GPL Honda RA300

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Used at THR from 2019 to 2025

Brand: GrandPrix Legends
Country: Japan
Class: race
Year: 1967
Power: 430 bhp
Torque: 279 Nm
Weight: 596kg
Top speed: 300+km/h
Acceleration: --s 0-100
Power / weight: 1.39kg/cv

The Honda RA300 was a Formula One racing car produced by Honda Racing, and introduced halfway through the 1967 Formula One season. It retained the same V12 engine as the preceding RA273 car, but the chassis was designed by Lola's Eric Broadley and based on a previous Lola Indianapolis 500 car, the T90. This collaboration resulted in the machine being quickly dubbed the Hondola by the motorsports press.Broadley's chassis was much lighter and sweeter handling than the previous in-house design. The car initially performed impressively, winning in its first ever World Championship race at the 1967 Italian Grand Prix. Driver John Surtees took the lead from Jim Clark's Lotus and Jack Brabham's Brabham on the final lap, after Clark ran out of fuel and Brabham ran wide. However, the RA300 flattered to deceive, and this would turn out to be the only lap that an RA300 would lead, and it never again took a World Championship victory. It remains the only F1 car ever to take its single victory in its very first Grand Prix, and on the only lap it would ever lead.The 48-valve V12 Honda first appeared at the 1966 Italian GP driven by Richie Ginther (USA). In spite of weighing 740 kg (dry) it was capable of spinning the rear tyres at 100 mph in third gear. With cylinder dimensions of 78.0 x 52.2 mm 2,993.17 cc, a target of 400-440 bhp @ 12,000 rpm was quoted. The engine used by John Surtees at the 1967 Italian GP was quoted by Motoring News as developing only 396 bhp, but with improved torque and response. The vehicle weight excess over the 500 kg minimum had been approximately halved.

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Championships17

Events77

Race sessions110

Drivers49

Years active2019–2025

Starts172

Wins8

Race laps3,545

Race distance19,827 km

Race time106.5 h

Championship	Period	Events	Starts	Wins	Drivers	Race laps
GPL Championship 7	2025	7	11	1	4	373
GPL Championship 7 - Practice Races	2025	4	8	2	1	137
GPL 1967 Mod at Zolder - Fun Event	2024	1	5	0	5	202
GPL Championship 6 - Top Cup	2023–2024	9	19	1	7	559
GPL Championship 6 - Casual Cup	2023–2024	9	20	2	4	574
GPL Championship 6 - Practice Races	2023–2024	6	13	0	2	193
5th Anniversary - GPL - 65 Laps at Fuji	2023	1	1	0	1	13
4th Anniversary - GPL - 40 Laps at Hockenheim	2022	1	1	0	2	26
Supporters Race - GPL at Oulton Park - Fun Event	2022	1	1	0	1	13
GPL Championship 5	2021–2022	9	22	2	8	657
3rd Anniversary - Part 1 - GPL - 80 Laps at Kyalami	2021	1	0	0	1	0
GPL Championship 4 (Throwback)	2020–2021	8	21	0	9	210
GPL Championship 4 (Throwback) – Practice Races	2020–2021	6	14	0	6	123
2nd Anniversary - Part 1 - GPL - 68laps at Monza 1966	2020	1	1	0	2	65
GPL Championship 3	2020	3	10	0	3	90
GPL Championship 2	2019	4	11	0	3	140
GPL Championship 1	2019	6	14	0	2	170