Honda Malaysia Racing Team is an
auto racing
Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition.
Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...
team from
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
establish in 2003 by Honda Malaysia to compete in Merdeka Millennium Endurance race, currently competing in the
Sepang 1000 km
The Sepang 1000 km Endurance Race is a endurance racing event held annually since 2009 at the Sepang International Circuit in December. The race was created out of the success of the 12-hour Malaysia Merdeka Endurance Race, but unlike the MM ...
. Interesting enough, the team members are mostly Honda Malaysia's staffs to encourage them to practise the Honda's Challenging Spirit philosophy. They had no experience in racing and were trained from a zero to a hero.
Between year 2003 to 2007, the team received technical guidance from
Mugen Motorsports
Mugen Motorsports (無限), legally known as M-TEC Company, Ltd., is a Japanese company formed in 1973 by Hirotoshi Honda, the son of Honda Motor Company founder Soichiro Honda, and Masao Kimura. Mugen, meaning "without limit", "unlimited" o ...
and since 2008 the team became an independent Malaysian team with advisers from Japan.
The team has won Merdeka Millennium Endurance Class A five times in a row from 2003 to 2007,
it also won the race overall in 2004.
Merdeka Millennium Endurance Result
Sepang 1000 km Result
References
Honda
Auto racing teams in Malaysia
2003 establishments in Malaysia
Auto racing teams established in 2003
Honda in motorsport
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