Yasutaka Hinoi
Yasutaka Hinoi ( Japanese 桧 井 保 孝 , Hinoi Yasutaka ; born May 11, 1969 in Hiroshima Prefecture ) is a former Japanese car racing driver .
Go Mifune
Yasutaka Hinoi was in the 2000s by his Japanese race fans the nickname Gō Mifune ( 三船剛 missed). Gō Mifune is the character of a young racing driver from the anime Mach Go Go Go ( Japaneseマ ッ ハ GoGoGo, mahha gō gō gō ) created by the Japanese mangaka Tatsuo Yoshida . Outside of Japan, the animated series became known as the Speed Racer . The figure of the young racing driver, whose name had its origin in the admiration of the draftsman and actor Toshirō Mifune , always entered the race with starting number 5. Since Hinoi also competed in many races with this number, this nickname came about.
Career
Hinoi tried early to gain a foothold in European motorsport. Without much experience and with little sponsorship, he came to Great Britain in 1991. After only one year in the British Formula Vauxhall , he returned to Japan. The championship had contested for David Sears ' racing team , David Sears Motorsport (the predecessor racing team of Super Nova Racing ) and finished ninth overall ( Kelvin Burt became champion ). In 1992 he started in the Japanese Formula 3 championship . There he met many pilots who went the opposite way than he did; from Europe and North America to Japan. Opponents this year included Jacques Villeneuve , Rickard Rydell and Tom Kristensen . Champion Anthony Reid ; Hinoi was twelfth in the annual ranking. Two moderately successful years in the domestic Formula 3000 championship followed , then he switched to GT racing .
He became a regular participant in the Super GT , where he had his field of activity until the end of his career in 2007. His greatest success in a sports car race was third overall in the 2006 Okayama 1000km race , a championship race of that year's Japan Le Mans Challenge . In 2006 he was also at the start of the Le Mans 24-hour race . Using the Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT was problematic. After many technical difficulties, the team crossed the finish line but was not rated.
statistics
Le Mans results
| year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 |
 JLOC Isao Noritake
|
Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT |
Kōji Yamanishi
|
 Marco Apicella
|
not classified |
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hinoi, Yasutaka |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 桧 井 保 孝 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hiroshima Prefecture |