Kazuyoshi Hoshino
In 2010, as the team principal of Impul
Born (1947-07-01) 1 July 1947 (age 76)
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityJapanese
Active years1976 – 1977
TeamsHeros Racing
Entries2
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1976 Japanese Grand Prix
Last entry1977 Japanese Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years1986–1990, 1995–1998
TeamsNismo, TOM'S
Best finish3rd (1998)

Kazuyoshi Hoshino (Shinjitai: 星野 一義, Hoshino Kazuyoshi, born in Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, 1 July 1947) is a Japanese former racing driver and businessman.[1]

Motorsport career

Hoshino's nickname was "the fastest man/guy in Japan" (日本一速い男, Nippon ichi hayai otoko). He won the Japanese motocross national championships in the 90cc and 125cc classes for Kawasaki in 1968 before switching to cars as a Nissan factory driver in 1969.[2]

Hoshino participated in two Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 24 October 1976 at the Japanese Grand Prix, making him – along with compatriots Noritake Takahara and Masahiro Hasemi – the first Japanese driver to start a Formula One Grand Prix.[3] Driving a Tyrrell-Ford for Heros Racing, he ran as high as fourth, but retired having used up his tyre supply. He returned in 1977 and once again entered the Japanese Grand Prix driving for Heros Racing. He finished in eleventh place driving a year-old Kojima-Ford.[4] He scored no championship points in his Formula 1 career.[5]

His only major world championship win was in the 1985 World Sportscar Championship round at the Fuji 1000 race, which was boycotted by many competing teams due to torrential rain.[6]

Hoshino won the Japanese Formula 2000 championship in 1975 and 1977, before winning the Japanese Formula Two championship in 1978.[7][8] He then competed in the Japanese Formula 3000 championship, winning that title in 1987, 1990 and 1993.[9] His 6 championships and 39 race wins still stand as series records.

Hoshino also dominated the Fuji Grand Champion Series in the 1970s and 1980s. He won five titles in 1978, 1982, 1984, 1985 and 1987, collecting 28 wins and 42 podiums.

Like his compatriot, Masahiro Hasemi, he continued his career racing for Nissan, driving a Skyline GT-R to win the Japanese Touring Car Championship in 1990. Hoshino drove a Nissan R90C with Toshio Suzuki to win the 1990 Suzuka 1000 race.[6] Hoshino and Suzuki also won the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship in 1991 and 1992.[10] Along with Nissan Motorsports teammates Aguri Suzuki and Masahiko Kageyama, Hoshino drove a Nissan R390 GT1 to a third-place finish at the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans.[11]

Hoshino retired from racing in 2002 and now continues to run his own Super GT team and his own Nissan specialised aftermarket parts company, Impul. Since 2003, his racing team has won the Formula Nippon championship seven times in eight years. His son, Kazuki Hoshino, currently competes in Super GT driving for GAINER in the GT300 class.

Racing record

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All Japan FJ1300 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points
1974 Tomei Automobile March 733 Nissan SUZ
1 		FUJ SUZ SUZ SUZ SUZ
Ret 		SUZ SUZ
Ret 		7th 20
1975 Tomei Automobile March 733 Nissan SUZ
3 		SUZ TSU
Ret 		SUZ FUJ
Ret 		FUJ
1 		MIN
1 		SUZ
Ret 		SUZ
2 		3rd 67
1976 Tomei Automobile March 733 Nissan SUZ
1 		FUJ
3 		SUZ SUZ
2 		SUZ
1 		1st 67

Complete All Japan F2000/All Japan F2/All Japan F3000/Formula Nippon results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine Tyre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points
1974 Kojima Engineering Surtees TS15 Ford BDA B SUZ SUZ SUZ SUZ
3 		5th 10
1975 Victory Circle Club March 742 BMW M12 B FUJ SUZ
2 		FUJ
1 		SUZ
3 		SUZ
1 		1st 59
1976 Heros Racing Corporation[12] March 742/Nova 512B BMW M12 B FUJ
Ret 		SUZ FUJ
1 		SUZ
1 		SUZ
DNS 		4th 40
1977 Heros Racing Corporation Nova 512B/Nova 532P BMW M12 B SUZ
3 		SUZ
1 		MIN SUZ
2 		FUJ
1 		FUJ
1 		SUZ
Ret 		SUZ
2 		1st 90 (102)
1978 Heros Racing Corporation Nova 532 BMW M12 B SUZ
1 		FUJ
1 		SUZ
3 		SUZ
Ret 		SUZ
1 		MIN SUZ
12 		1st 76
1979 Heros Racing Corporation March 792/Nova 532Kai BMW M12 B SUZ
2 		MIN SUZ
2 		FUJ
10 		SUZ
2 		SUZ
6 		SUZ
1 		2nd 78 (79)
1980 Heros Racing Corporation March 802 BMW M12 B SUZ
3 		MIN
2 		SUZ
4 		SUZ
Ret 		SUZ
2 		SUZ
1 		2nd 65
1981 Heros Racing Corporation Lola T850 BMW M12 B SUZ
2 		SUZ
10 		SUZ
1 		SUZ
3 		SUZ
Ret 		2nd 48
1982 Heros Racing Corporation Lola T850/March 822 BMW M12 B SUZ
3 		FUJ
Ret 		SUZ
Ret 		SUZ
1 		SUZ
5 		SUZ
2 		2nd 55
1983 Hoshino Racing March 832 BMW M12 B SUZ
4 		FUJ
DSQ 		MIN
3 		SUZ
2 		SUZ
2 		FUJ
3 		SUZ
2 		SUZ
3 		2nd 79 (89)
1984 Hoshino Racing March 842 BMW M12 B SUZ
2 		FUJ
2 		MIN
1 		SUZ
2 		SUZ
2 		FUJ
5 		SUZ
2 		SUZ
Ret 		3rd 95 (103)
1985 Hoshino Racing March 85J Honda B SUZ
10 		FUJ
2 		MIN
2 		SUZ
DNS 		SUZ
1 		FUJ
11 		SUZ
14 		SUZ
DNS 		4th 51
1986 Hoshino Racing March 86J Honda B SUZ
Ret 		FUJ
3 		MIN
Ret 		SUZ
2 		SUZ
1 		FUJ
Ret 		SUZ
1 		SUZ
1 		2nd 87
1987 Hoshino Racing March 87B/Lola T87-50 Honda RA387E B SUZ
1 		FUJ
10 		MIN
2 		SUZ
1 		SUZ
1 		SUG
1 		FUJ
6 		SUZ
2 		SUZ
2 		1st 132
1988 Cabin Racing Team with Impul Lola T88/50 Mugen MF308 B SUZ
1 		FUJ
2 		MIN
3 		SUZ
2 		SUG
3 		FUJ
Ret 		SUZ
1 		SUZ
1 		2nd 43
1989 Cabin Racing Team with Impul Lola T88/50/Lola T89-50 Mugen MF308 B SUZ
1 		FUJ
Ret 		MIN
Ret 		SUZ
Ret 		SUG
Ret 		FUJ
1 		SUZ
3 		SUZ
Ret 		3rd 22
1990 Cabin Racing Team with Impul Lola T90/50 Mugen MF308 B SUZ
1 		FUJ
1 		MIN
4 		SUZ
16 		SUG
3 		FUJ
1 		FUJ
1 		SUZ
1 		FUJ
5 		SUZ
1 		1st 58 (63)
1991 Cabin Racing Team with Impul Lola T90/50/Lola T91/50 Mugen MF308 B SUZ
Ret 		AUT
2 		FUJ
1 		MIN
Ret 		SUZ
Ret 		SUG
Ret 		FUJ
1 		SUZ
Ret 		FUJ
C 		SUZ
Ret 		FUJ
Ret 		4th 24
1992 Cabin Racing Team with Impul Lola T91/50/Lola T92/50/Reynard 92D Mugen MF308/Cosworth DFV B SUZ
2 		FUJ
Ret 		MIN
DNS 		SUZ
Ret 		AUT
Ret 		SUG
7 		FUJ
3 		FUJ
Ret 		SUZ
Ret 		FUJ
12 		SUZ
13 		12th 10
1993 Nisseki Impul Racing Team Lola T92/50 Cosworth DFV B SUZ
2 		FUJ
1 		MIN
Ret 		SUZ
2 		AUT
C 		SUG
Ret 		FUJ
C 		FUJ
Ret 		SUZ
5 		FUJ
1 		SUZ
Ret 		1st 32
1994 Nisseki Impul Racing Team Lola T92/50/Lola T93-50 Mugen MF308 B SUZ
Ret 		FUJ
7 		MIN
Ret 		SUZ
Ret 		SUG
Ret 		FUJ
5 		SUZ
15 		FUJ
Ret 		FUJ
4 		SUZ
6 		8th 6
1995 Nisseki Impul Racing Team Lola T93/50/Lola T94-50 Mugen MF308 B SUZ
11 		FUJ
C 		MIN
3 		SUZ
6 		SUG
Ret 		FUJ
2 		TOK
Ret 		FUJ
2 		SUZ
4 		4th 20
1996 Calsonic RACING TEAM with IMPUL Lola T96/52 Mugen MF308 B SUZ
1 		MIN
Ret 		FUJ
3 		TOK
4 		SUZ
5 		SUG
2 		FUJ
Ret 		MIN
Ret 		SUZ
2 		FUJ
Ret 		3rd 31

Complete Fuji Grand Championship results

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 DC Points
1972 Nissan Sports Car Club Nissan Fairlady 240ZG Nissan FUJ
1
4 		FUJ
2 		FUJ
3
Ret 		FUJ
4 		9th 15
1973 Nissan Sports Car Club Nissan Fairlady 240ZG Nissan FUJ
1
5 		FUJ
2 		FUJ
3 		FUJ
4 		FUJ
5 		15th 8
1974 Sakai Racing Team March 73S BMW M12 FUJ
1 		FUJ
2 		FUJ
3 		FUJ
4
Ret 		FUJ
5 		FUJ
6 		NC 0
1975 ? March 74S BMW M12 FUJ
1 		FUJ
2 		FUJ
3 		FUJ
4
2 		FUJ
5
Ret 		8th 16
1976 Heroes Racing Corporation March 74S BMW M12 FUJ
1
14 		FUJ
2 		FUJ
3
6 		FUJ
4
12 		FUJ
5
1 		6th 28
1977 Heroes Racing Corporation March 74S BMW M12 FUJ
1
1 		FUJ
2
8 		FUJ
3
Ret 		FUJ
4
1 		FUJ
5
1 		2nd 63
1978 Heroes Racing Corporation March 74S/Nova 53S BMW M12 FUJ
1
1 		FUJ
2
1 		FUJ
3
Ret 		FUJ
4
1 		FUJ
5
16 		1st 27
1979 Heroes Racing Corporation Nova 53S/Nova 54S BMW M12 FUJ
1
4 		FUJ
2
1 		FUJ
3
Ret 		FUJ
4
Ret 		5th 30
1980 Heroes Racing Corporation MCS(Nova) BMW M12 FUJ
1
Ret 		FUJ
2
1 		FUJ
3
7 		FUJ
4
6 		5th 30
1981 Heroes Racing Corporation MCS (Nova)/MCS II(March 792) BMW M12 FUJ
1
6 		FUJ
2
3 		FUJ
3
2 		FUJ
4
12 		4th 33
1982 Heroes Racing Corporation MCS II(March 792) BMW M12 FUJ
1
Ret 		FUJ
2
2 		FUJ
3
C 		FUJ
4
2 		FUJ
5
1 		!st 50
1983 ? MCS IV(March 822) BMW M12 FUJ
1
1 		FUJ
2
Ret 		FUJ
3
Ret 		FUJ
4
1 		2nd 40
1984 ? MCS V(March 832) BMW M12 FUJ
1
1 		FUJ
2
1 		FUJ
3
1 		FUJ
4
1 		1st 80
1985 ? MCS VI(March 842) BMW M12 FUJ
1
2 		FUJ
2
1 		FUJ
3
Ret 		FUJ
4
1 		1st 55
1986 ? MCS VII(March 85J) BMW M12 FUJ
1
1 		FUJ
2
Ret 		FUJ
3
2 		FUJ
4
14 		4th 35
1987 ? MCS VIIKai(March 86B) Ford FUJ
1
1 		FUJ
2
2 		FUJ
3
1 		FUJ
4
1 		1st 75
1988 ? MCS VIII(March 88GC/Lola T88/50) Mugen FUJ
1
16 		SUG
1
4 		FUJ
2
3 		FUJ
3
1 		SUZ
1
5 		FUJ
4
1 		3rd 60
1989 ? Cerumo 89G/MCS VIII(Lola T88/50) Mugen FUJ
1
2 		SUG
1
4 		FUJ
2
4 		FUJ
3
Ret 		SUZ
1
2 		FUJ
4
3 		5th 22

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 WDC Points
1976 Heros Racing Tyrrell 007 Cosworth V8 BRA RSA USW ESP BEL MON SWE FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA CAN USA JPN
Ret 		NC 0
1977 Heros Racing Kojima KE009 Cosworth V8 ARG BRA RSA USW ESP MON BEL SWE FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA USA CAN JPN
11 		NC 0

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Pts
1978 Heros Racing Nova 532 BMW THR
 HOC
 NÜR
 PAU
 MUG
 VAL
 ROU
Ret 		DON
Ret 		NOG
 PER
 MIS
 HOC
 NC 0
1983 James Gresham Racing March 832 BMW SIL
 THR
 HOC
 NÜR
 VAL
 PAU
 JAR
 DON
4 		MIS
 PER
 ZOL
 MUG
 16th 3

Complete JTC/JTCC 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 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Pts
1989 Impul Nissan Skyline GTS-R JTC-1 NIS
Ret 		SEN
1 		TSU
4 		SUG
Ret 		SUZ
6 		FUJ
Ret 		? ?
1990 Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R JTC-1 NIS
1 		SUG
1 		SUZ
2 		TSU
1 		SEN
1 		FUJ
1 		1st 230
1991 Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R JTC-1 SUG
1 		SUZ
Ret 		TSU
3 		SEN
1 		AUT
2 		FUJ
1 		3rd 174
1992 Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R JTC-1 AID
Ret 		AUT
3 		SUG
1 		SUZ
Ret 		MIN
Ret 		TSU
1 		SEN
1 		FUJ
6 		7th 78
1993 Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R JTC-1 MIN
1 		AUT
3 		SUG SUZ
3 		AID
1 		TSU
2 		TOK
1 		SEN
1 		FUJ
Ret 		2nd 119
1994 Nismo Nissan Primera AUT
1
3 		AUT
2
Ret 		SUG
1
Ret 		SUG
2
3 		TOK
1
7 		TOK
2
Ret 		SUZ
1
3 		SUZ
2
20 		MIN
1
16 		MIN
2
Ret 		AID
1
4 		AID
2
Ret 		TSU
1
Ret 		TSU
2
DNS 		SEN
1 		SEN
2 		FUJ
1
1 		FUJ
2
Ret 		8th 53
1995 Hoshino Racing Nissan Primera FUJ
1
6 		FUJ
2
6 		SUG
1
24 		SUG
2
6 		TOK
1
Ret 		TOK
2
Ret 		SUZ
1
3 		SUZ
2
2 		MIN
1
14 		MIN
2
Ret 		AID
1
2 		AID
2
2 		SEN
1
6 		SEN
2
5 		FUJ
1
2 		FUJ
2
1 		3rd 98
1996 Team Impul Nissan Primera FUJ
1
Ret 		FUJ
2
Ret 		SUG
1
5 		SUG
2
16 		SUZ
1
9 		SUZ
2
17 		MIN
1
1 		MIN
2
2 		SEN
1
Ret 		SEN
2
4 		TOK
1
10 		TOK
2
Ret 		FUJ
1
5 		FUJ
2
2 		6th 61
1997 Nismo Nissan Primera FUJ
1
C 		FUJ
2
C 		AID
1
6 		AID
2
14 		SUG
1
2 		SUG
2
1 		SUZ
1
2 		SUZ
2
6 		MIN
1
4 		MIN
2
11 		SEN
1
2 		SEN
2
Ret 		TOK
1
3 		TOK
2
Ret 		FUJ
1
8 		FUJ
2
1 		4th 95

Complete JGTC results

(key)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Pts
1995 Hoshino Racing Nissan Skyline GT-R GT1 SUZ FUJ SEN
2 		FUJ
7 		SUG
2 		MIN
3 		14th 19
1996 Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R GT500 SUZ
8 		FUJ
5 		SEN
5 		MIN
1 		SUG
2 		MIN
Ret 		4th 54
1997 Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R GT500 SUZ
Ret 		FUJ SEN
15 		FUJ
4 		MIN
6 		SUG
14 		13th 16
1998 Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R GT500 SUZ
11 		FUJ SEN
5 		FUJ
3 		MOT
2 		MIN
7 		SUG
4 		3rd 49
1999 Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R GT500 SUZ
10 		FUJ
3 		SUG
5 		MIN
6 		FUJ
5 		TAI
10 		MOT
7 		7th 40
2000 Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R GT500 MOT
17 		FUJ
5 		SUG
5 		FUJ
3 		TAI
6 		MIN
1 		SUZ
3 		3rd 66
2001 Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R GT500 TAI FUJ SUG FUJ
7 		MOT
3 		SUZ
11 		MIN
5 		13th 24
2002 Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R GT500 TAI
14 		FUJ
Ret 		SUG
8 		SEP
14 		FUJ
Ret 		MOT MIN SUZ 24th 3

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1986 Japan Nissan Motorsport Japan Keiji Matsumoto
Japan Aguri Suzuki 		Nissan R86V C1 64 DNF DNF
1987 Japan Nissan Motorsport Japan Kenji Takahashi
Japan Keiji Matsumoto 		Nissan R87E C1 181 DNF DNF
1988 Japan Nissan Motorsport Japan Takao Wada
Japan Aguri Suzuki 		Nissan R88C C1 296 DNF DNF
1989 Japan Nissan Motorsport Japan Masahiro Hasemi
Japan Toshio Suzuki 		Nissan R89C C1 167 DNF DNF
1990 Japan Nissan Motorsport Japan Masahiro Hasemi
Japan Toshio Suzuki 		Nissan R90C C1 348 5th 5th
1995 Japan Nissan Motorsport Japan Masahiko Kageyama
Japan Toshio Suzuki 		Nissan Skyline GT-R LM GT1 157 DNF DNF
1996 Japan Nissan Motorsport Japan Masahiro Hasemi
Japan Toshio Suzuki 		Nissan Skyline GT-R LM GT1 307 15th 10th
1997 Japan Nissan Motorsport
United Kingdom TWR 		France Érik Comas
Japan Masahiko Kageyama 		Nissan R390 GT1 GT1 294 12th 5th
1998 Japan Nissan Motorsport
United Kingdom TWR 		Japan Aguri Suzuki
Japan Masahiko Kageyama 		Nissan R390 GT1 GT1 347 3rd 3rd

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1981 Australia Nissan Motor Co. Japan Masahiro Hasemi Nissan Bluebird Turbo 4 Cylinder 66 DNF DNF
1982 Australia Nissan Motor Co. Japan Masahiro Hasemi Nissan Bluebird Turbo B 153 8th 1st

References

  1. ^ "Kazuyoshi Hoshino profile". Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
  2. ^ "Moto Racing Japan-Champions". motoracing-japan.com. Archived from the original on 30 April 2001. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Kazuyoshi Hoshino 1976 Formula 1 results". formula1.com. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Kazuyoshi Hoshino 1977 Formula 1 results". formula1.com. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Kazuyoshi Hoshino Formula 1 career profile". f1pulse.com. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  6. ^ a b "Kazuyoshi Hoshino career profile". race-driver-archive.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Japanese Formula 2000 Championship overview". race-driver-archive.com. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  8. ^ "Japanese Formula 2 Championship overview". race-driver-archive.com. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  9. ^ "Japanese Formula 3000 championship overview". race-driver-archive.com. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  10. ^ "Japanese Sportscar Championship overview". race-driver-archive.com. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  11. ^ "1998 24 Hours of Le Mans results". experiencelemans.com. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  12. ^ "Heros Racing Corporation". Motor Sport magazine database. 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2016.

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