Daisuke Nakajima

Daisuke Nakajima
Nakajima in 2015
Nationality	Japanese
Born	January 29, 1989 Okazaki, Japan
Related to	Kazuki Nakajima (brother) Satoru Nakajima (father)
Super Formula career
Debut season	2011
Current team	Nakajima Racing
Car no.	31
Starts	40
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	10th in 2015
Previous series
2012-2015 2009-2010 2008 2007	Super GT British Formula 3 All-Japan Formula Three Formula Challenge

Daisuke Nakajima (中島 大祐 Nakajima Daisuke, born January 29, 1989) is a Japanese racing driver; the son of Satoru Nakajima and the younger brother of Kazuki Nakajima, both of whom have driven in Formula One.

Career

Having started his career in go-karts on the Japanese circuit, Nakajima moved into single-seaters in 2007, competing in the Japanese Formula Challenge series. He finished fifth overall in the championship with four wins, which was won by 2008 Macau Grand Prix winner Keisuke Kunimoto. He graduated into All-Japan Formula Three in 2008, with Toda Racing, finishing ninth overall.^[1] Having tested with Räikkönen Robertson Racing over the 2008 offseason, Nakajima joined them for a 2009 campaign in the British Formula 3 Championship.^[2] Nakajima finished seventh in the championship standings, with his best result of second coming at Silverstone in August, having started from pole position.^[3] He remained with the team for the 2010 season, but failed to improve on his rookie form and returned to Japan for 2011, competing in Formula Nippon with his father's team.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team Name	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Final Placing
2007	Formula Challenge Japan		18	4	4	2	5	121	5th
2008	All-Japan Formula Three	Toda Racing	18	0	0	0	0	54	9th
2009	British Formula 3	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	20	0	1	0	2	95	7th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	19th
2010	British Formula 3	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	30	0	1	0	4	97	11th
2011	Formula Nippon	Nakajima Racing	7	0	0	0	0	2	13th
2012	Super GT	Mugen	5	0	0	0	1	12	15th
	Formula Nippon	Nakajima Racing	8	0	0	0	0	0	16th
2013	Super GT	Nakajima Racing	8	0	0	0	0	4	15th
	Super Formula		7	0	0	0	1	6	12th
2014	Super GT	Nakajima Racing	8	0	0	0	1	12	17th
	Super Formula		9	0	0	0	0	4	14th
2015	Super GT	Nakajima Racing	8	0	0	0	0	4	15th
	Super Formula		8	0	0	0	0	7	10th
2016	Super GT	Nakajima Racing	2	0	0	0	0	1	12th*
	Super Formula		1	0	0	0	0	0	18th*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results

(key)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Points
2011	Nakajima Racing	SUZ 11	AUT Ret	FUJ 8	MOT 9	SUZ C	SUG 10	MOT 11	MOT 7		13th	2
2012	Nakajima Racing	SUZ 16	MOT 10	AUT 11	FUJ 11	MOT 12	SUG 12	SUZ 10	SUZ 11		16th	0
2013	Nakajima Racing	SUZ 16	AUT Ret	FUJ 11	MOT 10	SUG 7	SUZ 2	SUZ 11			12th	6
2014	Nakajima Racing	SUZ Ret	FUJ 9	FUJ 14	FUJ 9	MOT 16	AUT 12	SUG 5	SUZ 9	SUZ 15	14th	4
2015	Nakajima Racing	SUZ 6	OKA 12	FUJ Ret	MOT 5	AUT 9	SUG 12	SUZ Ret	SUZ 10		10th	7
2016	Nakajima Racing	SUZ Ret	OKA	FUJ	MOT	AUT	SUG	SUZ	SUZ		18th*	0*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Super GT results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Points
2012	Team Mugen	Honda CR-Z	GT300	OKA	FUJ	SEP	SUG 16	SUZ 11	FUJ 3	AUT 10	MOT 11	15th	12
2013	Epson Nakajima Racing	Honda HSV-010 GT	GT500	OKA 11	FUJ 13	SEP 12	SUG 8	SUZ 13	FUJ Ret	AUT 10	MOT 11	15th	4
2014	Epson Nakajima Racing	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	OKA 15	FUJ Ret	AUT 10	SUG 13	FUJ 3	SUZ 12	BUR Ret	MOT 14	17th	12
2015	Epson Nakajima Racing	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	OKA Ret	FUJ 12	CHA 11	FUJ 11	SUZ 9	SUG Ret	AUT 10	MOT 13	15th	4
2016	Epson Nakajima Racing	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	OKA 14	FUJ 10	AUT	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	CHA	MOT	12th*	1*

^* Season still in progress.

References

1. "Toda Racing - Racing History". todaracing.com. Toda Racing. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
2. Beer, Matt (2009-02-27). "Double R sign Daisuke Nakajima". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 2009-08-29.
3. Anderson, Ben (2009-08-15). "Nakajima takes maiden F3 pole". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 2009-08-29.

External links

• Career statistics from Driver Database
• Nakajima's profile on the official British F3 website