Designed by Yoshio Nakamura, the RA272 was raced in 1965 - starting 14 races and finishing only half of them, earning 13 points in the process. That year, the RA272 raced 604 laps covering about 1921 miles.

At the Mexican Grand Prix (the last of the 1.5 litre years) Richie Ginther took the Honda RA272 to victory from 3rd on the grid. It was a notable race in the it provided the little American with his first (and only) victory and also marked the first ever race win by the tyre company Goodyear. The 272 incorporated many of the lessons of the previous model including the transverse mounted engine which held out to win a race that saw most of the field simply fall off the track.

Designed by Eric Broadley and John Surtees, the RA300 rain in both the 1967 and 1968 seasons in 3 races - winning 1 with 1 DNF. The 228 laps (663 miles) earned the RA300 12 points between the 2 seasons.

For the RA300 Honda retained the V12 unit of the previous model but recruited Eric Broadley of Lola to produce the chassis. He managed to design a much lighter car which was quickly dubbed the 'Hondola'.

The car only had three outings with Surtees at the helm netting a first place at Monza in 1967 in its first ever race.

Designed by Eric Broadley, John Surtees, Yoshio Nakamura and Derrick White, the RA301 had 14 entries in 12 races with 9 DNF's with only a best finish of P2 though it did achieve 1 pole. Over the 614 raced laps, the RA301 covered 1793 miles and scored 14 points. However, it did lead 82 miles over 10 laps.

The 1968 main-line car followed on from the RA300 although it was less chunky than its predecessor. It was never as successful as the previous version and in 1968 Honda slipped to sixth in the Constructors Cup.

The RA302 was the last Honda F1 car for over 15 years before Honda reentered F1. Designed by Yoshio Nakamura, the RA302 entered only 1 race that it did not finish after having completed on 8 miles in 2 laps.

An incredibly innovative car with an air-cooled 120 degree V8 had massive potential that was never realised. Equipped with a magnesium-skinned monocoque with the engine suspended from a boom the car suffered from little development work before being entered for the 1968 French Grand Prix. John Surtees, lead driver for the team, was opposed to the car being entered and his fears were borne out when the driver Jo Schlesser was killed. The car, with its exposed engine intakes was susceptible to wet weather conditions and when it began to rain the engine cut out and Schlesser lost control and died in the fierce fire than ensued.

A second car was built and was earmarked to be driven in practise for the Italian race by Surtees. John declined and Honda withdrew from Grand Prix racing at the end of the season.