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Yoshio Nakamura

Yoshio Nakamura

HondaDevelopment lead

Moved to Honda from aircraft engine engineering, directed its early car development and led Honda to its first F1 win

Timeline

  1. 1942

    Nakajima Aircraft Company Aircraft engine development division

  2. 1950

    Nihon Nainenki

  3. 1958

    Joined

    Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

  4. 1963
    S500
    S500

    1963–1964Development lead

    At a company with no engineers who understood cars

    When Nakamura joined, Honda made only motorcycles and had almost no engineers who understood cars. Soon after joining, Nakamura was put in charge of Honda R&D's automobile development unit and directed development of production cars such as the S500 and T360. He also became manager of the F1 team and was responsible for Honda's entry into F1.

  5. 1977

    Special Advisor

Connections

  • Shinroku Momose

    Shinroku MomoseSubaru

    Same-year hire
    • Joined Nakajima Aircraft Company in 1942

Profile

From Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Graduated from Tokyo Imperial University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Aeronautics (engine course) in 1942. As head of the automobile development team at Honda R&D, he directed the development of production cars such as the S500 and T360. Former manager of the Honda F1 team.

Translated from Japanese sources.

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