Additionally, its employees will be working as race support personnel at circuits alongside the Silverstone-based crew.
The company formerly known as Honda Performance Development has rebranded as Honda Racing Corporation USA as of right now. The announcement of this change was made back in September.
As the US division increases its participation in the company's international initiatives, the shift reflects greater relations with HRC Japan.
According to Honda, "the new HRC US will be involved in F1 power unit development and race support starting in 2026, with three F1 races currently in the US."
The FIA's power unit funding laws, which went into effect on January 1st of this year, will govern any R&D investment from the US side and will accompany the new standard engines that will be raced starting in 2026.
Put another way, the amount of resources that HRC Japan may deploy will be limited as a result of the need to properly account for work done on the F1 project in the USA within the power unit cost restriction.
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American Honda Motor Co. Inc. founded HPD in 1993, a year before the business made its debut as a works supplier in the Indycar championship.
Since then, Honda has won fifteen Indianapolis 500 races, however six of those victories came while it was the series' exclusive supplier.
In seasons where it faced competition from other suppliers, Honda has won ten manufacturers' championships and thirteen drivers' championships.
The HPD organization, situated in California, has additionally participated in Formula Regional America, IMSA, Baja off-road races, and touring vehicles.
HRC US president David Salters remarked, "The team and I here at HRC US are excited and humbled to embark on this next racing adventure."
"Honda has a remarkable history in racing. I recently returned from Honda's yearly "Thanks Day" event at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit, where world champions from a paddock full of racing classes exhibited everything from MotoGP to F1, Indycar, motocross, Dakar endurance, trials, touring cars, and Super GT.
This is exclusive to Honda. We push ourselves and delight our incredible Honda Racing supporters in every aspect of premier two- and four-wheel racing.Together with Honda's outstanding automobiles, cutting edge technology, and fascinating car and bike culture, you can only be incredibly happy to be joining our companies and incredible people to become HRC Honda Racing, a single global racing organization.
"Dreams truly have this power, and we get to race our dreams."
Koji Watanabe, president of HRC Japan, emphasized in a speech given in September the advantages of deeper cooperation between the two enterprises.
"We think that unifying Honda motorsports globally as one racing organization will help achieve that," he stated. "Our goal is to increase the HRC brand and sustain the success of our racing activities."
"I am thrilled to welcome our US associates to the HRC team. Together, our race engineers in the US and Japan will be stronger."