n.b. Unless otherwise stated, all data refer to Formula One World Championship Grands Prix only.
The car was an update of the previous season's RA300, using the same RA273E engine. As Honda was also focused on developing the air-cooled RA302, the RA301's development suffered and Surtees only managed a best of second place in the France. Poor reliability saw him managing to finish just two other races.
The car was planned to be replaced by the RA302 at the 1968 French Grand Prix, but Surtees refused to drive the new car because of safety concerns. After the death of Jo Schlesser at that race, Surtees again refused to drive the RA302 at the 1968 Italian Grand Prix, and the RA301 was used until the end of the season.
honda, ra301, formula, racing, produced, honda, racing, 1968, formula, season, introduced, during, 1968, spanish, grand, prix, second, round, season, like, predecessor, ra300, developed, lola, cars, called, lola, t180, lola, cars, categoryformula, oneconstruct. The Honda RA301 was a Formula One racing car produced by Honda Racing for the 1968 Formula One season 2 It was introduced during the 1968 Spanish Grand Prix the second round of the season Like its predecessor RA300 the car was co developed by Lola Cars and called Lola T180 by Lola Cars Honda RA301CategoryFormula OneConstructorHonda R amp DDesigner s Yoshio Nakamura Honda Shoichi Sano Honda Derrick White Lola Cars PredecessorRA300SuccessorRA302 RA106Technical specificationsChassisAluminium monocoqueSuspension front Double wishboneSuspension rear Double wishboneAxle trackFront 56 7 in 144 0 cm 1 Rear 55 1 in 140 cm 1 Wheelbase94 8 in 240 8 cm 1 EngineHonda RA273E 2 991 cc 182 5 cu in V12 naturally aspirated mid engined longitudinally mountedTransmissionHonda 5 speed manualFuelBP ShellTyresFirestoneCompetition historyNotable entrantsHonda RacingNotable driversJohn SurteesDebut1968 Spanish Grand Prix JaramaRacesWinsPolesF Laps11011Constructors Championships0Drivers Championships0n b Unless otherwise stated all data refer toFormula One World Championship Grands Prix only The car was an update of the previous season s RA300 using the same RA273E engine As Honda was also focused on developing the air cooled RA302 the RA301 s development suffered and Surtees only managed a best of second place in the France Poor reliability saw him managing to finish just two other races The car was planned to be replaced by the RA302 at the 1968 French Grand Prix but Surtees refused to drive the new car because of safety concerns After the death of Jo Schlesser at that race Surtees again refused to drive the RA302 at the 1968 Italian Grand Prix and the RA301 was used until the end of the season With Honda s withdrawal from Formula One at the end of the season the RA301 was the last F1 car raced by Honda until the 2006 Formula One season s Honda RA106 Surtees driving the RA301 at the 1968 German Grand PrixComplete Formula One World Championship results Edit key results in bold indicate pole position results in italics indicate fastest lap Year Entrant Engine Tyres Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Points WCC1968 Honda Racing Honda 3 0 V12 F RSA ESP MON BEL NED FRA GBR GER ITA CAN USA MEX 14 6thJohn Surtees Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 5 Ret Ret Ret 3 RetDavid Hobbs RetJoakim Bonnier Racing Team Jo Bonnier 5Source 3 References Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Honda RA301 a b c Taylor Roger September 1968 Honda RA301 Model Cars Model amp Allied Publications p 427 Honda Global 2016 Small Steve 1994 The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who s Who Guinness pp 70 190 and 370 71 ISBN 0851127029 This Formula One related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Honda RA301 amp oldid 1094356954, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
