Driver · Japan · born 1 April 1971

Shinji Nakano

Entered 33 championship Grands Prix across 1997–1998 for Prost Grand Prix and Minardi; best finish 6th.

Seasons: 1997–19982 with an entry
Entries: 33
Best finish: P6
Best grid: P12
Laps: 1,493
Retirements: 15DNF
Constructors: 2

Season by season

Season by season
Season	Constructor	Entries	Wins	Podiums	Poles	FL	Best	Championship	Points scored
1998	Minardi	16	0	0	0	0	P7	—	0
1997	Prost Grand Prix	17	0	0	0	0	P6	18	2

“Points scored” adds up every point from the races. The championship column is where the season actually finished, which before 1991 could be lower once dropped scores were applied. Open a season for its full table.

Team-mates

Team-mates
Season	Team-mate	Constructor	Races	Qualifying	Race	Points
1998	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	16	11–5	1–0	0–0
1997	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	10	0–10	1–3	1–16
1997	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	7	1–6	1–3	1–3

A team-mate is anyone entered for the same constructor in the same Grand Prix, and each pair of figures is Shinji Nakano’s first. Races counts every Grand Prix both were entered for, started or not. Qualifying counts the races both have a qualifying position in; Race only those both were classified in, so a retirement on either side counts for neither, and reads none where there was no such race; Points are each driver’s own from those Grands Prix, before any dropped scores and without Sprint points. Before the 1980s a constructor’s cars were often entered by private teams as well as its own, so a pairing then can be two drivers who never shared a garage. The figures say who was ahead, not who was better.

Compare Shinji Nakano with any other driver

Every entry 33 entries

Every entry
Season	Grand Prix	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Result	Out	Laps	Points
1998	Japanese Grand Prix	Minardi	M198	20	DNF	Throttle	40	0
1998	Luxembourg Grand Prix	Minardi	M198	20	15	Finished	65	0
1998	Italian Grand Prix	Minardi	M198	21	DNF	Engine	13	0
1998	Belgian Grand Prix	Minardi	M198	21	8	Finished	39	0
1998	Hungarian Grand Prix	Minardi	M198	19	15	Finished	74	0
1998	German Grand Prix	Minardi	M198	20	DNF	Gearbox	36	0
1998	Austrian Grand Prix	Minardi	M198	21	11	Finished	70	0
1998	British Grand Prix	Minardi	M198	19	8	Finished	58	0
1998	French Grand Prix	Minardi	M198	21	17	Engine	65	0
1998	Canadian Grand Prix	Minardi	M198	18	7	Finished	68	0
1998	Monaco Grand Prix	Minardi	M198	19	9	Finished	76	0
1998	Spanish Grand Prix	Minardi	M198	20	14	Finished	63	0
1998	San Marino Grand Prix	Minardi	M198	21	DNF	Engine	27	0
1998	Argentine Grand Prix	Minardi	M198	19	13	Finished	69	0
1998	Brazilian Grand Prix	Minardi	M198	18	DNF	Spun off	3	0
1998	Australian Grand Prix	Minardi	M198	22	DNF	Halfshaft	8	0
1997	European Grand Prix	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	15	10	Finished	69	0
1997	Japanese Grand Prix	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	15	DNF	Wheel bearing	22	0
1997	Luxembourg Grand Prix	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	17	DNF	Engine	16	0
1997	Austrian Grand Prix	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	16	DNF	Engine	57	0
1997	Italian Grand Prix	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	15	11	Finished	53	0
1997	Belgian Grand Prix	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	16	DNF	Electrical	5	0
1997	Hungarian Grand Prix	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	16	6	Finished	77	1
1997	German Grand Prix	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	17	7	Finished	45	0
1997	British Grand Prix	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	14	11	Engine	57	0
1997	French Grand Prix	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	12	DNF	Spun off	7	0
1997	Canadian Grand Prix	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	19	6	Finished	54	1
1997	Spanish Grand Prix	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	16	DNF	Gearbox	34	0
1997	Monaco Grand Prix	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	21	DNF	Accident	36	0
1997	San Marino Grand Prix	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	18	DNF	Collision	11	0
1997	Argentine Grand Prix	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	20	DNF	Engine	49	0
1997	Brazilian Grand Prix	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	15	14	Finished	71	0
1997	Australian Grand Prix	Prost Grand Prix	JS45	16	7	Finished	56	0

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Where this comes from

Born: 1 Apr 1971
Nationality: Japan
Status: retired
Wins: 0 derived
Poles: 0 derived
Fastest laps: 0 derived
External source: —
Confidence: reference
Source: https://github.com/f1db/f1db

Entries is counted here from the race records, one for every race a driver was entered for, and wins, podiums and poles are counted the same way and checked against the published totals on every build. Starts is counted from those records too: an entry is a start unless the result the source printed says it never was - did not qualify, pre-qualify, start or practise, or excluded before the start - so a pit-lane start counts and so does a retirement on the first lap. The published entry and start figures are a separate count kept for the few drivers who have one, reached by rules this database does not hold. Where a published figure and the counted one disagree, both are shown and neither is corrected.