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Masanori Sekiya

Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1949-11-27)27 November 1949 (age 75) Ikawa,Shizuoka,Japan
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1985–1990,1992–1993,1995–1997
Teams	Tom's,PorscheKremer Racing,Kokusai Kaihatsu Racing,SARD,Gulf TeamDavidoff
Best finish	1st (1995)
Class wins	1 (1995)

Masanori Sekiya (関谷 正徳,Sekiya Masanori; born 27 November 1949) is a Japanese former racing driver, most famous for being the first Japanese driver to win the24 Hours of Le Mans, in 1995.

Sekiya drove in single-seaters in his early career, contesting the JapaneseFormula 3000 Championship andFormula Nippon from 1987 to 1993, mostly for theLeyton House team. He never achieved any victories, but finished 4th in the standings in 1988 and 1989, scoring three and four podiums, respectively.^{[citation needed]}

A long-time worksToyota driver, Sekiya drove in theAll Japan Sports Prototype Championship,All Japan Grand Touring Championship andJapanese Touring Car Championship, a series which he won in 1994, driving aToyota Chaser for theTom's team. He was also runner-up the following year.^{[citation needed]}

As Sekiya is rather fond of Le Mans, in 1987, he got married in the town prior to the race. His best result in international sports car racing was winning the1995 24 Hours of Le Mans, at the wheel of aMcLaren F1 GTR for Kokusai Kaihatsu Racing. He became the first Japanese-born driver to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He was also fourth in the1993 edition. He competed in the JGTC until the 2000 season and now works as team manager for theSuper GT division of the Toyota TeamTOM'S and also runs a racing school atFuji Speedway. In 1998, Sekiya also appeared in a TV commercial in Japan driving aJZA80 Supra promoting its handling package.

Sekiya retired from professional motorsports in October 2000 and is now involved in team management.^{[citation needed]}

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1985	Tom's Team	Satoru Nakajima Kaoru Hoshino	Tom's 85C-L-Toyota	C1	330	12th	12th
1986	Tom's Co. Ltd.	Satoru Nakajima Geoff Lees	Tom's (Dome) 86C-L-Toyota	C1	105	DNF	DNF
1987	Toyota Team Tom's	Tiff Needell Kaoru Hoshino	Toyota 87C-L	C1	39	DNF	DNF
1988	Toyota Team Tom's	Geoff Lees Kaoru Hoshino	Toyota 88C	C1	351	12th	12th
1989	PorscheKremer Racing	Hideki Okada George Fouché	Porsche 962CK6	C1	42	DNF	DNF
1990	Toyota Team Tom's	Geoff Lees Hitoshi Ogawa	Toyota 90C-V	C1	347	6th	6th
1992	Toyota Team Tom's	Pierre-Henri Raphanel Kenny Acheson	Toyota TS010	C1	346	2nd	2nd
1993	Toyota Team Tom's	Eddie Irvine Toshio Suzuki	Toyota TS010	C1	364	4th	4th
1995	Kokusai Kaihatsu Racing	Yannick Dalmas JJ Lehto	McLaren F1 GTR	GT1	298	1st	1st
1996	TeamSARDToyota	Hidetoshi Mitsusada Masami Kageyama	Toyota Supra LM	GT1	205	DNF	DNF
1997	Gulf TeamDavidoff GTC Racing	Ray Bellm Andrew Gilbert-Scott	McLaren F1 GTR	GT1	326	DNF	DNF

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

• Masanori Sekiya career summary at DriverDB.com
• Japanese Sports Prototype Championship tables
• Toyota Team TOM'S profile

• 1949 births
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• Japanese racing drivers
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• Sportspeople from Shizuoka (city)
• World Sportscar Championship drivers
• 24 Hours of Spa drivers
• Long Distance Series drivers
• TOM'S drivers
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