Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I uru a Nakajima ki te 80 Formula One Grand Prix, i tiimata i te Brazil Grand Prix
I te 12 o Paenga-whāwhā 1987, ka kawea mai ngā pūkaha Honda ki te kapa 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 whakaoti ia i te tuaono, a ka whiwhi i tetahi tohu, i tana whakataetae tuarua anake, 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.