Yuji Tachikawa
Yuji Tachikawa | |
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Tachikawa in 2015 | |
Nationality | Japanese |
Born | (1975-07-05) 5 July 1975 (age 48) Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan |
Super GT career | |
Years active | 1996–2023 |
Teams | Team LeMans, Bros Factory, Team Cerumo |
Car number | 38 |
Starts | 125 |
Wins | 19 |
Poles | 24 |
Fastest laps | 6 |
Previous series | |
1995–1997 1998 1997-2009 | All-Japan F3 JTCC Formula Nippon |
Championship titles | |
2001 2005, 2013 | JGTC - GT500 Super GT - GT500 |
Yuji Tachikawa (立川祐路, Tachikawa Yūji, born 5 July 1975), is a retired Japanese racing driver who competed in Super GT between 1996 and 2023, and in Formula Nippon between 1997 and 2009. He is a three-time Super GT champion in the GT500 class, having won the championship in its previous guise as the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship in 2001, and after its rebranding in 2005 and 2013. A longtime Toyota factory driver, he competed for the Cerumo team for the majority of his racing career.
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 |
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1995 | Morisawa Racing | Toyota | SUZ | FUJ C | TSU Ret | MIN 10 | SUZ 7 | TAI 6 | SUG 8 | FUJ 11 | SUZ | SEN 7 | 8th | 1 |
1996 | Morisawa Racing | Toyota | SUZ Ret | TSU Ret | MIN | FUJ | SUZ | SUG | SEN | SUZ | FUJ | NC | 0 | |
1997 | Toda Racing | Mugen | SUZ 2 | TSU 4 | MIN Ret | FUJ 3 | SUZ 2 | SUG 1 | SEN Ret | MOT 2 | FUJ C | SUZ 2 | 2nd | 40 |
Complete JGTC/Super GT results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Formula Nippon results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2008 | Dome Racing Team | Tatsuya Kataoka Daisuke Itō | Dome S102-Judd | LMP1 | 272 | 33rd | 13th |
External links
- Speedsport magazine profile
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Jiro Nakatani | Formula Toyota West Champion 1994 | Succeeded by Shinya Kurushima |
Preceded by | All-Japan Grand Touring Car Champion (GT500) 2001 with: Hironori Takeuchi | Succeeded by |
Preceded by Satoshi Motoyama Richard Lyons | Super GT (GT500) Champion 2005 with: Toranosuke Takagi | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Super GT (GT500) Champion 2013 with: Kohei Hirate | Succeeded by |
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- 1993: Masahiko Kageyama
- 1994: Masahiko Kageyama
- 1995: Masahiko Kageyama
- 1996: John Nielsen & David Brabham
- 1997: Pedro de la Rosa & Michael Krumm
- 1998: Érik Comas & Masami Kageyama
- 1999: Érik Comas
- 2000: Ryo Michigami
- 2001: Hironori Takeuchi & Yuji Tachikawa
- 2002: Juichi Wakisaka & Akira Iida
- 2003: Satoshi Motoyama & Michael Krumm
- 2004: Satoshi Motoyama & Richard Lyons
- 2005: Yuji Tachikawa & Toranosuke Takagi
- 2006: Juichi Wakisaka & Andre Lotterer
- 2007: Daisuke Itō & Ralph Firman
- 2008: Satoshi Motoyama & Benoît Tréluyer
- 2009: Juichi Wakisaka & Andre Lotterer
- 2010: Takashi Kogure & Loic Duval
- 2011: Ronnie Quintarelli & Masataka Yanagida
- 2012: Ronnie Quintarelli & Masataka Yanagida
- 2013: Yuji Tachikawa & Kohei Hirate
- 2014: Tsugio Matsuda & Ronnie Quintarelli
- 2015: Tsugio Matsuda & Ronnie Quintarelli
- 2016: Heikki Kovalainen & Kohei Hirate
- 2017: Ryō Hirakawa & Nick Cassidy
- 2018: Naoki Yamamoto & Jenson Button
- 2019: Kazuya Oshima & Kenta Yamashita
- 2020: Naoki Yamamoto & Tadasuke Makino
- 2021: Yuhi Sekiguchi & Shō Tsuboi
- 2022: Kazuki Hiramine & Bertrand Baguette
- 2023: Ritomo Miyata & Shō Tsuboi