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.
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.
I watched Alesi’s onboard quali lap here in 91 and he downshifts the 642 from 7th to 6th at eau, im pretty sure a downshift was necessary here. You can find the vid on youtube
Just remember Nakajima was unbeatable in Japan, before he joined the Lotus team. Even Senna couldn't his lap record when both of them did exhibition laps in Suzuka.
@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.
It's more complicated than that. Just take track temperature as 1 variant among several and that can vary a multitude of ways. Also take into account, he makes ONE mistake he could be badly hurt of killed.
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.
They nicked that Irish kid Johnny Something off this Lotus team so they could use Honda engines...apparently Honda engines come supplied with a 34 yr old Japanese rookie driver. He wasn't a total squid, I think he has multiple Formula Nippon titles
Were the gears sequential or h pattern??? Either way it’s awesome controlling the car manually which takes more skill than semi automatic which does all the work for you
Were the gears sequential or h pattern??? Either way it’s awesome controlling the car manually which takes more skill than semi automatic which does all the work for you
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.
Satoru ❤🇯🇵
V6 Turbo combined with a 6 speed H-Pattern gearbox.
Can't get better than that!
And James hunt the shunt commentating.
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.
Japanese drivers are normally mustard in the wet!
ヒール＆トウでレブを
合わせる動作が丁寧かつ
きれいですね。
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.
@@gaucho5073 It was his 3rd ever F1 race.
I watched Alesi’s onboard quali lap here in 91 and he downshifts the 642 from 7th to 6th at eau, im pretty sure a downshift was necessary here. You can find the vid on youtube
@@schizoidman9781 very true, over 2000bhp/ton in qualifying trim, I don’t care who you are nobody can wrap their head around what that actually means
Just remember Nakajima was unbeatable in Japan, before he joined the Lotus team. Even Senna couldn't his lap record when both of them did exhibition laps in Suzuka.
@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.
It's more complicated than that. Just take track temperature as 1 variant among several and that can vary a multitude of ways. Also take into account, he makes ONE mistake he could be badly hurt of killed.
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.
オンボード📷の レンズの割れがまたリアルですね😱
kazuki nakajima's father
Thank you for the note.
god i really miss the old f1-cars.
I couldn't help but notice the lack of run-off at Blanchimont
My god..... this guy 🙉
proof that a turbocharged V6 CAN sound amazing.
Turbo era the best engine sound
They nicked that Irish kid Johnny Something off this Lotus team so they could use Honda engines...apparently Honda engines come supplied with a 34 yr old Japanese rookie driver. He wasn't a total squid, I think he has multiple Formula Nippon titles
Johnny Dumfries (RIP) was Scottish, not Irish.
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.
Lol
I'd like to see Senna's camera car through the same Eau Rouge track fraction - were they team mates,weren't they ?
Only Nakajima and 1-2 other drivers had cameras on their cars then. They were optional and were relatively big and heavy
Were the gears sequential or h pattern??? Either way it’s awesome controlling the car manually which takes more skill than semi automatic which does all the work for you
The best result of Nakajima was the 4th place, but can someone tell me in which race it was.
@Showtimethemusic2
you leftout the Toyota Boy Kamui Kobayashi! that guy - in the right car will thrash all these guys
I thought he could be 80% throttle at Eau Rouge instead of one gear down and then up......
Maybe with a light tank, high boost, high downforce, soft slicks, but not in a race in 1987. Not with this car and driver.
bra nakajimar and naninnir footage was the best bra
Those turbo cars were the real thing alright, they would beat drivers up really good over a race weekend.
You forgot Nelson & Nelson Piquet
@Showtimethemusic2 maybe kamui kobayashi will be
up
yeah honda wanted him to drive so there was a japanese driver in the team.
That may be true, but that doesn't warrant downshifting one gear either
nakajima is on... it must be amateur hour
@kujawskie traction control is banned these days
Bruno is Senna family, but dont son. I dont know in english to say it :D:D
Nakajima, also known as "the moving chicane"..
!!!!!!!!! I'm sorry for Satoru,but he's ridicolous at Eau Reage...
a RACE lap in a car with not that much downforce compared to modern f1, they all had to slow down for eau rouge
yeah bet ayrton is much faster this guy backs WAY off
That was the lotus from '88. A year after this one.
No, that's the 99t from 1987
Were the gears sequential or h pattern??? Either way it’s awesome controlling the car manually which takes more skill than semi automatic which does all the work for you
H pattern