Nakajima Onboard Spa 1987

[thylegion]

It's retarded how they mounted the cams on the wrong driver's car - it should've been Senna all the way!!!

[faciDinoo]

!!!!!!!!! I'm sorry for Satoru,but he's ridicolous at Eau Reage...

[KingSams0n]

V6 Turbo combined with a 6 speed H-Pattern gearbox.

Can't get better than that!

[reptongeek]

I couldn't help but notice the lack of run-off at Blanchimont

[ViniciusLimaRS]

Turbo era the best engine sound

[Apoic123]

god i really miss the old f1-cars.

[Arai4lpinestars]

Bruno Senna and Kazuki Nakajima would be perfect team mates for 2010, perhaps with LotusF1. Just like uncle and father 2 decades ago.

[6083748]

im asianboy im loser!!

[CarlosHetfieldAlex]

retarded

[KillerDreck89]

The best result of Nakajima was the 4th place, but can someone tell me in which race it was.

[alexminardi]

He finished 4th in Australia in 1989 i think. Drove a fantastic race in the wet after spinning at the first corner (also had the fastest lap!) Also finished 4th at Silverstone in 1987.

[KillerDreck89]

Thank you for the note.

[series2au]

bruno senna is ayrton's nephew

[fredvh1]

Bruno Senna races GP2, is he Ayrton's son?

[Nitro636776]

he's his nephew

[Dantess66]

Bruno is Senna family, but dont son. I dont know in english to say it :D:D

[craigSimons00]

You mean, Bruno Senna is from Ayrton Senna's family, but he is not Ayrton's son. He is his nephew. :)

[Stupido95]

As far as I know there have been at least Keke & Nico Rosberg, Graham & Damon Hill, Gilles & Jacques Villeneuve, Mario & Michael Andretti and the Nakajimas.

[Kpiotr]

You forgot Nelson & Nelson Piquet

[Stupido95]

Oh, sorry The Piquet's

[kujawskie]

that was still real racing and hard work for the driver...no traction control an shifting on a shiftstick....ohhhh, good old times (;

[circuitRS]

Those turbo cars were the real thing alright, they would beat drivers up really good over a race weekend.

[vprmn]

@kujawskie traction control is banned these days



[alexminardi]

Whilst Nakajima was hardly an F1 legend, you can't fault him for downshifting in Eau Rouge. This was 1987, not 2008. The cars didn't have the downforce they do now.

[circuitRS]

Well, we have no idea of things like gear ratios for exapmple - back then there was no refueling allowed, so it is possible that 6th gear was made to be fairly tall or just simple a lower final ratio overall to reduce wheelspin in the lower gears. THese car produced plenty of ground effect and plenty of drag vs. an 08 car, but indefinately toped out much higher than a modern car, so the approach very weell could have been mcuh faster than an 08 car.

[alinasser4]

kazuki nakajima, the 2009 williams driver, was this his father if not where they related in some way

[cpande1]

@alexminardi More than the downforce it's the surface. Up until 2001 Eau Rouge was a challenging corner where drivers had to be careful of the car losing grip. Once the circuit was turned into a permanent racing facility and Eau Rouge (amongst other sections of the track) resurfaced, it became an 'easy flat' corner.

[showtimethemusic]

in 1988 , eau rouge was taken in 4th gear.

[Formule1fan21]

Nakajima wasn't a mobile chicane, that second lotus was much slower, look at Johnny Dumfries in 1986, he scored 3 points, Senna 55, Nakajima did a better job. Lotus had a first driver, there are a lot of examples of second drivers in the lotus team who didn't score a single point, Dave Walker for example.

[luisolf]

You have any evidence that confirms the difference of two cars for sure?

[Formule1fan21]

No, but I can see the teammates results from the past and I'm sure it isn't only because of the drivers.....

[luisolf]

Senna was better than all his teammates. Even Prost sometimes was 2 seconds slower. At Mclaren Senna was superior in qualify, 26 poles against 4 from Prost with the same car. What makes you think he could not be far better than Nakajima?

[Formule1fan21]

Prost and Senna are both legends, Prost was mabye a little bit slower, (Prost was better in races than qualifying). They both won one titel in their 2 years.I think Senna was the best, but nakaijma isn't bad. You are right he is better than nakajima (and almost every driver), but the only thing I want to say is, team Lotus pays more attention to Senna's car (and every other 1st lotus driver).

[flipeg50]

lotus used active suspension in 1987 didn't it?

it seems that it did looking at this video

[indigoblue555]

I'd like to see Senna's camera car through the same Eau Rouge track fraction - were they team mates,weren't they ?

[shazmeister2005]

yeah bet ayrton is much faster this guy backs WAY off

[Showtimethemusic2]

are you saying that Nakajima is the second worst pilot of Japanese history and one of the worst in history?

20 japanese drivers debut in F1 in his time

Only 5 scored

Aguri suzuki = 8 (With actual FIA rules 32) 88GPs

Takuma Sato = 44 (With actual FIA rules 44) 86GPs

Shinji Nakano = 2 (With Actual FIA rules 12)33GPs

Ukyo Katayama = 5 (With actual FIA rules 19)95GPs

Satoru Nakajima = 16 (With Actual FIA rules 52) 74GPs

Who is the best Japanese driver?

[vprmn]

@Showtimethemusic2 maybe kamui kobayashi will be

[tyronnezx]

@Showtimethemusic2

you leftout the Toyota Boy Kamui Kobayashi! that guy - in the right car will thrash all these guys

[steveah83]

@tyronnezx you're replying to a post that is 3 years old - Kamui wasn't even in F1 back then

[vansoth]

I'm pretty sure this is the car that Jackie Stewart said was one of the worst cars he'd driven (it was on a show where he reviewed various f1 cars), especially because it was so bad ergonomically.

[thiscocks]

That was the lotus from '88. A year after this one.

[eschell2]

Satoru Nakajima is still respected as a great driver in JPN!

but he was already 34 years old in f1 rookie year and on the decline as a racing driver.

[seanobrgp]

Nakajima was steady -- not slow, not blindingly fast. He didn't bring money to Lotus, he was brought onboard the team because of the engine deal with Honda. He was very good in the wet, as evidenced by his drive to fourth in Adelaide in 1989 along with fastest lap, and I think it had to do with the amount of effort required to drive a Formula One car in the dry v. the wet. Remember, he was physically slight.

[reynard89]

Very cautious through Eau Rouge! He was a competent driver but had no real right to be in F1, he got the drive through bringing money to the team.

[gp4nut]

F1 is not a matter of rights. Its always been like that and still is today. By the way, I don't think he's being cautious. That car could not do it flat and those cars often look slow compared to today's.

[reynard89]

Fair comment, but the car didn't look too slow with Senna driving it!

[showtimethemusic]

Because senna was the BEST driver of all times.

[shazmeister2005]

yeah honda wanted him to drive so there was a japanese driver in the team.

[Vinagrinho]

that was slow o-O

[showtimethemusic]

He isn´t slow , and he isn´t fast. ;)

[Gauchoo1234]

I was reading your posts all over YouTube about Nakajima, and there are only 2 options:

- Or you're his relative

- Or you're himself :-)

[showtimethemusic]

no , I´m a Nakajima fan. :) for me is a good driver. thanks for talk good about satoru nakajima. :)

[monaro632]

god he was a slow driver

[Sloop72]

I remember reading that Nakajima had complained about the mirrors and Senna said he needn't worry about them because no one was ever behind him.

[5starsnitskymatch]

hahahahaha

[showtimethemusic]

that´s all false , nakajima is not a stupid driver. 5 times world champion in F2 and 17 points in F1

[Gauchoo1234]

Well... unfortunetly that statement is true, is well know here in Brasil.

The statement is true, but its content is false.

Got it?

[blokjekaas]

great stuff

[showtimethemusic]

The best!