Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I uru a Nakajima ki te 80 Formula One Grands Prix, i timata i te
Ko te Brazil Grand Prix i te 12 o Paenga-whawha 1987, e kawe ana 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 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.