 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Pasinei nokuti vakawanda vaitenda kuti akanga asina kukodzera kuva muF1, Lotus yakaratidza kutenda muna Nakajima pavakamusainirazve, kunyange pashure pokunge Honda yazivisa kuti yaisazopa injini dzayo kuchikwata pashure pemwaka wa1988. Izvi zvakasiya Nakajima nemumwe wake Piquet vachityaira Judd V8 Powered Lotus 101 Nakajima akaramba achipfeka maHonda patches pasutu yake yemakwikwi mumakore aasina kutyaira timu yeHonda-powered. Vaviri ava vakava nemwaka wakaita manyama amire nerongo, vose vakakundikana kupinda muBelgian Grand Prix muna 1989, kokutanga munhau yavo yemakore 30 kuti Lotus yakanga yakundikana kuita grid, nenzira yokufananidzira ichizivisa mavambo omugumo wechikwata cheBritain. Chinhu chikuru chakaitwa naNakajima mugore ra1989 kwaiva kuwana nzvimbo yechina uye kutenderera nekukurumidza muAustralia Grand Prix yakanyoroveswa nemvura, achiwana mapoinzi ake oga egore uye achienzanawo nekupedza kwake kwakanakisisa mubasa rake, kubva kuBritish Grand Prix ya1987. Mujaho waNakajima muAdelaide, umo aive wekupedzisira pakupedzisira kwekutanga kwekutanga mushure mekutenderera nekukurumidza mushure mekutanga uye akapedza 4.648 masekondi kuseri kwechitatu akaiswa Williams-Renault V10 yaRiccardo Patrese, akatokwevera kurumbidzwa kubva kune avo vakamutsoropodza munguva yakapfuura senge BBC muterevhizheni mutori wenhau uye World Champion James Hunt. 