Masaki Kano

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Masaki Kano
NationalityJapanese
Born (1976-02-04) February 4, 1976 (age 45)
Previous series
2008–13
2007–08		WTCC
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Masaki Kano (加納 政樹, Kanō Masaki, born 4 February 1976 in Hyōgo) is a Japanese auto racing driver. He best known for having competed in the World Touring Car Championship.

Career[]

Kano driving for Liqui Moly Team Engstler at the 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Japan.

Kano competed in karting between 1991 and 1994.[1] He then attended the Winfield Racing School in France in 1995.[1]

Kano finished ninth in the Japanese Super Taikyu Series in 2006.[1] He was runner up to Fariqe Hairuman in the 2007 Asian Touring Car Championship, driving a BMW 320i for Engstler Motorsport, winning the Division 2 category, also finishing third in the Super Taiku Series.[1] The following year he finished third in the Asian Touring Car Championship.[1] He made his World Touring Car Championship debut for Engstler at the 2008 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, also racing at the subsequent Race of Macau. He returned to the WTCC for Engstler in the Asian rounds of the 2009, 2010 and 2011 seasons.[2] He joined Engstler Motorsport once again for the 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Japan.[3] For the 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan he replaced team boss Franz Engstler who was unable to race due to illness.[4]

Racing record[]

Complete World Touring Car Championship results[]

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2008 Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320i BRA
1 		BRA
2 		MEX
1 		MEX
2 		ESP
1 		ESP
2 		FRA
1 		FRA
2 		CZE
1 		CZE
2 		POR
1 		POR
2 		GBR
1 		GBR
2 		GER
1 		GER
2 		EUR
1 		EUR
2 		ITA
1 		ITA
2 		JPN
1
24 		JPN
2
21 		MAC
1
Ret 		MAC
2
DNS 		NC 0
2009 Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si BRA
1 		BRA
2 		MEX
1 		MEX
2 		MAR
1 		MAR
2 		FRA
1 		FRA
2 		ESP
1 		ESP
2 		CZE
1 		CZE
2 		POR
1 		POR
2 		GBR
1 		GBR
2 		GER
1 		GER
2 		ITA
1 		ITA
2 		JPN
1
21 		JPN
2
20 		MAC
1 		MAC
2 		NC 0
2010 Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si BRA
1 		BRA
2 		MAR
1 		MAR
2 		ITA
1 		ITA
2 		BEL
1 		BEL
2 		POR
1 		POR
2 		GBR
1 		GBR
2 		CZE
1 		CZE
2 		GER
1 		GER
2 		ESP
1 		ESP
2 		JPN
1 		JPN
2 		MAC
1
20 		MAC
2
Ret 		NC 0
2011 DeTeam KK Motorsport BMW 320 TC BRA
1 		BRA
2 		BEL
1 		BEL
2 		ITA
1 		ITA
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		CZE
1 		CZE
2 		POR
1 		POR
2 		GBR
1 		GBR
2 		GER
1 		GER
2 		ESP
1 		ESP
2 		JPN
1
12 		JPN
2
16 		CHN
1 		CHN
2 		MAC
1 		MAC
2 		NC 0
2012 Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si ITA
1 		ITA
2 		ESP
1 		ESP
2 		MAR
1 		MAR
2 		SVK
1 		SVK
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		AUT
1 		AUT
2 		POR
1 		POR
2 		BRA
1 		BRA
2 		USA
1 		USA
2 		JPN
1
20 		JPN
2
21 		CHN
1 		CHN
2 		MAC
1 		MAC
2 		NC 0
2013 Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC ITA
1 		ITA
2 		MAR
1 		MAR
2 		SVK
1 		SVK
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		AUT
1 		AUT
2 		RUS
1 		RUS
2 		POR
1 		POR
2 		ARG
1 		ARG
2 		USA
1 		USA
2 		JPN
1
19 		JPN
2
15 		CHN
1 		CHN
2 		MAC
1 		MAC
2 		NC 0

Complete Super GT results[]

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts
2012 JLOC Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 GT300 OKA
14 		FUJ
Ret 		SEP SUG SUZ FUJ
18 		AUT MOT NC 0
2013 Arnage Racing Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 GT300 OKA
20 		FUJ
Ret 		SEP
20 		SUG
14 		SUZ
8 		FUJ
18 		FUJ AUT
2 		MOT
Ret 		15th 19
2014 Arnage Racing Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 GT300 OKA
13 		FUJ
15 		AUT
8 		SUG
4 		FUJ
16 		SUZ
Ret 		BUR
6 		MOT
10 		19th 17
2015 Arnage Racing Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 GT300 OKA
18 		FUJ
11 		CHA
14 		FUJ
Ret 		SUZ
Ret 		SUG
20 		AUT
16 		MOT
22 		NC 0
2018 Arnage Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 GT300 OKA
 FUJ
 SUZ
 CHA
 FUJ
 SUG
 AUT
 MOT
 NC 0
2019 Arnage Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 GT300 OKA
 FUJ
 SUZ
 CHA
 FUJ
 AUT
 SUG
 MOT
 NC 0
2020 Arnage Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 GT300 OKA
 FUJ
 AUT
 SUG
 MOT
 SUZ
 CHA
 SEP

* Season still in progress.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-04. Retrieved 2009-10-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Profile at fiawtcc.com
  2. ^ http://www.touring-cars.net/2011/10/kano-gets-suzuka-seat Touring-Cars.Net — Kano gets Suzuka Seat
  3. ^ Ferret, Olivier (29 August 2012). "Team Engstler to run 3rd car in Asia". NextGen-Auto.com. NextGen-Auto. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  4. ^ Abbott, Andrew (19 September 2013). "Unwell Engstler replaced by Kano". Touring-Cars.net. Andrew Abbott. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

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