Akihiro Asai
Akihiro Asai (born September 13, 1975) is a Japanese race car driver. He started racing karts in 1991, and moved up to open-wheel racing in 1994 at the age of 18.[1] He won East & West Japanese Formula 4 titles in 1997.[1] He competed in Formula Holden Australian Driver's Championship (1998–1999, 2002) and CART Toyota Atlantic (2000). Started entering GT car racing in 2003 from Team Taisan in the Japanese GT Championship where he won the first race. Competed in the Japanese GT Championship and Super GT in 2004, 2005 and 2010. Also raced in the 2005 Super Taikyu Series championship. From 2010, started to participate racing in south east Asia region and in 2011 he won the Supercar Thailand N.A. class Championship. Also races widely in GT Asia, Asian Le Mans Series, Thailand Super Series.
Racing record
Complete Super GT results
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Team Taisan | Porsche 911 GT3R | GT300 | TAI 1 |
FUJ 11 |
SUG 13 |
FUJ 8 |
FUJ 10 |
MOT 18 |
AUT 9 |
SUZ 5 |
10th | 38 |
| 2004 | Team Taisan | Porsche 911 GT3R | GT300 | TAI |
SUG |
SEP 10 |
TOK |
MOT |
AUT |
SUZ |
22nd | 1 | |
| 2005 | Teramoto | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | GT300 | OKA |
FUJ |
SEP |
SUG 13 |
MOT |
FUJ |
AUT |
SUZ |
NC | 0 |
| 2010 | LMP Motorsport | Ferrari F430 GTC | GT300 | SUZ |
OKA |
FUJ |
SEP |
SUG |
SUZ 11 |
FUJ C |
MOT 15 |
NC | 0 |
References
- 1 2 "A.Satoh's Special Interview with Akihiro Asai". 2000-07-30. Retrieved 2010-08-30.