Hiroki Yoshida
| Hiroki Yoshida | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Japanese |
| Born | December 21, 1983 Kumamoto, Japan |
| Super GT GT300 career | |
| Debut season | 2011 |
| Current team | Saitama Green Brave |
| Car number | 52 |
| Former teams |
|
| Starts | 84 |
| Wins | 6 |
| Podiums | 14 |
| Poles | 2 |
| Fastest laps | 4 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2023 |
| Championship titles | |
| 2005 2008 2023 2023 | FJ1600 Super Taikyu (ST-1) Super GT (GT300) Super Taikyu (ST-Z) |
Hiroki Yoshida (吉田広樹, Yoshida Hiroki, born December 21, 1983) is a Japanese racing driver. He currently competes in Super GT in the GT300 category and the Super Taikyu Series in the ST-Z category, both for Saitama Green Brave.
Yoshida won the 2023 Super GT Championship in the GT300 class and the 2023 Super Taikyu Championship in the ST-Z class.
Career[edit]
Early career[edit]
Yoshida began his with racing career in 2004 competing in the J1600 Series, where he won the championship the following year. He then move to Formula Challenge Japan in 2006.[1] In 2007, Yoshida began competing in the Super Taikyu Series[1] and the following year, he took part with the Petronas Syntium Team where his team won the ST-1 championship.[2][3] In 2010, he competed in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship, where he was signed to Hanashima Racing.[4]
Super GT[edit]
In 2011, Yoshida began racing in the Super GT racing series in the GT300 class, driving for ThunderAsia Racing. He later moved to Team A Speed in 2012.
In 2014, Yoshida returned to Super GT, competing for Tomei Sports where he would race for them the following season.[5][6] For the 2016 season, he signed with Gulf Racing with Pacific.[7] In 2017, he signed with Gainer, remaining with the team the following season.[8][9] In 2019, Yoshida transferred from Gainer to Green Brave, partnering with Shigekazu Wakisaka.[10] The following season his team switched to a Toyota GR Supra GT300 and Kohta Kawaai would become his new teammate.[11] Yoshida and Kawaai won two races and they finished second in the standings behind Kondo Racing of Kiyoto Fujinami and João Paulo de Oliveira.[12] In 2022, they managed to clinch a win at Autopolis as well as another podium, and Yoshida himself finished 5th in the standings.[13]
In 2023, Saitama Toyopet Green Brave retained both Yoshida and Kawaai[14] and both of them claimed 2 wins and 3 podiums en route to their GT300 championship, which they clinched in the season finale.[15]
Racing record[edit]
Complete Super GT results[edit]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | ThunderAsia Racing | Mosler MT900M | GT300 | OKA 15 |
FUJ 16 |
SEP 15 |
SUG Ret |
SUZ 18 |
FUJ 20 |
AUT 19 |
MOT 18 |
NC | 0 |
| 2012 | A speed | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | OKA | FUJ | SEP Ret |
SUG | SUZ 1 |
FUJ | AUT | MOT | NC | 0 | |
| 2014 | Tomei Sports | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 | OKA 16 |
FUJ 16 |
AUT |
SUG 18 |
FUJ 24 |
SUZ 20 |
BUR | MOT 18 |
NC | 0 | |
| 2015 | OKA 24 |
FUJ 15 |
BUR | FUJ 21 |
SUZ Ret |
SUG Ret |
AUT 14 |
MOT 23 |
NC | 0 | |||
| 2016 | Gulf Racing with Pacific | Porsche 911 GT3R | OKA DNQ |
FUJ Ret |
SUG 13 |
FUJ 21 |
SUZ 13 |
BUR 17 |
MOT 22 |
MOT 8 |
23rd | 3 | |
| 2017 | Gainer | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 | OKA 6 |
FUJ 24 |
AUT 15 |
SUG 21 |
FUJ 16 |
SUZ 5 |
BUR 18 |
MOT 19 |
18th | 13 | |
| 2018 | OKA 13 |
FUJ 11 |
SUZ 10 |
BUR Ret |
FUJ 8 |
SUG 2 |
AUT 9 |
MOT 15 |
16th | 22 | |||
| 2019 | Saitama Toyopet Green Brave | Toyota Mark X MC | OKA 3 |
FUJ 13 |
SUZ 27 |
BUR 23 |
FUJ 2 |
AUT 24 |
SUG 8 |
MOT 13 |
9th | 27.5 | |
| 2020 | Toyota GR Supra GT300 | FUJ 1 |
FUJ 6 |
SUZ 12 |
MOT 25 |
FUJ 4 |
SUZ Ret |
MOT 4 |
FUJ 1 |
2nd | 62 | ||
| 2021 | OKA 3 |
FUJ 27 |
SUZ 18 |
MOT 3 |
SUG 21 |
AUT 4 |
MOT 9 |
FUJ 9 |
9th | 34 | |||
| 2022 | OKA 26 |
FUJ | SUZ 4 |
FUJ 14 |
SUZ 4 |
SUG 18 |
AUT 1 |
MOT 3 |
5th | 47 | |||
| 2023 | OKA 5 |
FUJ 3 |
SUZ 3 |
FUJ 9 |
SUZ Ret |
SUG 1 |
AUT 1 |
MOT 7 |
1st | 74 |
* Season still in progress.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Hiroki Yoshida". www.teampetronas.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2009.
- ^ "Team Petronas Motorsport website". www.teampetronas.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2009.
- ^ "Profile". www.teampetronas.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2011.
- ^ "2010 Achievement Japanese Formula 3 Entry List (tentative)". Japanese Formula 3 Championship. Japanese Formula 3 Association. 2010-03-10. Archived from the original on 18 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
- ^ "2014年 参戦カテゴリー＆体制発表". RYU-blog. February 3, 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
- ^ "Run Up が今季 GT300 参戦体制発表。Does とコラボ" [Run Up are announced for GT300 this season by race organisation. In collaboration with DOES.] (in Japanese). as-web.jp. February 21, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
- ^ "2016 Teams and Drivers". Super GT Teams and Drivers. Super GT. March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
- ^ "2017 年 SGT 参戦概要｜ニュース｜Super GT300に参戦するレーシングチーム「Gainer」を運営する株式会社ゲイナーオフィシャルWEBサイト". www.gainer.asia (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
- ^ "Nissan & Nismo Announce 2018 Super GT Programmes". dailysportscar.com. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ "スーパーGT：2019年のシリーズエントリーリスト発表。両クラス合計44台が揃う". www.as-web.jp (in Japanese). 25 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- ^ "Toyota GR Supra GT300 In Development – Set For 2020 Launch". dailysportscar.com. 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Yokohama-equipped car won the GT300 class series championships". Yokohama. Archived from the original on August 20, 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "Super GT announces 43-car entry list for 2022". motorsport.com. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "How Super GT's 2023 GT300 field is shaping up". motorsport.com. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "TGR Team au TOM'S Clinches GT500 Championship With Dramatic Motegi Victory". 5 November 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
External links[edit]
- Hiroki Yoshida career summary at DriverDB.com