Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) in Sakura, Japan, and Honda Performance Development (HPD) in Santa Clarita, California, have jointly announced that HPD will formally become Honda Racing Corporation USA (HRC US) starting with the 2024 motorsports season.

With this change, HRC US will play an integral role in Honda's global motorsports activities, which includes contributing to the company's Formula 1 program.

Collaborating as one global HRC entity, the two independent racing arms of Honda will combine their unique expertise and resources to strengthen Honda's overall motorsports capabilities.

"Our goal is to increase the HRC brand and sustain the success of our racing activities, and we believe that uniting Honda motorsports globally as one racing organization will help achieve that," said Koji Watanabe, the president of HRC Japan. "Our race engineers in the U.S. and Japan will be stronger together, and I am so happy to welcome our U.S. associates to the HRC team."

The 2024 Rolex 24 at Daytona, scheduled for January 27-28, will mark the inaugural race for the new HRC US, with the defending champion Acura ARX-06 prototypes to sport HRC logos on their racing liveries.

For more information, visit the Honda announcement or visit hondaracingcorporation.com.