Jaume Masia makes Honda history in Teruel & Aragon
Jaume Masia has made history for Honda in several ways lately. He became Honda’s 100th Grand Prix winner at the Aragon GP and a week later, with his win at the Teruel GP, he also took the manufacturer’s 800th GP victory. Masia joined names like Marc Marquez, Dani Pedrosa, Valentino Rossi, Tom Phillis and many other racing greats and made victories for Honda with his history. They are some great milestones in an otherwise challenging year in MotoGP without their child prodigy Marc Marquez on track to realize his unique magic.
Jaume Masia celebrated Honda’s 800th GP victory in Aragon and became Honda’s 100th GP winner in Aragon
From Australian Tom Phillis at the 1961 Spanish GP to Jaume Masia 2020 at the Teruel GP, 100 different Honda drivers have collected 800 Grand Prix victories. Honda is the first manufacturer to achieve 100 different winners in all Grand Prix classes, thus demonstrating “The Power of Dreams”. It was a dream that began in 1954 when Soichiro Honda, the founder of Honda, stated that Honda would race TT in the Isle of Man to become the best and most successful motorcycle brand in the world.
Masia, who is in his first year with the Leopard Racing Team with multiple championships, scored his first Grand Prix win on a Honda with a spirited performance in Aragon. The young Spanish rider becomes the 100th different Honda winner after battling for victory several times this year. This is Masia’s second podium of the year aboard the Honda NSF250RW.
Jaume Masia
Of the 100 winners, 31 riders have won the premier class in the 500cc and MotoGP categories on Honda machines, 309 wins between them.
Marc Marquez (56), Mick Doohan (54), Dani Pedrosa (54), Jim Redman (45) and Mike Hailwood (41) are the five most successful Honda riders of all classes in terms of wins.
Throughout the victories, there are a multitude of legendary machines that have led these 100 riders to victory. The NSR500, RS125R and RS250RW have all scored over 100 wins in their respective classes with legends like Mick Doohan, Valentino Rossi, Wayne Gardner and Freddie Spencer, Daijiro Kato, Max Biaggi, Loris Capirossi and Hiroshi Aoyama take wins and championships with them.
In the four-stroke era, the Honda RC211V won ten different riders in the premier class – the NSR500 with 16 different winners was the only machine that achieved more varied success in the premier class.
Honda has achieved 62 world titles with 21 premier class drivers’ championships, 16 250cc world championships, 18 125cc / Moto3 world championships, six 350cc world championships and one in the 50cc class.
Jaume Masia
Takahiro Hachigo – General Manager Honda Motor Co.
“I am proud of Honda’s 800th Grand Prix victory at the FIM World Championship. I am deeply grateful to Honda fans around the world for their contributions and unwavering support for Honda racing activities. I would also like to thank everyone before us for their passion and dedication in overcoming the myriad of problems and guiding us from 1959 to the present day. Honda sees this moment as a waypoint and will continue to fight for victory. We look forward to your further support. “
Tom Phillis – 1961 – Honda RC143 125cc twin cylinder
Honda’s GP victory benchmarks
- Honda’s 1st Grand Prix victory
- Tom Phillis, 1961 Spanish 125cc GP, Honda RC143
- Honda’s 100th Grand Prix victory
- Luigi Taveri, 1966 Dutch 50cc TT, Honda RC116
- Honda’s 200th Grand Prix victory
- Jimmy Filice, 1988 US 250cc GP, Honda NSR250
- Honda’s 300th Grand Prix victory
- Alex Criville, 1992 Dutch 500cc TT, Honda NSR500
- Honda’s 400th Grand Prix victory
- Haruchika Aoki, 1996 Brazilian 125cc GP, Honda RS125R
- Honda’s 500th Grand Prix victory
- Valentino Rossi, 2001 Japanese 500cc GP, Honda NSR500
- Honda’s 600th Grand Prix victory
- Dani Pedrosa, 2005 Australian 250cc GP, Honda R250RW
- Honda’s 700th Grand Prix victory
- Marc Marquez, Indianapolis MotoGP 2015, Honda RC213V
- Honda’s 800th Grand Prix victory
- Jaume Masia, 2020 Teruel Moto3, Honda NSF250RW
Note: Does not include the number of wins in the Moto2 class as counted by Honda using the FIM records. Moto3 class wins in 2012 are not included as Honda wins under FIM regulations as the registered constructor was FTR Honda (powered by the NSF250R engine).
Honda’s 100 different GP winners