Hiroaki Ishiura

Hiroaki Ishiura ( Japanese 石浦 宏 明 , Ishiura Hiroaki ; born April 23, 1981 in Setagaya , Tokyo ) is a Japanese racing driver . From 2008 to 2011 he drove in Formula Nippon and from 2014 to 2016 in its successor series Super Formula , which he won in 2015. From 2007 to 2016 he competed in the Super GT .

Career

Ishiura began his motorsport career in karting and was active in this sport from 1999 to 2001. In 2003 he moved into the single-seater racing and was fourth in the Japanese Formula Toyota . He stayed in this racing series for the next two years, finishing sixth in 2004 and third in the drivers' championship in 2005. In 2006 he switched to the Japanese Formula 3 championship and ended the season with a race win in ninth place overall. He also started in a Super GT race . In 2007 he played his second season in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. With two victories, he improved to fourth place in the drivers' championship. He also won the GT300 classification in the Super GT together with Kazuya Ōshima .

In 2008 he moved to Team LeMans in Formula Nippon and finished his debut season in 16th place overall. He also finished 15th in the Super GT for Toyota Team Tsuchiya . In 2009 , Ishiura regularly scored points in Formula Nippon. With a third place he achieved his first podium placement. In the drivers' championship, he finished sixth overall. In the Super GT, he won a race with Lexus Team Kraft and finished the season in ninth place. In 2010 he again achieved third place as the best result in Formula Nippon. He finished eighth in the overall standings. In the Super GT, he won another race with Lexus Team Kraft and improved to sixth overall.

In 2011 , Ishiura switched to the Kygnus Sunoco team within Formula Nippon . A second place was his best result and he finished the season in sixth place. In addition, Ishiura was active for the Lexus Team Sard in the Super GT and was seventh overall. In 2012, Ishiura only drove in the Super GT for Lexus Team Sard. Together with Juichi Wakisaka he won a race and was third overall with Wakisaka. In 2013, Ishiura drove for Lexus Team Sard in the Super GT and finished seventh in the drivers' championship.

In 2014 Ishiura returned to formula racing and started in the former Formula Nippon, which had now been renamed Super Formula. He received a cockpit at P.μ / cerumo ・ INGING . With a second place as the best result, he finished fifth in the drivers' championship. He was also 13th in the Super GT with Lexus Team Sard. In 2015 , Ishiura stayed with P.μ / cerumo ・ INGING in the Super Formula. In the second race in Mimasaka , he won his first Super Formula race. In Motegi he won again. With 51.5 to 45.5 points, he prevailed in the championship against Kazuki Nakajima and achieved the overall victory. In 2015, Ishiura competed in the Super GT together with Yūji Tachikawa for Lexus Team Zent Cerumo . With three podium finishes, the duo finished fourth overall. In the 2016 Super Formula season , Ishiura won a race for P.μ / cerumo ・ INGING and was on the podium five times. While his teammate Yūji Kunimoto decided the championship for themselves, he reached fifth place overall. In the Super GT, Ishiura scored a victory with Tachikawa for Lexus Team Zent Cerumo and was sixth overall.

statistics

Career stations

1999–2001: karting 2003: Japanese Formula Toyota (4th place) 2004: Japanese Formula Toyota (6th place) 2005: Japanese Formula Toyota (3rd place) 2006: Japanese Formula 3 (9th place) 2007: Japanese Formula 3 (4th place) 2007: Super GT , GT300 (champion) 2008 : Formula Nippon (16th place)

2008: Super GT (15th place) 2009 : Formula Nippon (6th place) 2009: Super GT (9th place) 2010 : Formula Nippon (8th place) 2010: Super GT (6th place) 2011 : Formula Nippon (6th place) 2011: Super GT (7th place) 2012: Super GT (3rd place)

2013: Super GT (7th place) 2014 : Super Formula (5th place) 2014: Super GT (13th place) 2015 : Super Formula (champion) 2015: Super GT (4th place) 2016 : Super Formula (5th place) 2016: Super GT (6th place)

Individual results in the Nippon / Super Formula formula

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	Points	rank
2008	Team LeMans	Toyota	FU1	SU1	MO1	OKA	SU2		MO2		FU2		SUG	9	16.
			7th	13	8th	DNF	14th	DNF	13	8th	17th	16	9
2009	Team LeMans	Toyota	FU1	SU1	MO1	FU2	SU2	MO2	AUT	SUG				30th	6th
			11	8th	3	4th	4th	4th	5	5
2010	Team LeMans	Toyota	SU1	MO1	FU1	MO2	SUG	AUT	SU2		FU2			16	8th.
			10	DNF	6th	8th	4th	3	7th	10	13	12
2011	Team Kygnus Sunoco	Toyota	SU1	AUT	FU1	MO1	SU2	SUG	MO2		FU2			17th	6th
			8th	10	6th	7th	C.	2	6th	6th	2
2014	P.μ / cerumo ・ INGING	Toyota	SU1	FUJ			MOT	AUT	SUG	SU2				26th	5.
			3	DNF	11	4th	2	8th	6th	5	7th
2015	P.μ / cerumo ・ INGING	Toyota	SU1	OKA	FUJ	MOT	AUT	SUG	SU2					51.5	1.
			5	1	3	1	2	5	2	4th
2016	P.μ / cerumo ・ INGING	Toyota	SU1	OK1	FUJ	MOT	OK2		SUG	SU2				27	5.
			11	1	6th	3	7th	3	16	3	3

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} No points were awarded for the Fuji Sprint Cup.

Web links

• Hiroaki Ishiura Official Website (Japanese)
• Career statistics of Hiroaki Ishiura (English)