HRC, the motorsports arm of Honda, hosts the Honda Racing eMS e-motorsports events to offer more people a firsthand opportunity to experience the fun of driving race machines and the excitement of motorsports. The first ever Honda Racing eMS, held last year, was attended by more than 200,000 e-sports players. For this year’s second annual Honda Racing eMS, eligibility for the final race event for the class for competitors 18 years of age or older will be expanded to residents of any country.
The qualifying event (online), the GT Fastest Attack 2024, will be held from August 2 – September 1, 2024, with participants competing globally for the fastest lap time on Gran Turismo 7. All participants will use the RA272, Honda’s F1 (FIA®*6 Formula One World Championship) machine that brought Honda its first-ever F1 victory in 1965 in the Mexican Grand Prix.
The 10 top-ranked participants in each class of the “GT Fastest Attack 2024” will advance to the “GT Grand Final 2024” to be held on Sunday, December 1, 2024, at the Honda Welcome Plaza. For both the qualifying and final events, there will be two classes: the “U17 Class” for participants 17 years of age or under and the “Challenge Class” for participants 18 years old or older.
For Honda Racing eMS 2024, HRC has appointed Inugami Korone, a Japanese VTuber with 2.11 million subscribers*7, as an event ambassador who will convey the appeal of motorsports to a wider range of people. By collaborating with a VTuber who is not directly involved in motorsports, HRC will create opportunities for people with no previous point of contact with motorsports to be involved in Honda motorsports activities.
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