Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Nakajima, wanda a nasa bangaren abokin aikinsa ya sha kansa sosai, ya tabbatar da cewa yana da tabbaci idan direban da ba shi da kyau. A bayyane ya yarda cewa ya fi son hanyoyin da suka fi sauri kamar Silverstone, Hockenheim, Österreichring da Monza da kuma hanyar Suzuka ta gida, amma ba shi da kwanciyar hankali a kan hanyoyin da suka fi dacewa. Ya cancanci na 17 a Monaco kuma ya gama na 10, na 24 a Detroit kafin ya fadi a zagaye na 1, kuma na 17 a Hungary kafin ya sha wahala daga fashewar motsi a zagaye na farko. Matsayi mafi kyau na Nakajima a farkon kakar wasansa shine na 4 a Silverstone don Babban Prix na Burtaniya. Ya gama kakar wasa a matsayi na 12 tare da maki 7 da aka zira. Matsayin Nakajima mafi kyau ya zo ne a zagaye na 15 a Japan don abin da ya kasance na farko na Grand Prix na Japan tun lokacin
A shekara ta 1977. A kan hanyar Suzuka mallakar Honda, Nakajima ya cancanci a matsayi na 11, wurare huɗu kawai, da 0.962 seconds a baya Senna. Ya kasance mafi kusantar da zai cancanta ga abokin aikinsa a duk kakar (kamar yadda yake waƙar gidansa, Nakajima a zahiri ya kammala zagaye da yawa a Suzuka fiye da dukkanin grid na F1 tare). A lokacin wasan, masu kallon talabijin sun sami damar ganin yadda sabon direban kasar Japan ke tuki kamar yadda motarsa ke dauke da kyamara a ciki.