A cold French Grand Prix saw Marc Marquez take a faultless victory to extend his lead in the MotoGP World Championship. The win is Honda’s 300thvictory in the premier class, the first manufacturer to achieve such success in the premier class. Jim Redman and the Honda RC181 achieved Honda’s first win in the premier class back in 1966 at Hockenheim with Mike Hailwood becoming the second winner a few races later in Brno.
Freddie Spencer returned Honda to the top step of the podium in the 500cc class in 1982 at Spa-Franchoramps on the NS500. Takazumi Katayama would become the first Japanese rider to win in the 500cc class for Honda the same year.
1984 marked the debut of the NSR500 – the legendary 500cc machine taking a total of 132 wins and saw the likes of Mick Doohan, Wayne Gardner, Alex Criville and Eddie Lawson claim the premier class title and seven Constructors World Championships.
The debut of the four-stroke era saw Honda achieve immediate success with the RC211V, winning the first race at the 2002 Japanese GP. The RC211V, RC212V
Honda’s 300 Premier Class Wins:
| Jim Redman | 2 |
| Mike Hailwood | 8 |
| Freddie Spencer | 20 |
| Takazumi Katayama | 1 |
| Randy Mamola | 4 |
| Wayne Gardner | 18 |
| Eddie Lawson | 4 |
| Pierfrancesco Chili | 1 |
| Mick Doohan | 54 |
| Alex Criville | 15 |
| Daryl Beattie | 1 |
| Alberto Puig | 1 |
| Luca Cadalora | 2 |
| Carlos Checa | 2 |
| Tadayuki Okada | 4 |
| Max Biaggi | 5 |
| Loris Capirossi | 1 |
| Alex Barros | 6 |
| Valentino Rossi | 33 |
| Tohru Ukawa | 1 |
| Sete Gibernau | 8 |
| Makoto Tamada | 2 |
| Nicky Hayden | 3 |
| Marco Melandri | 5 |
| Dani Pedrosa | 31 |
| Toni Elias | 1 |
| Andrea Dovizioso | 1 |
| Casey Stoner | 15 |
| Marc Marquez | 47 |
| Jack Miller | 1 |
| Cal Crutchlow | 3 |
