Daisuke Nakajima

is a Japanese airline pilot and retired racing driver. He is 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.

Nakajima retired from racing at the end of the 2019 Super GT Series; following his retirement from racing he became a commercial airline pilot for Peach Aviation in 2021.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team name Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2007 Formula Challenge Japan 18 4 4 2 5 121 5th 2008 Japanese Formula 3 Championship Toda Racing 18 0 0 0 0 54 9th 2009 British Formula 3 Championship 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 Championship 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 - GT300 Mugen 5 0 0 0 1 12 15th Formula Nippon Nakajima Racing 8 0 0 0 0 0 16th 2013 Super GT - GT500 Nakajima Racing 8 0 0 0 0 4 15th Super Formula 7 0 0 0 1 6 12th 2014 Super GT - GT500 Nakajima Racing 8 0 0 0 1 12 17th Super Formula 9 0 0 0 0 4 14th 2015 Super GT - GT500 Nakajima Racing 8 0 0 0 0 4 15th Super Formula 8 0 0 0 0 7 10th 2016 Super GT - GT500 Nakajima Racing 8 0 0 0 0 7 18th Super Formula 8 0 0 0 1 10.5 12th 2017 Super GT - GT500 Team Mugen 8 0 0 0 0 7 18th Super Formula TCS Nakajima Racing 7 0 0 0 0 2 16th 2018 Super GT - GT500 Team Mugen 8 0 1 1 0 16 15th 2019 Super GT - GT500 Team Mugen 8 0 0 0 0 12 15th Intercontinental GT Challenge Modulo Drago Corse 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC

Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results (key) Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points 2011 Nakajima Racing Honda SUZ AUT FUJ MOT SUZ SUG MOT MOT 13th 2 2012 Nakajima Racing Honda SUZ MOT AUT FUJ MOT SUG SUZ SUZ 16th 0 2013 Nakajima Racing Honda SUZ AUT FUJ MOT SUG SUZ SUZ 12th 6 2014 Nakajima Racing Honda SUZ FUJ FUJ FUJ MOT AUT SUG SUZ SUZ14th4 2015 Nakajima Racing Honda SUZ OKA FUJ MOT AUT SUG SUZ SUZ 10th 7 2016 Nakajima Racing Honda SUZ OKA FUJ MOT OKA OKA SUG SUZ SUZ 12th 10.5 2017 TCS Nakajima Racing Honda SUZ OKA OKA FUJ MOT AUT SUG SUZ SUZ 16th 2

Complete Super GT results ‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.