This year, Honda celebrates its 60th anniversary of its first victory in the FIA*1 Formula One World ChampionshipTM (F1\u24c7). As part of its commemorative activities, during the F1 MEXICAN GRAND PRIX*2 on October 26, Honda will participate in a showrun with the Honda RA272\u2014the car that delivered Honda\u2019s first victory\u2014driven by Oracle Red Bull Racing driver Yuki Tsunoda.<\/p>\n
On October 24, 1965, at the F1 MEXICAN GRAND PRIX, Honda achieved victory in the world\u2019s pinnacle motorsports category for the first time as a Japanese automaker, with driver Richie Ginther at the wheel of the RA272.<\/p>\n
The RA272 was Honda\u2019s F1\u24c7 car in its second year as a full constructor*3. Powered by a 1.5-liter V12 engine and carrying the Japanese flag on its white livery, the RA272 became a symbol that marked the beginning of Japan\u2019s motorsport history.<\/p>\n
For the showrun, Honda Racing Corporation engineers performed special maintenance on the RA272 housed at the Honda Collection Hall. At the Aut\u00f3dromo Hermanos Rodr\u00edguez, where Honda achieved its first F1\u24c7 victory, Japanese F1\u24c7 driver Tsunoda will drive the RA272 as a representative Honda driver.<\/p>\n
Since its founding, Honda has pursued challenges, viewing racing as a place to hone its people and technology. This year, Honda is running a special program reflecting on 60 years of challenges and victories, with a Williams Honda FW11 showrun at the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed in July and Monterey Car Week in August, and a Honda RA272 showrun at the MEXICAN GRAND PRIX. As it advances power unit (PU) development for its upcoming F1\u24c7 entry starting in 2026, Honda will continue to hone its people and technology through these challenges, delivering dreams and excitement to motorsports and Honda fans worldwide.<\/p>\n
* The F1 logo, FORMULA 1, F1, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trademarks of Formula One Licensing BV, a Formula 1 company. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n
*1 FIA: F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l\u2019Automobile
*2 Official name: F1 MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX 2025
*3 Full constructor develops and manufactures its own car and engine for F1\u24c7 competition<\/p>\n
Comment of Yuki Tsunoda, Oracle Red Bull Racing<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is an honor to drive the RA272 at the special place where Honda achieved its first F1\u24c7 victory. Driving on the track where the RA272 pioneered Japanese motorsports history 60 years ago is a particularly special and deeply moving experience. With Honda\u2019s history of challenges in my heart, I want to give fans a drive that conveys dreams and passion.\u201d<\/p>\n
Comment of Koji Watanabe, President of Honda Racing Corporation (HRC)<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a tremendous pleasure that the RA272 will drive again in Mexico, at the same place Honda achieved its first victory, 60 years ago in 1965. Furthermore, having Tsunoda, a driver representing Japan in F1\u24c7, pilot this historic car holds great significance. We believe this will be a precious opportunity to reflect on Honda\u2019s history of challenge while sharing dreams and hopes for the future with our fans.\u201d<\/p>\n
Honda\u2019s F1\u00ae activity highlights<\/p>\n
1964-1968<\/p>\n
Competed as constructor (factory team) with an all-Honda package, including
engine and chassis<\/p>\n
1965<\/p>\n
Won first victory at the MEXICAN GRAND PRIX<\/p>\n
1983-1992<\/p>\n
Participated as engine supplier<\/p>\n
1986<\/p>\n
Won the Constructors\u2019 Championship (Williams Honda)<\/p>\n
1987<\/p>\n
Won Drivers\u2019 and Constructors\u2019 Championships<\/p>\n
1988-1991<\/p>\n
Won Drivers\u2019 and Constructors\u2019 Championships for four consecutive years
(McLaren Honda)<\/p>\n
2000-2005<\/p>\n
Participated as BAR Honda through engine supply and joint chassis development<\/p>\n
2006-2008<\/p>\n
Participated as constructor, with an all-Honda package, including engine and chassis<\/p>\n
2015-2017<\/p>\n
Participated as a power unit supplier
Supplied power units to McLaren Racing<\/p>\n
2018<\/p>\n
Began supplying power units to Scuderia Toro Rosso<\/p>\n
2019<\/p>\n
Began supplying power units to Red Bull Racing<\/p>\n
2021<\/p>\n
Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) won Drivers\u2019 Championship,
Honda ends F1\u00ae participation at the end of 2021<\/p>\n
2022<\/p>\n
HRC began technical support for Red Bull Powertrains
Max Verstappen won second consecutive Drivers\u2019 Championship, Red Bull Racing
won Constructors\u2019 Championship<\/p>\n
2023<\/p>\n
Honda announced return to F1\u00ae starting in 2026
Max Verstappen won third consecutive Drivers\u2019 Championship, Red Bull Racing
won second consecutive Constructors\u2019 Championship<\/p>\n
2024<\/p>\n
Max Verstappen won fourth consecutive Drivers\u2019 Championship<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This year, Honda celebrates its 60th anniversary of its first victory in the FIA*1 Formula One World ChampionshipTM…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-170159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}