Nakajima Racing Explained

Nakajima Racing
Base:	Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture
Founded:	1983
Principal:	Satoru Nakajima
Current Series:	Super GT Super Formula
Former Series:	Japanese Touring Car Championship
Current Drivers:	Super Formula: Naoki Yamamoto Ren Sato Super GT GT500: Takuya Izawa Riki Okusa

Nakajima Planning Co., Ltd, racing as Nakajima Racing, is a Super Formula and Super GT team organized and founded by Satoru Nakajima in 1983. The team has fielded four championship winners in the Formula Nippon racing series: Tom Coronel, Toranosuke Takagi, Ralph Firman and Loïc Duval. The organization races exclusively in Japan, although the drivers have different nationalities, and competes almost exclusively with Honda or Mugen based cars/engines.

Drivers and veteran drivers

Racing results

Complete JGTC results

Sources:^[1] ^[2]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Car	Class	No.	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos	Pts
1998	Honda NSX	GT500	64	Koji Yamanishi Koji Sato Tom Coronel	SUZ	FUJ	SEN	FUJ	MOT	MIN	SUG		2nd	50
1999	Honda NSX	GT500	64	Tom Coronel Koji Yamanishi Hidetoshi Mitsusada	SUZ	FUJ	SUG	MIN	FUJ	OKA	MOT		5th	41
2000	Honda NSX	GT500	64	Daisuke Ito Dominik Schwager	MOT	FUJ	SUG	FUJ	OKA	MIN	SUZ		4th	58
2001	Honda NSX	GT500	64	Dominik Schwager Tsugio Matsuda	OKA	FUJ	SUG	FUJ	MOT	SUZ	MIN		8th	38
2002	Honda NSX	GT500	64	Tsugio Matsuda Ralph Firman	OKA	FUJ	SUG	SEP	FUJ	MOT	MIN	SUZ	2nd	74
2003	Honda NSX	GT500	64	Tsugio Matsuda Takashi Kogure André Lotterer	OKA	FUJ	SUG	FUJ	FUJ	MOT	AUT	SUZ	11th	36
2004	Honda NSX	GT500	32	Tsugio Matsuda André Lotterer	OKA	SUG	SEP	TOK	MOT	AUT	SUZ		8th	42

Complete Super GT results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Car	Class	No.	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pos	Points
2005	Honda NSX	GT500	32	André Lotterer Tsugio Matsuda	OKA	FUJ	SEP	SUG	MOT	FUJ	AUT	SUZ		9th	38
2006	Honda NSX	GT500	32	Loïc Duval Hideki Mutoh	SUZ	OKA	FUJ	SEP	SUG	SUZ	MOT	AUT	FUJ	11th	51
2007	Honda NSX	GT500	32	Loïc Duval Fabio Carbone	SUZ	OKA	FUJ	SEP	SUG	SUZ	MOT	AUT	FUJ	2nd	69
2008	Honda NSX	GT500	32	Loïc Duval Katsuyuki Hiranaka	SUZ	OKA	FUJ	SEP	SUG	SUZ	MOT	AUT	FUJ	10th	43
2009	Honda NSX	GT500	32	Loïc Duval Yuhki Nakayama	OKA	SUZ	FUJ	SEP	SUG	SUZ	FUJ	AUT	MOT	16th	18
2010	Honda HSV-010 GT	GT500	32	Ryo Michigami Yuhki Nakayama	SUZ	OKA	FUJ	SEP	SUG	SUZ	FUJ	MOT		14th	9
2011	Honda HSV-010 GT	GT500	32	Ryo Michigami Yuhki Nakayama	OKA	FUJ	SEP	SUG	SUZ	FUJ	AUT	MOT		12th	21
2012	Honda HSV-010 GT	GT500	32	Ryo Michigami Yuhki Nakayama	OKA	FUJ	SEP	SUG	SUZ	FUJ	AUT	MOT		14th	26
2013	Honda HSV-010 GT	GT500	32	Ryo Michigami Daisuke Nakajima	OKA	FUJ	SEP	SUG	SUZ	FUJ	AUT	MOT		15th	4
2014	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	32	Bertrand Baguette Daisuke Nakajima	OKA	FUJ	AUT	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	BUR	MOT		17th	12
2015	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	64	Bertrand Baguette Daisuke Nakajima	OKA	FUJ	CHA	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	AUT	MOT		15th	4
2016	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	64	Bertrand Baguette Daisuke Nakajima	OKA	FUJ	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	CHA	MOT	MOT		18th	7
2017	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	64	Kousuke Matsuura Bertrand Baguette	OKA	FUJ	AUT	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	CHA	MOT		11th	32
2018	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	64	Kousuke Matsuura Bertrand Baguette	OKA	FUJ	SUZ	CHA	FUJ	SUG	AUT	MOT		19th	4
2019	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	64	Narain Karthikeyan Tadasuke Makino	OKA	FUJ	SUZ	BUR	FUJ	AUT	SUG	MOT		12th	23.5
2020	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	64	Takuya Izawa Hiroki Otsu	FUJ	FUJ	SUZ	MOT	FUJ	SUZ	MOT	FUJ		12nd	31
2021	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	64	Takuya Izawa Hiroki Otsu	OKA	FUJ	MOT	SUZ	SUG	AUT	MOT	FUJ		18th	5
2022	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	64	Takuya Izawa Hiroki Otsu	OKA	FUJ	SUZ	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	AUT	MOT		15th	4
2023	Honda NSX-GT	GT500	64	Takuya Izawa Kakunoshin Ohta	OKA	FUJ	SUZ	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	AUT	MOT		14th	19

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.* Season still in progress.

Complete Japanese Top Formula racing results

Source:^[3]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	D.C.	Pts	T.C.	Pts
All Japan Formula 2
1984	March 842	Honda RA264E	3	Satoru Nakajima	SUZ	*FUJ*	MIN	SUZ	SUZ	*FUJ*	*SUZ*	SUZ				1st	107 (109)	N/A	N/A
1985	March 85J	Honda RA264EHonda RA265E	1	Satoru Nakajima	SUZ	FUJ	*MIN*	*SUZ*	*SUZ*	FUJ	SUZ	*SUZ*				1st	115 (145)	N/A	N/A
1986	March 86J	Honda RA266E	1	Satoru Nakajima	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	SUZ	FUJ	SUZ	SUZ				1st	92 (112)	N/A	N/A
Japanese Formula 3000
1987	March 87B	Honda RA387E	3	Toshio Suzuki	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	SUZ			5th	72	N/A	N/A
1988	March 87B	Mugen MF308	3	Akio Morimoto	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	SUG							13th	0	N/A	N/A
1988	Reynard 88D	Mugen MF308	3	Akio Morimoto						FUJ	SUZ	SUZ				13th	0	N/A	N/A
1989	Lola T88/50	Mugen MF308	2	Osamu Nakako	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	SUZ				17th	1	N/A	N/A
1989	Lola T89/50	Mugen MF308	12	Paolo Barilla	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	SUZ				10th	6	N/A	N/A
1990	Lola T90/50	Mugen MF308	2	Osamu Nakako	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	FUJ	SUZ	FUJ	SUZ		16th	3	N/A	N/A
1990	Reynard 90D	Mugen MF308	12	Koji Sato	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	FUJ	SUZ	FUJ	SUZ		NC	0	N/A	N/A
1991	Lola T90/50	Mugen MF308	2	Osamu Nakako	SUZ	AUT	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	FUJ		FUJ	NC	0	N/A	N/A
	Lola T90/50	Mugen MF308	2	Pedro Chaves										SUZ		NC	0	N/A	N/A
	Ralt RT23	Mugen MF308	12	Takuya Kurosawa	SUZ	AUT	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	SUG	FUJ				FUJ	NC	1	N/A	N/A
	Reynard 90D	Mugen MF308		Takuya Kurosawa									FUJ	SUZ		NC	1	N/A	N/A
	Reynard 90D	Mugen MF308		Koji Sato								SUZ				NC	0	N/A	N/A
1992	Ralt RT24J	Mugen MF308	12	Shinji Nakano	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	SUZ								NC	0	N/A	N/A
1992	Reynard 92D	Mugen MF308	12	Shinji Nakano					AUT	SUG	FUJ	FUJ	SUZ	FUJ	SUZ	NC	0	N/A	N/A
1993	Reynard 93D	Mugen MF308	14	Masahiko Kageyama	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	AUT	SUG	FUJ	FUJ	SUZ	FUJ	SUZ	10th	7	N/A	N/A
1993	Reynard 93D	Mugen MF308	15	Yasutaka Hinoi	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	AUT	SUG	FUJ	FUJ	SUZ	FUJ	SUZ	NC	0	N/A	N/A
1994	Reynard 94D	Mugen MF308	15	Yasutaka Hinoi	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	FUJ	FUJ	SUZ		NC	0	N/A	N/A
	Reynard 94D	Mugen MF308	16	Masahiko Kageyama	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	FUJ	FUJ	SUZ		13th	2	N/A	N/A
	Reynard 93D	Mugen MF308	36	Toranosuke Takagi	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	FUJ	FUJ	SUZ		NC	0	N/A	N/A
	Reynard 93D	Mugen MF308	65	Shinji Nakano	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	FUJ	FUJ	SUZ		NC	0	N/A	N/A
1995	Reynard 95D	Mugen MF308	64	Toranosuke Takagi	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	*TOK*	FUJ	SUZ			2nd	29	N/A	N/A
1995	Reynard 95D	Mugen MF308	65	Takuya Kurosawa	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	TOK	FUJ	SUZ			6th	15	N/A	N/A
Formula Nippon
1996	Reynard 96D	Mugen MF308	64	Toranosuke Takagi	SUZ	MIN	FUJ	TOK	SUZ	*SUG*	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	FUJ		4th	25	3rd	35
1996	Reynard 96D	Mugen MF308	65	Takuya Kurosawa	SUZ	MIN	FUJ	TOK	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	FUJ		9th	10	3rd	35
1997	Reynard 97D	Mugen MF308	64	Toranosuke Takagi	SUZ	MIN	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	MIN	MOT	FUJ	SUZ		6th	18	4th	20
1997	Reynard 97D	Mugen MF308	65	Koji Yamanishi	SUZ	MIN	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	MIN	MOT	FUJ	SUZ		15th	2	4th	20
1998	Reynard 97D	Mugen MF308	64	Koji Yamanishi	SUZ	MIN	FUJ	MOT		SUG	FUJ	MIN	FUJ	SUZ		16th	1	8th	10
			64	Tsugio Matsuda					SUZ							15th	1
			65	Tom Coronel	SUZ	MIN	FUJ	MOT	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	MIN	FUJ	SUZ		11th	8
1999	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	64	Tom Coronel	SUZ	MOT	MIN	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	MIN	MOT	SUZ		1st	50	1st	81
1999	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	65	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	SUZ	MOT	MIN	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	MIN	MOT	SUZ		3rd	31	1st	81
2000	Reynard 2KL	Mugen MF308	0	Toranosuke Takagi	SUZ	MOT	*MIN*	FUJ	*SUZ*	SUG	MOT	FUJ	MIN	SUZ		1st	86	1st	113
2000	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	2	Tsugio Matsuda	SUZ	MOT	MIN	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	MOT	FUJ	MIN	SUZ		4th	27	1st	113
2001	Reynard 2KL	Mugen MF308	1	Tsugio Matsuda	SUZ	MOT	MIN	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	MIN	MOT	SUZ		10th	8	4th	37
2001	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	2	Ralph Firman	SUZ	MOT	MIN	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	MIN	MOT	SUZ		4th	29	4th	37
2002	Reynard 01L	Mugen MF308	31	Ralph Firman	*SUZ*	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	MOT	SUG	FUJ	MIN	MOT	SUZ		1st	62	1st	81
2002	Reynard 01L	Mugen MF308	32	Tsugio Matsuda	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	MOT	SUG	FUJ	MIN	MOT	SUZ		5th	19	1st	81
2003	Lola B03/51	Mugen MF308	1	Takashi Kogure	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	MOT	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	MIN	MOT	SUZ		10th	11	3rd	33
2003	Lola B03/51	Mugen MF308	2	André Lotterer	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	MOT	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	MIN	MOT	SUZ		5th	22	3rd	33
2004	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	31	André Lotterer	SUZ	SUG	MOT	SUZ	SUG	MIN	SEP	MOT	SUZ			2nd	33	2nd	50
2004	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	32	Takashi Kogure	SUZ	SUG	MOT	SUZ	SUG	MIN	SEP	MOT	SUZ			7th	17	2nd	50
2005	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	31	André Lotterer	MOT	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	MIN	FUJ	MOT	SUZ			4th	20	3rd	35
2005	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	32	Takashi Kogure	MOT	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	SUZ	MIN	FUJ	MOT	SUZ			5th	15	3rd	35
2006	Lola FN06	Honda HF386E	31	Loïc Duval	FUJ	SUZ	MOT	SUZ	AUT	FUJ	SUG	MOT	SUZ			4th	25	3rd	26
2006	Lola FN06	Honda HF386E	32	Hideki Mutoh	FUJ	SUZ	MOT	SUZ	AUT	FUJ	SUG	MOT	SUZ			14th	1	3rd	26
2007	Lola FN06	Honda HF386E	31	Loïc Duval	FUJ	SUZ	MOT	OKA	SUZ	FUJ	SUG	MOT	SUZ			6th	31	2nd	72
2007	Lola FN06	Honda HF386E	32	Takashi Kogure	FUJ	SUZ	MOT	OKA	SUZ	FUJ	SUG	*MOT*	SUZ			3rd	41	2nd	72
2008	Lola FN06	Honda HF386E	31	Loïc Duval	FUJ	SUZ	MOT	OKA	SUZ	SUZ	MOT	MOT	FUJ	FUJ	SUG	2nd	62	2nd	103
2008	Lola FN06	Honda HF386E	32	Takashi Kogure	FUJ	SUZ	MOT	OKA	SUZ	SUZ	MOT	MOT	FUJ	FUJ	SUG	5th	41	2nd	103
2009	Swift 017.n	Honda HR09E	31	Loïc Duval	FUJ	SUZ	MOT	*FUJ*	SUZ	MOT	AUT	*SUG*				1st	62	1st	93
2009	Swift 017.n	Honda HR09E	32	Takashi Kogure	FUJ	SUZ	MOT	FUJ	SUZ	*MOT*	AUT	SUG				4th	37	1st	93
2010	Swift 017.n	Honda HR10E	31	Naoki Yamamoto	SUZ	MOT	FUJ	MOT	SUG	AUT	SUZ	SUZ	FUJ‡	FUJ‡		7th	20.5	3rd	56.5
2010	Swift 017.n	Honda HR10E	32	Takashi Kogure	SUZ	MOT	FUJ	MOT	SUG	AUT	SUZ	SUZ	FUJ‡	FUJ‡		4th	38	3rd	56.5
2011	Swift 017.n	Honda HR10E	31	Daisuke Nakajima	SUZ	AUT	FUJ	MOT	SUZ	SUG	MOT	MOT	FUJ‡			13th	2	5th	18.5
2011	Swift 017.n	Honda HR10E	32	Takashi Kogure	SUZ	AUT	FUJ	MOT	SUZ	SUG	MOT	MOT	FUJ‡			7th	16.5	5th	18.5
2012	Swift 017.n	Honda HR12E	31	Daisuke Nakajima	SUZ	MOT	AUT	FUJ	MOT	SUG	SUZ	SUZ	FUJ‡			16th	0	7th	4
2012	Swift 017.n	Honda HR12E	32	Takashi Kogure	SUZ	MOT	AUT	FUJ	MOT	SUG	SUZ	SUZ	FUJ‡			10th	4	7th	4
Super Formula
2013	Swift SF13	Honda HR12E	31	Daisuke Nakajima	SUZ	AUT	FUJ	MOT	SUG	SUZ	SUZ	FUJ‡				12th	6	6th	21
2013	Swift SF13	Honda HR12E	32	Takashi Kogure	SUZ	AUT	FUJ	MOT	SUG	SUZ	SUZ	FUJ‡				8th	15	6th	21
2014	Dallara SF14	Honda HR-414E	31	Daisuke Nakajima	SUZ	FUJ	FUJ	FUJ	MOT	AUT	SUG	SUZ	SUZ			14th	4	9th	4
2014	Dallara SF14	Honda HR-414E	32	Takashi Kogure	SUZ	FUJ	FUJ	FUJ	MOT	AUT	SUG	SUZ	SUZ			17th	0	9th	4
2015	Dallara SF14	Honda HR-414E	64	Daisuke Nakajima	SUZ	OKA	FUJ	MOT	AUT	SUG	SUZ	SUZ				10th	7	7th	7
2015	Dallara SF14	Honda HR-414E	65	Bertrand Baguette	SUZ	OKA	FUJ	MOT	AUT	SUG	SUZ	SUZ				18th	0	7th	7
2016	Dallara SF14	Honda HR-414E	64	Daisuke Nakajima	SUZ	OKA	FUJ	MOT	OKA	OKA	SUG	SUZ	SUZ			12th	10.5	5th	15
2016	Dallara SF14	Honda HR-414E	65	Bertrand Baguette	SUZ	OKA	FUJ	MOT	OKA	OKA	SUG	SUZ	SUZ			15th	4.5	5th	15
2017	Dallara SF14	Honda HR-414E	64	Daisuke Nakajima	SUZ	OKA	OKA	FUJ	MOT	AUT	SUG	SUZ	SUZ			16th	2	10th	2
2017	Dallara SF14	Honda HR-414E	65	Narain Karthikeyan	SUZ	OKA	OKA	FUJ	MOT	AUT	SUG	SUZ	SUZ			19th	0	10th	2
2018	Dallara SF14	Honda HR-414E	64	Narain Karthikeyan	SUZ	AUT	SUG	FUJ	MOT	OKA	SUZ					15th	4	8th	8
2018	Dallara SF14	Honda HR-414E	65	Takuya Izawa	SUZ	AUT	SUG	FUJ	MOT	OKA	SUZ					16th	4	8th	8
2019	Dallara SF19	Honda HR-414E	64	Álex Palou	SUZ	AUT	SUG	*FUJ*	MOT	OKA	SUZ					3rd	26	3rd	28
2019	Dallara SF19	Honda HR-414E	65	Tadasuke Makino	SUZ	AUT	SUG	FUJ	MOT	OKA	SUZ					16th	6	3rd	28
2020	Dallara SF19	Honda HR-414E	64	Tadasuke Makino	MOT	OKA	SUG	AUT	SUZ	SUZ						12th	20	5th	57
			64	Hiroki Otsu							FUJ					25th	0
			65	Toshiki Oyu	MOT	OKA	SUG	AUT	SUZ	SUZ	FUJ					6th	41
2021	Dallara SF19	Honda HR-414E	1	Naoki Yamamoto	FUJ	SUZ	AUT	SUG	MOT	MOT	SUZ					13th	13	4th	47
2021	Dallara SF19	Honda HR-414E	64	Toshiki Oyu	FUJ	SUZ	AUT	SUG	MOT	MOT	SUZ					5th	41	4th	47
2022	Dallara SF19	Honda HR-414E	64	Naoki Yamamoto	FUJ	FUJ	SUZ	AUT	SUG	FUJ	*MOT*	MOT	SUZ	SUZ		10th	32	5th	67
2022	Dallara SF19	Honda HR-414E	65	Toshiki Oyu	FUJ	FUJ	SUZ	AUT	SUG	FUJ	MOT	MOT	SUZ	SUZ		8th	43	5th	67
2023	Dallara SF23	Honda HR-417E	64	Naoki Yamamoto	FUJ	FUJ	SUZ	AUT	SUG	FUJ	MOT					13th	14	7th	31.5
			64	Hiroki Otsu								SUZ	SUZ			24th	0
			65	Ren Sato	FUJ	FUJ	SUZ	AUT	SUG	FUJ	MOT	SUZ	SUZ			10th	17.5

Notes and References

Web site: SUPERGT.net JGTC RACE ARCHIVE . 2022-08-24 . supergt.net.
Web site: World Sports Racing Prototypes - All Japan Grand Touring Championship . 2022-08-24 . www.wsrp.cz.
Web site: 2016 Rounds . 2024-01-11 . SUPER FORMULA Official Website . en.