2025 F1 Pre-Season Briefing Overview

March 16, 2025 by Honda

- F1 TOKYO FAN FESTIVAL prior to F1 Japanese Grand Prix in last season with Red Bull -

•2025 marks the 60th anniversary of Honda's first F1 victory in 1965

•F1 is the stage for the world's most advanced technological development, not only in hardware but also in software

•HRC UK was established in Milton Keynes, England, and began operations in 2024

•F1's popularity grows in North America, Honda's key market, and the number of young fans is increasing significantly, with a total of more than 1.5 billion TV viewers per year

•Total revenue of F1 reached $3.2 billion in 2023, growing into one of the world's leading sports businesses

•Honda expanding BtoC and BtoB touchpoints for the continued hosting of the F1 Grand Prix at Suzuka CircuitHonda is considering memorabilia business, plans to sell parts from the V10 F1 engine used by Ayrton Senna as an example

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda), its race management subsidiary Honda Racing Corporation (HRC), and Suzuka Circuit management subsidiary Honda Mobilityland Corporation (HML) today conducted an F1 pre-season briefing for the FIA*1 Formula One World Championship (F1) 2025 season. HRC President and Representative Director Koji Watanabe, HRC F1 Project Lead Tetsushi Kakuda, and HML President and Representative Director Tsuyoshi Saito attended the meeting. The following is a summary of the meeting:

Honda and F1

◾60 years since Honda's first F1 victory

In 1964, Honda began its challenges in F1. At the time, Honda was only in its 2nd year of automobiles business. The seemingly reckless challenge symbolized Honda's corporate culture of setting high goals and boldly taking on new challenges. In the 1964 season, Honda raced in three grands prix, but retired in each race. In the last round of the following season, 1965, the Mexican Grand Prix, which was held at an altitude of 2,000 meters above sea level on a circuit where air was thin and harsh on the engines, the Honda-developed fuel injection system proved to be extremely effective, enabling the Honda RA272 racing car to lead from start to finish, claiming Honda's first F1 victory. 2025 marks the 60th anniversary of Honda's first F1 victory.