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Akira Iida (Shinjitai: 飯田 章,Iida Akira, born 18 December 1969 inSagamihara, Kanagawa) is a Japanese racing driver currently competing in theSuper GT series in GT300 class withLM corsa, one of the teams underToyota Motorsport's GAZOO racing arm. Iida won the2002 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship GT500 class withEsso ToyotaTeam LeMans, driving withJuichi Wakisaka. He also won2013 Asian Le Mans Series GTE class driving forTeam Taisan Ken Endless.[citation needed]
Nationality | Japanese |
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24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
Years | 1994-1996,2000 |
Teams | Team KunimitsuHonda,TV Asahi Team Dragon |
Best finish | 8th (1995,2000) |
Class wins | 1 (1995) |
Iida was also a presenter on the JapaneseBest Motoring TV series.[citation needed]
Career
editIida has competed in Super GT since 1994; he has five career wins and also won the driver's title in 2002.
Iida have also driven inFormula 3000 andFormula Nippon.
Being experienced at the24 Hours of Le Mans, Akira Iida did also participate in the 200824 Hours Nürburgring race as well as in VLN endurance races, winning his class twice with aLexus LF-A.
On August 31, 2011, Iida recorded a lap time of 7:14.64 in a fully road-legal Lexus LFA Nürburgring Package around the Nürburgring Nordschleife. This marked a new fastest time for regular production cars, running on standard specification tyres.
Racing record
edit24 Hours of Le Mans
editYear | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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1994 | KremerHonda Racing Team Kunimitsu | Kunimitsu Takahashi Keiichi Tsuchiya | Honda NSX | GT2 | 222 | 18th | 9th |
1995 | Team KunimitsuHonda | Kunimitsu Takahashi Keiichi Tsuchiya | Honda NSX | GT2 | 275 | 8th | 1st |
1996 | Team KunimitsuHonda | Kunimitsu Takahashi Keiichi Tsuchiya | Honda NSX | GT2 | 305 | 16th | 3rd |
2000 | TV AsahiTeam Dragon | Keiichi Tsuchiya Masahiko Kondō | Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S-Élan | LMP900 | 330 | 8th | 7th |
2002 | Team Taisan Advan | Atsushi Yogo Kazuyuki Nishizawa | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | GT | 316 | 21st | 3rd |
2003 | Team Taisan Advan | Atsushi Yogo Kazuyuki Nishizawa | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | GT | 304 | 19th | 4th |
Complete JTC/JTCC results
editYear | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Pts |
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1993 | NISMO | Nissan Skyline GT-R | JTC-1 | MIN 14 | AUT 5 | SUG 3 | SUZ 5 | AID 2 | TSU 1 | TOK 2 | SEN 18 | FUJ 3 | 4th | 119 | |||||||||
1994 | NISMO | Nissan Sunny | AUT 1 | AUT 2 | SUG 1 | SUG 2 | TOK 1 | TOK 2 | SUZ 1 | SUZ 2 | MIN 1 | MIN 2 | AID 1 14 | AID 2 13 | TSU 1 4 | TSU 2 2 | SEN 1 8 | SEN 2 Ret | FUJ 1 12 | FUJ 2 10 | 13th | 24 | |
1995 | NISMO | Nissan Sunny | FUJ 1 | FUJ 2 | SUG 1 Ret | SUG 2 DNS | TOK 1 10 | TOK 2 7 | SUZ 1 6 | SUZ 2 Ret | MIN 1 1 | MIN 2 7 | AID 1 6 | AID 2 4 | SEN 1 2 | SEN 2 3 | FUJ 1 Ret | FUJ 2 6 | 6th | 67 | |||
1997 | HKS Opel Team Japan | Opel Vectra | FUJ 1 C | FUJ 2 C | AID 1 10 | AID 2 Ret | SUG 1 4 | SUG 2 5 | SUZ 1 6 | SUZ 2 Ret | MIN 1 Ret | MIN 2 DNS | SEN 1 3 | SEN 2 1 | TOK 1 12 | TOK 2 DNS | FUJ 1 13 | FUJ 2 Ret | 8th | 43 |
Japanese Top Formula Championship results
editYear | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
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1995 | Shionogi Team Nova | SUZ Ret | FUJ C | MIN Ret | SUZ | SUG 8 | FUJ 11 | TOK Ret | FUJ 11 | SUZ 11 | NC | 0 | |
1997 | Shionogi Team Nova | SUZ 6 | MIN 3 | FUJ Ret | SUZ 7 | SUG Ret | FUJ 5 | MIN 10 | MOT 11 | FUJ Ret | SUZ 13 | 10th | 7 |
1998 | Cosmo Oil Racing TeamCerumo | SUZ | MIN | FUJ 8 | MOT Ret | SUZ Ret | SUG 9 | FUJ C | MIN Ret | FUJ 5 | SUZ 12 | 14th | 2 |
1999 | Cosmo Oil Racing TeamCerumo | SUZ 7 | MOT Ret | MIN Ret | FUJ 16 | SUZ Ret | SUG 10 | FUJ Ret | MIN Ret | MOT 13 | SUZ 12 | NC | 0 |
International Formula 3000 results
editYear | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Pts |
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1996 | Nordic Racing | NÜR 14 | PAU 8 | PER 11 | HOC 12 | SIL 13 | SPA Ret | MAG 14 | EST 12 | MUG 18 | HOC 9 | NC | 0 |
Complete JGTC/Super GT Results
edit(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
External links
edit- Official site
- SuperGT.net profile
- Photo and CV(in German)
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by | All-Japan Grand Touring Car Champion (GT500) 2002with: Juichi Wakisaka | Succeeded by |