| Hiroki Yoshida | |||||||
| Nationality: |  Japanese | ||||||
| Birth Date: | December 21, 1983 | ||||||
| Birth Place: | Kumamoto, Japan | ||||||
| Current Series: | Super GT GT300 | ||||||
| First Year: | 2011 | ||||||
| Current Team: | Saitama Green Brave | ||||||
| Car Number: | 52 | ||||||
| Starts: | 84 | ||||||
| Wins: | 6 | ||||||
| Podiums: | 14 | ||||||
| Poles: | 2 | ||||||
| Fastest Laps: | 4 | ||||||
| Best Finish: | 1st | ||||||
| Year: | 2023
| ||||||
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.
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]
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]
(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 | FUJ | SEP | SUG | SUZ | FUJ | AUT | MOT | NC | 0 |
| 2012 | A speed | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | OKA | FUJ | SEP Ret | SUG | SUZ | 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 | FUJ | SUZ | FUJ | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | 5th | 47 | |||
| 2023 | OKA | FUJ | SUZ | FUJ | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | 1st | 74 |