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BlogF1 2008: Two Breaks And Still Standing » BlogF1 — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:50:45 +0000

[...] Formula One Chassis Designations: There’s little more enjoyable than learning something as you type. I remember the research needed for this post was quite exhaustive because nobody, it seemed, knew why Honda called their car RAxxx. I got there in the end though. [...]

By: Oliver White

Oliver White — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:51:28 +0000

Thanks Arun, that makes a lot more sense.

By: Arun

Arun — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:49:04 +0000

formula1.com says
‘The VJM01, named in tribute to the team’s owners, Dr Vijay Mallya and Jan and Michiel Mol, is an evolution of the B-spec F8-VII that Force India’s predecessor, Spyker, launched at the 2007 Italian Grand Prix.’
Please do the needful to change the error in this post..

By: Oliver White

Oliver White — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:00:31 +0000

To be honest, I have no idea why Honda put RA in front of their chassis number. I believe it has been in use for a long time and has nothing to do with BAR or Tyrrell.

By: Journeyer

Journeyer — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:20:37 +0000

Just a quick question. Why did Honda choose the phrase ‘Racing Automobile’ to form part of the car’s designation? It doesn’t have anything to do with its ancestors BAR and Tyrrell, so is this connected to Honda’s history, whether in F1 (back in the 1960s) or not?

Just to add, Ferrari have used the engine formula for their car for most of its history. It stopped doing so in 1999 (for the F399, then the F1-2000, then the F2001 and so forth), but it reverted back to the engine formula (albeit briefly) in 2006:

24 – 2.4 litre engine, as permitted by the rules
8 – 8-cylinder engine (or V8), as permitted by the rules
F1 – Formula 1
= 248 F1