Honda Completes INDYCAR Championship Sweep
・Honda clinches the NTT INDYCAR SERIES manufacturers' championship
・Alex Palou wins fourth IndyCar championship in five years
・Palou and Honda sweep drivers', manufacturers' titles, as well as Indy 500 in 2025
It was a championship day for Honda and Honda Racing Corporation USA as they clinched both the manufacturers' and drivers' NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship titles. The championship win is the first for Honda in the manufacturers' title chase since 2021 in a dominant season where Honda teams and drivers have won 12 of 15 races in 2025—with two races still remaining.
Honda's 12 wins have come on all four primary track types the IndyCar series races on, road courses (Thermal, Barber, Indy GP, Road America, The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio, Laguna Seca), street circuits (St. Petersburg, The Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, Detroit), short ovals (World Wide Technology Raceway, Iowa Speedway) and speedways—where Honda scored their 16th Indianapolis 500 victory.
This is Honda's seventh championship in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES and 11th in American Open Wheel competition. Honda's previous titles came in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005 and a four-year consecutive run from 2018 to 2021.
This year has been a dominant season for Palou, winning eight races on the year and on all major circuit types the IndyCar series races on—including claiming his first Indianapolis 500 victory.
Honda Racing takes strong points from Thruxton
Honda Racing departs the sixth round of this year’s Bennetts British Superbike Championship (BSB) with valuable points after a weekend of hard work.
In Saturday’s opening BSB race, the two factory Honda Fireblades finished line astern in fourth and fifth place, with Tommy Bridewell narrowly ahead of team-mate Andrew Irwin.
For Race 2 the pair lined up in 10th and 11th on the grid, and both riders were cleanly away. Unfortunately, an incident early in the race delayed Bridewell and he was eventually classified 11th. Irwin meanwhile ran an equally hard race in a hard-fought pack and crossed the finish line in sixth place.
The third and final BSB race of the weekend in Hampshire saw Irwin start from eighth place and Bridewell 11th. A smart getaway for Irwin was hindered by a racing incident that dropped him back through the field. Bridewell charged up through the field but later slipped back to claim an eventual tenth place finish, with the recovering Irwin having climbed back to seventh.
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