Our car is your car - Honda
History will be made today at Magny-Cours, home of the French Grand Prix, as the Honda Racing F1 Team unveils the names of 55,000 fans on the team’s Formula One cars. Since the Honda Racing F1 Team launched their environmental strategy for this season, thousands of people have been inspired to make a lifestyle change to help reduce their carbon output.
So far people from over 200 countries have signed up to the campaign by visiting myearthdream.com and each and every name registered on the website will appear on the car livery as an acknowledgement of those who have made an environmental pledge.
Nick Fry, Chief Executive Officer, Honda Racing F1 Team “myearthdream.com is hugely successful and hundreds of thousands of people from around the world have accessed the information on the website. The most important aspect of myearthdream.com is education and awareness of environmental issues and we will continue to push this message for the duration of the racing season.”
Jenson Button, Honda Racing F1 Team driver “The earth themed livery provides people from all over the world, including non-racing fans, with an opportunity to support an extremely worthwhile cause. I will feel very proud driving and competing with the support of so many people visually displayed on the car.”
Rubens Barrichello, Honda Racing F1 Team driver “Magny-Cours will showcase the new car livery featuring the names of thousands of people who have pledged to support the team’s environmental campaign. It’s a fantastic feeling knowing that the names of all those fans and supporters will feature on the car I’ll be driving at the French Grand Prix.”
Fast Facts
- Most pledges have been made from fans and members of the public in the UK, with nearly 20% of all donations made by residents in Britain
- Spain (2nd), United States (3rd), Japan (4th) and Germany (5th) complete the top five most popular regions
- Pledges have been made from more than 200 countries from across the world
- The most popular environmental pledge on myearthdream.com is to recycle waste paper
Honda’s initiative is a powerful call to action for fans, sponsors, customers and members of the public. To join Honda’s commitment to help address the environmental issues facing the world visit the website www.myearthdream.com
