Daisuke Nakajima

Daisuke Nakajima
Nationality	Japanese
Born	January 29, 1989 (1989-01-29) (age 22) Okazaki, Aichi (Japan)
Related to	Kazuki Nakajima (brother) Satoru Nakajima (father)
2011 Formula Nippon
Debut season	2011
Current team	Nakajima Racing
Car no.	31
Starts	2
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Previous series
2009-2010 2008 2007	British Formula Three All-Japan Formula Three Formula Challenge

Daisuke Nakajima (中島 大祐, Nakajima Daisuke^?) (born January 29, 1989 in Okazaki, Aichi) 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 Three 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 Three	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 Three	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	30	0	1	0	4	97	11th
2011	Formula Nippon	Nakajima Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	14th*

* - season in progress.

References

1. ^ "Toda Racing - Racing History". todaracing.com. Toda Racing. http://www.todaracing.com/en/corp/history.html. Retrieved 2009-08-29. 
2. ^ Beer, Matt (2009-02-27). "Double R sign Daisuke Nakajima". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73452. Retrieved 2009-08-29. 
3. ^ Anderson, Ben (2009-08-15). "Nakajima takes maiden F3 pole". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77684. Retrieved 2009-08-29. 

External links

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

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Name	Nakajima, Daisuke
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Date of birth	January 29, 1989
Place of birth	Okazaki, Aichi (Japan)
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