Nakamoto joined the Honda Racing Corporation in 1983 and his initial work was based around the corporation's motorcycle racing operations at Honda Racing Corporation (HRC). By 1984, Nakamoto was already project leader on the design of the Honda RS125 and RS250 production racing machines. By 1990 he had been moved up to the role of large project leader on both these machines.
Nakamoto continued to work with motorcycles, but moved to the Honda F1 project in 2000. He gained multiple promotions up until 2002 when he became the race and test team manager for Honda Racing Developments Ltd. (HRD). Another promotion in 2003 led to him becoming engineering director for Honda Racing Developments Ltd., and he stayed in this role until 2006.
During 2006, Nakamoto got his big break being appointed the Senior Technical Director for the Honda F1 team, taking over from Geoff Willis, an aerodynamics specialist.
The Honda RA107, the first Formula One car designed under Nakamoto, was very poor, mainly due to bad aerodynamics. The RA107 was even inferior to the Super Aguri SA07, a re-worked model of Willis' Honda RA106 from the previous season.
Various explanations have been proposed for why the car performed so poorly. One was that the wind tunnel which was set up in July, 2006[1] broke at almost the same time that Geoff Willis was replaced by Nakamoto.[2] Thus, the new car had been designed using a faulty wind tunnel.
On December 1, 2008, four days before Honda announced its withdrawal from Formula One,[4] Nakamoto left the Honda F1 team and returned to HRC as the vice-president where he serves as the team principal of the Repsol HondaMotoGP team.[5]
Nakamoto was born in Tottori, Japan, but now lives with his wife in Maidenhead, England.
Referencesedit
^"Honda Increases UK Investment With New Wind Tunnel". Honda Worldwide. 2007-06-19. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
^. ITV F1. 2007-06-22. Archived from the original on 2006-07-02. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
^ abc"Motor racing-Honda hope F1 recruiting drive pays off". Reuters UK. 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
^"Global crisis ends Honda F1 dream". news.bbc.co.uk. 2008-12-05.
^ホンダ 中本修平氏がＦ１から二輪部門へ異動 (in Japanese). GPUpdate.net. 2008-11-24. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
^"MotoGP: Exit interview with retiring HRC VP Shuhei Nakamoto will surprise you". www.cycleworld.com. 2016-11-21.
External linksedit
Profile - from Honda Racing F1 official website 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine
January 01, 1970
shuhei, nakamoto, 中本, 修平, nakamoto, shūhei, born, april, 1957, vice, president, honda, racing, corporation, born, 1957, april, 1957, nationalityjapanese, contents, career, personal, life, references, external, linkscareer, editnakamoto, joined, honda, racing, . Shuhei Nakamoto 中本 修平 Nakamoto Shuhei born 29 April 1957 is the vice president of Honda Racing Corporation Shuhei NakamotoBorn 1957 04 29 29 April 1957 age 67 NationalityJapanese Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 References 4 External linksCareer editNakamoto joined the Honda Racing Corporation in 1983 and his initial work was based around the corporation s motorcycle racing operations at Honda Racing Corporation HRC By 1984 Nakamoto was already project leader on the design of the Honda RS125 and RS250 production racing machines By 1990 he had been moved up to the role of large project leader on both these machines Nakamoto continued to work with motorcycles but moved to the Honda F1 project in 2000 He gained multiple promotions up until 2002 when he became the race and test team manager for Honda Racing Developments Ltd HRD Another promotion in 2003 led to him becoming engineering director for Honda Racing Developments Ltd and he stayed in this role until 2006 During 2006 Nakamoto got his big break being appointed the Senior Technical Director for the Honda F1 team taking over from Geoff Willis an aerodynamics specialist nbsp Nakamoto s first Formula One car Honda RA107 The Honda RA107 the first Formula One car designed under Nakamoto was very poor mainly due to bad aerodynamics The RA107 was even inferior to the Super Aguri SA07 a re worked model of Willis Honda RA106 from the previous season Various explanations have been proposed for why the car performed so poorly One was that the wind tunnel which was set up in July 2006 1 broke at almost the same time that Geoff Willis was replaced by Nakamoto 2 Thus the new car had been designed using a faulty wind tunnel To try to fix the aerodynamics problems Honda employed a number of new aerodynamicists including Loic Bigois 3 John Owen ex BMW Sauber 3 Ben Agathangelou ex Red Bull Peter Coysh ex McLaren and Francois Martinet ex Williams 3 in July 2007 On December 1 2008 four days before Honda announced its withdrawal from Formula One 4 Nakamoto left the Honda F1 team and returned to HRC as the vice president where he serves as the team principal of the Repsol Honda MotoGP team 5 He retired in November 2016 6 Personal life editNakamoto was born in Tottori Japan but now lives with his wife in Maidenhead England References edit Honda Increases UK Investment With New Wind Tunnel Honda Worldwide 2007 06 19 Retrieved 2007 09 13 Willis splits with Honda ITV F1 2007 06 22 Archived from the original on 2006 07 02 Retrieved 2007 09 13 a b c Motor racing Honda hope F1 recruiting drive pays off Reuters UK 2007 07 02 Retrieved 2007 09 13 Global crisis ends Honda F1 dream news bbc co uk 2008 12 05 ホンダ 中本修平氏がＦ１から二輪部門へ異動 in Japanese GPUpdate net 2008 11 24 Retrieved 2011 02 01 MotoGP Exit interview with retiring HRC VP Shuhei Nakamoto will surprise you www cycleworld com 2016 11 21 External links editProfile from Honda Racing F1 official website Archived 2008 09 07 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shuhei Nakamoto amp oldid 1147870257, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
