Honda's HPD North American Racing Division Will Be Combined With International Effort

When it comes to its motorsport programs, Honda has liked to keep things regional. Its North American racing programs — including IndyCar and IMSA — have been organized under the Honda Performance Development (HPD) banner with a U.S. base located in Santa Clarita, California. If you wanted to work with Honda’s international racing program — say, regarding its Formula 1 endeavors — then you’d have looked toward Honda Racing Corporation (HRC). Now, HPD is becoming HRC U.S., and the North American side will have a bigger presence on the international stage.

In the past, HPD and HRC largely operated as independent but vaguely connected entities; this new change means that HRC and HRC U.S. will continue being involved in both North American an international sports, but there will be a much greater collaboration between, say, the IndyCar and F1 development teams than there were in the past. HRC was, after all, established as Honda’s motorcycle racing arm and has very recently absorbed F1 operations. HPD, meanwhile, was established to compete in IndyCar but spread to include IMSA, Baja, touring cars, and more. Now, they’re all just going to be more intertwined.

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During a press briefing with media, Honda representatives clarified that the HPD badges that are part of certain Honda road car packages will remain exactly as they are now; Honda feels that HPD has taken on its own meaning within the production car context here in America, and there’s no sense in changing it now.

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