Shinji Nakano is a Japanese professional racing driver.
Nakano in 2009
Nakano in the 1998 Spanish Grand Prix, driving a Minardi.
The 1997 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 51st season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1997 Formula One World Championship for Drivers and the 1997 Formula One World Champion
Shinji Nakano
…the 1997 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne for the Prost Grand Prix team, owned by legendary four times Formula One World Champion Alain Prost. The 1997 season saw him score two world championship points with a pair of sixth places. With his place at Prost heavily reliant on their engine partners…
Jacques Villeneuve (pictured in 2010) won his first and only championship in his second year of F1 participation.
Villeneuve's teammate, Heinz-Harald Frentzen (pictured in 2006), was promoted to runner-up with 42 points following Michael Schumacher's disqualification from the standings at the end of the year.
David Coulthard (pictured in 1999), finished the season ranked third for McLaren.
Lola-Ford failed to qualify for their only Grand Prix appearance.