Yuhi Sekiguchi

Yuhi Sekiguchi
Nationality	Japanese
Born	29 December 1987 Tokyo, Japan
Super GT career
Debut season	2007
Current team	Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH
Car no.	19
Former teams	NDDP Racing JLOC Racing Project Bandoh
Starts	38
Wins	2
Poles	1
Fastest laps	4
Best finish	6th in 2012
Previous series
2011 2009-10 2008–09 2008 2007-11 2007 2006 2005–06 2004 2003	All-Japan Formula Three All-Japan F3 National Class GP2 Asia Series International Formula Master Super GT All-Japan Formula Three Formula Challenge Japan Formula Toyota Asian Formula Renault Asia-Pacific Championship ICA
Championship titles
2006 2006 2011	Formula Challenge Japan Formula Toyota All-Japan Formula Three Championship

Yuhi Sekiguchi (関口雄飛 Sekiguchi Yuhi, born 29 December 1987 in Nakano, Tokyo) is a Japanese racing driver.

Career

Formula Renault

Sekiguchi competed in two races of the 2004 Asian Formula Renault Challenge for the Asia Racing Team, scoring no points.

Formula Toyota

Sekiguchi drove in the Japan-based Formula Toyota in 2005 and 2006, winning the drivers' championship in his second year in the series.

Formula Challenge Japan

Sekiguchi also competed in Formula Challenge Japan in 2006, winning the drivers' title in this championship in addition to his Toyota success.

Formula Three

Sekiguchi moved up to the All-Japan Formula Three series for 2007, driving for the Now Motorsport team. He finished seventh overall in the points standings.

International Formula Master

Sekiguchi moved to Europe in 2008 to compete in the International Formula Master championship. He finished sixteenth in the points standings, with two fourth-placed finishes at Imola and Monza.

GP2 Series

In late 2008, Sekiguchi competed in the first round of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season for the David Price Racing team. His team-mate was Michael Herck.^[1] He was the fourth Japanese driver in the championship, alongside Sakon Yamamoto, Kamui Kobayashi, and Hiroki Yoshimoto. However, he was then replaced by Giacomo Ricci from the second round onwards.^[2]

Formula Three champion

Sekiguchi returned to the All-Japan Formula Three Championship for 2009, finishing fifth in the National class. He improved to finish as runner-up in 2010, and then won the championship in 2011.

Super GT

Sekiguchi made his Super GT debut in 2007, partnering 2002 GT500 champion Akira Iida. At round five at Sportsland SUGO Sekiguchi drove from behind and passed Shigekazu Wakisaka with just a few laps remaining to take the win.^[3] After returning to Japan in 2009 he again juggled his All-Japan Formula Three Championship with a drive in the GT300 JLOC Lamborghini for the 2010 and 2011 seasons, achieving a best result of 3rd, at Motegi in 2010.

After winning the 2011 All-Japan Formula Three championship, he would only compete in Super GT in 2012 with the Nissan Driver Development Program team and won his 2nd race in Super GT, again at Sportsland SUGO. After placing 6th in the 2012 GT300 championship.

Sekiguchi made his debut in the GT500 class for the 2013 season, joining the defending series champions MOLA and partnering 3-time series champion Satoshi Motoyama. In 2014, Sekiguchi drives Lexus RC F in Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2004	Asian Formula Renault Challenge	Asia Racing Team	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2005	Formula Toyota		10	0	0	0	3	68	5th
	Asian Formula Renault Challenge	Asia Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	N/A*	N/P
2006	Formula Challenge Japan		10	3	3	4	7	106	1st
	Formula Toyota		12	?	8	0	?	155	1st
2007	All-Japan Formula Three	Now Motorsport	20	0	0	0	1	101	7th
	Super GT300	Racing Project Bandoh	9	1	0	?	1	32	10th
2008	International Formula Master	Euronova Racing	14	0	0	0	0	12	16th
	Formula Master Italia		2	1	1	1	1	11	10th
	Super GT300	WedaSport (GT300)	1	0	0	1	0	1	31st
2008–09	GP2 Asia Series	DPR	2	0	0	0	0	0	32nd
2009	All-Japan Formula Three NC	AIM Sports	14	3	4	3	5	57	5th
	Super GT300	Kumho	4	0	0	0	0	3	22nd
2010	All-Japan Formula Three NC	ThreeBond Racing	16	0	0	3	11	81	2nd
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	20th
	Super GT300	Team JLOC	7	0	0	0	1	30	9th
	JAF GP Nippon Fuji Sprint Cup GT300		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/P
2011	All-Japan Formula Three	B-Max	12	6	7	8	10	100	1st
	Macau Grand Prix	Mücke Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
	Super GT300	Team JLOC	4	0	0	1	0	N/A	N/P

• † - As Sekiguchi was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Super GT results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Pts
2007	Racing Project Bandoh	Toyota Celica	GT300	SUZ 14	OKA 19	FUJ Ret	SEP 9	SUG 1	SUZ 12	MOT 18	AUT 4	FUJ 16	10th	32
2009	Shift	Lexus IS350	GT300	OKA	SUZ	FUJ	SEP	SUG	SUZ 9	FUJ 13	AUT 13	MOT 10	22nd	3
2010	JLOC	Lamborghini Gallardo	GT300	SUZ 7	OKA 4	FUJ 16	SEP 15	SUG 10	SUZ 5	FUJ C	MOT 3		9th	30
2011	JLOC	Lamborghini Gallardo	GT300	OKA Ret	FUJ 8	SEP 4	SUG 10	SUZ 15	FUJ 4	AUT 12	MOT 5		13th	26
2012	NDDP Racing	Nissan GT-R GT3	GT300	OKA 19	FUJ 18	SEP 4	SUG 1	SUZ 2	FUJ	AUT 19	MOT 6		6th	51
2013	MOLA	Nissan GT-R	GT500	OKA 10	FUJ 9	SEP 6	SUG 7	SUZ 8	FUJ 7	AUT 4	MOT 14		12th	28
2014	Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH	Lexus RC F	GT500	OKA 11	FUJ 7	AUT 8	SUG 12	FUJ 11	SUZ Ret	BUR 6	MOT 6		15th	17
2015	Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH	Lexus RC F	GT500	OKA 10	FUJ 7	CHA 9	FUJ 10	SUZ 4	SUG 5	AUT 9	MOT 10		11th	27

References

1. "Sekiguchi joins DPR for Asia campaign". crash.net. 2008-10-15. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
2. "Driver changes aplenty in Dubai". crash.net. 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
3. "An awesome battle! Three aces fight three-wide!". Super GT. 29 July 2007. Retrieved 29 June 2013.

External links

• Official website - Japanese
• Yuhi Sekiguchi career details at driverdb.com