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Shinji Nakano

Shinji Nakano Nationality  JapaneseFormula OneWorld Championship career Active years 1997-1998Teams Prost, MinardiRaces 33 Championships0 Wins 0 Podium finishes    0 Career points 2 Pole positions0 Fastest laps0 First race 1997 Australian Grand PrixLast race 1998 Japanese Grand Prix
Not to be confused with Japanese Moto GP rider Shinya Nakano.

Shinji Nakano (中野 信治, born April 1, 1971[1]) is a racing driver from Japan.

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Pre Formula One Career

1984-'88: Karting, several Japanese titles. 1989: 7th in Japanese Formula 3 championship1990: European Formula Opel Lotus Championship, 1 victory 1991: Formula Opel Lotus Euroseries 1992: Japanese Formula 3 and Formula 3000 championship1993-'94: Japanese Formula 3 championship 1995-'96: Japanese Formula 3000 championship

Formula One Career

Nakano in the 1998 Spanish Grand Prix, driving a Minardi.

Nakano made his debut at the 1997 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne for the Prost Grand Prix team, owned by legendary four times Formula One World Champion Alain Prost. The 1997 season saw him score two world championship points with a pair of 6th places.

With his place at Prost heavily reliant on their engine partners Mugen-Honda it came as no surprise when a switch to Peugeot power saw the French outfit drop Nakano in favour of the young Jarno Trulli and the fit again Olivier Panis. However Nakano was able to pick up a ride at perennial backmarkers Minardi for the 1998 season.

Unsurprisingly, Nakano struggled in the under-powered, under-financed Italian team. He failed to score any points in 1998 and bowed out of F1 racing for good at his home Grand Prix at Suzuka, Japan, having contested a total of 33 Grands Prix. He spent 1999 as an occasional test driver for the Jordan team, which also used Mugen-Honda engines.[2]

After Formula One

After F1 Nakano went to race in Champ Car for Walker Racing and Fernandez Racing. He made 56 starts from 2000 to 2002 with a best points finish of 17th in 2002 and a best race result of 4th at the 2002 Molson Indy Toronto. He also started 15th in the 2003 Indianapolis 500 for Beck Motorsports, finishing 14th. He competed in the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans race.

Complete Formula One results

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Team WDC Points 1997ProstAUS
7 BRA
14 ARG
Ret SMR
Ret MON
Ret ESP
Ret CAN
6 FRA
Ret GBR
11 GER
7 HUN
6 BEL
Ret ITA
11 AUT
Ret LUX
Ret JPN
Ret EUR
10 Prost18th 2 1998MinardiAUS
Ret BRA
Ret ARG
13 SMR
Ret ESP
14 MON
9 CAN
7 FRA
17 GBR
8 AUT
11 GER
Ret HUN
15 BEL
8 ITA
Ret LUX
15 JPN
Ret MinardiNC 0

References

  1. ^ Jenkins, Richard. The World Championship drivers - Where are they now?. OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
  2. ^ Shinji Nakano. crash.net. Retrieved on 2008-06-05.


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