Honda Confirms 2026 GT500 Lineups, Elevates ARTA No. 8 as Works Flagship

Honda formalizes factory oversight through a new GT500 technical director.

Overview

HRC designates ARTA’s No. 8 as Team HRC ARTA Mugen and assigns on-site engineers, with Kakunoshin Ohta returning to partner Hiroki Otsu.
Tomoki Nojiri shifts to ARTA’s No. 16 to team with Ren Sato, while Stanley Team Kunimitsu’s No. 100 remains Yamamoto and Makino.
Igor Fraga steps up to Modulo Nakajima Racing’s No. 64 alongside Riki Okusa, and Yuto Nomura moves to Astemo Real Racing’s No. 17 with Koudai Tsukakoshi.
Honda will field five HRC Prelude-GT cars in 2026, confirming a 14-car GT500 grid that is the smallest since 2010.
In the final open-tire season, Nakajima’s No. 64 runs Dunlops and the other four Hondas use Bridgestones, as Akihiro Hasegawa takes the new GT500 technical director role.