Takeshi Tsuchiya

Takeshi Tsuchiya (土屋 武士, Tsuchiya Takeshi, born November 4, 1972) is a professional race car driver.^[1][2][3]

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
1994	Team Cerumo	Toyota	SUZ Ret										13th	2
	Toel			FUJ 16	TSU 19	SUZ 9	SEN 8	TOK 17	MIN 9	TAI 11	SUG 5	SUZ 9
1995	Endless Sports		SUZ 6	TSU 14	MIN	SUZ 9	TAI 7	SUG	FUJ 10	SUZ 11	SEN		?	1
1996	Team Nova / Carisma Ralliart	HKS	SUZ 9	TSU 16	MIN DNS	FUJ 7	SUZ 6	SUG 5	SEN 3	SUZ DNS	FUJ C		6th	7
1997			SUZ 3	TSU 2	MIN 1	FUJ 1	SUZ 6	SUG 3	SEN Ret	MOT 3	FUJ C	SUZ 6	3rd	31
2000	Pal Sport	Nissan	SUZ 3	TSU DNS	FUJ	MIN 14	TAI Ret	SUZ Ret	SUG 12	MOT 17	SEN 4	SUZ 5	8th	9

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1998	Courage Compétition	Patrice Gay Fredrik Ekblom	Courage C51	LMP1	126	DNF	DNF

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	Olympic KONDO Racing Team	SUZ	MOT	MIN	FUJ	SUZ		SUG		MOT		FUJ	MIN 10	SUZ	NC	0
2001	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	SUZ 10	MOT 11	MIN 3	FUJ Ret	SUZ 3		SUG Ret		FUJ 14		MIN 2	MOT 6	SUZ 5	8th	17
2002	Team LeMans	SUZ 2	FUJ 6	MIN 3	SUZ Ret	MOT 2		SUG 4		FUJ Ret		MIN 7	MOT 6	SUZ 2	4th	27
2003	Forum eng, ARTA Team LeMans	SUZ 14	FUJ Ret	MIN 2	MOT 4	SUZ 5		SUG 7		FUJ 6		MIN 12	MOT 6	SUZ 4	8th	16
2004	Team LeMans	SUZ 11	SUG 10	MOT 7	SUZ 11	SUG 9		MIN 5		SEP Ret		MOT Ret	SUZ 5		13th	4
2005	Forum Engineering Team LeMans	MOT 5	SUZ Ret	SUG 4	FUJ Ret	SUZ Ret		MIN 5		FUJ 5		MOT 3	SUG Ret		8th	13
2006	DHG TOM'S RACING	FUJ 9	SUZ 10	MOT Ret	SUZ 7	AUT 9		FUJ Ret		SUG 8		MOT 8	SUZ 5		13th	2
2008	DoCoMo TEAM DANDELION RACING	FUJ 8	SUZ 14	MOT 14	OKA 12	SUZ 1 16	SUZ 2 Ret	MOT 1 8	MOT 2 14	FUJ 1 11	FUJ 2 11	SUG 14			17th	4

Complete JGTC/Super GT 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	9	DC	Pts
1995	Team Taisan	Porsche 911 GT2	GT1	SUZ	FUJ 7	SEN	FUJ 5	SUG	MIN				24th	4
1996			GT500	SUZ 12	FUJ 7	SEN Ret	FUJ DNQ						20th	4
	Team Taisan Jr.	Toyota MR2	GT300					SUG 4					12th	18
	Imuraya Racing Team								MIN 5
1997	Tsuchiya Engineering		GT300	SUZ 3	FUJ Ret	SEN 1	FUJ 5	MIN	SUG 3				3rd	52
1998	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Nissan Skyline GT-R	GT500	SUZ 13	FUJ C	SEN 11	FUJ 6	MOT 6	MIN 9	SUG 8			12th	17
1999	Nismo	Nissan Silvia	GT300	SUZ 9	FUJ Ret	SUG 1	MIN 1	FUJ Ret	TAI 1	MOT 4			2nd	72
2000	Toyota Castrol Team TOM'S	Toyota Supra	GT500	MOT Ret	FUJ 12	SUG 9	FUJ 5	TAI 14	MIN Ret	SUZ 9			17th	12
2001	Toyota Team TOM'S		GT500	TAI 11	FUJ 10	SUG 8	FUJ 8	MOT 5	SUZ 5	MIN 7			12th	27
2002			GT500	TAI 8	FUJ 14	SUG 10	SEP 2	FUJ 5	MOT 6	MIN 3	SUZ 9		7th	52
2003			GT500	TAI 6	FUJ 10	SUG 2	FUJ 7	FUJ 5	MOT 2	AUT 8	SUZ 8		5th	61
2004			GT500	TAI 7	SUG 7	SEP 10	TOK 4	MOT 5	AUT 7	SUZ 2			7th	43
2005			GT500	OKA 2	FUJ 10	SEP 3	SUG 3	MOT 7	FUJ 5	AUT 8	SUZ 5		4th	60
2006	Toyota Team Tsuchiya		GT500	SUZ 8	OKA 9	FUJ 6	SEP 10	SUG 12	SUZ Ret	MOT 12	AUT 15	FUJ 9	19th	18
2007		Lexus SC430	GT500	SUZ 9	OKA 6	FUJ Ret	SEP 5	SUG 8	SUZ Ret	MOT 8	AUT 10	FUJ 12	17th	20
2008			GT500	SUZ 11	OKA 11	FUJ 8	SEP 4	SUG 4	SUZ 14	MOT 10	AUT 12	FUJ 8	15th	23
2009	Team Nova	Aston Martin DBR9	GT500	OKA 14	SUZ	FUJ 14	SEP	SUG	SUZ	FUJ 14	AUT	MOT	NC	0
2010	Samurai Team Tsuchiya	Porsche 911 GT3RSR	GT300	SUZ	OKA	FUJ 7	SEP	SUG 4	SUZ Ret	FUJ C	MOT 6		13th	17
2011			GT300	OKA Ret	FUJ 3	SEP Ret	SUG 4	SUZ 9	FUJ 5	AUT 5	MOT 19		9th	33
2012	Team Art Taste	Porsche 911 GT3-R	GT300	OKA 5	FUJ Ret	SEP	SUG	SUZ					18th	8
	Green Tec & Leon with Shift	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3							FUJ DNS	AUT	MOT
2013	Okinawa-IMP Racing with Shift		GT300	OKA 4	FUJ 4	SEP 12	SUG 4	SUZ 2	FUJ 10	AUT 3	MOT 7		5th	60
2014	R'Qs MotorSports		GT300	OKA 20	FUJ 11	AUT 17	SUG	FUJ	SUZ				NC	0
	Toyota Team Thailand	Toyota 86 MC								CHA 14	MOT
2015	VivaC team Tsuchiya		GT300	OKA 6	FUJ Ret	CHA 7	FUJ 5	SUZ 23	SUG 1	AUT Ret	MOT 12		10th	35
2016			GT300	OKA 6	FUJ 3	SUG 2	FUJ 13	SUZ 22	CHA 1	MOT 7	MOT 1		1st	78
2018	Tsuchiya Engineering		GT300	OKA	FUJ Ret	SUZ	CHA	FUJ	SUG	AUT	MOT		NC	0
2019			GT300	OKA	FUJ 18	SUZ	CHA	FUJ 26	AUT	SUG	MOT		NC	0

References

1. "Takeshi Tsuchiya | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
2. O'Connell, R. J. (2016-12-03). "Takeshi Tsuchiya: A champion at last". Super GT World. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
3. Magazine, Speedsport. "Takeshi Tsuchiya: Racedriver biography - career and success". www.speedsport-magazine.com. Retrieved 2021-06-21.