| D'station Racing | |
| Base: | Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture |
| Founded: | 2013 |
| Principal: | Satoshi Hoshino |
| Founder: | Satoshi Hoshino |
| Current Series: | |
| Former Series: | Porsche Carrera Cup Japan |
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NEXUS Holdings Co., Ltd. is a Japanese racing team who runs D'station Racing that competes in Super GT, FIA World Endurance Championship LMGT3, GT World Challenge Asia, Super Taikyu, and Asian Le Mans Series.
D'Station Racing was founded in 2013 by (no relation to Kazuyoshi Hoshino). Hoshino is the President & CEO of where the company runs Pachinko halls in Japan as well as fitness clubs, restaurants, convenience stores, onsen and child daycare centers.[1] Before the inception of the team, D'station sponsored Kondo Racing in Super GT. D'station Racing competed first time in Porsche Carrera Cup Japan. Then expanded into Super Taikyu in 2016. D'station Racing made their debut in Super GT in 2017 with Tomonobu Fujii who is the current Team Managing Director of the team till now alongside Sven Müller, and some rounds replacing Müller are André Couto & Yuya Motojima.[2] They run Porsche 911 GT3-R on their maiden Super GT GT300 race, and first season both claimed couple of podiums in 2 seasons. The team also competed in Blancpain GT Series Asia, racing with Porsche 911 GT3 R alongside Team President Hoshino & Seiji Ara[3]
For 2019, D'station Racing change their manufacturer from Porsche to Aston Martin. Fujii raced with Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 alongside João Paulo de Oliveira who just got dropped from Nissan[4] For 2020, the team competed with Pacific Racing together alongside originally Nicki Thiim but scrapped due to COVID-19 Pandemic.[5] Kei Cozzolino & Takuro Shinohara raced on some rounds alongside Fujii. The team leaves the series after 2020 where they focus main on FIA World Endurance Championship. In 2022, D'Station returns racing in GT World Challenge Asia for Japan Cup only with Fujii Hoshino pairing.[6]
D'station Racing returns to Super GT for 2024, with Fujii and Sørensen as the drivers.[7]
D'Station made their first appearance in FIA World Endurance Championship on 2018. They raced under LMGTE Am Class, the team run under Dempsey-Proton Racing name with Hoshino, Matteo Cairoli & Giorgio Roda where they only competed in Fuji 6 Hours. The pair made first debut in Le Mans 24 Hours in 2019 where they claimed pole. Hoshino paired with Adrien De Leener & Thomas Preining for one round only at Fuji round again.
D'station Racing made their full season debut in 2021, where the team run by TF Sport, with Tomonobu Fujii & Satoshi Hoshino as the main driver for many years to come, and also Andrew Watson.[8] [9] For 2022, Fujii, Hoshino paired with Charlie Fagg.[10] For 2023, with Casper Stevenson.[11] After change in regulations & TF Sports change manufacturer to Chevrolet Corvette, 2024 D'station Racing continues to run under Aston Martin banner with Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo as the new car.[12] Marco Sorensen is the new driver for the team alongside Erwan Bastard and Clement Mateu.
