Hideki Okada
Hideki Okada ( Japanese 岡田 秀 樹 , Okada Hideki ; born November 28, 1958 in Okayama ) is a former Japanese racing driver .
Career in motorsport
Hideki Okada celebrated its greatest successes in sports car racing. In 1988 he and Stanley Dickens secured the overall ranking of the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship . In 1987 he was runner-up in the Japanese touring car championship and finished this racing series in 1993 in third place. The Japanese celebrated a total of seven overall victories in sports car races and made it onto the top three podium 15 times. When 24-hour race at Le Mans he was six times at the start. His best placement was 9th overall in 1988 .
In the single-seater had his most successful season in 1986 when he fifth in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship was.
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1987 | Kouros Sauber Mercedes | Clean C9 | Henri Pescarolo | Mike Thackwell | failure | accident |
1988 | Kenwood Kremer Racing | Porsche 962C | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Bruno Giacomelli | Rank 9 | |
1989 | Porsche Kremer Racing | Porsche 962CK6 | George Fouché | Masanori Sekiya | failure | Engine failure |
1990 | Porsche Kremer Racing | Porsche 962CK6 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Sarel van der Merwe | Rank 24 | |
1994 | Honda Kremer Racing | Honda NSX | Philippe Favre | Kazuo Shimizu | Rank 16 | |
1995 | Honda Motor Co. | Honda NSX GT1 | Philippe Favre | Naoki Hattori | not classified |
literature
- Thomas Nehlert: Group C. The sports car races 1982–1992. Petrolpics, Bonn 2011, ISBN 978-3-940306-14-2 .
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Okada, Hideki |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 岡田 秀 樹 (Japanese) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1958 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Okayama |