Education
In 2011, Matsushita graduated to single–seaters into the Formula Pilota China with the Super License team
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Nobuharu Matsushita
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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
He missed the Ordos round, but after his returning he showed better performance than in the first part of the season.
Foreign 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.
Foreign 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 Bulletin 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.
Career summary
Complete GP2 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap).
