Lucky Strike B.A.R Honda took two of the top accolades at the annual end-of-season Autosport Awards staged in London.
Lucky Strike B.A.R Honda’s status among the F1 elite was further emphasized at Sunday night’s glittering Autosport Awards ceremony held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Central London. Jenson Button underlined his status as Britain’s most popular driver as he took the high ranking International Driver of the Year trophy voted for by the readers of Autosport magazine.
Honda’s far-reaching commitment to motor racing over the last 40 years earned one of the evening’s top lifetime achievement honors---the John Bolster Award. The company’s recent successes in Formula 1 and victory in this year’s Indy Racing League are only the latest triumphs against the backdrop of massive global successes in the past.
Shoichi Tanaka, president of Honda Racing Development, collected the coveted trophy from IRL champion Tony Kanaan. He said: “We can say that racing is at the very core of Honda. We love racing, we support two wheels and four wheels all over the world. We have two international racing circuits and we try to encourage the sport at all levels---so on behalf of the Honda Motor Company I am very honored to receive this prestigious award tonight. We have been very fortunate to work with great drivers and great teams over the last 40 years and many of them are here---so many that I cannot individually mention them. I want to thank them all on behalf of Honda.”
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Lucky Strike B.A.R Honda’s status among the F1 elite was further emphasized at Sunday night’s glittering Autosport Awards ceremony held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Central London. Jenson Button underlined his status as Britain’s most popular driver as he took the high ranking International Driver of the Year trophy voted for by the readers of Autosport magazine.
Honda’s far-reaching commitment to motor racing over the last 40 years earned one of the evening’s top lifetime achievement honors---the John Bolster Award. The company’s recent successes in Formula 1 and victory in this year’s Indy Racing League are only the latest triumphs against the backdrop of massive global successes in the past.
Shoichi Tanaka, president of Honda Racing Development, collected the coveted trophy from IRL champion Tony Kanaan. He said: “We can say that racing is at the very core of Honda. We love racing, we support two wheels and four wheels all over the world. We have two international racing circuits and we try to encourage the sport at all levels---so on behalf of the Honda Motor Company I am very honored to receive this prestigious award tonight. We have been very fortunate to work with great drivers and great teams over the last 40 years and many of them are here---so many that I cannot individually mention them. I want to thank them all on behalf of Honda.”
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