IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia completed the qualifying day at the Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar, with both Taiyo Furusato and Mario Suryo Aji having to fight through Q1 but ultimately missing out on a place in the second qualifying session. After an extremely close battle, Furusato will start Sunday's race from P19, while Aji will line up in P21... Read more
IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia endured a difficult end to the Petronas Grand Prix of Malaysia, as neither Mario Suryo Aji nor Taiyo Furusato was able to finish the 19th round of the 2026 Moto2 World Championship at the Petronas Sepang International Circuit. Both riders crashed during the race, bringing a disappointing conclusion to a weekend in which the team had worked hard to prepare for a competitive result... Read more
IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia will line up for Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix with Mario Suryo Aji starting from P11 and Taiyo Furusato from P15, following a demanding qualifying day at the Petronas Sepang International Circuit... Read more
The team will now turn its attention to the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang in just seven days. The upcoming round will be particularly motivating for Furusato, who claimed victory in last year's Moto3 race at the circuit. Both riders will aim to carry their positive feeling from Phillip Island into the next round and fight for important results on Malaysian soil... Read more
Idemitsu Honda Team Asia completed qualifying for the 18th round of the 2026 Moto2 World Championship at Phillip Island, with Taiyo Furusato and Mario Suryo Aji securing promising starting positions for Sunday's Australian Grand Prix. In a day marked by changing weather conditions, both riders showed competitive pace and narrowly missed out on better grid positions, with Furusato qualifying P11 in 1’30.344 and Aji P12 in 1’30.418. Following qualifying, Furusato will start from the fourth row, while Aji will line up from the fourth row as well... Read more
Idemitsu Honda Team Asia concluded the 17th round of the 2026 Moto2 World Championship at the Pertamina Mandalika Circuit with Taiyo Furusato securing P14 and two valuable championship points after a demanding and interrupted race. The Japanese rookie had been running as high as P8 before a red flag brought the original race to a halt following a major incident. After the restart, Furusato fought through an intense battle to finish inside the points, continuing his progression in his rookie Moto2 season... Read more
Idemitsu Honda Team Asia completed qualifying for the 17th round of the 2026 Moto2 World Championship at the Pertamina Mandalika Circuit, with Taiyo Furusato making a clear step forward to secure a P15 starting position for Sunday's race. The Japanese rookie progressed from Q1 after finishing third, then qualified P16 in Q2 with a best lap of 1’32.730. Following grid penalties for other riders, Furusato will start the Indonesian Grand Prix from P15... Read more
The 16th round of the 2026 Moto2 World Championship ended in disappointment for Idemitsu Honda Team Asia, with both Mario Suryo Aji and Taiyo Furusato not finishing the Japanese Grand Prix Race at Mobility Resort Motegi. A dramatic start to the day saw Aji crash during the sighting lap, but the team worked quickly to repair his machine and allow him to take his place on the grid. However, both riders would ultimately crash during the race... Read more
Idemitsu Honda Team Asia will start Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix from P20 and P21, with Taiyo Furusato and Mario Suryo Aji respectively, after a closely fought Q1 session at Mobility Resort Motegi. Both riders showed a clear step forward compared with Friday, finishing sixth and seventh in Q1, but the extremely tight margins prevented them from advancing to Q2... Read more
Idemitsu Honda Team Asia completed the 15th round of the 2026 Moto2 World Championship at the Red Bull Ring with Mario Suryo Aji finishing P17 and Taiyo Furusato P18. Both riders showed promising race pace and spent significant portions of the race fighting around the points-paying positions, but ultimately fell just short of scoring... Read more
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