Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Nakajima ya halarci 80 Formula One Grands Prix, wanda ya fara a gasar Brazil a ranar 12 ga Afrilu 1987, yana kawo injunan Honda zuwa ƙungiyar Lotus. Yana da shekaru 34 a farkon tserensa, yana mai da shi daya daga cikin tsofaffi na Formula One na zamani. Ya gama na shida, don haka ya ci maki, a tserensa na biyu,
1987 San Marino Grand Prix. A lokacin da ya fara zama, abokin aikinsa Ayrton Senna ya zarce shi, kuma mutane da yawa sun yi tambaya game da wurin Nakajima a cikin F1, yana mai cewa idan ba don Honda ba zai kasance a can bisa cancanta ba.