Yudai Igarashi

Yudai Igarashi 五十嵐 勇大
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1978-09-28) September 28, 1978 Yamagata, Japan
2003 Formula Nippon Championship
Years active	2000-2003
Teams	Team Nova Mooncraft Team LeMans
Starts	33
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	13th in 2000
Previous series
2002-2003	All 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

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.

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	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

(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

External links

• Yudai Igarashi photos - Autosport
• Yudai Igarashi - Formula Nippon results - Motorsport Magazine
• Yudai Igarashi - Flickr