Katsutomo Kaneishi
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 Japan
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| First race: | Hockenheimring I 2003 | ||||||||
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| 2003 Persson ( Mercedes-Benz ) | |||||||||
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Katsutomo Kaneishi ( Japanese 金石 勝 智 , Kaneishi Katsutomo ; born November 21, 1968 in Osaka Prefecture ) is a Japanese racing car driver .
Career
Kaneishi began his racing career in 1989 in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship . On a Ralt RT33 , he finished fifth in the championship with 18 points at the end of the year. Although he competed in races for the Japanese Formula 3000 championship in 1990 , he stayed in Formula 3 and was second in the championship in 1991 after two victories this season.
From 1992 he drove regularly in the Japanese Touring Car Championship and in 1998 switched to the Super GT . For years he was always able to place himself in the top field in the popular GT championship. In 2003 he was third overall. He was also able to celebrate racing victories in Formula Nippon and in 2000 he clinched a class win on a Honda NSX at the 1000 km race in Suzuka .
The Japanese became famous in Germany in 2003 when he entered the DTM for Persson Motorsport . With the Mercedes-Benz CLK DTM , however, he could not prevail against his competitors and left the series at the end of the season without a countable result.
In 2004 he made his debut for Racing for Holland at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and after his interlude in the DTM he is back in the Japanese GT championship.
statistics
Le Mans results
| year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 |
 Racing for Holland
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Dome S101 |
Jan Lammers
|
 Chris Dyson
|
Rank 7 | |
| 2005 |
Jim Gainer International
|
Dome S101 |
Seiji Ara
|
Ryō Michigami
|
failure | Gearbox damage |
Individual results in the DTM
| season | team | Manufacturer | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | Points | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Persson Motorsport |
 Mercedes
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 HO1
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 ADR
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NÜ1
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LAU
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NOR
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 DON
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NÜ2
|
 SPI
|
ZAN
|
HO2
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- | - |
| 19th | 14th | 19th | 17th | 17th | DNF | 16 | 17th | 18th | 16 |
| Legend | ||
|---|---|---|
| colour | abbreviation | meaning |
| gold | - | victory |
| silver | - | 2nd place |
| bronze | - | 3rd place |
| green | - | Placement in the points |
| blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
| violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
| NC | not classified | |
| red | DNQ | did not qualify |
| DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
| black | DSQ | disqualified |
| White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
| WD | withdrawn | |
| Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
| TD | Friday test driver | |
| without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
| INJ | injured or sick | |
| EX | excluded | |
| DNA | did not arrive | |
| C. | Race canceled | |
| no participation in the World Cup | ||
| other | P / bold | Pole position |
| SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
| * | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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| () | Streak results | |
| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kaneishi, Katsutomo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 金石 勝 智 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese automobile racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Osaka Prefecture , Japan |