At the end of last season, the upgraded Type S version of the NSX-GT rounded off the season with convincing victories at Autopolis and Motegi. A strong winter, combined with the addition of an extra car on the benchmark Bridgestone tyres, only added to the feeling that 2023 could be Honda's year after near misses in the previous two years.
But a glance at the final standings tells the story: for the first time since 2019, no Honda crew cracked the top three overall, while two victories is the weakest haul for the brand since that same season. Its miraculous run of wins at Motegi, unbroken since 2020, also came to an end as arch-rival Toyota celebrated one of the most dominant campaigns in recent memory for TOM'S pair Sho Tsuboi and Ritomo Miyata.
