Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I uru a Nakajima ki te 80 Formula One Grands Prix, i te tuatahi i te Brazilian Grand Prix i te 12 o Aperira 1987, ka kawe mai i nga miihini Honda ki te roopu Lotus. I 34 ona tau i tana whakataetae tuatahi, ko ia tetahi o nga kaitakaro tuatahi o te Formula One o te waa hou. I mutu ia i te tuaono, a ka whiwhi i te tohu, i roto i anake i tona iwi tuarua, te
Ko te 1987 San Marino Grand Prix. I tana wa tuatahi, i kaha ake a Nakajima i tana hoa kapa a Ayrton Senna, a he maha i patai ki te waahi o Nakajima i te F1, e kii ana mena kaore mo Honda kaore ia i tae atu ki reira.