Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - Nakajima wuxuu ka qeyb galay 80 Formula One Grand Prix, isagoo markii ugu horeysay ka qeyb galay Brazil Grand Prix
12kii Abriil 1987, wuxuu keenay matoorada Honda kooxda Lotus. Wuxuu ahaa 34 sano jir markii uu tartankiisii ugu horeeyay galay, taasoo ka dhigeysa mid ka mid ah kuwa ugu da'da weyn ee Formula One ee xilligan casriga ah. Waxa uu ku dhamaaday kaalinta lixaad, sidaas darteedna waxa uu helay dhibco, kaliya tartankiisii labaad, San Marino Grand Prix 1987. Intii lagu guda jiray xilli ciyaareedkiisii ugu horreeyay, Nakajima waxaa ka sarreeyey kooxdiisa Ayrton Senna, dad badanna waxay su'aal ka keeneen booska Nakajima ee F1, iyagoo sheegaya in haddii uusan Honda ahayn uusan halkaas ku jiri laheyn.