is a Japanese

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driver. He best known for having competed in the

World Touring Car Championship The FIA World Touring Car Championship was an international touring car championship promoted by Eurosport Events and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It has had several different incarnations, including a sin ...

Career

Masaki Kano leads Seiji Ara 2009 WTCC Race of Japan (Race 2)

Kano competed in karting between 1991 and 1994. Profile at fiawtcc.com He then attended the Winfield Racing School in

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in 1995. Kano finished ninth in the Japanese

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in 2006. He was runner up to

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in the 2007

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, driving a BMW 320i for

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, winning the Division 2 category, also finishing third in the Super Taiku Series. The following year he finished third in the Asian Touring Car Championship. He made his

debut for Engstler at the 2008

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; he also raced at the subsequent Race of Macau. He returned to the WTCC for Engstler in the Asian rounds of the 2009, 2010 and 2011 seasons.http://www.touring-cars.net/2011/10/kano-gets-suzuka-seat Touring-Cars.Net — Kano gets Suzuka Seat He joined Engstler Motorsport once again for the 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Japan. For the 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan he replaced team boss

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, who was unable to race due to illness.

Racing record

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Super GT results

* Season still in progress.

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20120721023122/http://kano-masaki.com/
Career statistics from Driver Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kano, Masaki Living people Japanese racing drivers World Touring Car Championship drivers 1976 births Super GT drivers Engstler Motorsport drivers