Hiroki Yoshimoto
| Hiroki Yoshimoto | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Born | September 2, 1980 Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan |
| World Touring Car Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2011 |
| Current team | NIKA Racing |
| Car no. | 67 |
| Former teams | Tuenti Racing Team |
| Starts | 6 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | NC in 2011–2013 |
| Previous series | |
| 2005–06 2008–09 |
GP2 Series GP2 Asia Series |
| Daiki Yoshimoto | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Hiroki Yoshimoto |
| Born | September 2, 1980 |
| Origin | Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Vocalist, Race car driver |
| Instruments | Vocalist |
| Years active | 2004 - |
| Labels | Giza Studio |
| Associated acts | doa |
Hiroki Yoshimoto (吉本 大樹 Yoshimoto Hiroki?) (born 2 September 1980 in Osaka) is a Japanese race car driver. He raced in the 2005 GP2 Series for the BCN Competicion team, alongside the Venezuelan E. J. Viso. For 2006 he was initially teamed with the more experienced Timo Glock of Germany. In addition to his racing, he is also the vocalist for Japanese rock band doa under the name Daiki Yoshimoto (吉本 大樹 Yoshimoto Daiki?, "Daiki" and "Hiroki" are written identically in Japanese).[1]
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Racing career
Yoshimoto is the only driver in GP2 Series to have driven the bulk of his pre-GP2 career in Asia, the rest of the series mainly moving up the ranks in South America or Europe. Yoshimoto started out in 1999, competing in Japanese Formula Junior 1600. He moved for Japanese Formula Toyota in 2000, racing in Korean F1800 later in the year. A move to Japanese Formula Three for 2001 was his reward for hard work, although his stint with the Yellow Hat team resulted in only two races.
He got his first taste of a full Japanese F3 season in 2002, though, with the Now team. He achieved 1 win, 1 pole position and two other podium finishes, finishing 8th in the championship. He also finished respectively 5th in the prestigious Macau Grand Prix. He stayed with the team for 2003 finishing 10th in the championship before moving on in 2004 for the Japanese GT Series. He also drove two races of the World Series by Nissan of the same year, for the Gabord team.
On 3 and 4 November 2007, Yoshimoto took part in the Formula Asia V6 by Renault Championship at the Zhuhai International Circuit. He won round 11 ahead of James Winslow and Armaan Ebrahim but stalled on the grid for round 12 and eventually finished 5th.
He returned to GP2 for 2008, driving for the Qi-Meritus Mahara team in the GP2 Asia Series. He continued in the series for the 2008–09 season with the BCN Competición team. However, BCN was purchased and renamed as Ocean Racing Technology after the first round of the season, and Yoshimoto was replaced by Yelmer Buurman.[2]
Racing record
Complete GP2 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | BCN Competición | SMR FEA Ret |
SMR SPR 9 |
ESP FEA Ret |
ESP SPR 17 |
MON FEA DNS |
EUR FEA 11 |
EUR SPR Ret |
FRA FEA 6 |
FRA SPR 2 |
GBR FEA 13 |
GBR SPR Ret |
GER FEA 12 |
GER SPR Ret |
HUN FEA 13 |
HUN SPR 17 |
TUR FEA 8 |
TUR SPR 10 |
ITA FEA 10 |
ITA SPR 16 |
BEL FEA Ret |
BEL SPR 17 |
BHR FEA 7 |
BHR SPR 6 |
16th | 14 |
| 2006 | BCN Competición | VAL FEA Ret |
VAL SPR 12 |
SMR FEA 8 |
SMR SPR 3 |
EUR FEA 8 |
EUR SPR 4 |
ESP FEA Ret |
ESP SPR Ret |
MON FEA Ret |
GBR FEA Ret |
GBR SPR 17 |
FRA FEA 9 |
FRA SPR Ret |
GER FEA 23 |
GER SPR Ret |
HUN FEA Ret |
HUN SPR Ret |
TUR FEA Ret |
TUR SPR 19 |
ITA FEA 8 |
ITA SPR 5 |
15th | 12 |
Complete GP2 Asia Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Qi-Meritus Mahara | UAE FEA 6 |
UAE SPR 4 |
IND FEA Ret |
IND SPR 20 |
MAL FEA Ret |
MAL SPR 10 |
BHR FEA 12 |
BHR SPR 4 |
UAE FEA 5 |
UAE SPR 13 |
10th | 13 | ||
| 2008–09 | BCN Competición | CHN FEA Ret |
CHN SPR 8 |
UAE FEA |
UAE SPR |
BHR FEA |
BHR SPR |
QAT FEA |
QAT SPR |
MAL FEA |
MAL SPR |
BHR FEA |
BHR SPR |
24th | 0 |
Complete Super GT results
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Team LeyJun | Vemac RD320R | GT300 | TAI 6 |
SUG 6 |
SEP 14 |
TOK 22 |
MOT 19 |
AUT | SUZ | 12th | 16 | ||
| 2005 | Direxiv | Vemac RD320R | GT300 | OKA | FUJ | SEP | SUG | MOT | FUJ | AUT 10 |
SUZ 14 |
22nd | 1 | |
| 2006 | Cars Tokai Dream28 | Mooncraft Shiden | GT300 | SUZ | OKA | FUJ | SEP | SUG | SUZ 5 |
MOT | AUT | FUJ | 23rd | 11 |
| 2007 | Cars Tokai Dream28 | Mooncraft Shiden | GT300 | SUZ | OKA | FUJ | SEP | SUG | SUZ 1 |
MOT | AUT | FUJ | 14th | 24 |
| 2008 | Cars Tokai Dream28 | Mooncraft Shiden | GT300 | SUZ | OKA | FUJ | SEP | SUG | SUZ Ret |
MOT | AUT | FUJ | 7th | 111 |
| 2009 | Cars Tokai Dream28 | Mooncraft Shiden | GT300 | OKA | SUZ 7 |
FUJ 9 |
SEP 1 |
SUG 2 |
SUZ 3 |
FUJ 5 |
AUT 16 |
MOT 16 |
8th | 58 |
| 2010 | A speed | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 | GT300 | SUZ DSQ |
OKA 15 |
FUJ 3 |
SEP 12 |
SUG 11 |
SUZ Ret |
FUJ C |
MOT 23 |
14th | 11 | |
| 2011 | A speed | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 | GT300 | OKA 1 |
FUJ Ret |
SEP Ret |
SUG 8 |
SUZ 12 |
FUJ 9 |
AUT 11 |
MOT 4 |
8th | 33 | |
| 2012 | A speed | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | GT300 | OKA 11 |
FUJ 3 |
SEP 3 |
SUG Ret |
SUZ 1 |
FUJ Ret |
AUT 1 |
MOT 5 |
2nd | 73 | |
| 2013 | JLOC | Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 | GT300 | OKA 3 |
FUJ 7 |
SEP Ret |
SUG 5 |
SUZ Ret |
FUJ 20 |
FUJ | AUT 10 |
MOT 8 |
11th | 25 |
| 2014 | LM corsa | BMW Z4 GT3 | GT300 | OKA 22 |
FUJ 21 |
AUT 7 |
SUG 10 |
FUJ 5 |
SUZ 1 |
BUR 4 |
MOT 15 |
6th | 44 | |
| 2015 | LM corsa | Lexus RC F GT3 | GT300 | OKA 10 |
FUJ Ret |
CHA Ret |
FUJ 15 |
SUZ 19 |
SUG 22 |
AUT 10 |
MOT 17 |
27th | 2 |
* Season still in progress.
References
External links
- Hiroki Yoshimoto career summary at DriverDB.com
