Nobuharu Matsushita

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Nobuharu Matsushita
File:Nobuharu Matushita.JPG
Nationality Japan Japanese
Born (1993-10-13) 13 October 1993 (age 31)
Saitama, Japan
GP2 Series career
Debut season 2015
Current team ART Grand Prix
Car no. 1
Starts 25
Wins 2
Poles 0
Fastest laps 2
Best finish 9th in 2015
Previous series
2015-16
2013–14
2012
2011		 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.

Formula One

On 20 February 2016, Matsushita was signed as a development driver for McLaren.[10]

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
GP2 Series ART Grand Prix 4 1 0 1 1 22 6th*

* 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		 ESP
FEA
11		 ESP
SPR
18		 MON
FEA
Ret		 MON
SPR
19		 AUT
FEA
4		 AUT
SPR
3		 GBR
FEA
Ret		 GBR
SPR
19		 HUN
FEA
8		 HUN
SPR
1		 BEL
FEA
Ret		 BEL
SPR
15		 ITA
FEA
Ret		 ITA
SPR
15		 RUS
FEA
10		 RUS
SPR
7		 BHR
FEA
2		 BHR
SPR
Ret		 ABU
FEA
11		 ABU
SPR
C		 9th 68.5
2016 ART Grand Prix ESP
FEA
11		 ESP
SPR
8		 MON
FEA
8		 MON
SPR
1		 EUR
FEA
 EUR
SPR
 AUT
FEA
 AUT
SPR
 GBR
FEA
 GBR
SPR
 HUN
FEA
 HUN
SPR
 GER
FEA
 GER
SPR
 BEL
FEA
 BEL
SPR
 ITA
FEA
 ITA
SPR
 MAL
FEA
 MAL
SPR
 ABU
FEA
 ABU
SPR
 6th* 22*

* Season still in progress.

References

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External links

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