page_title: Honda in motorsport
section_title: Super GT
hierarchical_section_title: Honda in motorsport / Sportscar racing / Super GT
caption_attribution_description: An Autobacs Racing Team Aguri(ARTA) Honda NSX in the SuperGT series.
context_page_description: Honda has been competing in a variety of racing series through the years, including Formula One, IndyCar, touring car racing, sports car racing and MotoGP. Currently they are involved in Formula One, MotoGP, WTCR, Super GT, Super Formula, IndyCar, IMSA, BTCC, Formula 3, Formula 4, off-road, WSBK, EWC, MXGP, TrialGP and various different GT3 and TCR series.
context_section_description: Honda's first involvement in Super GT (known as the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship, or JGTC for short, between 1993 and 2004) came in 1996, when Team Kunimitsu entered an NSX GT2 in the GT500 category.
  Honda introduced a new NSX for 1997 that was built specifically to the GT500 regulations. Also, a new team Mugen × Dome Project joined alongside Team Kunimitsu in running the NSX's. By the end of the season Honda had taken two podiums – both by Team Kunimitsu – and two pole positions – one by each team.
  In 1998, the Mugen × Dome Project expanded to running two cars and Nakajima Racing joined Honda. The Honda was the fastest car during that season; taking pole position and fastest lap in every race. Honda won the last four races of the season, but inconsistency by the teams and reliability issues meant that they lost the title to the more consistent Nismo team. 1999 started with back-to-back wins for Honda that extended their record of consecutive victories to six – a record that still hasn't been beaten to date.
  Honda finally won the title in 2000 when the Castrol Mugen NSX of Ryo Michigami consistently took podiums and strong points finishes through the season. A win and other strong finishes by the Takata Dome part of the team meant that Mugen × Dome Project won the teams' title. Also, Autobacs Racing Team Aguri (ARTA) joined Honda this year and took their first win with them at Fuji.
  Honda came close to winning the title in 2001, when ARTA and Mugen were only two points away from winning. 2002 was very close in the drivers' championship again, as Nakajima Racing lost it by only one point. However, Mugen × Dome Project took advantage of the points system used in the teams' championship to win it by 21 points.
  Honda were not so competitive in 2003, and in 2004 they introduced a turbocharged 3.0L V6 engine. It being their first turbocharged engine in the series meant that its development was slow and they took only one win in the season.
  In 2005, Honda returned to the naturally aspirated 3.0L V6, and they became competitive again. ARTA finished the season second in the rankings. Honda was in the championship fight again in 2006; Team Kunimitsu coming second and Dome third.
  Honda dominated the 2007 season as their teams' took the top four spots in the championship. The winning team that season, ARTA, driven by Ralph Firman and Daisuke Ito, had a 31-point advantage over the Nismo 350Z in fifth and became the first ever team in the series' history to win the title before the final race was run.
  Due to the domination of 2007, the NSX was given more weight handicaps for 2008. As a result, they were not as competitive, taking only one win and a best position of sixth in the championship by Dome. The weight handicap was lowered for 2009, and Honda came back in the championship fight. ARTA finished runner-up and won at Fuji and at the final race of the season in Motegi that would become the first-gen NSX's final race.
  New rules for 2010 requiring all GT500 cars to have a front-engine, rear-wheel drive layout meant that the mid-engined NSX could not be used anymore. Honda replaced it with the HSV-010 GT, a unique car that didn't have a production car equivalent. The car was competitive from the start and took pole position in its first race. ARTA won the 1000km Suzuka race in August, and Dome and their drivers, Loïc Duval and Takashi Kogure, were crowned champions in the car's first season.
  The car continued to be used for the next three seasons, winning the 1000 km Suzuka race in 2011 and 2013, and finishing third and second in the championship in the same years respectively.
  New regulations for 2014 allowed mid-engined cars again and required all cars to use 2.0L turbocharged inline-four engines. Honda introduced the NSX Concept-GT that had a hybrid system, unlike its competitors. It was based on the concept version of the second-gen NSX. The car got its first win at Fuji in 2014 and finished third in the standings in 2015. The hybrid system was removed for 2016 and the car became uncompetitive, not winning a race at al
caption: ARTA dominated the 2007 season with the NSX
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