02-04-2025
Honda's Racing Division Will Sell You Pieces of Senna's V-10 F1 Engine
Honda Racing Corporation has been busy lately. After spending a decades as the subsidiary behind Honda's global motorcycle racing, HRC has since integrated all of Honda's racing activity. That includes global programs like the upcoming 2026 Formula 1 engine program, SuperGT racing in Japan, and Honda's continuing IndyCar and IMSA activities under the HRC US brand. And it now also includes a memorabilia arm, a new venture designed to make Honda's racing heritage more accessible for collectors.
The program is launching with a major offering: parts from a Honda RA100E V-10 engine used in the 1990 F1 season. That, of course, is the motor that powered the McLaren MP4/5B, driven by Ayrton Senna and teammate Gerhard Berger to that season's constructor's championship. Senna also won the driver's championship in 1990, one of his three championship seasons in four years from 1988 to 1991.
HRC says that the engine was parted out at the company's factory in Sakura City, Japan by the same people who built it. Pieces available for sale include camshafts, cam covers, pistons, and connecting rods. The components will be auctioned off in California during this year's Monterey Car Week in August, and all will come with both a display case and a certificate of authenticity.
In addition to the engine components, HRC says that the brand plans to offer a "wide range of authentic, high-quality memorabilia, including signed merchandise, limited-edition collectibles and rare artifacts from the company's storied legacy in motorsport." The company adds that "heritage machines" from the IndyCar Series and "valuable race machines" from MotoGP are currently being chosen for similar offerings in the future. We're curious to see just what sort of memorabilia they might soon be offering up.
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