Daisuke Nakajima


Daisuke Nakajima 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. Having tested with Räikkönen Robertson Racing over the 2008 offseason, Nakajima joined them for a 2009 campaign in the British Formula 3 Championship. Nakajima finished seventh in the championship standings, with his best result of second coming at Silverstone in August, having started from pole position. 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

Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results

YearEntrant123456789DCPoints
2011Nakajima RacingSUZ
11		AUT
Ret		FUJ
8		MOT
9		SUZ
C		SUG
10		MOT
11		MOT
7		13th2
2012Nakajima RacingSUZ
16		MOT
10		AUT
11		FUJ
11		MOT
12		SUG
12		SUZ
10		SUZ
11		16th0
2013Nakajima RacingSUZ
16		AUT
Ret		FUJ
11		MOT
10		SUG
7		SUZ
2		SUZ
11		12th6
2014Nakajima RacingSUZ
Ret		FUJ
9		FUJ
14		FUJ
9		MOT
16		AUT
12		SUG
5		SUZ
9		SUZ
15		14th4
2015Nakajima RacingSUZ
6		OKA
12		FUJ
Ret		MOT
5		AUT
9		SUG
12		SUZ
Ret		SUZ
10		10th7
2016Nakajima RacingSUZ
Ret		OKA
7		FUJ
DNS		MOT
10		OKA
6		OKA
12		SUG
2		SUZ
10		SUZ
10		12th10.5
2017TCS Nakajima RacingSUZ
7		OKA
16		OKA
14		FUJ
11		MOT
12		AUT
11		SUG
17		SUZ
C		SUZ
C		16th2

Complete Super GT results

‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.