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All-Japan GT Championship - GT500

Driver Information

nationality
Japanese
age
50
birthday
1975-03-05
hometown
Fukuoka
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Driver Information

nationality
Japanese
age
50
birthday
1975-03-05
hometown
Fukuoka
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Competitors

Yoji Yamada profile photo
Yoji
Yamada
jp
age
76
wins
0
poles
0
races
36
podiums
1
fastest laps
0
Masami Sugiyama profile photo
Masami
Sugiyama
jp
age
wins
0
poles
0
races
7
podiums
0
fastest laps
0
Osamu Nakako profile photo
Osamu
Nakako
jp
age
70
wins
20
poles
7
races
202
podiums
48
fastest laps
8
Yoji Yamada profile photo
Yoji
Yamada
jp
age
76
wins
0
poles
0
races
36
podiums
1
fastest laps
0
Norberto Fontana profile photo
Norberto
Fontana
ar
age
49
wins
52
poles
47
races
724
podiums
124
fastest laps
41
Mitsuo Fujimura profile photo
Mitsuo
Fujimura
jp
age
wins
0
poles
0
races
33
podiums
0
fastest laps
0
Hideshi Matsuda profile photo
Hideshi
Matsuda
jp
age
69
wins
9
poles
4
races
217
podiums
33
fastest laps
1
Yasutaka Hinoi profile photo
Yasutaka
Hinoi
jp
age
55
wins
1
poles
1
races
105
podiums
5
fastest laps
0
Aguri Suzuki profile photo
Aguri
Suzuki
jp
age
64
wins
10
poles
10
races
204
podiums
44
fastest laps
6
Kunimitsu Takahashi profile photo
Kunimitsu
Takahashi
jp
age
wins
19
poles
12
races
245
podiums
52
fastest laps
3
Shinichi Takagi profile photo
Shinichi
Takagi
jp
age
50
wins
22
poles
22
races
216
podiums
60
fastest laps
6
Naoki Nagasaka profile photo
Naoki
Nagasaka
jp
age
71
wins
8
poles
3
races
113
podiums
21
fastest laps
0
Katsutomo Kaneishi profile photo
Katsutomo
Kaneishi
jp
age
55
wins
16
poles
12
races
296
podiums
52
fastest laps
10
Juichi Wakisaka profile photo
Juichi
Wakisaka
jp
age
52
wins
23
poles
20
races
240
podiums
70
fastest laps
18
Katsuhiko Okamoto profile photo
Katsuhiko
Okamoto
jp
age
wins
0
poles
0
races
4
podiums
0
fastest laps
0
Takao Wada profile photo
Takao
Wada
jp
age
71
wins
5
poles
11
races
196
podiums
16
fastest laps
7
Tsuyoshi Takahashi profile photo
Tsuyoshi
Takahashi
jp
age
51
wins
0
poles
0
races
16
podiums
1
fastest laps
0
Hideki Noda profile photo
Hideki
Noda
jp
age
55
wins
5
poles
3
races
218
podiums
16
fastest laps
9
Akira Iida profile photo
Akira
Iida
jp
age
54
wins
17
poles
13
races
243
podiums
42
fastest laps
3
Wayne Gardner profile photo
Wayne
Gardner
au
age
65
wins
6
poles
2
races
220
podiums
23
fastest laps
1

Career Overview

year
series
team
points
position
1998
Super GT Japan - GT300
Racing Project Bandoh
12
19th
car
engine
tyres
races
wins
podiums
pole positions
fastest laps
Toyota Celica
1
0
1
0
-
races
wins
podiums
pole pos
fastest laps
points
1
0
1
0
-
12
year
series
team
points
position
1998
All-Japan GT Championship - GT500
Dome Racing
10
14th
car
engine
tyres
races
wins
podiums
pole positions
fastest laps
Honda NS-X
4
0
0
0
0
races
wins
podiums
pole pos
fastest laps
points
4
0
0
0
0
10
year
series
team
points
position
1997
All-Japan GT Championship - GT500
Mugen & Dome Project
11
16th
car
engine
tyres
races
wins
podiums
pole positions
fastest laps
Honda NS-X
3
0
0
1
0
races
wins
podiums
pole pos
fastest laps
points
3
0
0
1
0
11
year
series
team
points
position
1997
Formula Nippon
Navi Connection Racing Team
car
engine
tyres
races
wins
podiums
pole positions
fastest laps
Reynard 95D
Mugen Honda 3.0
Reynard 96D
Mugen Honda 3.0
10
0
0
0
1
races
wins
podiums
pole pos
fastest laps
points
10
0
0
0
1
year
series
team
points
position
1996
Formula Nippon
Anabuki Dome Mugen
1
17th
car
engine
tyres
races
wins
podiums
pole positions
fastest laps
Dome F104i (Mugen Honda)
10
0
0
0
0
races
wins
podiums
pole pos
fastest laps
points
10
0
0
0
0
1
year
series
team
points
position
1995
Formula 1 - Test Driver
Pacific Team Lotus
car
engine
tyres
races
wins
podiums
pole positions
fastest laps
0
0
0
0
0
races
wins
podiums
pole pos
fastest laps
points
0
0
0
0
0
year
series
team
points
position
1995
All-Japan Formula 3000
X Japan Racing Team Le Mans
9
9th
car
engine
tyres
races
wins
podiums
pole positions
fastest laps
Reynard 95D (Mugen Honda)
9
0
1
0
0
races
wins
podiums
pole pos
fastest laps
points
9
0
1
0
0
9
year
series
team
points
position
1994
Formula 3 Germany
WTS - TKF Racing
2
26th
car
engine
tyres
races
wins
podiums
pole positions
fastest laps
Dallara F393 (Opel)
17
0
0
0
0
races
wins
podiums
pole pos
fastest laps
points
17
0
0
0
0
2
year
series
team
points
position
1994
Masters of Formula 3 - Zandvoort
WTS Motorsport
0
23rd
car
engine
tyres
races
wins
podiums
pole positions
fastest laps
Dallara 394 (Opel)
1
0
0
0
0
races
wins
podiums
pole pos
fastest laps
points
1
0
0
0
0
0
year
series
team
points
position
1993
Formula 3 Japan
Katsumi Yamamoto
car
engine
tyres
races
wins
podiums
pole positions
fastest laps
Dallara F393 (Toda Honda)
9
0
0
0
0
races
wins
podiums
pole pos
fastest laps
points
9
0
0
0
0
year
type
races
wins
podiums
pole positions
fastest lap
1998
Racing
5
0
1
0
0
1997
Racing
13
0
0
1
1
1996
Racing
10
0
0
0
0
1995
Racing
9
0
1
0
0
1994
Racing
18
0
0
0
0
1993
Racing
9
0
0
0
0

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