WATANABE RETIRING FROM HONDA HRC ROLE

Original: Honda HRC to get new boss with Watanabe set to retire

Koji Watanabe, Honda HRC's long-time boss, will retire on January 1, 2027, with Keiichi Ya as his successor.

Koji Watanabe, the long-time boss of Honda's racing activities under HRC, will retire on 1 January 2027, with Keiichi Yasuda appointed as his successor. A long-time Honda employee after first joining the Japanese marque in 1987, Watanabe became the head of Honda's racing division in 2022. In that ti