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In [[1962 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1962]], the FIM followed up the success of the Coupe d’ Europe by giving the 50 cc class [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Championship]] status. As well as the works entries of existing European manufacturers like Kreidler and Tomos, this development also attracted entries from Japanese manufacturers with both [[Honda Racing Corporation|Honda]] and [[Suzuki]] entering full work’s teams. The Spanish [[Derbi]] factory also entered a single work’s bike for the [[Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|Spanish Grand Prix]].
The Kreidlers were now fitted with three speed [[Overdrive (mechanics)|overdrive]]s controlled from the [[twistgrip]], which coupled to the standard four-speed [[Manual_transmission#Sequential_manual|gearbox]] gave twelve gears to help keep the engines at maximum power. Engine development also increased power to {{convert|10|hp|abbr=on}} at 11,000 [[rpm]]. The Kreidlers development would be hampered however by the factory's insistence that the race bikes remained fundamentally based upon their standard road machines.<ref name="Classic Racer500">{{cite journal | last =Dobson | first =Peter | authorlink =Peter Dobson(Journalist)| coauthors = | year =1990 | month =Summer | title =GP Kreidler | journal = Classic Racer| volume =1 | issue =30 | pages = 39 | id = | url = | format = |accessdate = }}</ref> Suzuki and Honda knew no such limitations.
Honda’s commitment to [[four-stroke]] engines dated back to 1951 with the launch of its Dream E-Type<ref name="Honda Worldwide, History 200">{{cite web
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