Nobuharu Matsushita | |
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Nationality | Japanese |
Born |
Saitama, Japan |
13 October 1993
GP2 Series career | |
Debut season | 2015 |
Current team | ART Grand Prix |
Car no. | 1 |
Starts | 41 |
Wins | 2 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 5 |
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.
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.
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.
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.