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Hiroki Yoshida

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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.

Quick Facts Nationality, Born ...
Hiroki Yoshida
Nationality Japanese
Born (1983-12-21) December 21, 1983 (age 41)
Kumamoto, Japan
Super GT GT300 career
Debut season2011
Current teamSaitama Green Brave
Car number52
Former teams
  • ThunderAsia Racing
  • A speed
  • Tomei Sports
  • Gulf Racing with Pacific
  • Gainer
Starts84
Wins6
Podiums14
Poles2
Fastest laps4
Best finish1st in 2023
Championship titles
2005
2008
2023
2023
FJ1600
Super Taikyu (ST-1)
Super GT (GT300)
Super Taikyu (ST-Z)
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Yoshida won the 2023 Super GT Championship in the GT300 class and the 2023 Super Taikyu Championship in the ST-Z class.

Career

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Early career

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]

Super GT

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Yoshida racing for ThunderAsia Racing in 2011

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]

Racing record

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Complete Super GT results

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

More information Year, Team ...
Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos Points
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 GT300 OKA FUJ SEP
Ret
SUG SUZ
1
FUJ AUT MOT NC 0
2014 Tomei Sports Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 GT300 OKA
16
FUJ
16
AUT
SUG
18
FUJ
24
SUZ
20
BUR MOT
18
NC 0
2015 Tomei Sports Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 GT300 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 GT300 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 GT300 OKA
6
FUJ
24
AUT
15
SUG
21
FUJ
16
SUZ
5
BUR
18
MOT
19
18th 13
2018 GAINER Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 GT300 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 GT300 OKA
3
FUJ
13
SUZ
27
BUR
23
FUJ
2
AUT
24
SUG
8
MOT
13
9th 27.5
2020 Saitama Toyopet Green Brave Toyota GR Supra GT300 GT300 FUJ
1
FUJ
6
SUZ
12
MOT
25
FUJ
4
SUZ
Ret
MOT
4
FUJ
1
2nd 62
2021 Saitama Toyopet Green Brave Toyota GR Supra GT300 GT300 OKA
3
FUJ
27
SUZ
18
MOT
3
SUG
21
AUT
4
MOT
9
FUJ
9
9th 34
2022 Saitama Toyopet Green Brave Toyota GR Supra GT300 GT300 OKA
26
FUJ SUZ
4
FUJ
14
SUZ
4
SUG
18
AUT
1
MOT
3
5th 47
2023 Saitama Toyopet Green Brave Toyota GR Supra GT300 GT300 OKA
5
FUJ
3
SUZ
3
FUJ
9
SUZ
Ret
SUG
1
AUT
1
MOT
7
1st 74
2024 Saitama Green Brave Toyota GR Supra GT300 GT300 OKA
4
FUJ
3
SUZ
5
FUJ
23
SUG
DNS
AUT
18
MOT
7
SUZ
11
9th 29
2025 Saitama Green Brave Toyota GR Supra GT300 GT300 OKA FUJ SEP FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT
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