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Cerumo
Cerumo Co., Ltd. (stylized as CERUMO) is a Japanese racing team headquartered in Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture. The competed in Super Formula together with INGING Motorsport, and participated in Super GT GT500 Class. In January 2016, former Bridgestone Scuderia Ferrari engineer Hirohide Hamashima joined the team and became general manager in both the Super GT and Super Formula categories. At the shareholders' meeting in February 2019, founder Masayuki Sato resigned as president, and Hamashima also resigned as general manager. In his place, Haruhisa Urabe will become president and chairman, and Hiroaki Ishiura will become a director. After that Yuji Tachikawa picked as the director. History The founder, Masayuki Sato, is a famous engineer known as "Bate-san" in the domestic racing world. As Tadashi Sakai's chief mechanic, he was in charge of machines such as the Fuji GC, and in 1981 he took over Sakai Engineering and established Cerumo. The company name is derived from the Italian w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuji Tachikawa
Yuji Tachikawa (立川 祐路, ''Tachikawa Yūji'', born July 5, 1975 in Kanagawa, Japan), is a Japanese racing driver. He was Super GT series champion in 2001, 2005 and 2013. Racing record Complete JGTC/Super GT results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Complete Formula Nippon results (key Key or The Key may refer to: Common meanings * Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm * Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock * Key (map ...) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) 24 Hours of Le Mans results External links Speedsport magazine profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Tachikawa, Yuji 1975 births Living people Japanese racing drivers Formula Nippon drivers Super GT drivers Japanese Touring Car Championship drivers Japanese Formula 3 Championship drivers 24 Hours of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hironori Takeuchi
Hironori Takeuchi (born December 22, 1964 in Kanagawa) is a Japanese auto racing driver. Career Takeuchi competed in the Japanese Touring Car Championship between 1996 and 1998.http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/3522/career/ Career statistics at Driver Database He competed in the All-Japan GT Championship between 1995 and 2004, winning it in 2001. He continued to compete in the series after it became Super GT in 2005, competing in the GT300 class until 2007. In 2005 Takeuchi joined Ao Chi Hong at his Ao's Racing Team for the finale of the World Touring Car Championship, the Race of Macau, in a Toyota Altezza. He failed to qualify for the races after setting a fastest lap over the required time, almost twelve seconds off the pace. Racing record JGTC/Super GT results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Complete JTCC results (key Key or The Key may refer to: Common meanings * Key (cryptography), a piece of information that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroaki Ishiura
is a Japanese racing driver. He currently drives in the Super GT series for Toyota Gazoo Racing Team Zent Cerumo. Born in Tokyo, Ishiura won the Super GT300 championship, in the APR MR-S with Kazuya Oshima is a Japanese racing driver, currently racing in the Super GT Series and the Super Formula Championship for Toyota Gazoo Racing and ROOKIE Racing. Oshima is one of only two drivers that have won championships in both classes of Super GT: He wo ..., and was the 2015, and 2017 Super Formula champion driving for Cerumo・INGING. Racing record Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results ( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Complete Super GT results External linksOfficial website {{DEFAULTSORT:Ishiura, Hiroaki [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kohei Hirate
is a Japanese race car driver. Hirate has won the Super GT series twice. Career Hirate began Kart racing, karting in 1999 when he was 13. After winning the All Japan Junior Kart Championship, coming third and fifth in the All Japan Kart Championship and coming third in the FIA Oceania Championship, he moved on to Formula Toyota, where he raced for the Tom's Spirit team and came second with four wins to his name. In 2003, he moved to Formula Renault, at the Prema Power team. In his two-year spell here he won 7 races and came second in the 2004 season. In 2004 he also raced for Prema Power's Formula Three Euroseries team twice, and in 2005 made the decision to race here. After coming twelfth for Team Rosberg, he was made a Toyota F1 test driver in 2006 and came third in the Formula Three Euroseries. In 2007 he continued as a Toyota test driver and also drove for GP2 Series, GP2 team Trident Racing. Hirate returned to Japan in 2008, where he competed in both Formula Nippon a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Super GT Series
The 2005 Autobacs Super GT Series was the thirteenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the first season as the Super GT series. It is also marked as the twenty-third season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. It is a series for Grand Touring cars divided into 2 classes: GT500 and GT300. The season began on March 27 and ended on November 6, 2005 after 8 races. The drivers' champions were Yuji Tachikawa and Toranosuke Takagi in GT500; and Kota Sasaki and Tetsuya Yamano in GT300. Drivers and teams GT500 GT300 Schedule Season results Overall winner in bold Standings GT500 class Drivers' standings ;Scoring system: *There were no points awarded for pole position and fastest lap in the final race. Teams' standings For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Super GT Series
The 2013 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twenty-first season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the ninth season under the name Super GT. It marked the thirty-first season overall of a Japanese professional sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. It was the final year of the GT500 regulations introduced in 2010 as the 2014 season would see unified technical regulations with the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. The season began on April 7 and ended on November 17, 2013 after 8 regular races and 1 non championship event. Apart the series' 8 points-scoring races, the 3 Hours of Fuji, a part of 2013 Asian Le Mans Series organized by Automobile Club de l'Ouest, also counted for points towards the GT300 class. Schedule An updated provisional calendar was released on November 1, 2012. Notes: *There was originally a non-championship race to be held at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sho Tsuboi
is a Japanese racing driver for Toyota Gazoo Racing. He currently competes in the GT500 class of the Super GT Series for TGR Team au TOM's, where he is the 2021 series champion. He also competes in the Super Formula Championship for P.mu Cerumo/INGING.DriverDB Internetseite: Career Early career Tsuboi began his single-seater racing career in 2012 and drove for two years in Formula Challenge Japan. He finished seventh in the standings in 2012, and fifth in 2013, with two race victories. Following the closure of Formula Challenge Japan, Tsuboi raced in the 2014 JAF Formula 4 regional championship series, finishing second in the FC class championship. That same year, he officially joined the Toyota Young Driver Program (TDP). In 2015, he made his debut in the inaugural FIA F4 Japanese Championship with the TOM'S Spirit team. He won seven races, and won the championship by just three points ahead of Tadasuke Makino. Formula 3 In 2016, he entered the Japanese Formula 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sena Sakaguchi
Sena Sakaguchi (born 9 July 1999) is a Japanese racing driver who currently competes in the Super Formula Championship and Super GT. Career Sakaguchi began his senior competition career in 2015, competing for Sutekina Racing Team in the final four rounds of the F4 Japanese Championship. Through eight races that season, he registered a podium at Motegi and finished outside of the points just once, taking 10th in the championship. The following season, he graduated to the Japanese F3 Championship, taking part thanks to the Honda Formula Dream Project. Sakaguchi continued competing in F4 during 2016, tallying his first win in the series at Motegi en route to a second-place point finish. In his maiden F3 season, Sakaguchi would finish 9th in points. He returned to F3 in 2017 with Honda support, finishing an improved 6th in points, netting his first podium in the series at the penultimate race at Sugo. In 2018, Sakaguchi joined Toda Racing and built upon his previous results, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toranosuke Takagi
Toranosuke "Tora" Takagi (高木 虎之介; born 12 February 1974) is a Japanese former racing driver. Early career Takagi was heavily influenced by his father, a touring car driver. In the early 1980s he began racing karts, competing in his first championship kart race in 1987. After winning several All Japan National Kart A2 series races, Takagi ended his kart racing career in 1991 and began racing Formula Toyota in 1992. In 1993, he began competing in All Japan Formula Three, finishing 10th in his rookie season. Formula One During his performance in a 1994 race he drew the attention of Japanese Formula One driver Satoru Nakajima, joining the Nakajima Racing team and competing in Formula 3000. He was heavily involved in the team from 1995 until he was chosen as Tyrrell's Formula One test driver in 1997. He graduated to a race seat for . Takagi later competed with the Arrows Formula One team, and his European popularity was on the rise. However, there were organizationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship
The 2003 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the eleventh season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing. It was marked as well as the twenty-first season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class champions of 2003 were the #23 Xanavi NISMO Nissan Skyline GT-R team driven by Satoshi Motoyama and Michael Krumm and the GT300 class champions were the #3 Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Fairlady Z driven by Masataka Yanagida and Mitsuhiro Kinoshita, neither of which had won a single race during the course of the season. The 2003 season saw the introduction of a comprehensive overhaul of the series' vehicle regulations. Manufacturers could now cut away the production vehicle's mainframe and replace the front and rear structures with pipe frame structures, which had also allowed for further suspension development. The engine could now be mounted freely in any position or any orientation, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Streit
Roberto Streit (born 17 November 1983, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian racing driver. Career Formula Renault Streit debuted in 2001 in Formula Chevrolet Brazil. His first season was a very successful one, with Streit dominating the championship, and winning the title comfortably. That year, he also won the Italian Formula Renault Winter Series. The following season, Streit competed in both the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, and Formula Renault 2.0 Italy championships for Cram Competition. He finished ninth in the Eurocup standings, scoring two podium places. In the Italian Championship, he took fourth place, scoring three podium places. For the 2003 season, he remained in both championships but switched to Prema Powerteam. He once again finished ninth in the Eurocup, and also garnered a fourth-place finish in the Italian Championship. Formula Three In 2004, Streit stepped up to the Formula Three Euroseries with Prema. He finished tenth in the standings, taking nine points-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Super Formula Championship
The 2017 Japanese Super Formula Championship was the forty-fifth season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the fifth under the moniker of Super Formula. Yuji Kunimoto is the defending series champion. Hiroaki Ishiura won his second Driver's Championship in three years, finishing only half a point ahead of Pierre Gasly after the final round was cancelled due to Typhoon Lan. The Cerumo INGING team won their second successive Team Championship. Teams and drivers Driver changes ;Leaving Super Formula *Stoffel Vandoorne will leave the series to compete in Formula One with McLaren. *Bertrand Baguette will leave the series to compete in Super GT Series. *Yuichi Nakayama is replaced at the single car KCMG team by Kamui Kobayashi. * Joao Paulo de Oliveira, 2010 Formula Nippon champion, leaves after seven seasons with Team Impul and ten in the series. ;Entering Super Formula * 2016 GP2 Series champion, Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso reserve driver Pierre Gasly m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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