is a retired Japanese professional race car driver, who last competed in 2003.

Career

Igarashi competed in British Formula 3 in the late 1990s before returning to Japan to compete in the

2000 Formula Nippon Championship The 2000 Formula Nippon Championship was contested over 10 rounds. 13 different teams, 21 different drivers, 2 different chassis and only 1 engine competed. Teams and drivers Calendar All races were held in Japan. Note: Race 1 stopped due t ...

with

Team LeMans Le Mans Ltd., headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo is an automobile parts manufacturer founded in 1967. The original company name was Le Mans Chamber of Commerce. The company is mainly engaged in the development and sales of motorsport parts and the ...

. He drove 10 races and scored 1 point, finishing 13th in the Drivers Championship. He would race in Formula Nippon for the next two seasons, with Team LeMans and Mooncraft. He scored no further points in the series. In 2003, he raced three times for Team Nova, again scoring no points. Alongside his Formula Nippon racing, Igarashi raced GT cars. In 2000, competing in the

All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship is a grand touring car racing series that began in 1993. Originally titled as the , generally referred to as either the JGTC the series was renamed to Super GT in 2005. It was the top level of sports car r ...

Japan GT300 series with Super Autobacs Racing driving a Toyota MR-S. The team scored 13 points and finished the championship in 16th place. In 2002, he completed 3 races in the series for HKS driving a

Mercedes CLK The Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class is a former series of mid-size or entry-level luxury coupés and convertibles produced by Mercedes-Benz between 1997 and 2010. Although its design and styling was derived from the E-Class, the mechanical underpinnings ...

in the GT500 class. The following year, he returned to the GT500 class this time with Hitotsuyama Racing. He completed 4 races driving their

McLaren F1 GTR The McLaren F1 GTR is the racing variant of the McLaren F1 sports car first produced in 1995 for grand touring style racing, such as the BPR Global GT Series, FIA GT Championship, JGTC, and British GT Championship. It was powered by the nat ...

, scoring 2 points and finishing 32nd in the championship.

Complete Formula Nippon results

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

Complete JGTC results

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

External Links

Yudai Igarashi photos - AutosportYudai Igarashi - Formula Nippon results - Motorsport MagazineYudai Igarashi - Flickr

References

1978 births Living people Japanese racing drivers Formula Nippon drivers British Formula Three Championship drivers Super_GT_drivers {{Japan-autoracing-bio-stub Alan Docking Racing drivers Team LeMans drivers People from Yamagata (city)