FJ1600 Super Taikyu (ST-1) Super GT (GT300) Super Taikyu (ST-Z)
Hiroki Yoshida (吉田広樹, Yoshida Hiroki, born December 21, 1983) is a Japanese racing driver. He currently competes in Super GT in the GT300 category and the Super Taikyu Series in the ST-Z category, both for Saitama Green Brave.
Yoshida began his with racing career in 2004 competing in the J1600 Series, where he won the championship the following year. He then move to Formula Challenge Japan in 2006.[1] In 2007, Yoshida began competing in the Super Taikyu Series[1] and the following year, he took part with the Petronas Syntium Team where his team won the ST-1 championship.[2][3] In 2010, he competed in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship, where he was signed to Hanashima Racing.[4]
Super GT
In 2011, Yoshida began racing in the Super GT racing series in the GT300 class, driving for ThunderAsia Racing. He later moved to Team A Speed in 2012.
In 2014, Yoshida returned to Super GT, competing for Tomei Sports where he would race for them the following season.[5][6] For the 2016 season, he signed with Gulf Racing with Pacific.[7] In 2017, he signed with Gainer, remaining with the team the following season.[8][9] In 2019, Yoshida transferred from Gainer to Green Brave, partnering with Shigekazu Wakisaka.[10] The following season his team switched to a Toyota GR Supra GT300 and Kohta Kawaai would become his new teammate.[11] Yoshida and Kawaai won two races and they finished second in the standings behind Kondo Racing of Kiyoto Fujinami and João Paulo de Oliveira.[12] In 2022, they managed to clinch a win at Autopolis as well as another podium, and Yoshida himself finished 5th in the standings.[13]
In 2023, Saitama Toyopet Green Brave retained both Yoshida and Kawaai[14] and both of them claimed 2 wins and 3 podiums en route to their GT300 championship, which they clinched in the season finale.[15]
Racing record
Complete Super GT results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
^"Run Up が今季 GT300 参戦体制発表。Does とコラボ" [Run Up are announced for GT300 this season by race organisation. In collaboration with DOES.] (in Japanese). as-web.jp. February 21, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2015.