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Akira Iida (Shinjitai: 飯田 章, Iida Akira, born 18 December 1969 in Sagamihara, Kanagawa) is a Japanese racing driver currently competing in the Super GT series in GT300 class with LM corsa, one of the teams under Toyota Motorsport's GAZOO racing arm. Iida won the 2002 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship GT500 class with Esso Toyota Team LeMans, driving with Juichi Wakisaka. He also won 2013 Asian Le Mans Series GTE class driving for Team Taisan Ken Endless.
| Nationality | Japanese |
|---|---|
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Years | 1994-1996, 2000 |
| Teams | Team Kunimitsu Honda, TV Asahi Team Dragon |
| Best finish | 8th (1995, 2000) |
| Class wins | 1 (1995) |
Iida was also a presenter on the Japanese Best Motoring TV series.
Career edit
Iida has competed in Super GT since 1994; he has five career wins and also won the driver's title in 2002.
Iida have also driven in Formula 3000 and Formula Nippon.
Being experienced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Akira Iida did also participate in the 2008 24 Hours Nürburgring race as well as in VLN endurance races, winning his class twice with a Lexus LF-A.
On August 31, 2011, Iida recorded a lap time of 7:14.64 in a fully road-legal Lexus LFA Nürburgring Package around the Nürburgring Nordschleife. This marked a new fastest time for regular production cars, running on standard specification tyres.
Racing record edit
24 Hours of Le Mans edit
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 |  Kremer Honda Racing Team Kunimitsu | Kunimitsu Takahashi Keiichi Tsuchiya | Honda NSX | GT2 | 222 | 18th | 9th |
| 1995 | Team Kunimitsu Honda | Kunimitsu Takahashi Keiichi Tsuchiya | Honda NSX | GT2 | 275 | 8th | 1st |
| 1996 | Team Kunimitsu Honda | Kunimitsu Takahashi Keiichi Tsuchiya | Honda NSX | GT2 | 305 | 16th | 3rd |
| 2000 | TV Asahi Team Dragon | Keiichi Tsuchiya Masahiko Kondō | Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S-Élan | LMP900 | 330 | 8th | 7th |
| 2002 | Team Taisan Advan | Atsushi Yogo Kazuyuki Nishizawa | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | GT | 316 | 21st | 3rd |
| 2003 | Team Taisan Advan | Atsushi Yogo Kazuyuki Nishizawa | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | GT | 304 | 19th | 4th |
Complete JTC/JTCC results edit
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | NISMO | Nissan Skyline GT-R | JTC-1 | MIN 14 | AUT 5 | SUG 3 | SUZ 5 | AID 2 | TSU 1 | TOK 2 | SEN 18 | FUJ 3 | 4th | 119 | |||||||||
| 1994 | NISMO | Nissan Sunny | AUT 1 | AUT 2 | SUG 1 | SUG 2 | TOK 1 | TOK 2 | SUZ 1 | SUZ 2 | MIN 1 | MIN 2 | AID 1 14 | AID 2 13 | TSU 1 4 | TSU 2 2 | SEN 1 8 | SEN 2 Ret | FUJ 1 12 | FUJ 2 10 | 13th | 24 | |
| 1995 | NISMO | Nissan Sunny | FUJ 1 | FUJ 2 | SUG 1 Ret | SUG 2 DNS | TOK 1 10 | TOK 2 7 | SUZ 1 6 | SUZ 2 Ret | MIN 1 1 | MIN 2 7 | AID 1 6 | AID 2 4 | SEN 1 2 | SEN 2 3 | FUJ 1 Ret | FUJ 2 6 | 6th | 67 | |||
| 1997 | HKS Opel Team Japan | Opel Vectra | FUJ 1 C | FUJ 2 C | AID 1 10 | AID 2 Ret | SUG 1 4 | SUG 2 5 | SUZ 1 6 | SUZ 2 Ret | MIN 1 Ret | MIN 2 DNS | SEN 1 3 | SEN 2 1 | TOK 1 12 | TOK 2 DNS | FUJ 1 13 | FUJ 2 Ret | 8th | 43 |
Japanese Top Formula Championship results edit
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Shionogi Team Nova | SUZ Ret | FUJ C | MIN Ret | SUZ | SUG 8 | FUJ 11 | TOK Ret | FUJ 11 | SUZ 11 | NC | 0 | |
| 1997 | Shionogi Team Nova | SUZ 6 | MIN 3 | FUJ Ret | SUZ 7 | SUG Ret | FUJ 5 | MIN 10 | MOT 11 | FUJ Ret | SUZ 13 | 10th | 7 |
| 1998 | Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo | SUZ | MIN | FUJ 8 | MOT Ret | SUZ Ret | SUG 9 | FUJ C | MIN Ret | FUJ 5 | SUZ 12 | 14th | 2 |
| 1999 | Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo | SUZ 7 | MOT Ret | MIN Ret | FUJ 16 | SUZ Ret | SUG 10 | FUJ Ret | MIN Ret | MOT 13 | SUZ 12 | NC | 0 |
International Formula 3000 results edit
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Nordic Racing | NÜR 14 | PAU 8 | PER 11 | HOC 12 | SIL 13 | SPA Ret | MAG 14 | EST 12 | MUG 18 | HOC 9 | NC | 0 |
Complete JGTC/Super GT Results edit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
External links edit
- Official site
- SuperGT.net profile
- Photo and CV (in German)