Honda HSV-010 GT

Honda HSV-010 GT

The HSV-010 GT of Autobacs Racing Team Aguri, who won the 1000km Suzuka in 2010.
Category	Super GT GT500
Constructor	Honda
Designer(s)	Keinosuke Taki
Predecessor	Honda NSX-GT
Successor	Honda NSX CONCEPT-GT / Honda NSX-GT
Technical specifications
Length	4,675 mm (184.1 in)
Width	2,000 mm (79 in)
Wheelbase	2,700 mm (110 in)
Engine	3.4 L Honda HR10EG 3,397 cc (207.3 cu in) V8, 40.0kgm (289 lb ft; 392 Nm), front mid-engine, rear-wheel drive
Transmission	Ricardo 6-speed sequential manual
Power	500 PS (370 kW; 490 bhp)
Weight	1,100 kg (2,400 lb)
Tyres	Bridgestone Michelin
Competition history
Notable entrants	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Keihin Real Racing Nakajima Racing Team Kunimitsu Weider Honda Racing
Notable drivers	Loïc Duval Ralph Firman Yuji Ide Takuya Izawa Toshihiro Kaneishi Takashi Kobayashi Takashi Kogure Frédéric Makowiecki Kosuke Matsuura Ryo Michigami Hideki Mutoh Daisuke Nakajima Yuhki Nakayama Koudai Tsukakoshi Carlo van Dam Naoki Yamamoto
Debut	2010 Suzuka GT 300km
First win	2010 Okayama GT 300km
Last win	2013 JAF Grand Prix Race 1
Last event	2013 JAF Grand Prix
Races Wins Poles Titles 37 10 8 2
Teams' Championships	1 (Weider Honda Racing, 2010)
Drivers' Championships	1 (Takashi Kogure & Loïc Duval, 2010)

The Honda HSV-010 GT (an abbreviation for Honda Sports Velocity) is a grand touring race car manufactured and designed by Honda. The HSV-010 GT served as the successor to the first generation Honda NSX-GT and competed in the Japanese Super GT racing series, where it raced from 2010 to 2013.

Car development

On October 23, 2009, Honda officially announced the end of the mid-engine NSX-GT's participation in Super GT racing, as it was only allowed to participate as an exception in the 2009 season. In principle, Super GT's 2009 regulations allowed the use of only front-engine rear-drive cars, and Honda did not have a FR successor car ready due to the economic environment at the time.

On November 15, 2009, Honda announced that, despite withdrawing the NSX from Super GT competition, it would campaign a car for the 2010 season. Honda revealed that the car would be based on the cancelled "New NSX" production vehicle. Unlike typical Super GT cars, the vehicle is not based on any production vehicle that is made available to purchase by the general public. It is reported that although the Super GT normally requires racing vehicles to be based on production cars, the use of a production-ready car is also allowed. The 3.4 L (210 cu in) HR10EG V8 engine was based on the HR09E built for Formula Nippon. On December 22, 2009, Honda announced the HSV-010 GT as the successor to the NSX Super GT in the Super GT series.

Motorsport history

Weider Honda Racing's 2011 Honda HSV-010 GT during a test at Fuji Speedway.

The Honda HSV-010 GT officially debuted in the 2010 Super GT Series with five GT500 entries from Weider Honda Racing, Autobacs Racing Team Aguri, Keihin Real Racing, Nakajima Racing, and Team Kunimitsu. Weider Honda Racing won the teams' championship, with Takashi Kogure and Loïc Duval winning the drivers' championship.

For the 2011 season, the HSV-010 GT's radiator was divided in two and relocated to the sides of the car, with the goal of quicker cornering via a reduced moment of inertia with respect to yaw. However, in doing so, the centre of mass was raised, and configuration and adjustment became a more difficult and time-consuming task.

For the 2013 season, the last season under 2009 regulations, the radiator was moved back to the front of the car with lightened equipment. Instead, a shorter exhaust system with exhaust exits on both sides was used, allowing the V8 engine to rev higher. The HSV-010 GT's overall potential was improved, with the #17 Keihin HSV-010 placing second overall in the Teams' Championship.

The HSV-010 GT was superseded by the Honda NSX Concept-GT for 2014, based on the second generation NSX Concept.

External links

• Media related to Honda HSV-010 GT at Wikimedia Commons
• Honda Worldwide | HSV-010GT official site
• Honda HSV-010 GT | 進化したHSV-010 GT 本格化する2011年モデルの熟成 in Japanese
• Honda HSV-010 GT | GTプロジェクトリーダー 瀧敬之介 現場レポート in Japanese
• "Honda introduces HSV-010 GT for competing in GT500 class of SUPER GT Series". Honda Motor Company. January 18, 2010. Archived from the original on March 15, 2010. Retrieved March 7, 2010.