Yudai Igarashi 五十嵐 勇大 | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Yamagata, Japan | September 28, 1978
2003 Formula Nippon Championship | |
Years active | 2000-2003 |
Teams | Team Nova Mooncraft Team LeMans |
Starts | 33 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 13th in 2000 |
Previous series | |
2002-2003 | All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship GT500 |
Yudai Igarashi (五十嵐 勇大, Igarashi Yudai, born September 24, 1978) 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 with Team LeMans. 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 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 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, scoring 2 points and finishing 32nd in the championship.[1][2]
Complete Formula Nippon results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Pts |
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2000 | Team Le Mans | SUZ Ret |
MOT Ret |
MIN Ret |
FUJ 12 |
SUZ 12 |
SUG Ret |
MOT 6 |
FUJ 10 |
MIN 16 |
SUZ Ret |
13th | 1 |
2001 | SUZ 9 |
MOT Ret |
MIN Ret |
FUJ 11 |
SUZ 7 |
SUG 8 |
FUJ Ret |
MIN Ret |
MOT Ret |
SUZ 8 |
NC | 0 | |
2002 | Mooncraft | SUZ Ret |
FUJ Ret |
MIN 11 |
SUZ 13 |
MOT 10 |
SUG 7 |
FUJ Ret |
MIN Ret |
MOT 13 |
SUZ Ret |
NC | 0 |
2003 | Team Nova | SUZ | FUJ | MIN | MOT | SUZ 10 |
SUG 12 |
FUJ Ret |
MIN | MOT | SUZ | NC | 0 |
Complete JGTC results
(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 | DC | Pts |
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2000 | Super AUTOBACS Racing with A’PEX | Toyota MR-S | GT300 | MOT 6 |
FUJ 10 |
SUG 6 |
FUJ |
TAI |
MIN |
SUZ |
16th | 13 | |
2002 | HKS | Mercedes-Benz CLK | GT500 | TAI | FUJ DNQ |
SUG DNQ |
SEP | FUJ | MOT Ret |
MIN Ret |
SUZ Ret |
NC | 0 |
2003 | Hitotsuyama Racing | McLaren F1 GTR | GT500 | TAI 13 |
FUJ 9 |
SUG 12 |
FUJ |
FUJ |
MOT |
AUT |
SUZ |
20th | 2 |
External links
- Yudai Igarashi photos - Autosport
- Yudai Igarashi - Formula Nippon results - Motorsport Magazine
- Yudai Igarashi - Flickr
References
- ^ "Yudai Igarashi | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
- ^ Magazine, Speedsport. "Yudai Igarashi: Racedriver biography - career and success". www.speedsport-magazine.com. Retrieved 2021-06-21.