Akira Iida

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The Honda NSX of Kunimitsu Takahashi , Keiichi Tsuchiya and Akira Iida at the 1994 Le Mans 24 Hours

Akira Iida ( Japanese 飯 田 章 , Ida Akira ; born December 18, 1969 in Kanagawa Prefecture ) is a former Japanese racing car driver .

Career

Akira Iida was particularly successful as a GT and sports car driver . After the Formula 3000 season in 1996 , he tried to establish himself in Formula Nippon for three years between 1997 and 1999 . After the third place behind Pedro de la Rosa and Takuya Kurosawa was the only result worth mentioning in the race at the Mine Circuit , he subsequently decided not to make any more monoposto appearances.

The decision to concentrate on GT and sports car racing resulted in six overall and 15 class wins in Japanese racing series. For many years he was a regular participant in the Super GT , where he won the overall standings in the GT 500 class in 2002 (at that time under the name All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship ). In 2013 he became the overall GTE winner in the Asian Le Mans Series . One of his successes in races without championship status was winning the Suzuka 1000 km race in 2002 .

In Europe, Iida competed several times in the Le Mans 24-hour race . He made his debut in 1994 and won the GT2 class on a Honda NSX in 1995 together with Keiichi Tsuchiya and Kunimitsu Takahashi .

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1994 GermanyGermany Kremer Honda Racing Honda NSX JapanJapan Kunimitsu Takahashi JapanJapan Keiichi Tsuchiya Rank 18
1995 JapanJapan Team Kunumitsu Honda Honda NSX JapanJapan Kunimitsu Takahashi JapanJapan Keiichi Tsuchiya Rank 8 and class win
1996 JapanJapan Team Kunumitsu Honda Honda NSX JapanJapan Kunimitsu Takahashi JapanJapan Keiichi Tsuchiya Rank 16
2000 JapanJapan TV Ashai Team Dragon Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S. JapanJapan Masahiko Kondo JapanJapan Keiichi Tsuchiya Rank 8
2002 JapanJapan Team Taisan Advan Porsche 911 GT3-RS JapanJapan Kazuyuki Nishikawa JapanJapan Keiichi Tsuchiya Rank 21
2003 JapanJapan Team Taisan Advan Porsche 911 GT3-RS JapanJapan Kazuyuki Nishikawa JapanJapan Keiichi Tsuchiya Rank 19

Web links

Commons : Akira Iida  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Super GT 2002
personal data
SURNAME Iida, Akira
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH 18th December 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Kanagawa Prefecture