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Nobuharu Matsushita
Japanese racing driver

Nobuharu Matsushita

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Japanese racing driver
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Place of birth
Saitama
Age
31 years
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Biography

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.

Formula Pilota China and Formula Challenge Japan

In 2011, Matsushita graduated to single–seaters into the Formula Pilota China with the Super License team. 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.

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.

All-Japan Formula Three

In 2013, Matsushita stepped up to the All-Japan Formula Three Championship with the HFDP Racing. 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.

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

GP2 Series

Matsushita made his début in the GP2 Series in 2015 with ART Grand Prix. 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.

Formula One

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

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesFLapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2011Formula Pilota ChinaSuper License101124894th
2012Formula Challenge Japan1251510911st
2013All-Japan Formula ThreeHFDP Racing150005435th
2014All-Japan Formula ThreeHFDP Racing1565591021st
2015GP2 SeriesART Grand Prix22101368.59th
2015-16MRF Challenge Formula 2000MRF Challenge42132806th
2016Formula OneMcLarenDevelopment driver
GP2 SeriesART Grand Prix2010429211th

Complete GP2 Series results

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

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516171819202122DCPoints
2015ART Grand PrixBHR
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
9th68.5
2016ART Grand PrixCAT
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
11th92

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