Hiroki Yoshida | |
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Nationality | Japanese |
Born | Kumamoto, Japan | December 21, 1983
Super GT GT300 career | |
Debut season | 2011 |
Current team | Saitama Green Brave |
Car number | 52 |
Former teams |
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Starts | 84 |
Wins | 6 |
Podiums | 14 |
Poles | 2 |
Fastest laps | 4 |
Best finish | 1st in 2023 |
Championship titles | |
2005 2008 2023 2023 | 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 won the 2023 Super GT Championship in the GT300 class and the 2023 Super Taikyu Championship in the ST-Z class.
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]
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]
(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 | Position | Points |
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2011 | ThunderAsia Racing | Mosler MT900M | GT300 | OKA 15 |
FUJ 16 |
SEP 15 |
SUG Ret |
SUZ 18 |
FUJ 20 |
AUT 19 |
MOT 18 |
NC | 0 |
2012 | A speed | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | OKA | FUJ | SEP Ret |
SUG | SUZ 1 |
FUJ | AUT | MOT | NC | 0 | |
2014 | Tomei Sports | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 | OKA 16 |
FUJ 16 |
AUT |
SUG 18 |
FUJ 24 |
SUZ 20 |
BUR | MOT 18 |
NC | 0 | |
2015 | OKA 24 |
FUJ 15 |
BUR | FUJ 21 |
SUZ Ret |
SUG Ret |
AUT 14 |
MOT 23 |
NC | 0 | |||
2016 | Gulf Racing with Pacific | Porsche 911 GT3R | OKA DNQ |
FUJ Ret |
SUG 13 |
FUJ 21 |
SUZ 13 |
BUR 17 |
MOT 22 |
MOT 8 |
23rd | 3 | |
2017 | Gainer | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 | OKA 6 |
FUJ 24 |
AUT 15 |
SUG 21 |
FUJ 16 |
SUZ 5 |
BUR 18 |
MOT 19 |
18th | 13 | |
2018 | OKA 13 |
FUJ 11 |
SUZ 10 |
BUR Ret |
FUJ 8 |
SUG 2 |
AUT 9 |
MOT 15 |
16th | 22 | |||
2019 | Saitama Toyopet Green Brave | Toyota Mark X MC | OKA 3 |
FUJ 13 |
SUZ 27 |
BUR 23 |
FUJ 2 |
AUT 24 |
SUG 8 |
MOT 13 |
9th | 27.5 | |
2020 | Toyota GR Supra GT300 | FUJ 1 |
FUJ 6 |
SUZ 12 |
MOT 25 |
FUJ 4 |
SUZ Ret |
MOT 4 |
FUJ 1 |
2nd | 62 | ||
2021 | OKA 3 |
FUJ 27 |
SUZ 18 |
MOT 3 |
SUG 21 |
AUT 4 |
MOT 9 |
FUJ 9 |
9th | 34 | |||
2022 | OKA 26 |
FUJ | SUZ 4 |
FUJ 14 |
SUZ 4 |
SUG 18 |
AUT 1 |
MOT 3 |
5th | 47 | |||
2023 | OKA 5 |
FUJ 3 |
SUZ 3 |
FUJ 9 |
SUZ Ret |
SUG 1 |
AUT 1 |
MOT 7 |
1st | 74 |
* Season still in progress.