Honda Malaysia Racing Team

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Flag of Malaysia.svg Honda Malaysia Racing Team
Founded 2003
Base Alor Gajah, Melaka
Current series Sepang 1000 km
Former series Merdeka Millennium Endurance
Malaysia Championship Series

Honda Malaysia Racing Team is an auto racing team from Malaysia establish in 2003 by Honda Malaysia to compete in Merdeka Millennium Endurance race, currently competing in the Sepang 1000 km. 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.

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Between year 2003 to 2007, the team received technical guidance from Mugen Motorsports [1] and since 2008 the team became an independent Malaysian team with advisers from Japan.

The team has won Merdeka Millennium Endurance Class A five consecutive times: 2003 to 2007, [2] it also won the race overall in 2004.


Merdeka Millennium Endurance Result

YearCarNoDriversClassLapsClass
Pos.
Pos.
2003 Honda Integra Type R 26 Flag of Japan.svg Kunimitsu Takahashi
Flag of Japan.svg Hidetoshi Mitsusada
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Katoh
A2611st3rd
Honda Integra Type R 28 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Lo Ka Chun
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Lo Ka Fai
Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Kok Chin
A2543rd6th
2004 Honda Civic 26 Flag of Japan.svg Kunimitsu Takahashi
Flag of Japan.svg Hidetoshi Mitsusada
Flag of Malaysia.svg Tommy Lee
A2603rd3rd
Honda Civic 27 Flag of Malaysia.svg Eddie Liew
Flag of Malaysia.svg Farriz Fauzy
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Katoh
A2651st1st
2005 Honda Civic 26 Flag of Japan.svg Kunimitsu Takahashi
Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Michigami
Flag of Malaysia.svg Tommy Lee
A2534th8th
Honda Civic 27 Flag of Malaysia.svg Eddie Liew
Flag of Malaysia.svg Farriz Fauzy
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Katoh
A2781st2nd
2006 Honda Civic 26 Flag of Japan.svg Kunimitsu Takahashi
Flag of Japan.svg Shinya Hosokawa
Flag of Malaysia.svg Rueben Wong
A2098th41st
Honda Civic 27 Flag of Malaysia.svg Eddie Liew
Flag of Malaysia.svg Farriz Fauzy
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Katoh
A2581st4th
2007 Honda Civic Type R 26 Flag of Malaysia.svg Aaron Lim
Flag of Malaysia.svg Rueben Wong
Flag of Malaysia.svg Fahrizal Hasan
A2822nd3rd
Honda Civic Type R 27 Flag of Malaysia.svg Eddie Liew
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Katoh
Flag of Japan.svg Shinya Hosokawa
A2831st2nd
2008 Honda Civic Type R 26 Flag of Malaysia.svg Rueben Wong
Flag of Malaysia.svg Fahrizal Hasan
Flag of Malaysia.svg Faisal Asri
A2529th23rd
Honda Civic Type R 27 Flag of Malaysia.svg Eddie Liew
Flag of Malaysia.svg Aaron Lim
Flag of Malaysia.svg Victor Cheong
A2676th18th
2009 Honda Civic Type R 27 Flag of Malaysia.svg Eddie Liew
Flag of Malaysia.svg Aaron Lim
Flag of Malaysia.svg Rueben Wong
A22782nd8th
2010 Honda Civic Type R 27 Flag of Malaysia.svg Eddie Liew
Flag of Malaysia.svg Aaron Lim
Flag of Malaysia.svg Rueben Wong
TP2811st8th

Sepang 1000 km Result

YearCarDriversLapsPos.
2012 Honda Jazz Flag of Malaysia.svg Tengku Ezan Ley
Flag of Malaysia.svg Farriz Fauzy
1775th
Honda Jazz Flag of Malaysia.svg Aaron Lim
Flag of Malaysia.svg Eddie Liew
14020th
2013 Honda Jazz Flag of Malaysia.svg Aaron Lim
Flag of Malaysia.svg Eddie Liew
1811st
Honda Jazz Flag of Malaysia.svg Tengku Ezan Ley
Flag of Malaysia.svg Farriz Fauzy
1679th
2014 Honda Jazz Flag of Malaysia.svg Aaron Lim
Flag of Malaysia.svg Eddie Liew
1803rd
Honda City Flag of Malaysia.svg Farriz Fauzy
Flag of Malaysia.svg Alif Hamdan
1774th
Honda Jazz Flag of Malaysia.svg Jeff Tan Zhong Zheng
Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohd Henzee Hamzah
1726th
2015 Honda City Flag of Malaysia.svg Aaron Lim
Flag of Malaysia.svg Farriz Fauzy
1811st [3]
2016 Honda Jazz Flag of Malaysia.svg Aaron Lim
Flag of Malaysia.svg Farriz Fauzy
1802nd
2017 Honda Jazz Flag of Malaysia.svg Aaron Lim
Flag of Malaysia.svg Farriz Fauzy
142DNF
Honda City Flag of Malaysia.svg Mark Darwin
Flag of Malaysia.svg Ahmad Akid Noor
12726th

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References

  1. "Honda Malaysia Racing Team Raring To Win Back MME Glory Days". motorsportchannel.com. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  2. "Rising to "The Challenge Within" won Class A Championship title for the 5th consecutive year in MME". Honda Malaysia. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  3. "Aaron and Farriz, Honda Malaysia Racing Team Wins S1K". Sepang Circuit. Retrieved 14 November 2017.