Nobuharu Matsushita

Nobuharu Matsushita

Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1993-10-13) 13 October 1993 Saitama, Japan
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season	2017
Current team	ART Grand Prix
Car no.	7
Starts	14
Wins	2
Poles	0
Fastest laps	2
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.

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]

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 Three	HFDP Racing	15	0	0	0	5	43	5th
2014	All-Japan Formula Three	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 Challenge	4	2	1	3	2	80	6th
2016	Formula One	McLaren	Development driver
2016	GP2 Series	ART Grand Prix	20	1	0	4	2	92	11th
2017	FIA Formula 2 Championship	ART Grand Prix	14	2	0	2	3	91	7th*

* Season still in progress.

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	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	JER FEA	JER SPR	YMC FEA	YMC SPR	6th*	91*

* Season still in progress.

References

↑ "Profile" (in Japanese). nobunobuf1.wix.com. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
↑ "Teams & drivers 2011". Formula Pilota China. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
↑ "Formula Pilota China 2011 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
↑ "Formula Challenge Japan 2012". Driver Database. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
↑ "Honda 2013 Motorsports Overview". Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
↑ "Japanese Formula 3 Championship – Championship Class 2013". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
↑ "2014 Honda Global Motor Sports Activities Automobile[PDF]" (PDF). Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
↑ Allen, Peter (13 October 2014). "PaddockScout Roundup: GP2/GP3 Sochi, F3/F4 Imola". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
↑ "Honda 2015 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
↑ "Matsushita suspended for next event". GP2 Series. GP2 Series Limited. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
↑ "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

McLaren Racing Ltd

Founder: Bruce McLaren

McLaren Technology Group

TAG Group (25%) • Mumtalakat (50%)

Personnel

Current	Éric Boullier • Zak Brown • Tim Goss • Neil Oatley • Peter Prodromou • Andrea Stella
Former	John Barnard • Alastair Caldwell • Jost Capito • Gordon Coppuck • Mike Coughlan • Ron Dennis • Pat Fry • Steve Hallam • Norbert Haug • Robin Herd • Paddy Lowe • Neil Martin • Teddy Mayer • Sam Michael • Gordon Murray • Jonathan Neale • Adrian Newey • Steve Nichols • Jo Ramírez • Nicholas Tombazis • Martin Whitmarsh

Drivers

Official	2. Stoffel Vandoorne • 14. Fernando Alonso
Reserve	Jenson Button • Nobuharu Matsushita • Oliver Turvey
Young drivers	Nobuharu Matsushita • Lando Norris • Nyck de Vries

World Champions

Emerson Fittipaldi •

Lewis Hamilton •

James Hunt •

Mika Häkkinen •

Niki Lauda •

Alain Prost •

Ayrton Senna

Drivers' titles

1974 • 1976 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2008

Constructors' titles

1974 • 1984 • 1985 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1998

Cars

Formula One	M2B • M4B • M5A • M7A • M7B • M7C • M7D • M9A • M14A • M14D • M19A • M19C • M23 • M26 • M28 • M29 • M29F • M30 • MP4 (MP4/1) • MP4B (MP4/1B) • MP4/1C • MP4/1E • MP4/2 • MP4/2B • MP4/2C • MP4/3 • MP4/4 • MP4/5 • MP4/5B • MP4/6 • MP4/6B • MP4/7A • MP4/8 • MP4/9 • MP4/10 • MP4/10B • MP4/10C • MP4/11 • MP4/11B • MP4/12 • MP4/13 • MP4/14 • MP4/15 • MP4-16 • MP4-17 • MP4-17D • MP4-18 • MP4-19 • MP4-19B • MP4-20 • MP4-21 • MP4-22 • MP4-23 • MP4-24 • MP4-25 • MP4-26 • MP4-27 • MP4-28 • MP4-29 • MP4-30 • MP4-31 • MCL32
Formula Two	M4A • M21
Sports cars	Zerex Special • M1A • M1B • M1C • M6A • M6B • M6GT • M8A • M8B • M8C • M8D • M8E • M8F • M8FP • M12 • M20 • F1 GTR • 12C GT3 • 650S GT3 • P1 GTR
USAC/IndyCar	M15 • M16A • M16B • M16C • M16C/D • M16E • M24
F5000/Libre	M3 • M10A • M10B • M18 • M22 • M25
Development cars	M2A • MP4-29H/1X1
Road cars	F1 • F1 LM • SLR (for Mercedes-Benz) • MP4-12C • P1 • X-1 • 650S • 675LT • 720S

Teams and drivers that compete in the 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship

Prema Racing	Racing Engineering	Russian Time	ART Grand Prix	DAMS
1. Charles Leclerc 2. Antonio Fuoco	3. Louis Delétraz 4. Gustav Malja	5. Luca Ghiotto 6. Artem Markelov	7. Nobuharu Matsushita 8. Alexander Albon	9. Oliver Rowland 10. Nicholas Latifi

Campos Racing	MP Motorsport	Trident	Rapax	Pertamina Arden
11. Ralph Boschung 12. Robert Vișoiu	14. Jordan King 15. Sérgio Sette Câmara	16. Nabil Jeffri 17. Raffaele Marciello	18. Nyck de Vries 19. Sergio Canamasas	20. Norman Nato 21. Sean Gelael

Other drivers: Stefano Coletti (Campos Racing), Roberto Merhi (Campos Racing), Sergey Sirotkin (ART Grand Prix), Johnny Cecotto Jr. (Rapax)

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