Nobuharu Matsushita






























































Nobuharu Matsushita
Nobuharu Matushita.JPG
Nationality
Japan Japanese
Born
(1993-10-13) 13 October 1993 (age 25)
Saitama, Japan

FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season 2017
Current team ART Grand Prix
Car no. 7
Starts 22
Wins 3
Podiums 4
Poles 1
Fastest laps 2
Best finish 6th in 2017
Previous series

2015-2016
2015-16
2013–14
2012
2011
GP2 Series
MRF Challenge
All-Japan Formula Three
Formula Challenge Japan
Formula Pilota China
Championship titles

2014
2012
All-Japan Formula Three
Formula Challenge Japan

Nobuharu Matsushita (松下信治, Matsushita Nobuharu, born 13 October 1993) is a Japanese racing driver, best known for winning the 2014 All-Japan Formula Three Championship.




Contents






  • 1 Career


    • 1.1 Karting


    • 1.2 Formula Pilota China and Formula Challenge Japan


    • 1.3 All-Japan Formula Three


    • 1.4 GP2 Series


    • 1.5 Formula One


    • 1.6 Super Formula




  • 2 Racing record


    • 2.1 Career summary


    • 2.2 Complete GP2 Series results


    • 2.3 Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results


    • 2.4 Complete Super Formula Results




  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Career



Karting


Born in Saitama, Matsushita began his racing career in karting in 2005, competing the All-Japan Junior Kart Championship. In 2008, he clinched the championship title in the Open Masters Kart ARTA Challenge. He ended his karting participations in 2010, finishing third in the KF1 category of the All Japan Kart Championship.[1]



Formula Pilota China and Formula Challenge Japan


In 2011, Matsushita graduated to single–seaters into the Formula Pilota China with the Super License team.[2] He missed the Ordos round, but after his returning he showed better performance than in the first part of the season. He won the final race of the season at Sepang and finished the season fourth.[3]


For 2012, he switched to the Formula Challenge Japan mono-series. He scored ten podiums in twelve races, including five wins and took the championship title.[4]



All-Japan Formula Three


In 2013, Matsushita stepped up to the All-Japan Formula Three Championship with the HFDP Racing.[5] He collected five podiums and another seven point-scoring finishes, to end the season on the fifth position in the series standings, it was the best result for the Honda driver.[6]


For the next season he decided to stay in the series with the same team.[7] He was victorious at Motegi, Fuji and Sugo, grabbing the championship title from Kenta Yamashita with a twelve-point gap.[8]



GP2 Series


Matsushita made his début in the GP2 Series in 2015 with ART Grand Prix.[9] In the first race at Bahrain, he qualified second on the grid opposite teammate Stoffel Vandoorne and finished in the points in both races, setting the fastest lap in the sprint race. At the Red Bull Ring, Matsushita took his first GP2 podium by finishing third in the sprint race. He took his first victory in the sport in the sprint race at the Hungaroring as part of an ART 1-2. He finished 9th in the overall standings.


In February 2016, it was announced Matsushita would reunite with ART for a second season, alongside fellow 2015 rookie Sergey Sirotkin.


Matsushita was suspended for the 4th round of the season in Austria due to erratic driving at the previous event in Baku.[10]



Formula One


On 20 February 2016, Matsushita was signed as a development driver for McLaren.[11]



Super Formula


In 2018, Matsushita returned to Japan to compete in Super Formula for Honda team Dandelion.



Racing record



Career summary
































































































































Season
 Series
 Team
 Races
 Wins
 Poles
 FLaps
 Podiums
 Points
 Position
2011
Formula Pilota China
 Super License
 10
 1
 1
 2
 4
 89
 4th
2012
Formula Challenge Japan
12
 5
 1
 5
 10
 91
1st
2013
All-Japan Formula 3 Championship
 HFDP Racing
 15
 0
 0
 0
 5
 43
 5th
2014
All-Japan Formula 3 Championship
 HFDP Racing
 15
 6
 5
 5
 9
 102
1st
2015
GP2 Series
ART Grand Prix
 22
 1
 0
 1
 3
 68.5
 9th
2015-16
MRF Challenge Formula 2000
MRF Racing
 4
 2
 1
 3
 2
 80
 6th
2016
GP2 Series
ART Grand Prix
 20
 1
 0
 4
 2
 92
 11th

Formula One
McLaren
 Development driver
2017
FIA Formula 2 Championship
ART Grand Prix
 22
 2
 1
 2
 4
 131
 6th
2018
Super Formula
Docomo Team Dandelion Racing
 6
 0
 0
 0
 0
 7
 11th


Complete GP2 Series results


(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)























































































Year
 Entrant
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
 10
 11
 12
 13
 14
 15
 16
 17
 18
 19
 20
 21
 22
 DC
 Points

2015
ART Grand Prix
BHR
FEA
10
BHR
SPR
6
CAT
FEA
11
CAT
SPR
18
MON
FEA
Ret
MON
SPR
19
RBR
FEA
4
RBR
SPR
3
SIL
FEA
Ret
SIL
SPR
19
HUN
FEA
8
HUN
SPR
1
SPA
FEA
Ret
SPA
SPR
15
MNZ
FEA
Ret
MNZ
SPR
15
SOC
FEA
10
SOC
SPR
7
BHR
FEA
2
BHR
SPR
Ret
YMC
FEA
11
YMC
SPR
C
 9th
 68.5

2016
ART Grand Prix
CAT
FEA
11
CAT
SPR
8
MON
FEA
8
MON
SPR
1
BAK
FEA
6
BAK
SPR
Ret
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA
6
SIL
SPR
5
HUN
FEA
6
HUN
SPR
Ret
HOC
FEA
9
HOC
SPR
12
SPA
FEA
11
SPA
SPR
11
MNZ
FEA
11
MNZ
SPR
6
SEP
FEA
Ret
SEP
SPR
7
YMC
FEA
2
YMC
SPR
4
 11th
 92


Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results


(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)



























































Year
 Entrant
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
 10
 11
 12
 13
 14
 15
 16
 17
 18
 19
 20
 21
 22
 DC
 Points

2017
ART Grand Prix
BHR
FEA
8
BHR
SPR
14
CAT
FEA
4
CAT
SPR
1
MON
FEA
3
MON
SPR
7
BAK
FEA
12
BAK
SPR
6
RBR
FEA
6
RBR
SPR
14
SIL
FEA
10
SIL
SPR
8
HUN
FEA
5
HUN
SPR
1
SPA
FEA
16
SPA
SPR
Ret
MNZ
FEA
2
MNZ
SPR
7
JER
FEA
18
JER
SPR
11
YMC
FEA
6
YMC
SPR
4
 6th
 131


Complete Super Formula Results


(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)





























Year
 Entrant
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 DC
 Points

2018
Docomo Team Dandelion Racing
SUZ
12
AUT
C
SUG
10
FUJ
9
MOT
4
OKA
9
SUZ
7
 11th
 7


References





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  2. ^ "Teams & drivers 2011". Formula Pilota China. Retrieved 19 February 2012.


  3. ^ "Formula Pilota China 2011 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 13 February 2015.


  4. ^ "Formula Challenge Japan 2012". Driver Database. Retrieved 13 February 2015.


  5. ^ "Honda 2013 Motorsports Overview". Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 8 February 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2015.


  6. ^ "Japanese Formula 3 Championship – Championship Class 2013". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 24 August 2013.


  7. ^ "2014 Honda Global Motor Sports Activities Automobile[PDF]" (PDF). Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.


  8. ^ Allen, Peter (13 October 2014). "PaddockScout Roundup: GP2/GP3 Sochi, F3/F4 Imola". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 13 February 2015.


  9. ^ "Honda 2015 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.


  10. ^ "Matsushita suspended for next event". GP2 Series. GP2 Series Limited. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.


  11. ^ "Matsushita named as McLaren F1 test driver". February 20, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2016.




External links




  • Official website (in Japanese)


  • Nobuharu Matsushita career summary at DriverDB.com














Sporting positions
Preceded by
Takamoto Katsuta
Formula Challenge Japan
Champion
2012
 Succeeded by
Kenta Yamashita
Preceded by
Yuichi Nakayama
All-Japan Formula Three Championship
Champion
2014
 Succeeded by
Nick Cassidy








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