, driver Kakunoshin Ohta will participate in three events with the team, including the 24 Hours of Daytona.

*3 FIA: Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile

*4 ESS: Energy Storage System, a battery system that stores regenerated electrical energy.

*5 Manufacturer of PUs for Red Bull Group F1 teams. Conducts ESS production and operation for current PUs.

*6 Supervised and operated by GTA Co., Ltd.

*7 IMSA: International Motor Sports Association

■ Participation Overview (as of January 10, 2025)

＜＜Honda Participation in Motorcycle Racing＞＞

＜＜World Championship Series＞＞

• FIM MotoGP World Championship (MotoGP)

＜MotoGP＞

Team	Machine	No.	Rider	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
Honda HRC	RC213V	10	Luca Marini	27	Italy	MotoGP 22nd
		36	Joan Mir	27	Spain	MotoGP 21st
CASTROL Honda LCR		5	Johann Zarco	34	France	MotoGP 17th
IDEMITSU Honda LCR		35	Somkiat Chantra	26	Thailand	Moto2 12th

• FIM Superbike World Championship (WSBK)

＜WSBK＞

Team	Machine	No.	Rider	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
Honda HRC	CBR1000RR-R FIREBLADE SP	7	Iker Lecuona	25	Spain	WSBK 12th
		97	Xavi Vierge	26	Spain	WSBK 11th
PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda		21	Md Zaqhwan Zaidi	29	Malaysia.	ARRC ASB1000 6th
		95	Tarran Mackenzie	29	U.K.	WSBK 23rd

＜WSSP＞

Team	Machine	No.	Rider	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
Honda RACING World Supersport	CBR600RR	6	Corentin Perolari	26	France	WSSP 27th FSBK SSP*8 Champion
		22	Ana Carrasco	27	Spain	WWCR*9 Champion
PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda		27	Kaito Toba	24	Japan	WSSP 23rd
		63	Md Syarifuddin Azman	23	Malaysia	ARRC AP250 6th

*8 Championnat de France Superbike Supersport 600

*9 FIM Women’s Circuit Racing World Championship

◆ FIM Endurance World Championship (EWC)

 

Team	Machine	No.	Rider	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
TATI TEAM BERINGER RACING	CBR1000RR-R FIREBLADE	4	Hugo Clere	30	France	EWC 5th
			Martin Reaudin	26	France
			Randy Krummenacher	34	Switzer land
F.C.C. TSR Honda France	CBR1000RR-R FIREBLADE SP	5	Alan Techer	30	France	EWC 13th
			Corentin Perolari	26	France
			Taiga Hada	26	Japan
MANA-AU COMPETITION	CBR1000RR-R FIREBLADE	53	Marco Fetz	24	Germany	EWC 15th
			TBA
			TBA
Wójcik Racing Team		77	Artur Wielebski	31	Poland	EWC 7th
			Kamil Krzemień	25	Poland
			Jurand Kuśmierczyk	20	Poland

• FIM Motocross World Championship (MXGP)

＜MXGP＞

Team	Machine	No.	Rider	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
Honda HRC	CRF450R	70	Ruben Fernandez	25	Spain	MXGP 23rd
		243	Tim Gajser	28	Slovenia	MXGP 2nd
JWR Honda Racing		17	Cornelius Toendel	22	Sweden	MXGP 15th
TEAM HONDA SR MOTOBLOUZ		24	Kevin Horgmo	24	Belgium	MXGP 8th
		303	Alberto Forato	24	Italy	MXGP 19th
JM Honda Racing		32	Brent Van Doninck	28	Belgium	MXGP 25th

＜MX2＞

Team	Machine	No.	Rider	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
Honda HRC	CRF250R	18	Valerio Lata	19	Italy	EMX250 2nd
		73	Ferruccio Zanchi	18	Italy	MX2 10th
JM Honda Racing		22	David Braceras	21	Spain	MX2 16th
		716	Noel Zanocz*10	18	Hungary	EMX125 Champion

*10 Wildcard entry in EMX250 and MX2

◆ FIM Trial World Championship (TrialGP)

＜TrialGP＞

Team	Machine	No.	Rider	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
Repsol Honda Team	Montesa COTA 4RT	1	Toni Bou	38	Spain	TrialGP/X-Trial Champion
		38	Gabriel Marcelli	24	Spain	TrialGP 2nd

＜Trial2＞

Team	Machine	No.	Rider	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
Honda Montesa	RTL ELECTRIC	256	Miquel Gelabert	26	Spain	TrialGP 7th

• FIM X-Trial World Championship (X-Trial)

 

Team	Machine	No.	Rider	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
Repsol Honda Team	Montesa COTA 4RT	1	Toni Bou	38	Spain	X-Trial Champion
		38	Gabriel Marcelli	24	Spain	X-Trial 3rd

• FIM World Rally-Raid Championship (Dakar Rally 2025)

 

Team	Machine	No.	Rider	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
Monster Energy Honda Team	CRF450 RALLY	7	Pablo Quintanilla	38	Chile	Dakar Rally Overall 17th
		9	Ricky Brabec	33	U.S.A.	Dakar Rally Champion
		10	Skyler Howes	32	U.S.A.	Dakar Rally DNF
		42	Adrien Van Beveren	33	France	Dakar Rally Overall 3rd
		68	Tosha Schareina	29	Spain	Dakar Rally DNF

＜＜Japan＞＞

• MFJ All Japan Road Race Championship (JRR)

＜JSB1000＞

Team	Machine	No.	Rider	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
Astemo Pro Honda SI Racing	CBR1000RR-R FIREBLADE	４	Kota Nozane	29	Japan	JSB1000 4th
SDG Team HARC-PRO. Honda		6	Teppei Nagoe	27	Japan	JSB1000 6th
Team ATJ		8	Satoru Iwata	38	Japan	JSB1000 8th
		TBA	Koki Suzuki	24	Japan	ST600 4th
Honda Dream RT Sakurai Honda		9	Kazuki Ito	24	Japan	JSB1000 9th
DUNLOP Racing Team with YAHAGI		10	Tetsuta Nagashima	32	Japan	JSB1000 10th

＜ST1000＞

Team	Machine	No.	Rider	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
Astemo Pro Honda SI Racing	CBR1000RR-R FIREBLADE	3	Taiga Hada	26	Japan	ST1000 3rd
		5	Kota Arakawa	22	Japan	ST1000 5th
			TBA
TOHO Racing		4	Takuma Kunimine	26	Japan	ST1000 4th
		8	Kosuke Sakumoto	28	Japan	ST1000 8th
MOTO BUM HONDA		9	Motoharu Ito	25	Japan	ST1000 9th

＜ST600＞

Team	Machine	No.	Rider	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
TN45 Racing Team	CBR600RR	5	Tetsuya Fujita	21	Japan	ST600 5th
MOTO BUM HONDA		9	Kai Aota	19	Japan	ST600 9th
		TBA	Sho Tokuda	16	Japan	J-GP3 21st
		TBA	Rui Kusu	19	Japan	National ST600*11 Champion
Japan Post Honda TP		11	Tomoyoshi Koyama	41	Japan	ST600 11th
Astemo Pro Honda SI Racing		12	Takuto Suzuki	22	Japan	ST600 12th
Japan Post docomo business TP		17	Shu Yamato	21	Japan	ST600 17th
SDG Team HARC-PRO.		21	Kanta Hamada	20	Japan	ST600 21st
		TBA	Amon Odaki	17	Japan	Junior GP 23rd

*11 SUZUKA Sunday Road Race National ST600

◆ MFJ All Japan Motocross Championship (JMX)

＜IA1＞

Team	Machine	No.	Rider	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
Honda Dream Racing LG	CRF450R	2	Haruki Yokoyama	26	Japan	IA1 2nd
Honda Dream Racing Bells		4	Yuki Okura	26	Japan	IA1 4th
T.E.SPORT		6	Gota Otsuka	28	Japan	IA1 6th
TEAM HAMMER		9	Makoto Ogata	39	Japan	IA1 9th
		12	Yuta Ikegaya	35	Japan	IA1 12th
TEAM KOHSAKA		25	Hakuryu Michiwaki	26	Japan	IA1 25th

＜IA2＞

Team	Machine	No.	Rider	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
TKM motor sports Iwate	CRF250R	2	Takumu Yokosawa	26	Japan	IA2 2nd
		5	Taiga Yanase	19	Japan	IA2 5th
Bells Racing		14	Rukumo Yoshida	16	Japan	IA2 14th
Team ITOMO		16	Yusuke Mori	26	Japan	IA2 16th
		03	Raiki Minoura	16	Japan	IB-OPEN 3rd
TEAM HAMMER		25	Takeru Fujii	17	Japan	IA2 25th
		TBA	Oshi Takahashi	21	Japan	IA2 Competed
		05	Isshi Takahashi	18	Japan	IB-OPEN 5th
		07	Rikiya Onishi	21	Japan	IB-OPEN 7th
T.E.SPORT		27	Takuya Yamazaki	17	Japan	IA2 27th
		TBA	Mizuki Negishi	26	Japan	IA2 Competed

＜Ladies (LMX)＞

Team	Machine	No.	Rider	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
T.E.SPORT	CRF150RⅡ	1	Manaka Kawai	22	Japan	LMX Champion
		9	Kotono Yamazaki	16	Japan	LMX 9th
TEAM HAMMER		4	Natsuki Kusumoto	21	Japan	LMX 4th
Team ITOMO		6	Myu Minoura	18	Japan	LMX 6th

• MFJ All Japan Trial Championship (JTR)

＜IA Super (IAS)＞

Team	Machine	No.	Rider	Age	Nationality	2024 results
TEAM MITANI Honda	RTL301RR	1	Tomoyuki Ogawa	48	Japan	IAS Champion
		７	Yohito Takeda	23	Japan	IAS 7th
HRC Club MITANI & Shonai		15	Mizuki Urayama	17	Japan	IAS 15th

＜＜Asia＞＞

• FIM Asia Road Racing Championship (ARRC)

＜ASB1000＞

Team	Machine	No.	Rider	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
Boon Siew Honda Racing	CBR1000RR-R FIREBLADE	20	Azroy Hakeem Anuar	25	Malaysia	ARRC SS600 3rd
		21	Md Zaqhwan Zaidi	29	Malaysia.	ASB1000 6th
SDG HARC-PRO. Honda Philippines		39	Keito Abe	21	Japan	JRR ST600 Champion
Honda Racing Thailand		41	Nakarin Atiratphuvapat	28	Thailand	ASB1000 4th
Astra Honda Racing Team			TBA

＜＜North America＞＞

• AMA Supercross Championship

＜450SX＞

Team	Machine	No.	Rider	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
Honda HRC Progressive	CRF450RWE	1	Jett Lawrence	21	Australia	450SX Champion
		96	Hunter Lawrence	25	Australia	450SX 9th

＜250SX＞

Team	Machine	No.	Rider	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
Honda HRC Progressive	CRF250RWE	10	Chance Hymas	19	U.S.A.	250SX East 8th
		30	Jo Shimoda	22	Japan	250SX West 4th

• AMA Pro Motocross Championship

＜450MX＞

Team	Machine	No.	Rider	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
Honda HRC Progressive	CRF450RWE	18	Jett Lawrence	21	Australia	450MX 9th
		96	Hunter Lawrence	25	Australia	450MX 2nd

＜250MX＞

Team	Machine	No.	Rider	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
Honda HRC Progressive	CRF250RWE	10	Chance Hymas	19	U.S.A.	250MX 4th
		30	Jo Shimoda	22	Japan	250MX 6th

＜＜Overview of Honda Participation in Automobile Racing＞＞

＜＜Japan＞＞

• Japanese SUPER FORMULA Championship (SF)

 

Team	No.	Driver	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
DOCOMO TEAM DANDELION RACING	５	Tadasuke Makino	27	Japan	SF 3rd
	６	Kakunoshin Ohta	25	Japan	SF 4th
ThreeBond Racing	12	Atsushi Miyake	25	Japan	SF Competed
TEAM MUGEN	15	Ayumu Iwasa	23	Japan	SF 5th
	16	Tomoki Nojiri	35	Japan	SF 2nd
B-Max Racing Team	50	Syun Koide	25	Japan	SFL Champion
PONOS NAKAJIMA RACING	64	Ren Sato	23	Japan	SF 11th
	65	Igor Omura Fraga	26	Brazil	GT300 Competed

• SUPER GT＜GT500 class＞

 

Team	No.	Driver	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
ARTA	8	Tomoki Nojiri	35	Japan	GT500 9th
		Nobuharu Matsushita	31	Japan	GT500 9th
	16	Hiroki Otsu	30	Japan	GT500 12th
		Ren Sato	23	Japan	GT500 12th
Astemo REAL RACING	17	Koudai Tsukakoshi	38	Japan	GT500 10th
		Syun Koide	25	Japan	GT300 14th
Modulo Nakajima Racing	64	Takuya Izawa	40	Japan	GT500 13th
		Riki Okusa	25	Japan	GT500 13th
STANLEY TEAM KUNIMITSU	100	Naoki Yamamoto	36	Japan	GT500 2nd
		Tadasuke Makino	27	Japan	GT500 2nd

• Super Taikyu Series ＜ST-Q class＞

 

Team	No.	Driver	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
Team HRC	TBA	TBA

＜＜North America＞＞

• IndyCar Series

 

Team	No.	Driver	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
Chip Ganassi Racing	8	Kyffin Simpson	20	Barbados	IndyCar Series 21st
	9	Scott Dixon	44	New Zealand	IndyCar Series 6th
	10	Alex Palou	27	Spain	IndyCar Series Champion
Andretti Global	26	Colton Herta	24	U.S.A.	IndyCar Series 2nd
	27	Kyle Kirkwood	26	U.S.A.	IndyCar Series 7th
	28	Marcus Ericsson	34	Sweden	IndyCar Series 15th
Meyer Shank Racing	60	Felix Rosenqvist	33	Sweden	IndyCar Series 12th
	66	Marcus Armstrong	24	New Zealand	IndyCar Series 14th
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	15	Graham Rahal	35	U.S.A.	IndyCar Series 18th
	30	TBA Devlin DeFrancesco	24	Canada	IMSA GTD 26th
	45	Louis Foster	21	U.K.	INDY NXT Champion
Dale Coyne Racing	18	TBA
	51	TBA
TBA	TBA	Takuma Sato	47	Japan	Indy500 14th

• IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

 

Team	No.	Driver	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
Acura Meyer Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian	60	Colin Braun	36	U.S.A.	IndyCar Series 40th
		Tom Blomqvist	31	U.K.	IndyCar Series 30th
		Felix Rosenqvist*12	33	Sweden	IndyCar Series 12th
		Scott Dixon*12	44	New Zealand	IndyCar Series 6th
	93	Nick Yelloly	34	U.K.	IMSA GTP 8th
		Renger van der Zande	38	Netherlands	IMSA GTP 3rd
		Alex Palou*12	27	Spain	IndyCar Series Champion
		Kakunoshin Ohta*12	25	Japan	SF 4th

*12 Endurance drivers competing in races of 6 hours or more

＜Development of motorcycle riders and automobile drivers＞

For the purpose of developing riders and drivers who will become formidable contenders on the global motorsports stage, Honda has been involved in nurturing world-class riders and drivers at the Suzuka Circuit Racing School-Junior (SRS-Junior) for motorcycle riders since 1992, Suzuka Circuit Racing School-Kart (SRS-Kart) since 1993 and the Suzuka Circuit Racing School-Formula (SRS-Formula) since 1995. As a result, these programs have produced a number of outstanding riders and drivers who have been competing in their respective motorcycle and automobile racing categories inside and outside Japan. In 2022, with a goal to further increase the quality of development programs in each category, Suzuka Circuit School was renamed as the Honda Racing School Suzuka (HRS), where top-class riders and drivers provide guidance as instructors.

In the area of motorcycle racing, Honda will continue the activities of Honda Team Asia, which will continue to compete in the Moto2 and Moto3 classes of MotoGP in the 2025 season, and also continue to utilize IDEMITSU Asia Talent Cup (IATC) as a program designed to foster young riders. Through these initiatives, Honda will strive to discover and foster more riders who can compete in world-class races.

In the area of automobile racing, Honda will further strengthen the environment to foster young drivers by offering development opportunities in junior formula categories in Europe, FIA-F4 or SUPER FORMULA LIGHTS, and other races through the Honda Formula Dream Project (HFDP).

In 2024, Honda trained drivers won all three participating categories, with Taito Kato winning the French F4 Championship, Shun Koide winning SUPER FORMULA LIGHTS, and Yuto Nomura winning the FIA-F4 Championship (Japan). In 2025, Kato will compete in the Formula Regional European Championship (FRECA) and Formula Regional Middle East Championship (FRMEC). Nomura will compete in SUPER FORMULA LIGHTS, and Rintaro Sato, a Honda Racing School Suzuka (HRS) scholarship winner, will compete in the French F4 Championship.

◆ FIM MotoGP World Championship

＜Moto2＞

Team	Machine	No.	Rider	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	KALEX	64	Mario Aji	20	Indonesia	Moto2 29th
		92	Yuki Kunii	21	Japan	ST1000 / ASB1000 Champion

＜Moto3＞

Team	Machine	No.	Rider	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
Honda Team Asia	NSF250RW	5	Tatchakorn Buasri	23	Thailand	Moto3 26th
		72	Taiyo Furusato	19	Japan	Moto3 10th

• Formula Regional Middle East Championship（FRMEC）
• Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine（FRECA）

 

Team	Driver	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
ART Grand Prix	Taito Kato	17	Japan	French F4 Champion

• French F4 Championship

 

Team	Driver	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
―	Rintaro Sato	18	Japan	HRS Formula scholarship （1st）

• Japanese SUPER FORMULA LIGHTS（SFL）

 

Team	Driver	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
HFDP with B-Max Racing Team	Yuto Nomura	19	Japan	FIA-F4 Champion

• FIA-F4 Championship（Japan）

 

Team	Driver	Age	Nationality	2024 Result
HFDP with B-Max Racing Team	Kotaro Shimbara	20	Japan	HRS Formula Scholarship （2nd）
	Syo Momose	17	Japan	HRS Formula Graduated

• Honda initiatives to expand the popularity of motorsports

Honda has been making active efforts to expand the popularity of motorsports, through various events and activities that can be enjoyed more casually by people who are not yet so familiar with motorsports.

＜One-make race series sponsored by Honda Racing Corporation (HRC)＞

HRC is hosting one-make races at approximately 30 circuits throughout Japan under two categories of races with different purposes – to simply enjoy motorsports and to foster future MotoGP riders.

The one-make race series hosted by HRC include HRC GROM Cup, CBR250R Dream Cup and CBR250RR Dream Cup, which feature production models, as well as the NSF100 HRC Trophy, which features the NSF100, an HRC production model racer and the HRC NSF250R Challenge which is designed to foster future MotoGP riders.

The one-make race series are being held at a number of circuits throughout Japan. In addition, HRC has been hosting some Japan-wide races (at Suzuka or Motegi) for riders who fulfill certain conditions and offering support for riders to step up through training classes. The HRC one-make race series enables participants to enjoy racing and/or strive to realize their dreams.

＜Honda Eco Mileage Challenge 2025＞

Since 1981, Honda has hosted the Honda Eco Mileage Challenge, where participants combine their creativity, free thinking and technology and compete to see how far their handcrafted vehicles can travel on one liter of fuel. The cumulative number of teams participating in the Honda Eco Mileage Challenge since 1981 has reached approximately 15,000 teams. In 2025, Honda plans to hold regional competitions in three locations in Japan, and a national competition. In addition, the Honda Eco Mileage Challenge has evolved into an even more environmentally friendly motorsport by adopting carbon-neutral fuel made from plant-derived biomass since last year, with the aim of becoming carbon-neutral by 2050.

Honda Eco Mileage Challenge 2025: Schedule in Japan

 

Date	Event name	Venue
June 14 (Sat)	38th Honda Eco Mileage Challenge 2025, Suzuka	East Course, Suzuka Circuit (Mie)
June 21 (Sat)	16th Honda Eco Mileage Challenge 2025, Motegi	West Course, Mobility Resort Motegi (Tochigi)
August 2 (Sat): Practice August 3 (Sun): Race	40th Honda Eco Mileage Challenge 2025, Kyushu	Circuit Course, HSR Kyushu (Kumamoto)
October 11 (Sat): Practice October 12 (Sun): Race	44th Soichiro Honda Cup Honda Eco Mileage Challenge 2025, National Competition	Super Speedway, Mobility Resort Motegi (Tochigi)

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