Takeshi Tsuchiya Explained

is a professional race car driver.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Racing Record

Complete Japanese Formula 3 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Pts
1994	Team Cerumo	Toyota	SUZ Ret										13th	2
	Toel			FUJ 16	TSU 19	SUZ 9	SEN 8	TOK 17	MIN 9	TAI 11	SUG 5	SUZ 9
1995	Endless Sports		SUZ 6	TSU 14	MIN	SUZ 9	TAI 7	SUG	FUJ 10	SUZ 11	SEN		?	1
1996	Team Nova / Carisma Ralliart	HKS	SUZ 9	TSU 16	MIN DNS	FUJ 7	SUZ 6	SUG 5	SEN 3	SUZ DNS	FUJ C		6th	7
1997			SUZ 3	TSU 2	MIN 1	FUJ 1	SUZ 6	SUG 3	SEN Ret	MOT 3	FUJ C	SUZ 6	3rd	31
2000	Pal Sport	Nissan	SUZ 3	TSU DNS	FUJ	MIN 14	TAI Ret	SUZ Ret	SUG 12	MOT 17	SEN 4	SUZ 5	8th	9

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
2000	Olympic KONDO Racing Team	SUZ	MOT	MIN	FUJ	SUZ		SUG		MOT		FUJ	MIN 10	SUZ	NC	0
2001	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	SUZ 10	MOT 11	MIN 3	FUJ Ret	SUZ 3		SUG Ret		FUJ 14		MIN 2	MOT 6	SUZ 5	8th	17
2002	Team LeMans	SUZ 2	FUJ 6	MIN 3	SUZ Ret	MOT 2		SUG 4		FUJ Ret		MIN 7	MOT 6	SUZ 2	4th	27
2003	Forum eng, ARTA Team LeMans	SUZ 14	FUJ Ret	MIN 2	MOT 4	SUZ 5		SUG 7		FUJ 6		MIN 12	MOT 6	SUZ 4	8th	16
2004	Team LeMans	SUZ 11	SUG 10	MOT 7	SUZ 11	SUG 9		MIN 5		SEP Ret		MOT Ret	SUZ 5		13th	4
2005	Forum Engineering Team LeMans	MOT 5	SUZ Ret	SUG 4	FUJ Ret	SUZ Ret		MIN 5		FUJ 5		MOT 3	SUG Ret		8th	13
2006	DHG TOM'S RACING	FUJ 9	SUZ 10	MOT Ret	SUZ 7	AUT 9		FUJ Ret		SUG 8		MOT 8	SUZ 5		13th	2
2008	DoCoMo TEAM DANDELION RACING	FUJ 8	SUZ 14	MOT 14	OKA 12	SUZ 1 16	SUZ 2 Ret	MOT 1 8	MOT 2 14	FUJ 1 11	FUJ 2 11	SUG 14			17th	4

Complete JGTC/Super GT 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	9	DC	Pts
1995	Team Taisan	Porsche 911 GT2	GT1	SUZ	FUJ 7	SEN	FUJ 5	SUG	MIN				24th	4
1996			GT500	SUZ 12	FUJ 7	SEN Ret	FUJ DNQ						20th	4
	Team Taisan Jr.	Toyota MR2	GT300					SUG 4					12th	18
	Imuraya Racing Team								MIN 5
1997	Tsuchiya Engineering		GT300	SUZ 3	FUJ Ret	SEN 1	FUJ 5	MIN	SUG 3				3rd	52
1998	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Nissan Skyline GT-R	GT500	SUZ 13	FUJ C	SEN 11	FUJ 6	MOT 6	MIN 9	SUG 8			12th	17
1999	Nismo	Nissan Silvia	GT300	SUZ 9	FUJ Ret	SUG 1	MIN 1	FUJ Ret	TAI 1	MOT 4			2nd	72
2000	Toyota Castrol Team TOM'S	Toyota Supra	GT500	MOT Ret	FUJ 12	SUG 9	FUJ 5	TAI 14	MIN Ret	SUZ 9			17th	12
2001	Toyota Team TOM'S		GT500	TAI 11	FUJ 10	SUG 8	FUJ 8	MOT 5	SUZ 5	MIN 7			12th	27
2002			GT500	TAI 8	FUJ 14	SUG 10	SEP 2	FUJ 5	MOT 6	MIN 3	SUZ 9		7th	52
2003			GT500	TAI 6	FUJ 10	SUG 2	FUJ 7	FUJ 5	MOT 2	AUT 8	SUZ 8		5th	61
2004			GT500	TAI 7	SUG 7	SEP 10	TOK 4	MOT 5	AUT 7	SUZ 2			7th	43
2005			GT500	OKA 2	FUJ 10	SEP 3	SUG 3	MOT 7	FUJ 5	AUT 8	SUZ 5		4th	60
2006	Toyota Team Tsuchiya		GT500	SUZ 8	OKA 9	FUJ 6	SEP 10	SUG 12	SUZ Ret	MOT 12	AUT 15	FUJ 9	19th	18
2007		Lexus SC430	GT500	SUZ 9	OKA 6	FUJ Ret	SEP 5	SUG 8	SUZ Ret	MOT 8	AUT 10	FUJ 12	17th	20
2008			GT500	SUZ 11	OKA 11	FUJ 8	SEP 4	SUG 4	SUZ 14	MOT 10	AUT 12	FUJ 8	15th	23
2009	Team Nova	Aston Martin DBR9	GT500	OKA 14	SUZ	FUJ 14	SEP	SUG	SUZ	FUJ 14	AUT	MOT	NC	0
2010	Samurai Team Tsuchiya	Porsche 911 GT3RSR	GT300	SUZ	OKA	FUJ 7	SEP	SUG 4	SUZ Ret	FUJ C	MOT 6		13th	17
2011			GT300	OKA Ret	FUJ 3	SEP Ret	SUG 4	SUZ 9	FUJ 5	AUT 5	MOT 19		9th	33
2012	Team Art Taste	Porsche 911 GT3-R	GT300	OKA 5	FUJ Ret	SEP	SUG	SUZ					18th	8
	Green Tec & Leon with Shift	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3							FUJ DNS	AUT	MOT
2013	Okinawa-IMP Racing with Shift		GT300	OKA 4	FUJ 4	SEP 12	SUG 4	SUZ 2	FUJ 10	AUT 3	MOT 7		5th	60
2014	R'Qs MotorSports		GT300	OKA 20	FUJ 11	AUT 17	SUG	FUJ	SUZ				NC	0
	Toyota Team Thailand	Toyota 86 MC								CHA 14	MOT
2015	VivaC team Tsuchiya		GT300	OKA 6	FUJ Ret	CHA 7	FUJ 5	SUZ 23	SUG 1	AUT Ret	MOT 12		10th	35
2016			GT300	OKA 6	FUJ 3	SUG 2	FUJ 13	SUZ 22	CHA 1	MOT 7	MOT 1		1st	78
2018	Tsuchiya Engineering		GT300	OKA	FUJ Ret	SUZ	CHA	FUJ	SUG	AUT	MOT		NC	0
2019			GT300	OKA	FUJ 18	SUZ	CHA	FUJ 26	AUT	SUG	MOT		NC	0

References

1. Web site: Takeshi Tsuchiya Racing career profile Driver Database. 2021-06-21. www.driverdb.com.
2. Web site: O'Connell. R. J.. 2016-12-03. Takeshi Tsuchiya: A champion at last. 2021-06-21. Super GT World. en.
3. Web site: Magazine. Speedsport. Takeshi Tsuchiya: Racedriver biography - career and success. 2021-06-21. www.speedsport-magazine.com. en.