Kazuki Nakajima

Kazuki Nakajima (born January 11th, 1985 in Okazaki, Japan) is a Japanese Formula One driver currently driving for Benson & Hedges Silver Toyota Motorsports. He is the son of Satoru Nakajima and the older brother of Daisuke Nakajima.

Formula One

2007-2009: Toyota

Nakajima made his first steps into Formula One in 2007 when he was named as test driver behind Mark Webber and Ralf Schumacher.

In 2008, this briefly turned into a race seat when team leader Webber was ruled out of the opening three races on medical grounds. Nakajima's best result was a tenth in the Malaysian Grand Prix before he handed the seat back to Webber ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix.

2010-2011: Stefan Grand Prix

With the departure of Toyota occuring in 2009, Nakajima was quickly signed by Serbian outfit Stefan Grand Prix - whom entered with the aborted Toyota TF110 chassis and engines. The team were initially headquartered in Toyota Motorsport's Cologne base and as Nakajima had been involved with the project from the ground up - he was a natural choice. Teaming with 1997 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve, Nakajima was a regular face in the points paying positions in what was a very competitive car. Nakajima's best result was a fourth place in the United States Grand Prix on his way to fifteenth in the championship in his first full season.

Nakajima was promoted into lead driver status in 2011 when Villeneuve left the team. By now, the team had now moved to Belgrade and were using Renault power units but they opted to keep the consistent Nakajima as well as signing Formula Nippon champion Shinobu Katayama for the second seat. Nakajima started the season well, with a two second places in the first two rounds as well as a further third place some rounds later in Spain.

Career Results

Complete Formula One Grand Prix Results

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	WDC	Points
2008	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota TF108	Toyota RVX-08 2.4 V8	BHR 12	MAL 10	AUS 13	JPN	TUR	EUR	MON	CAN	USA	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	ESP	BEL	ITA	SIN	CHN	URU	BRA																	20th	0
2009	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota TF109	Toyota RVX-09 2.4 V8	BHR	AUS	MAL	USA	JPN	ESP	TUR	EUR	MON	GBR	IRE	GER	BEL	ITA	HUN	SIN	CHN	BRA 9	URU 10	ABU 12																	28th	0
2010	Stefan Grand Prix	Stefan S-01	Stefan RG-01 2.4 V8	BHR 1 11	BHR 2 10	USA 1 Ret	USA 2 4	JPN 1 13	JPN 2 8	AUS 1 12	AUS 2 8	TUR 1 11	TUR 2 12	EUR 1 6	EUR 2 6	MON 1 6	MON 2 10	GBR 1 Ret	GBR 2 8	IRE 1 Ret	IRE 2 13	GER 1 10	GER 2 25	ESP 1 12	ESP 2 11	ITA 1 12	ITA 2 17	HUN 1 12	HUN 2 18	SIN 1 13	SIN 2 7	KOR 1 Ret	KOR 2 6	BRA 1 13	BRA 2 Ret	URU 1 19	URU 2 13	ABU 1 Ret	ABU 2 11	15th	64
2011	Stefan Grand Prix	Stefan S-02	Renault RS27-2011 2.4 V8	BHR 1 2	BHR 2 6	USA 1 2	USA 2 10	JPN 1 15	JPN 2 Ret	KOR 1 13	KOR 2 15	TUR 1 6	TUR 2 9	ESP 1 5	ESP 2 3	MON 1 4	MON 2 Ret	GBR 1 6	GBR 2 15	IRE 1 Ret	IRE 2 8	EUR 1 10	EUR 2 13	GER 1 8	GER 2 14	HUN 1 8	HUN 2 4	ITA 1 10	ITA 2 8	URU 1 8	URU 2 8	BRA 1 6	BRA 2 6	SIN 1 4	SIN 2 Ret	IND 1 7	IND 2 14	ABU 1 12	ABU 2 9	10th	174
2020	Benson & Hedges Silver Toyota Motorsport	Toyota Fine-F1	Toyota TFCS/F1 HFC	AUS Ret	BRA 19	ARG 13	CLE 3	BHR 13	TUR Ret	CYP 2	FIN 13	NED 10	FRA‡ 10	GBR 16	JOR 18	GER 5	HUN 17	PAR Ret	POR 14	ITA Ret	RUS 14	SIN C	JPN C	IND 13	ABU 16	CHN 15														15th	29.5
2021	Benson & Hedges Silver Toyota Motorsport	Toyota Fine-F1/21	Toyota TFCS/F1 HFC	AUS 11	ARG Ret	IND Ret	BHR 13	CYP Ret	NED INJ	GER 9	PHI‡ 15	POR 16	FRA 14	GBR 12	HUN 11	PAR 9	ITA 11	BEL 11	NZL 16	SIN 12	ABU 9	CHN 15†																		17th	6

Complete Super Formula Results

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Pts
2019	Vantelin Team TOM'S	Dallara SF19	Toyota RI4B	MOT 1	SUZ 3	SUG Ret	AUT 3	KOR 1	OKA 2	FUJ 4	SEP 3	2nd	52