Kohei Hirate

Kohei Hirate
Hirate at the 2010 Fuji 400km Super GT race.
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1986-03-24) 24 March 1986
Super GT career
Debut season	2008
Current team	Lexus Team SARD
Car no.	39
Former teams	Lexus Team Cerumo, apr
Starts	60
Wins	6
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	1st in 2013
Previous series
2008–13 2007 2004–06 2004 2003–04 2003–04 2003 2003 2002	Super Formula GP2 Series Formula 3 Euro Series Asian Formula Renault FR2000 Germany FR2000 Italia FR2000 Netherlands FR2000 Masters Formula Toyota

In this Japanese name, the family name is Hirate.

Kohei Hirate (平手晃平, Hirate Kohei, born 24 March 1986 in Komaki, Aichi) is a Japanese race car driver.

Career

Hirate began karting in 1999 when he was 13. After winning the All Japan Junior Kart Championship, coming third and fifth in the All Japan Kart Championship and coming third in the FIA Oceania Championship, he moved on to Formula Toyota, where he raced for the Tom's Spirit team and came second with four wins to his name.

Hirate during free practice for the first Motegi round of the 2010 Formula Nippon season.

In 2003, he moved to Formula Renault, at the Prema Power team. In his two-year spell here he won 7 races and came second in the 2004 season. In 2004 he also raced for Prema Power's Formula Three Euroseries team twice, and in 2005 made the decision to race here. After coming twelfth for Team Rosberg, he was made a Toyota F1 test driver in 2006 and came third in the Formula Three Euroseries. In 2007 he continued as a Toyota test driver and also drove for GP2 team Trident Racing.

Hirate returned to Japan in 2008, where he competed in both Formula Nippon and Super GT. He finished fourth in the 2008 Formula Nippon season and fifth in 2009, both times driving for Team Impul.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2002	Formula Toyota	TOM'S Spirit	?	4	2	?	?	?	2nd
2003	Formula Renault 2000 Italia	Prema Powerteam	12	1	0	1	2	113	8th
	Formula Renault 2000 Masters	Prema Powerteam	8	0	0	0	0	8	21st
	Formula Renault 2000 Germany	Franken Racing	4	0	0	0	0	33	24th
	Formula Renault 2000 Netherlands	?	?	?	?	?	?	15	21st
2004	Formula 3 Euro Series	Prema Powerteam	4	0	0	0	0	0	28th
	Bahrain Superprix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	12th
	Formula Renault 2000 Italia		15	6	6	2	10	266	2nd
	Formula Renault 2000 Germany		2	0	0	0	0	25	25th
	Asian Formula Renault Challenge	Asia Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2005	Formula 3 Euro Series	Team Rosberg	20	0	0	0	1	18	11th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2006	Formula 3 Euro Series	Manor Motorsport	20	1	0	2	5	61	3rd
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	27th
	Formula One	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Test driver
2007	GP2 Series	Trident Racing	21	0	0	0	1	9	19th
2007	Formula One	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Test driver
2008	Formula Nippon	Team Impul	8	1	0	0	3	42	4th
2008	Super GT - GT300	apr	7	1	1	0	1	33	15th
2009	Formula Nippon	Team Impul	8	0	1	0	2	32	5th
2009	Super GT - GT500	Lexus Team SARD	9	0	0	0	1	27	14th
2010	Formula Nippon	Team Impul	8	1	0	2	2	25.5	5th
2010	Super GT - GT500	Lexus Team SARD	8	0	0	0	0	12	12th
2011	Formula Nippon	Team Impul	8	0	0	1	1	15	8th
2011	Super GT - GT500	Lexus Team Cerumo	8	1	0	0	2	47	6th
2012	Formula Nippon	Project μ/cerumo・INGING	8	0	0	1	0	8	9th
2012	Super GT - GT500	Lexus Team Cerumo	8	2	0	0	3	74	2nd
2013	Formula Nippon	Project μ/cerumo・INGING	7	0	0	0	1	11	9th
2013	Super GT - GT500	Lexus Team Cerumo	8	1	0	0	4	69	1st
2014	Super GT - GT500	Lexus Team Cerumo	4	1	0	0	1	35*	3rd*

* Season still in progress.

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Points
2007	Trident Racing	BHR FEA 18	BHR SPR Ret	ESP FEA 13	ESP SPR 10	MON FEA 12	FRA FEA Ret	FRA SPR 11	GBR FEA 18	GBR SPR Ret	EUR FEA 5	EUR SPR 2	HUN FEA 11	HUN SPR 10	TUR FEA Ret	TUR SPR Ret	ITA FEA Ret	ITA SPR 10	BEL FEA Ret	BEL SPR 13	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR 16	19th	9

Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Points
2008	Team Impul	FUJ Ret	SUZ 2	MOT 6	OKA 3	SUZ1 5	SUZ2 1	MOT1 Ret	MOT2 DNS	FUJ1	FUJ2	SUG 5	4th	42
2009	Team Impul	FUJ 3	SUZ 4	MOT Ret	FUJ 5	SUZ 5	MOT 8	AUT 4	SUG 3				5th	32
2010	Team Impul	SUZ 4	MOT 7	FUJ 1	MOT 3	SUG 12	AUT 8	SUZ1 9	SUZ2 6				5th	25.5
2011	Team Impul	SUZ 9	AUT 8	FUJ 2	MOT 5	SUZ C	SUG 8	MOT1 7	MOT2 Ret				8th	15
2012	Project μ/cerumo・INGING	SUZ 10	MOT NC	AUT 7	FUJ 7	MOT 8	SUG 8	SUZ1 9	SUZ2 5				9th	8
2013	P.mu/cerumo・INGING	SUZ 12	AUT Ret	FUJ 2	MOT 15	SUG Ret	SUZ1 5	SUZ2 7					9th	11

Complete Super GT results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Pts
2008	apr	Toyota MR-S	GT300	SUZ 13	OKA 12	FUJ 1	SEP 9	SUG 6	SUZ	MOT	AUT 9	FUJ Ret	15th	33
2009	Lexus Team SARD	Lexus SC430	GT500	OKA 15	SUZ 10	FUJ 10	SEP 13	SUG 2	SUZ 7	FUJ 11	AUT 12	MOT 5	14th	27
2010	Lexus Team SARD	Lexus SC430	GT500	SUZ 5	OKA 10	FUJ Ret	SEP 10	SUG 10	SUZ 8	FUJ C	MOT 11		12th	12
2011	Lexus Team Cerumo	Lexus SC430	GT500	OKA 8	FUJ 5	SEP 5	SUG 11	SUZ 14	FUJ 1	AUT 3	MOT 10		6th	47
2012	Lexus Team Cerumo	Lexus SC430	GT500	OKA 1	FUJ 8	SEP 2	SUG 5	SUZ 9	FUJ 8	AUT 7	MOT 1		2nd	74
2013	Lexus Team Cerumo	Lexus SC430	GT500	OKA 4	FUJ 2	SEP 14	SUG 11	SUZ 11	FUJ 1	AUT 2	MOT 3		1st	69
2014	Lexus Team Cerumo	Lexus RC F	GT500	OKA 14	FUJ 2	AUT 12	SUG 1	FUJ 14	SUZ 8	BUR 11	MOT 7		8th	43
2015	Lexus Team SARD	Lexus RC F	GT500	OKA 5	FUJ 5	CHA 7	FUJ 9	SUZ 11	SUG Ret	AUT 13	MOT 6		13th	23

External links

Kohei Hirate official website

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ronnie Quintarelli Masataka Yanagida	Super GT (GT500) Champion 2013 with: Yuji Tachikawa	Succeeded by Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli

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