In its motorsports activities, the symbol of Honda's challenging spirit, the company has aimed for the world's top level from the days of its founding and taken on challenges in a variety of racing categories. Last year marked Honda's 50th anniversary of first racing at the Isle of Man TT, in the Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix (WGP). With the know-how and challenging spirit cultivated in its motorsports activities, Honda will develop activities to meet more customers' expectations. The company will bring joy to customers in each racing category and share with them the dreams and excitement generated by these activities.

In the MotoGP, the premier class of the Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix (WGP), the Repsol Honda factory team will compete with two riders: Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso, while the satellite team will enter three teams with four riders. Their machine, the RC212V has been matured to develop a more highly competitive model. Through improvement of both team structure and machines, Honda will take on the challenge of winning all three championship titles, capturing the rider's title as well as the team and constructor's.
The Moto2 class has been established as a new WGP racing category this season. Honda will participate in this category as the sole official engine supplier. Honda will supply all teams with engines developed exclusively for the Moto2 class but derived from the in-line 4-cylinder engine of Honda's commercially sold, supersports model CBR600RR.
Repsol Montesa Honda will compete in the World Trial Championship Series (WCT), entering two Honda riders in this class: Toni Bou, who puts up an impressive set of skills, and Takahisa Fujinami, a veteran Japanese rider. Honda aims to capture both the rider's and manufacturer's titles as it did last season.
Honda will carry out a wide range of racing activities that include Suzuka 8hours Endurance Road Race, all categories of the All-Japan Championship Series, and international championships, and compete in each race aiming for the highest height.

In North America, Honda began its participation in IRL® IndyCar® Series in 2003 and became the sole engine supplier to the category from 2006. Once again this year, Honda will provide all teams with a V8 HI10R engine running on 100% ethanol fuel. Japanese drivers show full participation in the IRL®, including Hideki Mutoh racing for Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing and Takuma Sato, who was active in Formula One, racing for the KV Racing Technology team this season.
For racing activities within Japan, Honda will compete in the Super GT Series with a newly developed HSV-010 GT, entering five teams and five race cars. As part of the Honda GT Project, this new machine was developed under the leadership of Honda R&D Co., Ltd. with the collaboration of M-TEC Co., Ltd. and Dome Co., Ltd. With this machine in hand, Honda is shooting for a title win in this machine's debut.
In Formula Nippon, where Honda won the dual titles of driver and team championship last season, Honda will enter three teams and equip five cars with the 3.4-liter V-8 HR10E engine.
With the objective of developing drivers who can claim the podium at top-level races both inside and outside of Japan, Honda will actively strive to develop young racers through the Honda Formula Dream Project (HFDP). Honda will promote the cultivation of new talent through the Suzuka Circuit Racing School Kart (SRS-K) and Suzuka Circuit Racing School Formula (SRS-F) racing schools in addition to Formula Challenge Japan (FCJ), the Japanese Formula 3 Championship and Formula Nippon.

Mobilityland Corporation will continue to host racing events and actively create venues and opportunities for people to watch, participate in, and enjoy racing, contributing to the further growth of motorsports culture in Japan.
Mobilityland will be hosting the Grand Prix of Japan, Round 2 of the Road Racing World Championship; the Grand Prix of Japan, Round 3 of the World Trial Championship Series at Twin Ring Motegi; and the Japanese Grand Prix, Round 16 of the 2010 Formula One World Championship at Suzuka International Racing Course. Through these races, the company provides fans with opportunities to watch and feel a variety of Japanese and international motorsports events including these premier two- and four-wheel races.

To provide Honda vehicle owners with opportunities to watch, participate, and enjoy, the Enjoy Honda program will be held again this year and is scheduled for Suzuka Circuit on April 17-18 (Sat.-Sun.) at the same time as the Suzuka 2&4 Race and for Twin Ring Motegi on August 7-8 (Sat.-Sun.) during Formula Nippon Round 4.
The Honda Exciting Cup One-Make Race - Civic Series will also continue this year, with events held in a variety of areas where customers can participate and enjoy.

Once again this year, Honda will compete in the MotoGP class, the premier class of the Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix (WGP)-the world's top-level race-and take on challenges with the aim of winning all three championship titles, recapturing the rider's title as well as the team and constructor's.

The Repsol Honda factory team will compete with two riders: the veteran Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso, who is in his second year as a factory rider. The team has made some personnel changes to augment its total power for winning these championship titles. Kazuhiko Yamano (HRC^*2), who has served as Team Manager, will take over as HRC Team Director and oversee all operations including the factory teams and satellite teams. For the factory team, Toshiyuki Yamaji (HRC) will become the new Team Manager and will direct the entire Repsol Honda team. To enhance the riders' potential, Alberto Puig (Spain), who formerly served as crew chief, has been appointed as the Pedrosa Team Manager for this season. For the Dovizioso team, Gianni Berti (Italy), another former crew chief, has been appointed as the Dovizioso Team Manager. In this way, Honda will strengthen its organization as it seeks to regain the championship titles this season.

Three teams and four riders will compete for the satellite teams. Hiroshi Aoyama of the Interwetten Honda MotoGP team, who won the championship brilliantly in last year's 250cc Grand Prix, has stepped up to the premier class and will be the only Japanese rider to compete in this class this season. Also competing will be the Italian rider Marco Simoncelli of Team San Carlo Honda Gresini, who rode in the 250cc class last year and fought for the championship with Hiroshi Aoyama up to the final race. These two riders will be competing in the MotoGP class as rookies from Honda. Simoncelli will be joined by teammate Marco Melandri, who is returning to Honda this season. The veteran rider Randy De Puniet will participate again from LCR Honda MotoGP, aiming for a top position.

HRC plans to race six RC212V machines in this class under the guidance of Grand Prix Technical Director Shinichi Kokubu (Honda R&D^*3). With the 2010 RC212V, Honda has developed a highly competitive racing machine by adding numerous improvements to the engine while redesigning the chassis to match the engine characteristics.
Expectations are high for success of the six Honda riders in MotoGP World Championship Round 2, the Grand Prix of Japan (finals), which will be held at Twin Ring Motegi in Tochigi Prefecture this coming April 25.

As the sole engine supplier, Honda will participate in the Moto2 class in a new era of the WGP.
The Moto2 class is a new category that has been created to replace the 2-stroke 250cc class. Making its debut in the 2010 season, this class covers engines with intermediate displacement and was formed as a step-up to the MotoGP class. All machines will be equipped with Honda-made 4-stroke 600cc engines. This engine is derived from the in-line 4-cylinder engine of Honda's commercially sold, supersports model CBR600RR and was developed exclusively for the Moto2 class. Honda will supply these engines to all teams for each round of the series, and HRC has signed a maintenance agreement with Geo Technology of Switzerland to support the engine supply for all rounds. The engines will undergo strict inspection and maintenance before arriving at each team, so that every engine can put out the same performance. Tires will also be supplied by a single manufacturer, Dunlop, while manufacturer prototypes will be permitted for the chassis.
Having the engines supplied by a single manufacturer will make the competition among riders and teams even fiercer. The class is expected to attract a lot of attention as a new category that serves as the stepping stone to the premier class. This is the first time for the one-make engine rule to be adopted in the 60-year history of WGP, and by supplying engines to the Moto2 class and strongly supporting WGP as a result, Honda will contribute to the development of two-wheel motorsports.
Two Japanese riders will be racing in this new category: Yuki Takahashi from Tech 3 Racing, who has competed in the MotoGP class before, and Shoya Tomizawa from Technomag-CIP, in his second year of World Grand Prix racing.

Repsol Montesa Honda will compete again this year in the FIM World Trial Championship Series (WCT^*4). Two riders will compete from Honda in this class: Toni Bou, who put up impressive performances in outdoor trials as well as indoors to win the championships for the third straight year, and Takahisa Fujinami, an experienced and highly skilled rider who is currently the only Japanese rider in the World Trial Championship.
For machines, Honda will run two Montesa COTA 4RTs equipped with matured and more competitive 4-stroke engines. Honda aims to capture both the rider's and manufacturer's titles as it did last season.
Round 3 of the World Trial Championship Series will be held in Japan on June 5-6 of this year at Twin Ring Motegi in Tochigi Prefecture. We can expect to see some powerful performances displayed by the leading riders participating from around the world alongside Takahisa Fujinami.

To heighten the attraction of the 33rd Suzuka 8hours Endurance Road Race, Honda plans to enter riders who are active in overseas championship races such as the WGP, WSB, and BSB. These riders are expected to come from such teams as F. C. C. TSR Honda and MuSASHi RT HARC-PRO., which have competed in the Suzuka 8hours on many occasions.
HRC will provide technical support to these teams such as loaning the highly competitive CBR1000RR.

In collaboration with the Honda Racing Corporation and the technical staff of the Motorcycle R&D Center of Honda R&D Co., Ltd., Honda Motorcycle Japan will sponsor the "Honda Racing Family Racing Service" for all Honda riders participating in each road race or motocross event of the MFJ All-Japan Championship Series. Through this service, they will support the racing activities of Honda riders by providing machine-setting and advice on riding techniques. For the All-Japan Trial Championship, Honda Racing Corporation will provide support to teams and riders, especially those belonging to HRC Clubs under HRC service shops.
Specifically, individual training programs will be created for riders in the Weider Training Lab with Morinaga & Co., Ltd.'s cooperation. Each program will be set up based on the rider's racing results and includes basic fitness training and condition adjustment. HRC will strive actively to cultivate new talent in the Suzuka Circuit Racing School Junior (SRS-J) and motocross augmented training, contributing to the further improvement of riding skills.

Four teams and five riders will compete in the World Superbike Championship (WSB), riding on Honda CBR1000RRs. Jonathan Rea will again participate from the private team HANNspree Ten Kate Honda.* As his teammate, we welcome Max Neukirchner with his wealth of experience in WSB. Makoto Tamada, who has been active as a Honda rider in the All Japan Road Race Championship as well as Suzuka 8hours and MotoGP, will also be back with Honda team this season after four years. As a veteran rider who can draw on his cultivated experience, hopes are high for Tamada to rank in a top position at WSB again this season.

In the World Supersport Championship (WSS), seven Honda teams and 12 riders will participate, competing on the Honda CBR600RR. Eugene Laverty and Kenan Sofuoglu, who turned in excellent results last season, as well as numerous other Honda riders with WSS racing experience will take part. Paola Cazzola of Kuja Racing is the first woman rider to show full participation in WSS. Honda will challenge itself not only to recapture the rider's championship but also to gain its 8th consecutive manufacturer's title.

Two riders, Ryuichi Kiyonari and Josh Brookes, will compete in the British Superbike Championship (BSB), as members of HM Plant Honda team of the local subsidiary, Honda U.K. Kiyonari raced in the WSB until last year, but is returning to compete in the BSB starting this season. He took the BSB championships for two consecutive years (2006 and 2007), while his teammate Brookes has been competing as an HM Plant Honda rider since last season. Drawing on his abundant racing experience, Brookes is aiming at the top position in the BSB.

Three teams and five riders will compete in the MX1 class, the premier class of the World Motocross Championship (WMX). Jimmy Albertson, who participated in the AMA Motocross Championship until last year, will be joined by Tanel Leok, Gareth Swanepoel, and other Honda riders, riding on highly competitive CRF450R motocrossers. Alessandro Battig, switched racing categories from the European Motocross Championship (EMX2) to WMX, will compete in the MX2 class with a CRF250R.

In the World Enduro Championship (WEC), Mika Ahola, who won the championship of the E1 class last year, will step up to the E2 class to join teammate Oscar Balletti in their quest for the championship. Fabio Mossini will compete in the E1 class and aim for a top position with his wealth of WEC racing experience.

As the sole supplier for the IRL® IndyCar® Series, Honda Performance Development Inc. (HPD), a subsidiary of American Honda Motor Co., Inc., will supply the 3.5-liter V8 HI10R engine to all teams.
Japanese drivers show full participation in the IRL®, including Hideki Mutoh racing for Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing this season and starting his third year as a IndyCar® driver and Takuma Sato, who was active in the Formula One, taking on the first challenge in IRL® IndyCar® Series and racing for the KV Racing Technology team.

Honda is switching from the NSX-GT after 13 years^*12 of competition and bringing out the HSV-010 GT with five vehicles to be raced by five teams in the GT500 class. This new machine was developed by Honda R&D in cooperation with M-TEC Co., Ltd. and Dome Co., Ltd. in the Honda GT Project and fuels Honda's hopes for capturing the dual team and driver's titles.

Honda will equip three teams and five cars through Japan Race Promotion Co., Ltd. with the 3.4-liter V-8 HR10E engine, which helped claim the driver and team titles last year.

Toda Racing will participate in the C (Championship) class of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship on a machine equipped with the Honda-based MF204C engine.

For developing future racing talent, Honda is expanding the Honda Formula Dream Project (HFDP), which is directed at discovering and cultivating skilled, young drivers to be active in Japanese and overseas racing. This season, HFDP will support one driver to compete in Formula Nippon, two drivers who will race in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship N (National) Class, and one driver to take part in the British F3 International.
Naoki Yamamoto, who won the championship in the N class of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship in 2009, will step up to Super GT and Formula Nippon, while Kazuki Miura, who won the championship in Formula Challenge Japan, moves up to the N class of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship.

Together with two other automakers,^*13 Honda has established the Formula Challenge Japan (FCJ), a Junior Formula Race for the "discovery and cultivation of skilled young drivers to be active on the world stage." As part of its ongoing participation in FCJ, Honda will support the participation of four drivers with scholarships.