is a Japanese professional racing driver. He participated in three
Formula One
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Grands Prix, débuting in the
1994 European Grand Prix, but did not score any championship points. He replaced
Yannick Dalmas
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in the
Larrousse
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car for the last three Grands Prix of the season, but failed to finish in any of the three races. In 1995, he joined
Simtek
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as a test driver, hoping to get some races in. However, the
Kobe earthquake
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and the folding of the Simtek team ended his brief Formula 1 career.
A year later, Noda went to America and raced in the
Indy Lights
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and became the only Japanese driver to win a CART-sanctioned event. After a few years in America, Noda moved back to Japan, where he drove a Team Cerumo Toyota Supra with
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 Driv ...
. In the annual non-championship All-Star event at Aida, Noda and Takeuchi were forced out with mechanical problems. In 1999, he joined the Esso Tiger Team Le Mans under Koichiro Mori, again to drive a Toyota Supra, ex-Australian V8 Supercar driver
Wayne Gardner
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. The highlight of their season was a win at Fuji. With 33 points they were equal 17th in the series.
In 2002, Noda returned to the United States and drove in six
Indy Racing League
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IndyCar Series
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races for
Convergent Racing and
Indy Regency Racing Indy Regency Racing was a racing team owned by Sal Incandela who had worked with several Formula One and CART teams.
Team history
The team made its debut at the Mid-Ohio round of the 1991 Indy Lights championship, with David Kudrave as its driver, ...
with a best finish of 10th at
Phoenix International Raceway
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while with Convergent. He also competed in a round of the inaugural
A1 Grand Prix
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season with Japan at
Lausitz
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, where he scored three points for the Japanese team. He has also been seen in the
Zytek
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In 1981 Gibson founded the "Zytech Group" with two main divisions: Zytek Automotive, ...
sports-prototype in 2006.
Career
A1 Grand Prix (2005–2009)
In 2005, Noda was announced as the second driver for the
Japan
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entry for the
2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season, second to
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. His first race for the team came at the
second round
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at
Lausitz
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, where he qualified in 21st place. In sprint race, Noda managed to move up 11 places to finish 10th and score one point for Japan. The feature race saw Noda finish one place higher in ninth place, scoring a further two points for the Japanese A1 GP team. Japan finished 21st at the end of the season, with eight points.
Personal life
Noda's daughter
Juju is also a racing driver, who currently competes in the
W Series.
Racing record
Complete International Formula 3000 results
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Complete Japanese Formula 3000/Formula Nippon results
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Complete Formula One results
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American open-wheel racing results
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Indy Lights
Indy Racing League
Complete JGTC/Super GT results
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24 Hours of Le Mans results
Footnotes
References
All Formula One race and championship results are taken from:
* ''Official Formula 1 Website. Archive: Results for 1994 season'
www.formula1.com Retrieved 7 July 2006
All IRL race and championship results are taken from:
* ''Official IRL Website. Archive: Results for 2002 season'
IndyCar.com Retrieved 7 July 2006
External links
Hideki Noda Official Website
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1969 births
Living people
Japanese racing drivers
Japanese Formula One drivers
Larrousse Formula One drivers
IndyCar Series drivers
Japanese IndyCar Series drivers
Indy Lights drivers
A1 Team Japan drivers
Japanese Formula 3000 Championship drivers
Formula Nippon drivers
International Formula 3000 drivers
24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
American Le Mans Series drivers
European Le Mans Series drivers
Super GT drivers
Asian Le Mans Series drivers
Dandelion Racing drivers
TOM'S drivers
Team LeMans drivers
Alan Docking Racing drivers
A1 Grand Prix drivers
Carlin racing drivers