Honda RA271
The Honda RA271 was Honda in Formula One, Honda's first Formula One auto racing, racing car to enter a race. The chief engineer on the project was Yoshio Nakamura (engineer), Yoshio Nakamura, with Tadashi Kume in charge of engine development. It was driven in three races during by American driver Ronnie Bucknum. The car was developed from the company's 1963 prototype, retrospectively designated RA270. It was developed around Honda's revolutionary F1 engine, a 1.5 L V12 engine, V12, at a time when V8 engine, V8s dominated the F1 paddock, as constructed by British Racing Motors, BRM, Coventry Climax, Climax, Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari and Automobili Turismo e Sport, ATS. The only other major manufacturer deviating from the received V8 wisdom were Ferrari, who experimented with both V6 engine, V6 and flat-twelve engine, flat-12 layouts, although they ultimately elected to stick with their V8. No other manufacturers were running V12s at the time. The RA271 made its race debut during t ...
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