| Shinji
NAKANO (22) Minardi-Ford |
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Born : April 1st 1971 in Oska (Japan) Nationality : Japanase Lives : Osaka (Japan) Family : Single Height : 1,74m Weight : 68 kg |
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| 1984-88 : Karting 1989 : 7th place, Japanese F3 championship 1990 : European Opel-Lotus championship (1 victory) 1991 : European Opel-Lotus championship 1992 : Japanese F3 championship; Japanese F3000 championship |
1993 : Japanese F3
championship; 2nd Formula 3 Super Cup 1994 : Japanese F3 championship (1 victory) 1995 : Japanese F3000 championship 1996 : Japanese F3000 championship 1997: 16th in the F1 World Championship with Prost Mugen-Honda (2 points. Six that Montreal and at Budapest) |
| Brought into Formula 1 thanks to the engine supplier, Mugen-Honda, Shinji Nakano competed throughout the 1997 season like an amateur among professionals. Totally out of things at the start of the season, he scored his first point in the delicate circumstances of Montreal. He managed a second in Hungary. For 1998, he is with Minardi, an Italian team generally short on results but full of good intentions at the start of the current season. |
