Akihiro Asai (born September 13, 1975) is a Japanese race car driver. Started open-wheel racing in 1994.[1] Won East & West Japanese Formula 4 titles in 1997.[1] Also competed in Formula Holden Australian Driver's Championship (1998–1999, 2002) and CART Toyota Atlantic (2000). Started entering GT car racing in 2003 from Team Taisan in the Japanese GT Championship. Competed in the Japanese GT Championship and Super GT in 2004, 2005 and 2010. Also raced in the 2005 Super Taikyu Series championship. From 2010, started to participate racing in south east Asia region and in 2011 won the Supercar Thailand N.A. class Championship. Races widely in GT Asia, Asian Le Mans Series, Thailand Super Series.
Racing record[edit]
Complete Super GT results[edit]
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Team Taisan | Porsche 911 GT3R | GT300 | TAI 1 | FUJ 11 | SUG 13 | FUJ 8 | FUJ 10 | MOT 18 | AUT 9 | SUZ 5 | 10th | 38 |
| 2004 | Team Taisan | Porsche 911 GT3R | GT300 | TAI | SUG | SEP 10 | TOK | MOT | AUT | SUZ | 22nd | 1 | |
| 2005 | Teramoto | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | GT300 | OKA | FUJ | SEP | SUG 13 | MOT | FUJ | AUT | SUZ | NC | 0 |
| 2010 | LMP Motorsport | Ferrari F430 GTC | GT300 | SUZ | OKA | FUJ | SEP | SUG | SUZ 11 | FUJ C | MOT 15 | NC | 0 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "A.Satoh's Special Interview with Akihiro Asai". 2000-07-30. Retrieved 2010-08-30. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)[permanent dead link]
- Driver Database stats
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