1959
Honda racing team takes part in the Isle of Man TT Motorcycle
race,
placing 6th in the 125cc class.
1961
Honda racing team wins the 125cc and 250cc classes at the Isle
of Man
TT.
1962
Construction of the Honda-owned Suzuka Circuit in Japan is
completed.
1964
Honda enters Formula One Grand Prix racing, placing 9th in the
first
race.
1965
Honda wins the Mexican Grand Prix with driver Richie Ginther, its
first Formula One victory. Ralph Bryans wins Honda's first 500cc
Grand Prix motorcycle championship.
1966
Honda wins the Constructors' Championships in all five
motorcycle
Grand Prix classes. Honda wins the Formula Two championship
and 11
races.
1967
Honda wins the Italian Grand Prix Formula One race with driver
John
Surtees.
1973
Gary Jones wins Honda's first AMA 250cc Motocross title, and
repeats
as champion in 1974.
1981
Honda wins the 500cc Motocross World Championship for the
third
consecutive year.
1982
Dave Hansen wins the AMA Supercross and outdoor motocross
championships. David Bailey repeats the double-title feat the
following year.
1983
Honda returns to Formula One racing after a 15-year absence.
American
Freddy Spencer wins the 500cc Motorcycle Grand Prix title.
1984
Ralt-Honda Formula Two team wins 12 consecutive races and
the
championship. In Formula One, Honda wins the Dallas Grand
Prix with
Keke Rosberg driving. Honda-mounted Fred Merkel wins his first
of
three consecutive AMA Superbike titles. Johnny O'Mara wins the
AMA
Supercross title, the third in a row for Honda.
1985
Freddy Spencer wins both the 250cc and 500cc Motorcycle
Grand Prix
world championships in the same season.
1986
Williams Honda wins F1 Constructor's Championship. Honda
teams finish
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th in the Paris-Dakar Rally. Ricky Johnson
wins both the AMA Supercross and outdoor Motocross titles for
Honda.
1987
Japanese Grand Prix is held at Suzuka Circuit for the first time.
Williams Honda takes the Formula One World Championship.
Wayne
Gardner wins the motorcycle GP crown.
1988
McLaren Honda posts a record 11 consecutive Formula One
race wins,
takes both the F-1 Constructors' and Drivers' championships.
American
Fred Merkel wins Honda's first World Superbike Championship.
1989
McLaren Honda again wins both Formula One world titles.
Merkel
repeats as Superbike champion. Eddie Lawson wins the 500cc
motorcycle
world championship. Jeff Stanton claims the AMA Supercross
championship, the first of an unprecedented eight consecutive
Supercross titles for Honda riders.
1990
McLaren Honda takes its third consecutive double world
championship.
Jeff Stanton repeats as AMA Supercross champion.
1991
Honda posts its 60th Formula One win at the Brazilian Grand
Prix, and
McLaren Honda wins its fourth consecutive Grand Prix
championship.
Honda wins the Isle of Man TT for the 10th time. Comptech
Racing and
driver Parker Johnstone win the first of three consecutive IMSA
Camel
Lights championships.
1992
Jeff Stanton claims his third AMA Supercross title.
1993
Honda "Dream" wins the World Solar Challenge.
1994
Honda enters CART Champ Car competition. Mick Doohan wins
the first
of an unprecedented five consecutive motorcycle Grand Prix
championships. Jeremy McGrath wins the first his four
consecutive
Honda-mounted AMA Supercross titles.
1995
Honda wins its first Champ Car race, the New Hampshire 200,
with
driver Andre Ribeiro. Miguel Duhamel wins the AMA Superbike
Championship for Honda.
1996
Honda wins 11 Champ Car races, taking the CART
Manufacturers'
Championship and drivers' title with Jimmy Vasser. Honda wins
the
Solar Challenge for the second time.
1997
Honda drivers Alex Zanardi, Gil de Ferran and Jimmy Vasser
finish
1-2-3 in CART competition. Honda wins the All-Japan Touring
Car
Championship. John Kocinski wins the World Superbike
Championship for
Honda.
1998
Honda wins its second CART Manufacturers' Championship and
third
drivers' title with Alex Zanardi. Twin Ring Motegi circuit north of
Tokyo hosts Japan's first CART Champ Car race. Australian rider
Mick
Doohan wins his fifth consecutive 500cc Grand Prix
championship.
1999
Honda wins its third CART Manufacturers' Championship in four
years,
and its fourth consecutive drivers' title with rookie Juan Montoya.
Alex Criville becomes the first-ever Spanish 500GP Motorcycle
champion for Honda's sixth consecutive title. Honda returns to
Formula One competition with the new British American Racing
effort.
2000
Gil de Ferran records Honda's fifth consecutive CART drivers'
championship and sets a new world closed-course speed
record of
241.428 mph at California Speedway. Helio Castroneves
records Honda's
50th Champ Car race win at Mid-Ohio. Texan Colin Edwards
wins the
World Superbike Championship aboard a Honda RC-51.
2001
Honda wins its fourth CART Manufacturers' Championship, de
Ferran
repeats as drivers' champion. Valentino Rossi records Honda's
500th
motorcycle GP race win at Twin Ring Motegi, then goes on to win
his
first MotoGP world championship. In Formula One, Honda adds
Jordan as
the company's second Grand Prix team, Jordan and BAR finish
fifth and
sixth in the F-1 Constructors' Championship.
2002
Honda drivers score five wins and five poles in the company's
final
year of CART competition. Valentino Rossi wins his second
consecutive
MotoGP world championship; American Colin Edwards wins his
second
World Superbike title and Nicky Hayden wins the AMA Superbike
crown;
Ricky Carmichael wins both the AMA Supercross and goes
undefeated in
the outdoor Motocross series.
2003
Honda begins a new era of American open-wheel racing in the
IRL.