Masataka Yanagida

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Masataka Yanagida (born 4 June 1979, in Tokyo) is a Japanese racing driver.

Career[]

The son of successful racing driver , a runner-up in the Japanese Touring Car Championship, Masataka began his career in karting in 1993. In 1997 he raced in Formula Renault Campus in France, before stepping up to the main French Formula Renault Championship in 1998. He moved on to Formula Dream in 1999, taking five victories in the 2000 season.[1]

In 2001 he began racing in Japanese F3 and Japanese GT. He finished seventh in the F3 standings and fourth in the GT300 class in Japanese GT, where he raced with Yuji Ide. He improved to finish third in GT300 in 2002, before winning the class in 2003. He returned to F3 in 2004, but could only finish 10th. He moved up to the GT500 class of Super GT in 2005, finishing fifth in the standings, sharing with Michael Krumm.

He made his World Touring Car Championship debut at the 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Japan at Okayama for the Wiechers-Sport team.

Racing record[]

Complete Super GT results[]

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts
2001 Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Silvia GT300 TAI
6 		FUJ
2 		SUG
12 		FUJ
2 		MOT
9 		SUZ
2 		MIN
12 		4th 53
2002 Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Silvia GT300 TAI
4 		FUJ
Ret 		SUG
1 		SEP
3 		FUJ
3 		MOT
4 		MIN
Ret 		SUZ
Ret 		3rd 70
2003 Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Fairlady Z GT300 TAI
6 		FUJ
2 		SUG
17 		FUJ
3 		FUJ
21 		MOT
3 		AUT
4 		SUZ
2 		1st 77
2004 Team Daishin Nissan Fairlady Z GT300 TAI
19 		SUG
14 		SEP
6 		TOK
3 		MOT
4 		AUT
19 		SUZ
7 		6th 33
2005 NISMO Nissan Z GT500 OKA
12 		FUJ
2 		SEP
6 		SUG
7 		MOT
4 		FUJ
9 		AUT
2 		SUZ
8 		5th 57
2006 Kondo Racing Nissan Z GT500 SUZ
10 		OKA
10 		FUJ
10 		SEP
8 		SUG
10 		SUZ
5 		MOT
6 		AUT
14 		FUJ
3 		13th 34
2007 Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Z GT500 SUZ
10 		OKA
13 		FUJ
4 		SEP
7 		SUG
4 		SUZ
8 		MOT
11 		AUT
7 		FUJ
15 		12th 30
2008 NISMO Nissan GT-R GT500 SUZ
2 		OKA
15 		FUJ
12 		SEP
2 		SUG
13 		SUZ
4 		MOT
7 		AUT
5 		FUJ
11 		7th 57
2009 MOLA Nissan Fairlady Z GT300 OKA
7 		SUZ
3 		FUJ
6 		SEP
4 		SUG
6 		SUZ
1 		FUJ
9 		AUT
8 		MOT
7 		7th 62
2010 Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Fairlady Z GT300 SUZ
5 		OKA
3 		FUJ
5 		SEP
5 		SUG
2 		SUZ
Ret 		FUJ
C 		MOT
1 		1st 64
2011 MOLA Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
6 		FUJ
10 		SEP
2 		SUG
1 		SUZ
2 		FUJ
7 		AUT
2 		MOT
2 		1st 90
2012 MOLA Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
7 		FUJ
8 		SEP
14 		SUG
3 		SUZ
1 		FUJ
2 		AUT
1 		MOT
2 		1st 93
2013 NISMO Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
3 		FUJ
Ret 		SEP
9 		SUG
3 		SUZ
2 		FUJ
9 		AUT
8 		MOT
8 		6th 50
2014 MOLA Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
10 		FUJ
Ret 		AUT
2 		SUG
7 		FUJ
6 		SUZ
13 		BUR
Ret 		MOT
5 		11th 31
2015 MOLA Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
8 		FUJ
10 		CHA
1 		FUJ
14 		SUZ
6 		SUG
2 		AUT
6 		MOT
Ret 		6th 50
2016 Kondo Racing Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
13 		FUJ
9 		SUG
1 		FUJ
Ret 		SUZ
12 		CHA
13 		MOT
1 		MOT
10 		7th 43
2017 Audi Sport  [ja] Audi R8 LMS GT300 OKA
14 		FUJ
14 		AUT
13 		SUG
20 		FUJ
10 		SUZ
Ret 		CHA
23 		MOT
8 		20th 5
2018 Runup Rivaux GT-R Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017) GT300 OKA
 FUJ
 SUZ
 CHA
 FUJ
 SUG
 AUT
 MOT
 NC 0
2020  [ja] Lotus Evora MC GT300 GT300 FUJ (1)
12 		FUJ (2)
1 		SUZ (1)
3 		MOT (1)
13 		FUJ (3)
 SUZ (2)
 MOT (2)
 FUJ (4)
 4th* 31*
2021 Arnage Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 GT300 OKA
18 		FSW
21 		SUZ
22 		TRM
19 		SUG
24 		AUT
14 		TRM
21 		FSW
DNS 		NC 0
2022 BUSOU Drago Corse Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 OKA
 FUJ
 SUZ
 FUJ
 SUZ
 SUG
 AUT
 MOT

* Season still in progress

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.teampetronas.com/a_standard.asp?cid=66772578&aid=165807661

External links[]

Sporting positions
Preceded by Super GT (GT500) Champion
2011–2012 with:
Ronnie Quintarelli 		Succeeded by
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