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Yudai Igarashi

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Yudai Igarashi
五十嵐 勇大
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (1978-09-28) September 28, 1978 (age 46)
Yamagata, Japan
2003 Formula Nippon Championship
Years active2000-2003
TeamsTeam Nova
Mooncraft
Team LeMans
Starts33
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish13th in 2000
Previous series
2002-2003All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship GT500

Yudai Igarashi (五十嵐 勇大, Igarashi Yudai, born September 24, 1978) is a retired Japanese professional race car driver, who last competed in 2003.

Career

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Igarashi competed in British Formula 3 in the late 1990s before returning to Japan to compete in the 2000 Formula Nippon Championship with Team LeMans. He drove 10 races and scored 1 point, finishing 13th in the Drivers Championship. He would race in Formula Nippon for the next two seasons, with Team LeMans and Mooncraft. He scored no further points in the series. In 2003, he raced three times for Team Nova, again scoring no points.

Alongside his Formula Nippon racing, Igarashi raced GT cars. In 2000, competing in the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship Japan GT300 series with Super Autobacs Racing driving a Toyota MR-S. The team scored 13 points and finished the championship in 16th place. In 2002, he completed 3 races in the series for HKS driving a Mercedes CLK in the GT500 class. The following year, he returned to the GT500 class this time with Hitotsuyama Racing. He completed 4 races driving their McLaren F1 GTR, scoring 2 points and finishing 32nd in the championship.[1][2]

Complete Formula Nippon results

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(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 Team Le Mans SUZ
Ret
MOT
Ret
MIN
Ret
FUJ
12
SUZ
12
SUG
Ret
MOT
6
FUJ
10
MIN
16
SUZ
Ret
13th 1
2001 SUZ
9
MOT
Ret
MIN
Ret
FUJ
11
SUZ
7
SUG
8
FUJ
Ret
MIN
Ret
MOT
Ret
SUZ
8
NC 0
2002 Mooncraft SUZ
Ret
FUJ
Ret
MIN
11
SUZ
13
MOT
10
SUG
7
FUJ
Ret
MIN
Ret
MOT
13
SUZ
Ret
NC 0
2003 Team Nova SUZ FUJ MIN MOT SUZ
10
SUG
12
FUJ
Ret
MIN MOT SUZ NC 0

Complete JGTC results

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(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 DC Pts
2000 Super AUTOBACS Racing with A’PEX Toyota MR-S GT300 MOT
6
FUJ
10
SUG
6
FUJ
TAI
MIN
SUZ
16th 13
2002 HKS Mercedes-Benz CLK GT500 TAI FUJ
DNQ
SUG
DNQ
SEP FUJ MOT
Ret
MIN
Ret
SUZ
Ret
NC 0
2003 Hitotsuyama Racing McLaren F1 GTR GT500 TAI
13
FUJ
9
SUG
12
FUJ
FUJ
MOT
AUT
SUZ
20th 2
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References

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  1. ^ "Yudai Igarashi | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  2. ^ Magazine, Speedsport. "Yudai Igarashi: Racedriver biography - career and success". www.speedsport-magazine.com. Retrieved 2021-06-21.