Living with the Dead: 13 Kms
In a few days, Honda Motor Co. will submit its entry for the 2006 Formula One World Championship - the first time since November 1968, when the Japanese company started its last Grand Prix as a constructor. Thomas O'Keefe looks back at the sad events of the 1968 French Grand Prix, when Honda's Jo Schlesser was killed on his Grand Prix debut, and how the event affected the company's decision to withdraw from Formula One
Honda Motor Co. is back in Formula One in 2006 as a constructor for the first time since November 3rd, 1968, when Honda ran its last Grand Prix as a constructor in Mexico City, with John Surtees as the principal Honda entry, driving the Honda RA301 with a 3.0 litre V12 engine.
Although John Surtees was Honda's most successful Grand Prix driver, in the course of its last season in 1968, Honda retained other drivers on occasion to join Surtees for one-off performances, including Jo Bonnier for the Mexican Grand Prix and David Hobbs for the Italian Grand Prix.
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